Museveni roots for egg processing factory

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President Yoweri Museveni says the Government will establish a processing factory to add value to eggs to strengthen the economy and improve nutrition and food security.

According to the President, the volume of eggs is increasing yet the market is not enough, and instead of selling them raw, which are often consumed locally, processing them in the form of powder and liquid will fetch higher prices locally and internationally.

“We need to establish factories to process these eggs into products such as baby foods and nutritional foods to feed the elderly and the sick for the whole country and also for export,” he says.

President Museveni while visiting Akampurira Evas, a poultry farmer and beneficiary of the Parish Development Model (PDM), in Bubare trading centre, Bubare sub-county, Rubanda county east, Rubanda district on Feb. 12, 2025. (PPU)

The President made the remarks on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, while visiting Akampurira Evas, a poultry farmer and beneficiary of the Parish Development Model (PDM), in Bubare trading centre, Bubare sub-county, Rubanda county east, Rubanda district.

President Museveni while visiting Akampurira Evas, a poultry farmer and beneficiary of the Parish Development Model (PDM), in Bubare trading centre, Bubare sub-county, Rubanda county east, Rubanda district on Feb. 12, 2025. (PPU)

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President Museveni, who is in the Kigezi region on the assessment tour of the PDM and wealth creation programmes, said whether boiled, scrambled, or mixed with chapati, commonly known as Rolex, cannot be exported, but once properly processed and packed, it can even attract international markets like is the case is with the dairy industry.

“My people in Nyabushozi started milking a lot—5.3 billion litres per year, yet Ugandans can only consume 800 million litres. What we did was process the milk into different forms and pack it, and now we are exporting to countries like Nigeria and Algeria. This is what we want to do with the eggs and the pigs,” he said.

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Intensive agriculture

President Museveni reminded the Kigezi people that the only medicine to poverty is intensive agriculture by using their small portions of land but going for products with high returns under the four-acre model and the recommended seven activities, which include one acre for coffee, another for fruits (mangoes, oranges, and pineapples), another for food crops for the family (cassava, bananas, Irish potatoes, or millet), and the last one for pasture for dairy cattle (about eight of them). On top of this, one can add on poultry for eggs in the backyard, piggery and fish farming.

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“This is what we have been preaching since 1996, but the people don’t care,” the President said, adding that the Government has been introducing support programmes starting with Entandikwa, the Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA), the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), and Operation Wealth Creation (OWC), but people did not pay attention, thus failing to get out poverty.

“We started hearing complaints that our soldiers under OWC are mismanaging the OWC programme by extending support to their relatives. We now introduced the PDM and said, Let’s send you the money directly through your parish SACCOS by giving you sh100m each year. I want to thank you for using this money very well to get out of poverty. Please continue,” Museveni said.

He also urged that demanding roads, electricity, and hospitals may not necessarily solve their household income problems. The government can provide tarmac roads, extend electricity, and build schools and hospitals, among other infrastructure, but it cannot create wealth for every household.

“Whenever you return home, you will find poverty waiting and warmly welcome you back. So, please, seek first household incomes, and the rest will be added unto you,” the President said.

President Museveni while visiting Akampurira Evas, a poultry farmer and beneficiary of the Parish Development Model (PDM), in Bubare trading centre, Bubare sub-county, Rubanda county east, Rubanda district on Feb. 12, 2025. (PPU)

PDM changed my life

Akampurira welcomed President Museveni to her home and expressed gratitude for PDM, which she said has changed her life.

“I heard the president in 2022 when he was launching the PDM to get Ugandans out of poverty. I also said I wanted to benefit from this money. I started preparing myself by constructing a poultry house,” she narrated.

In September 2023, Akampurira received sh1m, which later became sh990,000 after deduction of the bank charge of sh10,000. She later spent sh375,000 and bought 50 young birds of chicken each at sh7500. She used the balance to buy chicken feed and drinking materials.

“After 3 months, I sold each at sh35,000 and got sh750,000 as profits. I later bought 100 layer chicks at sh3,500 each, and in 5 months I started collecting eggs,” Akampulira said, adding that after selling off the grown-up layers, she counted sh7,950,000m as profits. She later added on piggery and sells each pig at sh800,000.

“This PDM has really worked for me because I’m selling chicken, eggs, and chicken manure, and I’m now able to pay school fees for my children, some of whom had sat home. Those who got money for the PDM and know what to do must now be rich,” she informed the President.

Rubanda has got sh14b

Finance state minister (General Duties) Henry Musasizi, informed President Museveni that over sh14b has been distributed to the SACCOs in 70 parishes of Rubanda.

Musasizi, who is also a Member of Parliament for Rubanda East constituency, said the commissioned Mirama-Kabale high-voltage power line will facilitate industrialisation in the region. He also engaged President Museveni on the identification of potential investors who can establish an iron ore factory in the region.

The ceremony was also attended by the Vice President, H.E Jessica Alupo, Ministers, Members of Parliament, officials from the PDM Secretariat, and district leaders.

While in Kigezi, the President will visit several PDM beneficiaries, hold a live media interaction, and address public rallies in the sub-region.