A farmer in Oyam district whose farm was earmarked for a visit by president Yoweri Museveni during his ‘Prosperity for all’ tour in Lango in March has joined UPC party in protest saying NRM officials denied him the privilege.
Joel Opio of Ngai Sub County who owns a very big pineapple farm told the UPC president Olara Otunnu that the LCIII Chairperson Beatrice Okello manipulated the visit and instead took the president to her farm.
Dr. Olara Otunnu who was on a tour of the area visited the farm on Sunday and was impressed and issued him and his family UPC cards.
The LC III chairperson Beatrice Okello acknowledged that Opio was among five farmers whose farms were selected to be visited by the president.
But she said the president was visiting NAADS funded projects, Opio’s farm could not qualify because his is a personal initiative.
President Museveni gave Beatrice Okello’s family 4 million shillings in appreciation for their hard work.
They planted citrus trees during a dry spell and were using mineral water bottles to irrigate the orchard.
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