A 28-year-old man in Kagoma, Wakiso district, has said President Yoweri Museveni’s ghetto initiative is already turning his life around.

After spending years looking for a job without success, Brian Okema was almost giving up when Museveni launched the Presidential Ghetto Initiative, a programme through which the president has been giving out money to youth groups in and around Kampala. Launched last month, the initiative was targeting youth living in slum areas such as Kisenyi, Kamwokya, Kibuye, Nsambya, Kagoma, Busega and Najjanankumbi among others.

Owning a weighing scale has become a form of employment inside Makerere University as students desire to know their weight.

The weighing scale business is common around the university campus with young boys positioning themselves around strategic points. These points are typically busy entry and exit points where they expect many pedestrians to pass on their way to and from campus.

Boys carrying weighing scales can be seen near the three major gates of the university and at the entrance to the halls of residence.