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The Government has commenced direct payments to beneficiaries under its ambitious eighty billion shillings cattle restocking programme.
The program is aimed at rebuilding livestock assets and household incomes across the Acholi, Lango and Teso sub-regions, areas that suffered decades of conflict, cattle rustling and economic disruption.
According to an implementation update issued by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) on Monday, 559 households have so far received 2.8 billion shillings through a digital payment system, marking the beginning of what officials describe as a major rural wealth restoration initiative targeting 16,000 households before the close of the 2025/26 financial year.
The exercise follows a directive by President Yoweri Museveni in November 2025 and subsequent Cabinet approval of operational guidelines designed to support vulnerable households in restoring livestock ownership, a traditional pillar of economic security in northern and eastern Uganda.
Under the initiative, each beneficiary household receives five million shillings to purchase five heads of cattle, three heifers and two bulls.
The restocking programme represents one of the government’s most significant livestock recovery interventions since post-conflict reconstruction efforts began in northern Uganda. Livestock remains a critical source of wealth, food security, draft power and social status in many rural communities.
