Uganda: Minister Clashes With MP Over Farmers

23 November 2009

Kampala — THE State Minister for Agriculture, Henry Bagire, and the Arua district Woman MP, Christine Bako, clashed over the selection of the six pioneer model farmers per parish in the country.

Bako, supported by farmers, argued that there was need to rectify the criteria for selections. She added that the Agricultural funds should be allocated to benefit the rural farmers, noting that the current system was corrupt.

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