Geoffrey Max Otucu, the Akali Sub County LC III Chairperson, who doubles as the Secretary of Production, Marketing, and Natural Resources, says that the bylaw is intended to promote food security and fight famine in the area.
Akali Sub-county in Kwania District has passed a bylaw to promote cassava
growing. Under the
new bylaw dubbed “Cassava bylaw,” every household in the sub-county is required to grow at least
an acre of cassava or face a fine of Shillings 100,000.
The proposal
to enact the bylaw was tabled before the Sub-county council on Friday by Pasqueli Olwoc, the chairperson of Production, Marketing and Natural Resources, and
subsequently approved by the council chaired by the Akali
Sub-county Speaker, James Okwera.
Geoffrey Max
Otucu, the Akali Sub County LC III Chairperson, who doubles as the Secretary of Production, Marketing, and Natural Resources, says that the bylaw is intended
to promote food security and fight famine in the area.
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Molly Atim, the Aderolongo parish female councilor, and Cypriano Ojok, the representative of Persons with Disabilities, say that the bylaw is aimed at restoring
the growing of cassava, which was a traditional food crop in Lango.
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Residents
who spoke to Uganda Radio Network-URN welcomed the council resolution with
mixed reactions.
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