Youth
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Youth miscategorized unemployed & exploited
Most people in Uganda, our parents inclusive, think having a salaried job is the only relevant…
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There is need for new vocabulary to describe Ugandan youth
The way youth in Uganda are talked about, there are certain categories that emerge. “Well if…
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Jobs will not find you watching TV
I always tell youth who are still at the university not to expect white-collar jobs immediately…
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Are peer group outings beneficial?
It’s an outing for the members of my former Christian Fellowship, which is taking its freshers…
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Industrious youth wrongly categorized as ‘unemployed’
After My Senior Six vacation in 2018, I was admitted to study clinical medicine at Gulu…
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Waiting for that job call
I finally get a call! The sweet voiced lady on the other side, claiming to be…
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Applying for your first job
I’m wondering whether to go back to campus today, as there seems to be nothing new…
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Waiting for email response to job application
I wake up very early in the morning, rush to campus, a five minute walk so…
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Renting your first house
It’s day one in my new house, and I am cleaning up, scrubbing the floor and…
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Graduated and officially ‘unemployed’
It’s now official. I am unemployed. Handed in my dissertation today, which my supervisor finally accepted.…
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