While inspecting different enterprises of farmers under the parish development Model-PDM program in the districts of Kasese, Ntoroko and Bundibugyo on Monday, Museveni said that he started economic empowerment programs in 1966 while in Ankole, steering the cattle farming communities to embrace value addition for their milk products and later took on the gospel on development to the rest of the country.
Soroti meat Parkers was sold by the government 300 million to Teso Agro Industry Company (TAICO) where the former Internal Affairs State Minister, Col. William Omaria is the director.
Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo Chigamoy said on Friday that he received a letter from the President revealing that some cattle keepers were already fleeing forceful eviction from the region leaving behind their cattle.
The President faulted the corrupt elements in security forces and officials in charge of the Environment and National Forestry Authority (NFA) for allegedly aiding the rising charcoal trade.
The President had pledged 10 million Shillings, a pair of oxen and an ox –plough to each of the NRM sub-county chairpersons in the districts. But the pledge had remained pending since 2016.
Fred Mugazi, the central market chairperson, says that they cannot sleep in the market since space at the market is not enough. He also says that the sanitary facilities are not enough to accommodate all the traders.
