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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Pork fanatics in Bushenyi district have hit back at President Museveni over his remarks on pigs saying “the words disparage the pig and pork industry, which is a forex and local revenue earner at international and local markets respectively.”<\/p>\n

According to the pork enthusiasts under their group, Uganda Pork Association, Mr Museveni\u2019s remarks during the Friday State of the Nation Address at Kololo Independence grounds were a direct attack on their businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cA real Munyankole can\u2019t abandon friends who are in need when they are also in acute need. No! Maybe these Banyankole who eat pigs\u2026..\u201d Mr Museveni said while castigating countries that banned export of Covid-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n

Mr Museveni while commenting on the failed attempt to kill General Katumba Wamala referred to the attackers as pigs, whose clues he had.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Daily Monitor on Saturday, pork revelers in Bushenyi, where there is a renowned weekly pork market known as Kabagarame, Mr Apollo Lee Kakonge said that the president has continuously belittled pigs<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president should stop disparaging our animals because those animals contribute to the revenue that helps him to run this country. Pigs are a source of livelihood to many people outside Kiruhuura where cattle are grazed. They are also a source of nutritious products and they are loved by very many people across the world,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He added that Mr Museveni as president of Uganda should be helping people to practice piggery business so they can earn more money.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it is not in order for the president to disrespect a product that many people associate with,\u201d Mr Kakonge reacted.<\/p>\n

MPs watch President Museveni’s televised state of the nation address at Kololo Independence Grounds on June 4, 2021. PHOTO\/ ABUBAKER LUBOWA<\/p>\n

Mr Dennis Twahika, a seasoned politician and student of law at Makerere University said President Museveni\u2019s remarks demoralized Ugandans in the pork business and also show some element of double standards on the side of Mr Museveni who has been instrumental in championing household income.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has been championing household income and piggery has been an integral element in government programs like operation wealth creation and NAADS,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Twahika stressed that anything coming from the head of state attacking the piggery business lowers the reputation and value of piggery farmers and the pork business in general.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2018Pigs have been distributed to youth groups and President Museveni is also known to have created presidential model villages where piglets were distributed and through his initiative, very huge markets for pork, Ruharo and Kabagarame emerged and empowered people economically,\u2019\u2019 he explained.<\/p>\n

He asked Mr Museveni to change his position on the piggery business and how he speaks about it.<\/p>\n

Pig farming is a lucrative venture in different parts of Uganda with high concentrations in the central region. Uganda is one of the large producers of pigs and their products on the African continent.<\/p>\n

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