Gomba District Woman Member of Parliament, Hon. Sylvia Nayebale has commended President Museveni for being an exemplary leader who works towards improving the welfare of Ugandans.
Nayebare made this comment while meeting with the Fountain of Honor at his private farm in Kisozi, Gomba together with other area leaders.
According to Nayebare, the People of Gomba are where they are today because of President Museveni.
She also appreciated the President for the numerous projects in the area that have improved the livelihoods of the people of Gomba and Sembabule.
While speaking at the event, President Museveni emphasized the need for leaders to prioritise household income of the communities they lead, explaining that once the issue is dealt with, the rest of the development can follow with ease.
“The roads, electricity and other infrastructures are not the medicine for poverty. The medicine for poverty is household income or a good salary,” he asserted.
About The Project
In 2011, President Museveni donated cows, goats, coffee seedlings, pigs, money, among others to households in nine villages in Gomba and Sembabule with the aim of generating incomes to improve their livelihoods.
The villages which benefitted include Kirasi, Kisozi A, Kisozi B, Obutugu, Lutunku A, Lutunku B, Kajumilo, Kasozi and Kikuumadungu.
President Museveni said that from the 1960s, he has been fighting poverty, starting with Ankole region where he advised cattle keepers to stop nomadism, settle down, fence their lands and graze friesian cows for dairy farming.
He added that the Ankole people embraced his message of wealth creation and therefore he wants the people of Gomba and Sembabule people to embrace it as well.
“When I came here in the 1990s, I found all people here democratically poor; their only job during that time was to wait for me along the way and beg for money from me. They had no source of income,” the President said.
“I called the parents here and told them that I don’t want to be neighbours with poor people. We gave them entandikwa in the form of cows, coffee, pigs etc. We moved slowly until when these Nalwangas finished school. I told those of Nalwangas that all households should benefit,” he added.
President Museveni further informed the leaders that the project in the nine villages, was a pilot study and since it has been successful, it should now be taken to the rest of the villages in Gomba and Sembabule Districts.
He also assured the leaders of the necessary support to improve the livelihood of the people they lead but asked them to mobilise their people to embrace government programs such as Parish Development Model (PDM) and Emyooga to fight poverty.
