Uganda: Government Spokesman Returns Wealth Creation Cow After Uproar

Mukono — Mr Ofwono Opondo, the government spokesman who had received an in-calf cow under the Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) programme, has returned it following protests by some Mukono District councillors.

The councillors led by Mr Davis Lukyamuzi, a councillor representing Nagojje Sub- county, on Monday attacked officials in charge of OWC, accusing them of giving cows to financially stable individuals in the district like Mr Opondo, yet the project was designed to lift the poor from poverty.

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