Abstract

The youth empowerment and community development in Kamunganguzi Sub-County,
Kabale District, Uganda was evaluated. The aim of the study was to find out the Level of the
youth empowerment in rural areas, the effect of the informal economy to community
development and the extent of the youth empowerment to the National Development in
Kabale District. The survey research design was used. The researcher used both qualitative
and quantitative techniques in collecting and analyzing and presenting the data. The level
performance of youth empowerment was; creating employment opportunities among the
youth, providing education through payment of fees, training the youth some of the skills,
fighting poverty in the community, funding the activities of the youth which are income
generating, participated in the formation of policies on health, human rights affecting the
youth and capacity building by giving refresher courses to the youth. The factors affecting
the effective performance of Youth empowerment were; poor leadership, lack budgeting
skills, lack of enough funds, lack of enough funds and the inability to define proper lines of
autonomy on policy issues, government interference