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“ Thabisa was living in a grass thatched house but now she is living in a nice glass house and taking good care of herself.” Museveni said.
During his Island tour which he themed ‘securing your future through wealth creation and shared prosperity’ Museveni said model farmers are living examples of success and need to be emulated.
Meanwhile Akirapa a resident of Busanga village, Mugoye sub county in Kalangala took the president on a tour in her oil palm plantation while narrating to him the genesis of her miraculous garden which she started with half an acre of oil palm trees to a four acres land.
However president Museveni thanked the model farmers for listening to his advice and embracing the government development programmes and promised to give out motor vehicles to other farmers at parish level to ease transportation of their fertilizers and yields to their respective market place for sale.
Meanwhile Akirapa a widow spoke to our reporter and said that the government gave her seedlings and fertilizers. Fast forward today and she has built herself a good house and comfortably raised her children and grandchildren and that she has a garden which feeds her family besides the palm oil trees.
Mr Ssesanga a model farmer welcomed his highly profile visitor whom he guided to a tour around his farm which he began with four acres of oil palm in 2012 and now owning 12 acres comprising of a dairy farm from which he gets 25 litres of milk everyday.
I visited Kalangala Island where wananchi rely mainly on oil palm for household income. I advised them to diversify to dairy and poultry farming to create more wealth.
I was however pleased that the people of Kalangala have embraced our wealth creation gospel and I testified to… pic.twitter.com/N1oBgeEt4E
— Yoweri K Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) May 26, 2023
Mr Ssesanga thanked and rewarded president Museveni with a vow as a gesture for his gratitude.
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