Import milk from Uganda, Museveni advises Alegria

The meeting was held at Museveni’s country home in Rwakitura and was also attended by the State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uganda, John Mulimba.

The president and his guest discussed bilateral cooperation between Uganda and Algeria in the fields of trade, agriculture and security, among others.

Museveni lobbied the Algerians to invest in Uganda, particularly in agricultural value addition and embark on importing milk from Uganda.

“We have a lot of milk here. Please, come and buy our milk because I am told you import it from Europe. We don’t have any food problem in Uganda. The only problem we have now is fuel prices,” Museveni told his guest.

During State of the Nation (SONA) address recently, Museveni said Uganda could milk the size and value of her dairy industry.

“Many of these products (countries are yearning for) are the ones that have been in surplus in Uganda. We just need to deal with a few quality and bio-hazard issues. The door to our dairy exports will be opened when we, the cattle owners, vaccinate our cattle twice a year,” Museveni said.

He said if government doesn’t have money to implement vaccination of cattle twice a year, farmers should do so in it its stead.

“Given the lucrative export markets that will become available, like the one of Algeria of $1.124 billion, this cost on the farmers, will make sense. The other crucial vaccine will be the one of Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP),” he said.

Museveni also commented on the issue of conflicts in some African countries, emphazing the need for Africans to solve African problems.