{"id":117449,"date":"2025-12-16T19:47:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/museveni-promises-more-tarmac-roads-for-kakumiro"},"modified":"2025-12-16T19:55:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:55:01","slug":"museveni-promises-more-tarmac-roads-for-kakumiro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/museveni-promises-more-tarmac-roads-for-kakumiro","title":{"rendered":"Museveni Promises more Tarmac Roads for Kakumiro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>President Museveni has concluded his campaign trail in the Bunyoro sub-region with renewed pledges to expand infrastructure and promote wealth creation in the area.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a mega rally held at Kakeeka Grounds in Kakumiro Town Council, Kakumiro District, Museveni praised the peace ushered in by his National Resistance Movement (NRM) government, which he said has laid the foundation for development not only in Kakumiro and Bunyoro, but across the entire country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can witness the roads we have tarmacked here; the electricity and water are all here. In terms of water, you are at 92 percent coverage. Many villages have clean water. Electricity has also reached many sub-counties in Kakumiro. Many areas now have tarmac roads,\u201d Museveni said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that government plans to further expand the road network in the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the tarmacked roads, we shall add the Kazo\u2013Mpara\u2013Kyegegwa\u2013Hapuyo\u2013Karuguuza road, but also the Kisiita\u2013Nkooko\u2013Masode\u2013Ntwetwe\u2013Kiboga road. All these roads will be worked on,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the NRM Chairperson for Kakumiro and Minister of State for Transport, Fred Byamukama, told the gathering that Bunyoro has a total of 1,768 kilometres of national roads, over 600 kilometres of which are already tarmacked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOpposition deceives people that the tarmac came because of oil, yet these are President Museveni\u2019s pledges even before oil came,\u201d Byamukama said.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that roads which are not yet tarmacked are regularly maintained to ensure they remain motorable throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Fred Byamukama praised President Museveni and the NRM for restoring peace in Kakumiro, which he said has been the foundation for the area\u2019s development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou helped us overcome the instability which also extended here at Birembo where you fought, and again in 2000 when the ADF insurgents attacked. We thank you because today there is peace,\u201d Byamukama said.<\/p>\n<p>He also thanked the President for key infrastructure investments, including Kabale International Airport and the district administration block that was commissioned during the visit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are grateful for Kabale International Airport and for the administration block that you commissioned here at the district today. We currently have 80 irrigation schemes, while electricity coverage now stands at 66 percent, and we are confident that once we protect these gains, we shall receive more schemes to further improve agricultural productivity,\u201d Byamukama said.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the rally in Lunyoro, the local dialect, President Museveni emphasised that despite the visible infrastructure development, prosperity would be meaningless if people remained poor, urging residents to focus on wealth creation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 1995, I moved around the country asking Ugandans not to work only for their stomachs\u2014subsistence production\u2014but to also get involved in commercial production and do this with calculation. In 1996, I told people about the four-acre model, where one acre is for coffee, another for fruits, then grass for zero-grazing cattle, food for the home and behind the house, chicken for eggs, and in swamps rear fish,\u201d Museveni said.<\/p>\n<p>He said he was pleased that some Ugandans had embraced this advice, citing Kakumiro\u2019s own Minister Byamukama as an example.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI advised him and he started as soon as possible with coffee, fruits, grass for dairy cattle, pigs and chicken for eggs. From eggs, he sells 302 trays of eggs every day, and in a month, he gets over Shs80 million. This is only from the sale of eggs,\u201d Museveni said.<\/p>\n<p>The President further noted that fish farming presents another lucrative opportunity, saying one can earn more than Shs140 million from the enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>He added that even people with small pieces of land can engage in profitable ventures, while those with larger land holdings can invest in crops such as sugarcane, tea and cotton.<\/p>\n<p>Museveni stressed that success in any enterprise requires proper planning and calculation, noting that government programmes such as the Parish Development Model are designed to support wealth creation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs NRM, we don\u2019t hoodwink people with roads, electricity and schools, but we tell them the truth that wealth creation is key. We give them advice but also help them to create wealth by putting in place funds. Africa is wealthy and doesn\u2019t need any donations from the whites because we have everything here. The only problem is the people who don\u2019t know what to do, but we shall continue advising them,\u201d Museveni said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Uganda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. President Museveni has concluded his campaign trail in the Bunyoro sub-region with renewed pledges to expand infrastructure and promote wealth creation in the area. 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