Aidah Nanyonjo
19 August 2008
Kampala — BEE-KEEPERS in Mubende district will now find it easy to get market for their honey after the French embassy constructed a honey collection centre for them.
Ayito N'guema, an official from the embassy, said they expected the centre to act as a marketplace where bee-keepers can bring their produce for sale.
"Sometimes people get involved in commercial activities, but fail to market their produce, which is discouraging.
Those who want to buy honey in big quantities will come to this place and thus the bee-keepers will not struggle to look for market," N'guema noted.
She added that the centre, which was built using sh70m from their social development fund, is expected to promote bee-keeping in the area.
N'guema was speaking at the handover of the centre to Bagezza Bee-Keepers Association in Mubende recently.
"Although bee-keeping is a relatively new economic activity in Uganda, it has been identified as an income generating, sustainable activity. Its potential towards fighting poverty and development of the people cannot be underestimated," N'guema added.
She asked organisations like Environmental Alert to train more people in bee-keeping so that they can produce honey in large quantities and benefit from the growing market.
Since 2005, Environmental Alert, a non-government organisation, has been training residents of Mubende in bee-keeping and adoption of environmental-friendly economic activities.
Buwekula County MP Bwerere Kasole Lwanga noted that bee-keepers had a problem securing market for their produce because they produced low quantities.
He said bee-keeping was a good alternative to growing seasonal crops, which he said had increased household poverty.
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