Museveni appeals for commercial farming
Mar 22, 2010
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has urged communities in West Nile and northern Uganda to turn to commercial farming to fight poverty in the region.
By Ayiga Ondoga
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has urged communities in West Nile and northern Uganda to turn to commercial farming to fight poverty in the region.
He said economic activities would be boosted by the Nyagak hydro-power project which would be completed by November this year.
The President was speaking at the centenry celebrations of the Catholic Church in Nebbi diocese at Pakwach-Omach parish on Saturday.
The ceremony was attended by hundreds of pilgrims from Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Tanzania, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Comboni missionaries first set foot in Pakuba, northern Uganda in 1910 and spread Christianity to other parts of the region. Museveni donated sh20m to the diocese.
“After the tarmacking of the Arua-Pakwach-Karuma road, people should practise commercial farming to have enough produce for both consumption and trade,†the President advised.
He said the $10m (sh20b) needed for the completion of the project would be secured from the $350m energy fund that the Government had undertaken for the construction of hydro-dams in the country.
Museveni said under the fund, the construction of Karuma Hydro Dam would start soon.
“The Government has raised $350m for the energy fund. It is our own money, which has not come from the donors,†he noted.
The President said the fund would also be used to complete Nyagak and start the construction of Karuma dam.
“We had given the Nyagak project to the Aga Khan Foundation but they had financial problems and delayed to complete it,†Museveni said.
Present at the occasion were energy minister Hillary Onek, lands minister Omara Atubo, education minister Namirembe Bitamazire, state minister for finance, Jacan Omach, and state minister for energy, Simon D’Ujanga.
Others were Nebbi district leaders led by the LC5 chairperson, John Pascal Wapokurwa, traditional leaders and security officials.
The main celebrant was the Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, Archbishop Paul Tsang Inam, who was assisted by the Gulu Archbishop, John Baptist Odama and Nebbi Diocese Bishop, Martin Luluga. Several bishops, priests and Christians attended.
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has urged communities in West Nile and northern Uganda to turn to commercial farming to fight poverty in the region.
He said economic activities would be boosted by the Nyagak hydro-power project which would be completed by November this year.
The President was speaking at the centenry celebrations of the Catholic Church in Nebbi diocese at Pakwach-Omach parish on Saturday.
The ceremony was attended by hundreds of pilgrims from Rwanda, Burundi, Sudan, Tanzania, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Comboni missionaries first set foot in Pakuba, northern Uganda in 1910 and spread Christianity to other parts of the region. Museveni donated sh20m to the diocese.
“After the tarmacking of the Arua-Pakwach-Karuma road, people should practise commercial farming to have enough produce for both consumption and trade,†the President advised.
He said the $10m (sh20b) needed for the completion of the project would be secured from the $350m energy fund that the Government had undertaken for the construction of hydro-dams in the country.
Museveni said under the fund, the construction of Karuma Hydro Dam would start soon.
“The Government has raised $350m for the energy fund. It is our own money, which has not come from the donors,†he noted.
The President said the fund would also be used to complete Nyagak and start the construction of Karuma dam.
“We had given the Nyagak project to the Aga Khan Foundation but they had financial problems and delayed to complete it,†Museveni said.
Present at the occasion were energy minister Hillary Onek, lands minister Omara Atubo, education minister Namirembe Bitamazire, state minister for finance, Jacan Omach, and state minister for energy, Simon D’Ujanga.
Others were Nebbi district leaders led by the LC5 chairperson, John Pascal Wapokurwa, traditional leaders and security officials.
The main celebrant was the Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, Archbishop Paul Tsang Inam, who was assisted by the Gulu Archbishop, John Baptist Odama and Nebbi Diocese Bishop, Martin Luluga. Several bishops, priests and Christians attended.