Youths from across the country have urged government to waive off taxes on youth enterprises that have been earmarked to benefit from the Parish Development Model (PDM).
The youths made this call during a plenary meeting of the Fifth National Youth Parliament where they observed that the PDM design as it currently appears may not benefit them if they are to compete with other established enterprises.
“I am a farmer but you find the taxes on inputs are the same for us as the other established farmers. We would request that taxes are reduced for the youth,” said Jackline Namutebi from central region.
Demos Pariyo Agamba from West Nile said many youth enterprises had collapsed because of high taxes which he said were discouraging. ”Do you know how many youth projects have died? We need a fair tax policy to protect youth enterprises,” said Agamba.