The National Celebrations for the commonwealth day were held at the Hotel Africana targeting youth empowerment as the main objective of the commonwealth this year.

The acting Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rhoda Kaisho said Uganda as a country had endeavoured to empower the youth through youth centers which provide training in Entreprenuership, management and vocational skills to school drop outs and those youths that fail to join University, hense creating Jobs.

Kaisho said the youth centers were started by the commonwealth secretariat and are being funded by the commonwealth secretariat.

By Eddy Kirya
Uganda Hotel News