Education Cabinet Secretary, Ezekiel Machogu, has challenged university graduates to utilise acquired skills and intellectual prowess to improve the living standards of the society.

He said graduates have the potential to achieve what is necessary to meet current and future challenges and, therefore, they need to embrace their new beginning to and be ready to face any task they encounter.

In a speech read on his behalf by a senior Education Officer, Nereah Olik, during the first graduation ceremony of Alupe University in Teso South Sub- county on Wednesday, Machogu urged the graduates to be ready to improve the lives of their communities. “Play your part and make a better future for your families, communities and the nation,” CS said.

Machogu promised government support to the institution so that many more students can access and receive higher learning opportunities within reach.

Busia Governor, Paul Otuoma, urged university graduates to be ready to offer the highly needed skilled manpower the county yearns to spur growth. 

Otuoma said that the county was looking for skilled manpower to solve its health challenges. “Sometimes we talk of employment, but we need to employ people with the right skills.”

– KNA