Kabale — The government is to invest in a honey processing plant in Kabale. The Kabale Woman MP and the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Ms. Hope Mwesigye, said the decision is based on the large supply of honey from the district.

She said the plant would process honey for export, provide market for honey farmers and create employment.

Mwesigye was recently addressing the local leaders of Kashambya and Rwamucucu sub-counties.

She called on farmers to produce more honey to sustain the processing plant through the years. She said market for the processed honey has been identified in the Great Lakes Region and within Uganda.

"Use local and modern methods of keeping bees to have increased production of honey so that you can sustain the processing plant. Plant trees and flowers to act as food centers for the bees if they are to make for you enough honey," she said.

She advised farmers to get loans from the banking institutions to boost their business enterprises.