President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Tuesday met a group of leaders from Teso sub-region at State House- Entebbe.
The group was led by Mr. Calvin Echodu, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flagbearer for Soroti West Constituency.
Today’s engagement was a follow up meeting between the President and the leaders. The first meeting was held on 22nd December 2023 at State House-Entebbe.
In that meeting, President Museveni tasked the leaders to brief him on how much income each household earns in Teso, on the average land holding in the sub-region, on what enterprise that can be done on the available land and how the government can help the area locals.
He also asked the leaders to address his three additional questions which included; What is the problem with the Fruit Factory in Soroti? How can these problems be solved? and then the amount of grazing land in the subregion.
During the meeting, President Museveni received a report from Mr. Echodu about the challenges faced by Teso. In the report, the leaders suggested recommendations to overcome the problems in the sub-region.
