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President Yoweri Museveni wants all Ugandans to play their part in wealth creation for Uganda to achieve collective development and prosperity through practicing modern commercial and calculated agriculture to fight poverty at the household level in the country.

President Museveni on Tuesday 11th April 2023 kick-started his tour of West Nile sub-region, he visited Mr. Aliamoi Swaib and his family and praised them for religiously following his advice of adopting modern commercial and calculated farming that has propelled him into the money economy.

President Museveni touring Mr. Aliamoi Swab’s  Farm in Madi, Okollo District

The President compared the progressive farmer to his co-teacher, who pays attention and follows instructions. “This is what I have been telling Ugandans, so I am very glad to be here with the vice president and the prime minister to witness the fulfillment of our Gospel. Thank you to the Aliamoi family. Simon and Peter are the ones that adhered to the gospel. You follow me, Jesus said, and together, we can build a new world. Some people had faith, while others didn’t, he noted.

President Museveni together Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Nabbanja meeting Mr. Aliamoi Swaib and his family during the Presidential tour in West Nile Region

One of the role models for farmers, Mr. Aliamoi Swaib, has invested in raising goats, oranges, and cassava on a 53-acre plot of land in Rhino Camp Town Council’s Abario Cell. The story of Mzee Swaib’s ascent through the financial system, according to Joan Aniku, a woman member of parliament from the Madi – Okollo District, began in 2015 after his big cassava crop harvest. Following President Museveni’s instruction to develop citrus fruits, the farmer entered the orange farming industry and planted more than 400 trees, which bring in more than $20 million (Uganda Shillings) per acre. Additionally, Mzee Swaib planted mango plants and expects to make about Sh40 million.

Mr. Swaibu’s goat project

The farm’s earnings are helping Mr. Swaib to educate his kids. He has also built a permanent home, obtained a solar lighting system, and is the only family in the vicinity to have his home connected to a water line. President Museveni praised Mr. Swaib’s family once more for demonstrating the validity of the wealth creation gospel. “I am grateful to Mzee Swaib and family for validating our preaching. I now work with Mzee Swaib as a co-teacher. He follows my instructions when I speak. I’ll give him a tractor and a pickup for that,” the President promised.

The President agreed with the Member of Parliament to enhance the status of the roads to first class murram in response to some of the issues brought up by the Woman MP for the Madi – Okollo district, Hon. Joan Aniku, and instructed the Prime Minister to make sure that most of the roads in the region are being improved. “We have a proposal to build the road from Pakwach to Rifule along the Nile. “We’ll probably need some time, but we’ll start with the murram roads. That will be in the Prime Minister’s control,” he stated.

At Mr. Moses Obeta’s farm, where Mr. Agandru Alex had offered him 400 acres of land, President Museveni thanked the family for demonstrating to Ugandans how riches can be built via commercial enterprise. In Oyuu village, Anibi Parish, Rhino Camp sub-county, Mr. Obetia, a model farmer, raises goats, cows, and sheep. “Some individuals have said that Museveni is lying and is Enzo. I’m opposed to homelessness. I first started fighting against this in the 1960s. From the Tanzanian border all the way here, the livestock corridor presently runs. Currently, milk is exported to Algeria”, he said. With barbed wire and concrete poles that won’t rot from the soil or get eaten by ants, President Museveni promised to back Mr. Obetia.

President Museveni visiting Mr. Bayo Richard and his Wife Alisaba Eunice in Arua City

Another success story seen by the President is Mr. Bayo Richard and his wife Alisaba Eunice who live at Eyama Cell in Ewadri Ward, Ayivu East Division- Arua City. The couple has an integrated farm of mango trees, a variety of fruit seedlings, piggery and poultry. They are now deeply involved in the money economy. The couple disclosed that they started their farm in 2011 while still at the University using savings from their allowances of sh600,000. President Museveni promised to support them with a solar irrigation system. “I am very happy to see Mr. Bayo and his wife Eunice because people have been saying that NRM is Enzo (lying). This proves that we can all become rich,” President Museveni noted.