Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has urged Ugandans to consider exploring more trade and investment opportunities in the country instead of thinking of going abroad to look for jobs.
Responding to the Monitor’s Friday story, which indicated that more Ugandans prefer to move abroad for jobs, Mr Kasaija said there is no better country in Uganda than Uganda and that the government is working to create more employment opportunities.
The 2024 Afrobarometer report findings published by the Monitor on Friday indicated that more than four in 10 respondents (42 percent) have considered leaving Uganda.
This figure is highest among the most educated (59 percent of those with post-secondary education and the youth of 51 percent of 18- to 35-year-olds.
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