WEALTH CREATION SHOULD BE THE FOCUS, MUSEVENI TELLS KAYUNGA RESIDENTS

Wealth Creation Should be the Focus, Museveni Tells Kayunga Residents

By Editor

National

President Museveni has urged residents of Kayunga District to prioritise wealth creation at household level, saying that while government-led development is important, individual income generation is a key to overcoming poverty.

“Development like roads, electricity and water is for all of us, but wealth is for you as an individual,” Museveni said.

“The focus should be on wealth creation because when you leave this rally and return home, you will find that the poverty you left is still there. Poverty is personal.”

The President made the remarks on Friday while addressing a campaign rally at Busaana Town Council playgrounds in Kayunga District.

Museveni reminded the gathering that his message on wealth creation predates his presidency, noting that he had consistently preached income generation, particularly in his home region of Ankole, even before the National Resistance Movement (NRM) came to power.

“During the 1996 campaigns, we advised that those with small pieces of land should practise intensive farming,” he said. “That is how we introduced the four-acre model—coffee, fruits, pasture for dairy cows, food for home consumption, poultry for eggs, pigs, and fish farming in the swamps. If you do that, you will prosper.”

The President said the guidance he offers is based on personal experience, adding that he was concerned by the poor fishing methods being used by some communities along Lake Kyoga. He assured residents that the government plans to support large-scale fish farming to ease pressure on the lake.