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| Govt willing to work with Buganda � VP |
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THANK YOU: Bukenya (left) receives chicken from Haji Musisi of Busiro during the prayers
(those who have will receive more ...)
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By Fortunate Ahimbisibwe
THE Vice-President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, yesterday said the Government was willing to work with Buganda to fight poverty, which he said was a more pressing issue than politics.
�Before I left for California, I called the Kabaka and asked him for about five acres of land for investors to build their factories. The Government wants the Kabaka, Buganda Kingdom and the entire country to concentrate more on fighting poverty which is a more pressing issue,� he said.
Bukenya was speaking at his country home in Kakiri during a thanksgiving ceremony for returning home safely. Hundreds of people welcomed him to his village on a hill which over-look
s upland
rice plantations.
Bukenya said, �We want the Kabaka to have some financial base. He needs to be like His Highness, the Agha Khan, so that he can help his people.� Mengo and the Government were recently engaged in talks over federalism but the talks broke down over disagreements on the composition of the Lukiiko (parliament) and the role of the Kabaka.
Bukenya said even the opposition should work with the Government to consolidate the achievements of the National Resistance Movement. �All of us must work towards changing the lives of our people.
When I was in California, a group of Ugandans wanted to demonstrate but I told them that the most important thing was helping their communities to fight poverty. I told them to come and join hands with us so that we can develop the country,� he told the cheering crowd who frequently bellowed, �movement ebeewo (let it stay).�
Bukenya said about six investors would be in the country in October and would e
ngage in
processing fruits and packaging them for exportation.
Published on: Saturday, 18th September, 2004 |
(ps: who had planned to demonstrate, and over what?)
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