The Vice Chairperson kayunga addressing UWEP Executive Members during a training at kayunga District Headquarters.

Kayunga District Local Government conducted a training session for UWEP executive members at the district headquarters. 

The Ministry of Gender, Labor, and Social Development approved 19 groups for funding for the financial year 2025/2026.

This capacity building comes ahead of project implementation with the district expecting to receive Shs.101,800,000. to support the groups initiative. 

The principal Assistant CAO Mr. Kanku Simon, who represented the CAO, congratulated the participants who successfully passed the version process to receive these funds.

He said the government of Uganda is placing capital directly to beneficiaries to lift their households into money economy. 

" This money is not a token or gift but rather a revolving loan, which must be invested wisely." Said Kanku.

He issued a stern warning against misuse of these funds and instructed them to stick to the enterprise groups they registered for.

He urged them to report technical officers asking for bribe to access money and promised to aprehend the culprits.

The Senior Community Development Officer Mrs. Nansukusa Mariam and the program focal person reminded beneficiaries to stick to the approved enterprises.

She discouraged them from sharing funds amongst themselves and adhered to their internal constitution.

The Senior Probation and Social Welfare Officer, Mr.kafeero Collins, emphasized that these funds must revolve to benefit other citizens. "Prompt recovery and tracking will be heavily enforced by the district." Said Kafeero. 

He advised them to have open and transparent conversations with their spouses about UWEP funds and not to hand over the lumpsum to their partners for personal use.

The senior labour officer, Mrs. Nandaula Eva advised members to draft clear internal guidelines detailing how tasks will be shared and warned against a situation where only 2 or 3 members do all the manual work and others share profits. 

She discouraged child labour. 

The Vice Chairperson Mr. Mulindwa Brain, who represented the District Chairperson urged beneficiaries to look beyond immediate survival and aim for long-term growth.

He emphasized that many groups fail because funds meant for business are shared among members for personal domestic gains. 

" We are not giving you funds to spend but rather capital to build a business. " Said Mulindwa.

He advised the executives to operate transparently.