By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/ Umoja Standard.
Kampala, Uganda: The Bunyangabu County Legislator Hon. Kamukama Davis Araali spent most of this week’s time with his electorates back in Bunyangabu District in Toro Sub Region supervising government programs there.
The Legislator told this website that he is duty bound to establish how government programs are faring in his area of representation adding that it’s stipulated in his roles as a member of Parliament of Uganda.
While there, he revealed that, he was able to physically visit some farmers who are beneficiaries of programs like NAADS, Parishes Development Model (PDM) others like Emyooga, Bona Bagagawale and others in Sub Counties of Kibiito and surrounding ones.
“Myself visited farmers, entrepreneurs and other people doing great things to earn a living and develop themselves in my constituency of Bunyangabu in Bunyangabu District. These people amazed me in that they positively embraced life-changing government programs like PDM, EMyooga, NAADs and others. People are very rich in my area out of their willingness to tap into government opportunities.” He noted.
“These told me that they are confident in such programs and vowed to always move with government plans to better their lives. I assured them of full backing linking them to all development opportunity as and when they surface.” Vowed the Legislator.
He used the visit to meet farmers one on one listening to their stories and seeking to know how he can used his office to boost their development endeavors.
Bunyangabu county was curved out to form Bunyangabu district in 2017 after Bunyangabu District was curved from Kabarole District.
Subsistence agriculture and animal husbandry are the main economic activities in Bunyangabu District.
The crops grown in Kabarole District include:
Soybeans, Onions/Obutunguru, Cassava/Muhoogo, Bananas/Ebyenju, Matooke (green bananas)/Ebitooke, Maize/Ebicooli, Beans/Ebihimba, Sorghum/Omugusa, Potatoes/Ebilaya, Sweet potatoes/Ebitakuli, Groundnuts/Ebinyobwa, Millet/Oburoa, Yams/Ebinyonga, Coffee/Omwani, Tea/Amajani, Pineapples/Enanasi, Tomatoes/Enyanya, Cabbage.
Livestock is the second economic activity practiced in the Kabarole district which birthed Bunyangabu. In 2005, there were approximately 18,695 heads of exotic/cross bred cattle, 35,199 indigenous cattle, 75,897 goats, 6,442 sheep, 12,162 pigs, 9,776 exotic/cross bred chicken, 131,255 local chicken, 4,467 ducks, 1,040 turkeys, 326 guinea fowl, and 122 geese in the district.
Commercial fishing occurs on about 30 of the 52 crater lakes, scattered in Bunyangabu and Kabarole District. The main fish species harvested from the crater lakes is the small Haplochromines (Nkejje). Fishing, mainly of Protopterus aethiopicus (Lung fish), is also carried out in a number of wetlands.