MP Dokolo District Women’s Constituency, Cecilia Ogwal

Opposition in parliament has attacked the NRM party youth members of parliament for promoting the issue of sole candidate for the president and forget demanding programmes addressing the problem of youth unemployment.

The opposition Chief Whip Cecilia Ogwal Atim said that she is surprised that youth MPs keep quiet over unemployment which mostly affects youth and defend things like sole candidate. Ogwal said that the youth must speak out on the issues of unemployment because this matter may cause problems in the country when they decide to take to the streets.

She further attacked government for the declining budget for the Agriculture sector which could have been boosted and create more jobs for the unemployed. She said that she is pained to see that they will be going to look for votes from poor and unemployed Ugandans whose major employing sector is being underfunded every financial year.