Mega Fm & Agency
The government has extended the Northern Uganda cattle restocking programme from the initially planned five years to ten years.
The state minister for Northern Uganda Rehabilitation Bearice Akello Akori explained on Saturday that the ten years implementation period is ensure all eligible households eventually receive cattle.
The cattle restocking programme initiated by President Museveni last year targets communities in the Acholi, Lango and Teso sub-regions that lost livestock during years of armed conflict.
In its first phase, the programme aims to benefit 16,000 households through cash grants of five million shilling each in phases to purchase five head of cattle comprising three heifers and two bulls.
Speaking during a thanksgiving prayer for the Gulu Woman Member of Parliament Phoebe Janet Ayoo Obol in Bungatira Subcounty in Gulu District on Saturday, Akori confirmed that beneficiaries had already started receiving the funds early this month.
A total of 80 billion shillings was allocated for the first phase during the 2025/26 financial year and by June,10,946 households had been approved to receive the cash transfers for purchasing livestock.
Akori noted that the government has earmarked an additional 100 billion shillings in the 2026/27 financial year to continue the programme.