Uganda: Karamoja farmers embrace agriculture, leave rustling behind

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that the government will have to plan for massive production after the success of the Parish Development Model (PDM) in many parts of the country. "The way we're moving, we're moving very well. The government now needs to plan for massive production of products such as the eggs, the pork, and the beef industry. I have already built a leather industry for you people to handle the skins of cows and goats. Here in Karamoja, we have cement factories coming up, and they have to eat your meat and the milk. We're also going to work on the issue of dairy. When I was in Bukedi, I saw people doing well with local chickens, turkeys and ducks, fish farming, and all these," President Museveni said. The President made the remarks in Nakapiripirit on Tuesday 3rd December,2024 after visiting Lokong Emmanuel Losike, a piggery farmer in Kakomokwee Village, Loregae sub-county, Nakapiripirit District. The President is in Karamoja Sub-Region in continuation of ...