By MOSES MUWULYA
Sembabule. The Ministry of Gender, Labour and
Social Development has threatened to scrap Sembabule District from the
list of districts receiving funds for the Youth Livelihood Programme
(YLP) over alleged abuse of funds.
Addressing Sembabule District
technocrats and community development officers at the district
headquarters on Wednesday, Mr James Tumwebaze, the YLP specialist, said
out of Shs230m given to 36 youth groups in the district to support their
projects in 2014/15 financial year, only Shs1 millon has been
recovered.
“We have districts which have recovered over Shs100m and
Sembabule is the poorest-performing district. Something needs to be
done. If it means arresting the defaulters, please do so and recover
public funds,” Mr James Tumwebaze, the YLP specialist, said.
Mr Ibrahim Kitata, the general secretary National
Youth Council (NYC) and Mr Tumwebaze tasked Mr Simon Bimbona, the
district administrative officer, to crack the whip and recover the funds
and threatened to scrap the district off the programme if nothing is
done.
However, Mr Twaha Musoke, the Sembabule District YLP focal
person, explained that the youth had been misled by politicians that the
money was a donation from President Museveni for their support in the
presidential elections.
“The projects are performing well and making
profit, but the youth think they are not supposed to pay back. When the
community development officers remind them to pay, some threaten to
report them to the big politicians,” Mr Musoke said.
DAILY MONITOR
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