FROM THE PARLIAMENT EARLY THIS WEEK IN DODOMA:
The government has dished out a total of Tshs. 4
bn/- from its treasury to help empower various 367 registered youth groups in
the country, the deputy minister of State in Vice-President’s Office responsible
for policy, parliament, labour, youths, and employment and disabled Anthony
Mavunde has said. Mavunde told Members
of Parliament early this week when he was answering a question earlier raised
by the special seat legislator Khadija Nassor Ally (CUF) who wanted to know how
the government has worked on economic basis in order to empower youths in the country
and what are the new strategies it has put in place to improve its empowerment program.
Responding to this question, the deputy minister noted that, plans by the
government have remained intact as per what the policy on capacity building
says as related with the youths’ economic empowerment. He said that, the government
urges youths to join the registered groups so that they might be able to get a
chance of employing themselves rather than depending on the employment
opportunities in offices which are very rate nowadays. “The government has been
empowering youths and women and this is in line with the national policy
programs of economic empowerment, and this is a priority set up in a move to reduce
the increased high rate of unemployment in the country”, he said.
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