Foreigners invested in Kakira sugar works and Lugazi sugar plantation. What
economic developements are there in these areas of Busoga? Yet Kakira and
Lugazi have been spitting out tons and tons of sugars for decades if not
century already. Otafire needs reality check, and should be told, Ugandans are
waking up.
Ocii
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Give investors land, Otafiire tells Acholi
James Eriku & Justine Muboka
Pader
The Local Government Minister, Maj Gen Kahinda Otafiire, has warned the Acholi
against denying non-Acholi land for investment.
Gen. Otafiire said the views on land by opposition politicians hailing from the
region is already impacting negatively on the residents, who should be working
hard to recover from the two-decade insurgency that destroyed almost
everything. “It is now time for you to run and catch up with the rest of the
regions by uniting with foreign players and working harder,” Gen. Otafiire
said.
“If not, you will continue complaining and the rest of the regions would get
tired and abandon you. Things are not okay here and you risk being sidelined.”
The minister was presenting a paper at a three-day peace meeting organised by
Mercy Corps in Pader District on the role of a local government in enhancing
peace- building in northern Uganda.
Gen. Otafiire also urged the people of Acholi to abandon the customary land
system, which he said holds them back and instead embrace concerted efforts
with foreign investors whom he said have the propellers to development drive
engines.
The Acholi Parliamentary Group has condemned advances by the government to have
land allocated for foreign investors including Madhvani Group of Companies for
sugar cane growing in Amuru District.
The politicians argue that there is no way land can be given to foreign
investors when its owners are still in the camps.
Gen. Otafiire said sustainable peace will only prevail when the economy is also
progressing in favour of the locals. The meeting, the first of its kind in
northern Uganda, attracted over 300 dignitaries.
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