There is peace, dev't amidst poverty - Museveni

By Vision Reporter

President Yoweri Museveni who is also the Presidential candidate for NRM has said that we must create household income to eradicate poverty amidst development.

“If there is peace and development amidst poverty, there is need to create household income. One of the means to do so is through modern farming. This is because traditional agriculture will not solve the poverty issue,” he said.

He reiterated that the modern agricultural activities must be done through proper calculations. He expressed his concern that many people were still living in poverty because of cultivating tobacco. He observed that tobacco could only be lucrative when it is grown on a large scale.

Museveni was speaking at a rally he held at Buzu Foundation Primary School in Madi Okollo County, Arua District where he warmly received 45 FDC members who crossed to the NRM party. Some of the FDC members who crossed were happy that the President had fulfilled his most of his pledges in the region.

Museveni urged the people to grow coffee, citrus fruits, rear dairy cows, poultry for eggs and pigs, activities that can get the farmers more income on small pieces of land than growing tobacco. He said the big and small factories play a big role in wealth creation and advised them to set up maize mills, rice hullers and honey extractors.

On graduate youth with no jobs, Museveni assured Ugandans that the NRM Government would retool them in technical skills of their choice at its cost and enable them to get jobs. He suggested that they train in fields such as metal works, wood works, ceramics and ICT.

He assured the people that the NRM government was doing everything possible to develop Uganda through prioritization and that the Operation Wealth Creation and Microfinance are to be provided with more funds to boost income generation. He said that the Government plans to provide more funds to the Youth Livelihood and Women’s Funds.