Katakwi, Uganda: Uganda’s Commande- in-Chief of the Defense Forces, President Yoweri Museveni directed that the next financial year’s budget should focus on irrigation and building fertilizer factory in Tororo.
He made this revelation while in Ongongoja Sub County, Katakwi district where he presided over a thanksgiving function for Rev. Fr. Lawrence Akepa and Rev. Fr. Paul Imalingat. The priests are related to Vice President Jessica Rose Alupo Epel.
The President’s message was delivered by Usuk County MP’s revelation, John Bosco Okiror that farmers in Teso have lost trees and plants to drought. Museveni said that the region was not growing enough trees to support Soroti Fruit Factory.
Food production and fruits in Teso sub-region has of recent reduced because of drought that has forced some of the farmers to cut down trees and exposed many families to famine.
According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification- IPC Phase 3 report of October 2022, the food security situation in Teso sub- region has deteriorated significantly compared to October 2018 due to harsh climatic conditions especially drought.
The report indicates that at the time of the assessment in July 2022, about 61% of the families were employing crisis or worse food coping strategies and 83% were employing Crisis and Emergency livelihood coping strategies.
However, in the Budget Framework Paper for the next financial year 2023/2024, education and health were tipped to take the lion share. This follows the government programme on Human Capital Development for science teachers and health workers.
The budget frame wok paper also states that water and environment will focus will on the completion of construction of Kyenshama and Kyemamba multi-purpose dams in Mbarara and Lyantonde; Geregere multi-purpose dam in Agago District to 10% completion; a multi-purpose earth dam in Eastern region to 30 percent; Kawumu Irrigation Scheme in Luweero district to 40 percent completion and construction of six Medium Scale Irrigation Schemes in Western, Central and Northern Regions, Busoga, Bukedi and Teso sub-regions to 30 percent progress.
The government has also proposed to prioritize the full implementation of the Parish Development Model -PDM and scaling up Emyooga, oil and gas development, enhancing support to Uganda Development Bank -UDB and Uganda Development Corporation -UDC under the Private Sector Development (1.798 trillion), and irrigation particularly the small scale solar powered irrigation under Agro Industrialization Programme (1.499 trillion).
The country’s National Budget has for long focused on infrastructure development until the National Development Plan III, in which government resolved to balance between infrastructure and human capital development to spur economic growth and development.
eveni wants next budget to prioritize irrigation
President Yoweri Museveni said that the next financial year’s budget should focus on irrigation and building fertilizer factory in Tororo.
Museveni said this in Ongongoja Sub County, Katakwi district where he presided over a thanksgiving function for Rev. Fr. Lawrence Akepa and Rev. Fr. Paul Imalingat. The priests are related to Vice President Jessica Rose Alupo Epel.
The President’s message was delivered by Usuk County MP’s revelation, John Bosco Okiror that farmers in Teso have lost trees and plants to drought. Museveni said that the region was not growing enough trees to support Soroti Fruit Factory.
Food production and fruits in Teso sub-region has of recent reduced because of drought that has forced some of the farmers to cut down trees and exposed many families to famine.
According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification- IPC Phase 3 report of October 2022, the food security situation in Teso sub- region has deteriorated significantly compared to October 2018 due to harsh climatic conditions especially drought.
The report indicates that at the time of the assessment in July 2022, about 61% of the families were employing crisis or worse food coping strategies and 83% were employing Crisis and Emergency livelihood coping strategies.
However, in the Budget Framework Paper for the next financial year 2023/2024, education and health were tipped to take the lion share. This follows the government programme on Human Capital Development for science teachers and health workers.
The budget frame wok paper also states that water and environment will focus will on the completion of construction of Kyenshama and Kyemamba multi-purpose dams in Mbarara and Lyantonde; Geregere multi-purpose dam in Agago District to 10% completion; a multi-purpose earth dam in Eastern region to 30 percent; Kawumu Irrigation Scheme in Luweero district to 40 percent completion and construction of six Medium Scale Irrigation Schemes in Western, Central and Northern Regions, Busoga, Bukedi and Teso sub-regions to 30 percent progress.
The government has also proposed to prioritize the full implementation of the Parish Development Model -PDM and scaling up Emyooga, oil and gas development, enhancing support to Uganda Development Bank -UDB and Uganda Development Corporation -UDC under the Private Sector Development (1.798 trillion), and irrigation particularly the small scale solar powered irrigation under Agro Industrialization Programme (1.499 trillion).
The country’s National Budget has for long focused on infrastructure development until the National Development Plan III, in which government resolved to balance between infrastructure and human capital development to spur economic growth and development.