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For a country to industrialise, it needs the following; labour, natural resources, capital, knowledge and entrepreneurship. The last group refers to people who have the spectacles to see opportunities which others do not see. Our stock of entrepreneurs in Uganda is growing.

And once a factory is in Uganda, it’s a Ugandan factory irrespective of ownership. I hear some Ugandans talk of Indian factories, those are in India not Uganda.
Previously, some people in Acholi were opposing these developments. This is terrible. Why would you reject progress? When I passed here in 1968, all I saw was grassland, fit for grazing cows. Then Amina Hersi came with different spectacles and here we are.
You saw me hold a bag of sugar in the factory there. That is Atiak sugar. There is Kakira, Lugazi, Kinyara and now we have Atiak sugar. This factory adds to our capacity to produce sugar for internal consumption and export.
This factory employs 2,000 workers and impacts on more than 20,000 people and their families. The neighbours who have sim sim, malakwang, potatoes and other things have got market for their goods from the factory workers.
In Rwakitura, I sell a litre of milk at Shs600 yet my friend Prof Nsibambi, who had a farm near Kampala, would sell at Shs1,200 because he had a big market.

Therefore, when you get a factory like this, please support it. Even if it does not directly employ you, there are many spill-over benefits. The nearby shops, schools, and other facilities will all benefit.
For Atiak, we are using outgrowers as the fulcrum. Much of the sugarcane will be grown by our people here. Each of these families will have five acres ploughed and planted for them by the factory. The families will look after the cane and will each earn Shs18 million after 18 months.
The Government will continue to support this project. Amina Hersi took me to River Aswa and explained how the people of Lamwo are growing so much sugarcane but have to move 175km to bring it here, yet if we build a bridge, they would only move 36km and be at the factory.
The bridge will be built so that the part of the project which is on the Lamwo side will be directly linked with the one on Atiak side. This will save the money of the farmers in transport.
I thank the people of Atiak and Lamwo for making Africa proud because they have showed that even rural areas can receive the message of development and are able to reject the message of liars and malicious leaders.
I thank Amina for being a freedom fighter, she is like her uncle Museveni who does not give up even when I am abused. If they could abuse Jesus, the son of God, who am I not to be abused? But Jesus had a mission and was not deterred even when he was abused. He fulfilled his mission. That’s the same with me – M7 said.


President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is also the chairman of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) has said that all members of the party irrespective of whether they appear on the voters;’ register should be allowed to vote in the upcoming party primaries.
Museveni said that he had received complaints regarding the non-existence of registers in some villages and the exclusion of a significant number of party members from registers.

“The issue can be resolved if we stick to the principles and policies of the NRM party that are contained in our constitution,” Museveni said.
The NRM constitution under Article 25 (5) (g) mandates the NRM branches (Villages) to keep a permanent register of the branch members.
Museveni says that any NRM member whose name is not on the party register shall be immediately added to the register and permitted to vote if ‘the person is 18 years and above.”
“The Branch (Village) Executive Committee should have verified that the person is a member of NRM in that village,” Museveni said.
“Where there are no registers, the Branch (Village) Executive Committee shall verify and register all members eligible to vote,” he added.

Museveni advises that the activities of updating voters’ registers should be handled transparently either prior to or on the voting day and “should not be a source of conflict.”
“Copies of registers used should immediately after this exercise be forwarded to the Secretary General of the NRM,” he said.
NRM primaries are scheduled for tomorrow but already different players had decried the way in which registers are being handled.






Civil and Economic activist, entrepreneur and Motivational speaker, Frank Gashumba has said president Museveni’s action to ban advertising unauthorized local herbs was a good step.
“In the last speech by president Museveni, I was happy that he listened to my plea to ban publicity of local in authentic herbs. It’s good that he banned it. Better late than never. I am glad he had my YouTube message I aired on March 27″Gashumba said.

During his last speech, president Museveni warned closure of a television or radio outlet where adverts of unauthorised local herbs are being advertised.
The Mali Group of companies boss said that in the developed world, no drug shop would sell you a medicine without doctor’s recommendation.
“They use a social security number to put to punch in information about your visits to health experts. Once a prescription is authenticated, then a drug shop releases the medicine. What is sold on counter is food supplement. Nothing else,” Gashumba said.
He criticised Bukedde tv for promoting “nosense” just because they are looking for money.
” I can’t imagine who runs this country. It makes us feel bad when illegalities are done freely as if there is no authority,” Gashumba said.
He also touched the issue of food distribution where shs. 59 bn will be used to purchase food for the poor.

He said there must be full accountability for.all.funds and that he was sure more that 1.5m government planned for require food.
“They should reach out to all the needy” Gashumba said.
On fake preachers who boast of wielding powers to heal, Gashumba advised government to arrest them.
“They keep telling the unsuspecting flock that they have powers to heal all forms of disease. Let them come out now instead of asking for money from people,” Gashumba said.










