Museveni rolled into Bundibugyo, promising a cocoa processing plant that he says will create jobs and turn the district into an industrial hub similar to Namanve, which employs 24,000 workers. The area produces over 70% of Uganda's cocoa exports, and the president claims investors are locked in after Americans ghosted him years ago when he pitched the same idea.
He name-dropped local success stories like cocoa farmer Benard Kacuro, who pulls in 75 million shillings monthly during harvest season, and cattle guy George Matongo from Nakaseke, who clears 250 million shillings annually despite living miles from paved roads. Museveni pushed his four-acre farming model from the 1996 playbook while taking shots at teachers striking for raises before critical infrastructure gets finished.
Speaker Anita Among confirmed that Bughendera District is moving forward, and district chair David Kabyanga said assessment teams wrapped up their work on the factory site. The area received 40.6 billion shillings through PDM for 130 parishes, but Kabyanga wants extra funding because landslides keep wrecking roads before construction crews finish fixing them.
He name-dropped local success stories like cocoa farmer Benard Kacuro, who pulls in 75 million shillings monthly during harvest season, and cattle guy George Matongo from Nakaseke, who clears 250 million shillings annually despite living miles from paved roads. Museveni pushed his four-acre farming model from the 1996 playbook while taking shots at teachers striking for raises before critical infrastructure gets finished.
Speaker Anita Among confirmed that Bughendera District is moving forward, and district chair David Kabyanga said assessment teams wrapped up their work on the factory site. The area received 40.6 billion shillings through PDM for 130 parishes, but Kabyanga wants extra funding because landslides keep wrecking roads before construction crews finish fixing them.
