President Museveni to support Prostitutes SACCO with UGX 100M
KAMPALA – UGANDA: The Ugandan President Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has described the Sex workers as a vulnerable group forced into risky work due to economic hardship and peer pressure.
The statement issued via the presidential deputy press secretary Faruk Kirunda Twitter handle (X), comes a few days later after the president Promised 100 million shillings to support funds into their SACCO, a pledge he made while Mbale last week.Gen.
Museveni said that the prostitutes (Nekorera Jange) are in need of decent means to earn a livelihood noting that with the support, they might quit the illegal venture and join the open economy like other Ugandans being supported under PDM, Emyooga, YLP and UWEP.
“Prostitutes are in need of decent means to earn a livelihood. With this support, their dreams will come true. They will quit the illegal venture and join the open economy like other Ugandans” the Twit stated.
Twitter also described how the kingdom of prosperity whose gospel President Museveni preaches is meant for some neglected categories of Ugandans, noting that no one should frustrate or mock sex workers.
