Government has delivered five more tractors in fulfillment of its pledge to the Church of Uganda-COU.
The five tractors bring to seven, the number of tractors received by COUas in June 2020, president Yoweri Museveni delivered two tractors to COU that were allocated to the West Lango and Sebei Dioceses.
Those that received tractors yesterday are Soroti, South Rwenzori, West Lango, Bunyoro and Rwenzori dioceses.
The donation is part of President Yoweri Museveni’s pledge to the religious leaders to help the government enhance agriculture and empower their communities.
Receiving the five tractors, the Archbishop of Church of Uganda, the Most Rev Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu, noted that COU would use them to join the struggle of fighting food insecurity among the population as they also look forward to self-sustenance as a church.
He revealed that the COU is interested in self-sustenance and they can easily achieve this objective through agro-business.
On his part, the Agriculture Minister, Frank Tumwebaze, who delivered the tractors, cautioned the beneficiaries to ensure that they maintain them well.
He pledged that the government working together with NAADS will ensure that all the dioceses benefit from the tractors as the effort is geared towards the growth of agriculture in the country.
