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Over 40 Resident District/City Commissioners (RDCs/RCCs), Deputy RDCs/RCCs and Assistants RDCs/RCCs have been sent for a training in entrepreneurship and Promotion of Livelihood Generation Activities (EPLGA) in India for a two weeks training.
During the flag-off ceremony at the Office of the President in Kampala on Monday, the High
Commissioner of India to Uganda, H.E Upender Singh Rawat said the training is part of the Indian
government’s 68- year old program geared towards countries of the global south to enhance skills and
capacity building, with the aim of promoting development.
“I welcome all the RDCs who are going to India. It will offer you skills and entrepreneurship
enhancements,”H.E Upender Singh Rawat said adding that India has number of institutions covering
different courses in several sectors of ICT, agriculture, technology, among others, all meant to support
their partners from the Global South.
The High Commissioner also reiterated India’s continued and strengthened bilateral relations with
Uganda for shared development. The training will kick off on 18th September to 1st October, 2025 at the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), A-23, Institutional Area, Sector-62, Noida, very close to India Capital-New Delhi.
The Secretary Office of the President, Hajji Yunus Kakande, thanked the Indian government through the
High Commissioner for making sure that the country is true friends with Uganda. “India has contributed a lot to the socio-economic transformation of Uganda. India and Uganda have been together in so many things thus cementing a strong cordial ties between the two countries.”
Hajji Kakande also lauded India government’s sincere support and significant contributions to the East
African countries’; development agenda. As the host institute prepares to take the third slot of the yellow men, this becomes the second group to go for the same training in addition to the first batch of 20 RDCs that went through the same training.
"India has similar programs like Uganda such as the PDM though theirs are more developed than ours. We are looking forward to bench mark so that we also develop our programs more in order to achieve the much desired socio-economic transformation,” Hajji Kakande added.
He also underscored the critical role of the entrepreneurship and Promotion of Livelihood Generation
Activities training to the commissioners and urged them to remain focused and disciplined during their
time of stay in India.
“The skills acquired after the training will help the beneficiaries to serve effectively as change agents in
driving socio-economic transformation in their local areas,” he noted.
Ms. Florence Kiremerwa, the Special Presidential Assistant, Diaspora Affairs, thanked the president,
Indian High Commissioner and the Office of the President for having a good network with other
governments that has enabled the training of the commissioners in India
Maj. Martha Assimwe the head of the RDC secretariat, noted their office was realizing the fundamental
paradigm shift in time of training and equipping their department with all the necessary skills and
enhanced expertise in their field of work.
“Kindly maintain a high level of discipline and professionalism since it reflects our organization which is
the office of the President and adhere to the training schedule and rules, respect facilitators, organisers
and fellow participants”; said Maj. Martha the pioneer alumni of the training in India.
