Fast food restaurant chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Acacia Mall has witnssed beehive of activity as drones of youth seeking work placements thronged the restaurant following vacancy advertisement.
The applications consist of mainly young men and women, graduates and senior six vacationists. Our reporter has learnt that over a thousand people applied for the jobs and are currently taking a rigorous weeklong interview in which several are being eliminated.
According to one prospective worker, the restaurant has set a tough and challenging set of interviews.
" The aptitude tests were not hard but the orals were conducted by whites. Those who could not decipher the accent failed miserably", he stated.
He revealed that some applicants have lost out due to failure to pay attention to simple instructions. Those who showed up for written interviews without pens were shown the exit. Others who were not patient enough to wait for their turn gave up on seeing long queues.
He revealed that about 20 successful applicants would be paid about 600,000 Ugandan Shillings per month for 7 hours a day.
Unemployment remains one of the key challenges facing the youth in this country. The statistics are depressing given the population of youth in the country.
