12 , Monday, June 1, 2015 NATIONAL NEWS Children arrested Museveni in anti-poverty drive for missing school By Cornes Lubangakene By Geoffrey Mutegeki

President Yoweri Museveni has Authorities in Kadaali Zone, Gweri parish, called on the residents of Karambi sub-county in Kabarole district, to embrace modern agricultural arrested over 30 children on Thursday for practices as a means of wealth missing school. creation. The operation in Kadaali, Gahomutwe, Museveni, who was in Omoro Kandasi and Rwabaganda cells was conducted constituency on Thursday, launched by the local leaders led by the area LC1 the activity by handing over coffee chairperson, Robert Mande. seedlings, improved cassava variety The children were taken to Kyegobe Police cuttings and heifers to selected post and were released when their parents farmers during the event that picked them up. took place at Lalogi sub-county The chairperson says the operations will go headquarters. on until parents take their children back to He also launched the operation of schools. a sh93m vehicle and five motorcycle He said some of the children were found ambulances donated by the deputy laying bricks and vowed to arrest anyone speaker of parliament, who is employing school-age children. “We are also also Omoro county Member of going to arrest parents who have failed to send Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah. children to school,” Mande said. “We have been able to do a lot in He said some of the parents do not want to terms of dongo lobo (development), send their children to school and prevent them but development is not meaningful from being arrested. if you don’t have wealth. When we Museveni during the launch of the campaign in Omoro constituency. Photo by Cornes Lubangakene talk about growing coffee, we are talking about wealth creation with earns little money when grown on need to tackle issues like health and FACEBOOK COMMENTS: cura (calculation).” a small scale. “However, we are BETWEEN THE LINES: education.” PUPILS ARRESTED FOR “This time the National Resistance talking about wealth creation in the The deputy speaker of Parliament, MISSING SCHOOL Movement Government doesn’t homes through modern agricultural n President Museveni said he Oulanyah, said a coffee task force want to exploit you. In the past, practices, with cura because things de-campaigned cotton growing that will handle coffee growing in Otim Sam: That was a good people of West Nile and Acholi like coffee, fruits, fish farming, in Ankole in the late 1960s, the Acholi sub-region is going to be move. Defilers, the corrupt, were growing tobacco and cotton dairy, poultry and piggery; for non- because people were earning established. murderers and economic and they were growing them for the Muslims, can make you get money little money from it. The director of the National saboteurs should go down the same country. However, how much was from a small area. This will promote Agricultural Research Organisation, drain as well. an individual getting out of growing wealth creation in your homes,” peace, development, wealth creation Ambrose Agona, urged farmers in Kedi Bosco: The Government the crops? This is why in the late Museveni said. and establish good leaderships in the Acholi sub-region to embrace doesn’t want to give the teachers 1960s, I de-campaigned cotton leaders asked the the country. the growing of the new NASE 14 their 15% pay rise and they go growing in Ankole. I saw no cura in President to elevate Gulu town “If I have peace, development cassava variety, saying it is tolerant arresting pupils for missing classes. the farming,” Museveni said. to city staus and make Omoro a and wealth with good leaderships, to the cassava brown streak disease. Who did they expect to teach the He said cotton is good, but needs district. However, Museveni said then we can start talking about new It also has a high yield of 20 tonnes children when teachers were on strike? a lot of land to grow because it there is still need to consolidate the districts and city status. We also still per hectare.

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