Nakalema rallies youth to join fight against corruption – The Kampala Report

Col. Edith Nakalema, the head of State House Investors Protection Unit has called upon the youth to join the fight against corruption. Speaking to a group of youths and student leaders at her offices in Kampala, Nakalema said it’s time to stop lamenting and instead do something about corruption.

“Every person in this country is lamenting about corruption and all of you are tired of lamenting. I take this opportunity to inform you that corruption can be better fought by organizing ourselves better to be productive,” Nakalema said.

In her meeting that centered around career guidance to students through technological innovations and how they can use these innovations to solve the problems of society, Nakalema said she was happy that the youths were joining those creating wealth.

“My job now is to ensure wealth creation in the country. And I’m very happy that you are already transformative and have started creating wealth; you have already created wealth through innovations,” she said. Nakalema also said she was amazed to learn that these youth and student leaders are holding the world in their hands when it comes to technology and innovation.

“Thank you for this big lesson to me, I didn’t know that you have advanced that far to the extent of determining yourselves on who you are and what you can do better based on your passion and competence,” Nakalema said.

She further emphasized that the youth should use these innovations to upgrade to a level where they can solve the problems of society such as unemployment. “Each of you is unique from one another so if each one of you can develop your competencies and balance of passion and use them to deal with the society’s needs, the world would be much better. I’m already blessed to have you. I hadn’t known that all those apps existed,” she noted.

Nakalema also briefed the youth about her unit’s Electronic Investors Protection Portal, an application that safeguards investment processes in the country.

“When I was given this task of protecting investors, I came with a view of having an IT system where investors come to do due diligence when it comes to the right person to approach and protect the investors from being defrauded. This system eliminates human interaction that would facilitate fraud and quickens investment processes without middlemen. This system was developed by your fellow young colleagues,” she noted.

In the engagement, the student and youth leaders informed Nakalema that they have developed various innovations such as one that offers career guidance to students. Joshua Asiimwe informed Col. Nakalema that they came up with innovations that are in line with the new competence-based curriculum which doesn’t focus on grades but rather on what learners can solve and through their passion as well as dealing with what society needs.

The leaders also thanked Col. Nakalema for always lending them a listening ear and engaging them on various issues of development. The leaders who attended the meeting include; Obbo Johnson Emmanuel-Nationwide Dialogue Committee Coordinator, Musiime Abias- and Nuwahereza Simon Desire from Makerere University, Wasswa Christopher, the speaker of Uganda National Students Association, Olot Francis – President-UNSA, Amanya Moses – Guild President MUBS, Adroni Rodney – Guild Prime Minister Makerere University and Jacob Eyeru-Chairperson National Youth Council.