RUKUNGIRI WOMEN LEADERS RECEIVE 10 HEIFERS PLEDGED BY PRESIDENT MUSEVENI IN 2016

By Ronald Kabanza

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In Rukungiri

The president of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has finally fulfilled his pledge of donating 10 heifers to Rukungiri women leaders.

The president who is seeking another term of office in the 2021 general elections made a pledge of donating heifers to the women leaders in Rukungiri district while campaigning in the 2016 general elections in a bid to fight poverty and boost their levels of income at household levels.

However, the pledge was not fulfilled until yesterday when the heifers were delivered to the beneficiaries by the coordinators of Operation Wealth Creation district.

While handing over the animals to the women, Dan Kaguta, the Rukungiri resident district commissioner  asked the beneficiaries to use the donated animals for development saying that the government of Uganda is trying all it can to chase poverty at household levels.

He also cautioned them against selling the donated animals but instead take care of them and sell their bi-products.

“These cows are not for sell but for development so use them to boost your levels of income and co-operate with your husbands to give them the needed care that’s when you will benefit from them” RDC Kaguta said.

Charles Andrewson Katebire, the Rukungiri district chairperson hailed the government of Uganda under the leadership of President Museveni for having thought about women asking the beneficiaries to jealously protect them if they are to gain a lot from them.

”At last we are happy the president has finally fulfilled his pledge, but we had thought it was politics as usual, so take them and use them for development.”Katebire said.

Immaculate Nduhukire, one of the beneficiaries hailed the president saying that she will use products from her cow to improve her standard of living and be able to support her family with basic needs.

This is not the first time, Rukungiri benefitting from the president, in 2018 Rukungiri woman by- elections, the president also donated shs.5B in form of motorcycles, cars, tents, plastic chairs among others.