Uganda, Feb. 10 -- The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) boss has warned that youth who are reluctant to acquire hands-on skills will struggle to get employment in the near future even when they have university degrees.

EACOP deputy managing director John Bosco Habumugisha insists hands-on skills are transformational and can quickly change his fortunes.

"If we don't do that now, we are going to have a mass of useless educated Ugandans in the near future who contribute little or nothing to the country's economic transformation," he remarked during the graduation and hand over of start-up kits for 39 Project Affected Persons (PAPs) of the Crude Oil Pipeline project from five districts of Sembabule, Gomba, Lwengo ,Kyotera and Rakai wh...