Uganda, April 5 -- The National Coordinator in the office of the National Resistance Movement chairman, Ms Hadijah Uzeiye Namyalo, has urged the youth to embrace government skilling programmes.

Ms Namyalo said hands-on skills are the only way to reduce the rate of youth unemployment in the country.

She noted that to help the youth, the office of the national chairman has embarked on a campaign to change their lives through skilling them.

"The government has tried to support the youth through various programmes such as the Youth Livelihood programme, which was designed to skill them and empower job creation. We also extend grants to small groups of entrepreneurs to help them start small businesses and create employment for other young j...