The MicroFinance Support Centre-MSC will support widows and wives of the former Rwenzururu royal guards with seed capital to start income-generating activities.
MSC will also offer special support to all former and freed royal guards.
The commitment followed appeals made by the Busongora North MP, Sowedi Kitanywa and the Kasese Resident District Commissioner-RDC Lt. Joe Walusimbi who say that the former royal guards and their wives are struggling to rebuild their lives.
The leaders argue that most of the royal guards that were freed in 2020 found their families in shambles.
Addressing beneficiaries of Emyooga Sacco in Kasese Municipality and Busongora South in Kasese, the Deputy Executive Director of MSC, Hellen Petronilla Masika, said the institution will establish common user projects for the former royal guards and their wives to be able to boost their livelihoods.
She added that MSC will also provide financial literacy to the groups to enable them to get knowledge on access to affordable credit.
Masika also noted that MSC will support the remaining royal guards once they are released from prison.
The State Minister of Micro Finance, Haruna Kasole Kyeyune directed the MSC to begin mobilising the former royal guards immediately to ensure they are supported.
He noted that a number of young people were lured into such acts because they never had what to do.
