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EACU Unveils Sim-Sim Value Addition Plan

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KITGUM – East Acholi Cooperative Union (EACU) plans to use millions of shillings to improve the value of Sim-Sim and put more money in pockets of its farmers.

Many EACU farmers grow mainly Sim- Sim, ground nuts, maize, sorghum and cotton.

Henry Komakech, the EACU manager, said, “We are the largest producers of Sim-Sim in the entire country, each season we produce 300 metric tons, we feel adding value is the way to go.”

According to him, the multi-million value addition project will also enhance the livelihoods of farmers at household level.

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Robert Okumu, the chairman Acholi Bur Irrigation Scheme, said value addition on Sim- Sim will be a major milestone for farmers who toil to make ends meet through peasant farming.

“Over the years we have been advocating for value addition since many of us were being cheated just because we could not add value on what we produce,” he said.

He however, added that other crops like cotton, sorghum and millet should also get value addition because they are grown on a large scale.

Amos Opio, a cassava farmer and member of Padat Cooperative Society in Pader District, said the region needs a cassava processing plant to add value to their crop.

Alfred Obaloker, the Pader District Commercial Officer (DCO), welcomed the move, adding that for a longtime, they have been reaching out to developmental partners to help local farmers add value to their produce.

“I am glad that we now have a starting point in regards to value addition, I hope many partners come on board to support other areas of value addition.”

East Acholi covers the districts of Kitgum, Pader, Agago and Lamwo with more than 100 primary cooperatives.

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Fish Feeds Price Farmers Out Of Business

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GULU – Expensive fish feeds have forced more than half of the members of West Acholi Integrated Fish Farmers Cooperative Society, WIFFICOS, out of fish farming.

WAIFFICOS, a fish farmers’ cooperative, was formed in May 2012 with about 102 members from the northern West Acholi districts of Amuru, Nwoya, Gulu and Omoro.

Over the years, membership was extended to fish farmers in the East Acholi districts of Pader, Lamwo and Kitgum.

WAIFFICOS largely mobilizes farmers and resources to improve fish marketing and household income.

However, nine years after its establishment, group membership has dropped from 102 to only 35 members.

Simon Komakech, the chairperson of WAIFFICOS, told theCooperator in a recent interview that some members were driven out of the business by expensive fish feeds. He said they buy fish feeds from Kampala at Shs 3,000 a kilogram. Each fish eats at least two kilograms to gain reasonable weight and grow to maturity in eight to 12 months.

“If one has 2,000 fish fingerlings, they will have to spend Shs 12 million in buying feeds alone, minus other expenses. This eats up a huge margin of our profit,” Komakech said.

He said expensive transport has also forced many cooperative members to sell their fish at fish pond sites and not as a group.

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“Transport is expensive so if buyers get the farmers at the pond site, then we consider it a bonus for the farmers,” he said.

However, pond site fish sales are low priced, which diminishes the farmers’ profit margins.

Charles Ocen, a member of the cooperative, said he has three fish ponds that collectively have 2,000 fish. Besides the expensive fish feeds, Ocen said the fingerlings are hard to get. He said fingerlings given by Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) come in varied sizes in the same container, and the tiny ones end up being eaten by the big ones while in the pond.

“Sometimes, the distributors over declare the number of fish in a container, so when we put them in the pond, we end up pouring more feeds than necessary, which translates into a loss,” he said.

Ocen disclosed that the cooperative has also been functioning without an office for the last three years. The office was closed over rent arrears.

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PWDs on Emyooga: We Are Left Behind

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HOIMA – People With Disabilities (PWDs) in Hoima and Kikuube districts say they have been competing with everyone else for Emyooga cash grants and have always been outcompeted because they are poorer and marginalized.

Frustrated, they have appealed to the government to give their applications for Emyooga funds less stringent scrutiny.

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Though the presidential initiative is meant to help poor people create jobs and wealth, leaders of PWDs, claim the Emyooga programme won’t help poor persons living with disability because of the tough conditions attached.

Speaking during a dialogue to review the progress on efforts to promote inclusion of PWDs in livelihood programmes in Hoima and Kikuube districts, Edith Barungi, the deputy chairperson of Hoima District Union of Persons with Disabilities and PWDs councilor for Kikuube district, said PWDs groups are finding it difficult to access Emyooga funds.

The engagement held at Hoima Resort Hotel was organized by Bunyoro Albertine Petroleum Network on Environmental Conservation (BAPENECO) with support from Hoima Union of Disabled Persons (HUDIP).

She noted that the requirement for applicants to have 30% of the funds they apply for deposited on their account before accessing the Emyooga funds has disqualified most of the PWD groups in the two districts.

According to her, the government should give some special consideration for PWDs other than letting them compete with everyone else.

According to her, many people with disabilities have no income generating activities and therefore can’t readily save 30% of whatever money they apply for.

“It was a hustle to open up accounts but even after that we found it difficult to save 30%, due to lack of money by PWDS.” she said.

“We need to benefit from these funds but because of the conditions, many of our members cannot access this money,” Barungi said.

She argued that when people living with disabilities compete with other persons, they are always out-competed based on cultural attitudes about them.

Robert Kasangaki, the chairman of Hoima District Union of Persons Living With Disability, called on the government to increase the special grant support to PWDs in order to intensify their development projects.

He said PWDs are facing a challenge of inadequate funding and called on Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to lobby for more support towards the development and wellbeing of PWDs.

Joyce Kabatalya, Hoima District Senior Community Development Officer and focal person Emyooga programme, said that the condition of saving 30% is a requirement for all beneficiaries.

She noted that there is no way the government can do away with this condition.

Dickens Amanya, the coordinator for BAPENECO, said the government should allow PWDs to access this money without conditions.

“There must be affirmative action for PWDs if the government needs PWDs to benefit from this program, the 30% requirement is not favorable for them,” he said.

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Lira Vendors Protest Eviction

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LIRA – Vendors in Lira City have continued to rally against their eviction from the streets.
On June 17, city authorities resolved to suspend street vending because it draws crowds, which are super spreaders of Covid-19.

The vendors have been asked to secure stalls inside city markets or find other confined places to operate without attracting large crowds.
Patrick Ogweng, the Lira deputy City Clerk, said suspension of street vending is in compliance with the presidential directives against big gatherings.
“The president made it very clear that you wash hands and sanitize before entering the market. Now what happens to somebody shopping or vending by the roadside, which is not a gazzeted market?” he asked.

“I think by allowing street vending to continue, we shall be acting in defiance of the presidential directive,” he added.
Most street vendors however, are not willing to leave the streets.

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Interviewed, Chris Ongom, the chairperson Lira Street Vendors Association, suggested vendors should be relocated to the veranda of the main market instead of suspending their operation.
“During this lockdown life is a priority, but the idea of suspending our operation is unfair because it will do us more harm than good. I am suggesting that vendors should instead be relocated to the veranda of the main market,” he said in a telephone interview.

Mercy Akello, an avocado seller along Noteber Road, said city authorities have no justification to chase them from the streets because they were never allocated a designated business premise in the first place.

According to her, city authorities should provide an alternative location lucrative for business before asking them to leave their current position.

Jackie Akello argued that evicting vendors will not only disrupt their livelihoods but also expose them to greater risk of catching the Coronavirus since markets are more crowded than the streets.

“We are not going to the main market, you know how busy it is, if the Lira City Authority has no other options of getting a safer place for us, then it’s upon them but we are going nowhere,” she said.
Erick Ongom, a shoe vendor along Obote Avenue, argued that getting them off the streets is not a solution to Covid-19. He said they religiously observe the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

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EACU Unveils Sim-Sim Value Addition Plan

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