What kind of jobs from Sugar cane?

Apr 22, 2007

SIR — I am a ugandan staying in Sweden. I have read President Yoweri museveni’s article supporting the mabira Forest giveaway. Museveni constantly talks of agriculture being backward in Uganda and yet is at the forefront of encouraging it! sugarcane growing is agriculture but the 6,500 Ugandans

SIR — I am a ugandan staying in Sweden. i have read President Yoweri museveni’s article supporting the mabira Forest giveaway. Museveni constantly talks of agriculture being backward in Uganda and yet is at the forefront of encouraging it! sugarcane growing is agriculture but the 6,500 Ugandans employed at Kakira only cut sugarcane!

There are very few ugandans doing worthwhile jobs there! Many of us grew up there but even after graduation we were not employed at Kakira unless we wanted menial jobs! No graduate will go to work on metha’s plantation. how many kakira employees have something to write home about?

they are called kasanvu, in reference to the peanuts they earn! my father was a civil engineer and worked there but all he got was a contract which lasted a few years. He could only have stayed there if he wanted to cut sugarcane! Mehta, leave Mabira alone!

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