Youth from 26 districts received dummy cheques worth over Shs.8 billion for the 915 targeted projects, while women groups from 43 districts received over Shs.9 billion targeting 1,459 projects.
District Local Government leaders as well as Chairpersons of the women and youth groups received their cheques at a function presided over by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the Parliamentary Buildings in Kampala.
The beneficiaries are youth and women groups operating projects under the programmes of Uganda Youth Livelihood Programme (UYLP) and the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP).
