UGANDA: Cleric Warns Youth Against Dropping Out of School for Jobs in Arab countries

Masereka Peter

The youth Chaplain of the diocese of Kasese, Rev. Fr. Joseph Tumusiime has called for positive mindset change among the youth who are currently risking lives for jobs in the Arab world than utilizing the available resources in Uganda to develop.

Demand for Ugandan migrant workers, especially in the Middle East, has been growing in the last 10 years

At least an average of 7,724 migrant workers left Uganda per month in 2022 in search of employment in the Middle East, according to data from Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development.

The details are contained in a Ministry of Gender migrant labor report that covers 11 months to December 2022, the 7,724 monthly average returned an annual total of 84,966

In his homily while presiding over Holy Mass that closed a session of sharing to Nyakiyumbu Secondary School organized by Uganda Chastity Education under the youth office of the diocese of Kasese, Fr. Tumusiime was also critical of learners who drop out of school for foreign domestic jobs which he said were not sustainable.

Fr. Tumusiime, who called for more focus to academics, described Uganda as a special God given country with resources that if well tapped into, can ably serve the citizens.

Tumusiime said in looking for Job in the Arab countries some who ended up losing the internal organs, permanent body damages and weakness and others it has cost them their families as well as life.

He also asked students to be conscious against individuals intending to recruit them into homosexuality he said is being well funded by selfish individuals.

Fr Tumusiime said the same exercise under the Uganda Chastity Education will role in all secondary school in the district with an aim of sensitizing scholar on effects of early sex and teenage pregnancy as well as giving them career of life.

The diocesan youth coordinator, Ms Neverles Masika Asubuyi described education as a garden that learners must rightly make use of for an improved future.

The school head teacher, Mr. Protocol Kisembo asked the students to be patient by putting the preacher’s message in practice for their good.

Nyakiyumbu secondary School was sixth school to be visited by the youth office under Universal Chastity Education program out of 65Schools in the district. END