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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>President Museveni has blamed past leaders and colonialists for Uganda\u2019s poverty, saying they \u201cpoisoned the minds\u2019\u2019 of hardworking farmers.
\n\u201cWhen the colonials came here, they made our people grow the crops they wanted: cotton, tobacco, coffee, tea, and then our leaders just copied what the colonialists told them…So, when I studied the issue, I could see danger, number one was only working for the stomach.
\n\u201cThey (locals) must work for the stomach and the pocket. But secondly, even the ones who are working for the pocket do so without cura (calculations). That is how you get West Nile growing tobacco. If you grow tobacco on one acre, you will never get out of poverty\u2026\u201d he said.
\nMr Museveni made the remarks while addressing leaders from the Acholi and Lango sub-regions at Baralegi State Lodge in Otuke District on Saturday.
\nThe President encouraged poverty-stricken Ugandans to carefully select good enterprises such as coffee, fruits, dairy cows, poultry, piggery, and fish farming.
\n\u201cYou should select enterprises which have a big demand within Uganda, Africa and internationally,\u201d Mr Museveni said.
\nHe also reminded farmers about vanilla which had a good market, but the people who were promoting it didn\u2019t check the global demand.
\n\u201cSo, when our people rushed there, production was big, the price collapsed.\u201d
\nPoverty levels
\nIn the first half of 2021, Uganda\u2019s Ministry of Finance reported that 28 percent of Ugandans were poor. In line with World Bank practice, the official poverty line is the equivalent of $ 1.90 purchasing power per day and head.
\nThe Finance Ministry also noted that two thirds of Ugandans had lost at least some income due to the Covid-19 crisis.
\nMapping the most recent<\/p>\n

extreme poverty data reveals that northern and eastern parts of Uganda have higher poverty headcounts than the other parts of the country.
\nThis was echoed by the Acholi Parliamentary Group while meeting the President on Saturday. The government of Uganda estimates that poverty numbers, according to the national poverty line, could increase by 2.6 million people (source: Development Initiatives).<\/p>\n

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