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Cooperative union implores government to split Agriculture Ministry

There are fresh calls for the government to split the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries into two separate ministries: one for livestock and the other for agriculture. The latest call comes from Swizen Wamala, Vice Chairperson of the Kakumiro Growers’ Cooperative Union, on the heels of the the Uganda Development Forum’s (UDF) Annual Conference at Pakuba Safari Lodge in Murchison Falls National Park. Wamala argued that splitting the ministry would allow the agriculture sector to receive a fairer share of the national budget, ensuring smoother and more effective operations, as well as increased support for farmers. “I would appeal to the government to separate the two ministries as it is in other countries. We had our Cooperative Bank […] The post Cooperative union implores government to split Agriculture Ministry first appeared on 93.3 KFM.

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