The government of Uganda has announced plans to reclaim land belonging to the Agriculture ministry, which has been allegedly grabbed in different parts of the country.
Mr Tuwmwebaze made the remarks during the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of Bungokho Zonal Agricultural Mechanisation Centre in Bungokho Sub-county in Mbale District
“We are going to launch a real war on reclaiming government land belonging to the Agriculture ministry and have title deeds for development purposes,” Mr Frank Tuwmwebaze, the minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, said.
Chairperson of Mbale, Mr Muhammad Mafabi, revealed that some people, who he did not name, wanted to grab the ministry’s land that houses the mechanisation centre, but the district council fought against it.
Agricultural mechanization equipment
“This will be a one stop point for acquisition of all agricultural mechanisation services in this region. All the equipment units will be deployed here for farmers. Agricultural mechanisation will lead to transformation, which will result in increased productivity. Currently, there are less than 5,000 tractors in the country, not enough to spur mechanisation and employment,” Mr Tumwebaze, said.
The construction of Bungokho Zonal Centre follows the completion of Agwata in Dokolo District and Buwana in Mpigi District. The centre is part of the 18 facilities, which will be constructed across the country in a bid to ease access of agricultural mechanisation equipment and services.
It will serve farmers in Mt Elgon Sub-region, parts of south Teso, Bukedi and Sebei sub-regions and also house workshops, service bays, fabrication and welding, bodybuilding and spraying, assembling, and maintenance of the agricultural equipment and machinery.
Mr Boniface Okanya, the project coordinator from the Agriculture ministry, said the centre will carry out testing and certification of the agricultural equipment and machinery. “This will curb faking and obsolete machinery importation,” he said, adding that works are scheduled for completion in September.
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