The initiative, approved by cabinet early this week, aims at transforming local governments to eradicate poverty and ensure sustainable wealth creation by paying attention to the needs of individual districts. It also seeks to enhance private sector growth and development through enterprise development and attracting local and foreign investors to the region.
Gen Saleh has pitched camp in Kasese district for about three months now and has, among other things, seen the approval of a 119 billion Shillings investment plan by Kasese district council to be financed under the Agri-led project. But, he says that he has not been in a position to get good contact with the ordinary people, who form part of the population that depends on subsistence farming.
In August 2017, the OWC coordinators delivered 25 heifers in Lwengo and Masaka districts respectively; which they said were of good quality breed. However, most of the beneficiaries complain that they were given poor quality animals some of which were sick and have since died.
Lieutenant General Charles Angina, the OWC Deputy Coordinator, says the program has largely been dedicated to distributing seedlings and animals since it started about four years ago, which has resulted into increased production.
