• Latest
William Ruto Awarded by Ugandan Youth, Underscores Innovation and Technical Education

William Ruto Awarded by Ugandan Youth, Underscores Innovation and Technical Education

7 years ago
Makerere Becomes First African University to Join Global Foreign Studies Alliance

Makerere Becomes First African University to Join Global Foreign Studies Alliance

1 day ago
Eng Grania Rosette Rubomboras Appointed New ERA Board Chairperson

Eng Grania Rosette Rubomboras Appointed New ERA Board Chairperson

1 day ago
Gov’t Offers 2,300 Free Market Stalls to Relocate Street Vendors

Gov’t Offers 2,300 Free Market Stalls to Relocate Street Vendors

1 day ago
Karamoja Campaign Trail: Museveni says Oil Revenue Will Fuel Infrastructure Dev’t

Karamoja Campaign Trail: Museveni says Oil Revenue Will Fuel Infrastructure Dev’t

1 day ago
Uganda is the Most Democratic Country in the World – Museveni

Uganda is the Most Democratic Country in the World – Museveni

1 day ago
Museveni Hails UPDF, Locals for Securing Acholi Region

Museveni Hails UPDF, Locals for Securing Acholi Region

1 day ago
SoftPower News
Sunday, October 26, 2025
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women
No Result
View All Result
SoftPower News
No Result
View All Result
Home News

William Ruto Awarded by Ugandan Youth, Underscores Innovation and Technical Education

by Sarah Kagingo
August 19, 2018
William Ruto Awarded by Ugandan Youth, Underscores Innovation and Technical Education

Kenya's Deputy President, William Ruto received the Lifetime Achievement Award. (Photo by @NBStv)

10
VIEWS

Kenya’s Deputy President, William Ruto has called on young people in Uganda to embrace innovation and entrepreneurship which he said is the only way through which Africa will achieve its development agenda.

Ruto was speaking Saturday at the 7th edition of Young Achievers Awards at Kampala Serena Hotel where he delivered a keynote.

Related Stories

Uganda is the Most Democratic Country in the World – Museveni

Uganda Recommits to Multilateralism and Inclusive Global Growth at UNCTAD16

Uganda Identifies Climate Hotspots in New Study to Strengthen Farm Resilience

At the same event, he was recognized and awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award for championing the economic empowerment of youth in Kenya and consistently positioning youth as vessels for social change.

“We recognize your pesonal leadership story that embodies the dreams of ordinary young Africans whose own dreams often times are stuck against the odds. You’ve broken barriers to social and economic empowerment to emerge as a leading light of your generation,” read part of the citation of the Award.

Ruto who was accompanied by his wife and two children along with a delegation of officials from the Kenyan government said the Award was an honor.

“I’m deeply honoured. Your recognition humbles me to the core. I accept this recognition from you because the spirit represented by this event is one that must be lauded,” he told the guests at the event.

“The idea that Africa must learn to celebrate and validate her own rather than wait for external approval from others is a liberating mindset which I fully endorse”.

He congratulated the organizers of the annual Awards which he described as a wonderful innovation.

Ruto used the evening to rally young people in Uganda behind innovation, stating that enterprise, creativity and innovation pays much more than hard work.

Unless education is reformed to emphasize the primacy of science, technology and technical education, the potential of Africa’s youth will not be unlocked, he noted. Failure to prioritize these three areas, he added, will slow down the continent’s efforts to catch up with the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

He said that putting the youth at the centre of development explains why Kenya boasts of 11 national polytechnics and 203 technical training institutions churning out 180,000 students in such institutions.

“I have seen the possibilities and freedoms that come when young people cease the opportunity to be part of history,” Ruto said.

“I want all the youth to know that a new day is on the horizon and when than new day dawns, it will be because a number of daring young people born of commoners will be the leaders to taken the mantle to deliver Africa’s agenda 2063 ahead of time”.

He encouraged the youth to discover the enterprising attributes that lie within them

“In the world we live in today, everything is possible. Impossible is a word with diminished application and relevance. Ideas only fail only because they have been done before or when our imagination is not bold enough,” he added.

Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda who attended the event congratulated H.E William Ruto upon his recognition.

The Awards ceremony was also attended by Minister for Trade, Amelia Kyambadde, State Minister for Finance, David Bahati and former UIA Executive Director, Dr Maggie Kigozi among others.

Twitter Photos

Tags: AfricadevelopmententreprenuershipinnovationscienceUgandaWilliam RutoYoung Achievers Awards

Recent Stories

Makerere Becomes First African University to Join Global Foreign Studies Alliance

Eng Grania Rosette Rubomboras Appointed New ERA Board Chairperson

Gov’t Offers 2,300 Free Market Stalls to Relocate Street Vendors

Karamoja Campaign Trail: Museveni says Oil Revenue Will Fuel Infrastructure Dev’t

Uganda is the Most Democratic Country in the World – Museveni

Museveni Hails UPDF, Locals for Securing Acholi Region

SoftPower News Logo

SoftPower News is a subsidiary of SoftPower Communications LLC, a Ugandan digital media group. Keep posted of the latest from Uganda and East Africa.
Plot 4B Malcolm X, Kololo
P.O Box 1497, Kampala - Uganda
Tel: +256-392-001-701
Email: info@softpower.ug

This news site is licenced by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)

ADVERTISEMENT
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Regional
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More

© SoftPower News

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

error: Content is protected
No Result
View All Result
  • News
  • Tourism & Travel
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
    • Fashion
  • Regional
    • Kenya
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Burundi
    • South Sudan
    • DR Congo
  • Defence & Security
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • More
    • Agriculture
    • Africa
    • Columnists
    • Education
    • Health
      • COVID-19
    • International News
    • News in Pictures
    • OpEd
    • Pearl Of Africa
    • People
    • Politics
    • Special Reports
    • Women

© SoftPower News

Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?