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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nHe added that NRM was able to stem the high rate of child mortality rate because the government had launched a mass national immunization against the common killer diseases, like polio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\ninformed the people that comparatively Sweden\u2019s child mortality rate is so low\nper year because the Swedes had critically addressed wealth and health matters at\nnational level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On\nissues of trade, the President discouraged the importation of leather products\nlike footwear, car seat covers, among others, saying that Uganda has the\nnecessary raw materials to manufacture those products which would also be a\nsource of employment especially for the youth if those products are made within\nthe country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nPresident welcomed the idea of establishing the John Kale Karekyezi University\nin Kisoro District in memory of the late Kalekyezi\u2019s enormous contribution in\nthe fight for Africa\u2019s independence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He\nwarned wananchi against the culture of property inheritance that is characterised\nby land fragmentation saying that family members should be encouraged to establish\nfamily companies through formation of shares to and dividends in order to\naccumulate better financial profits from consolidated property. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHuman\nsettlement should be addressed as a crucial factor to stop land fragmentation,\u201d\nhe advised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Presidency Minister, Hon. Esther Mbayo, thanked the people of Kisoro District for supporting the NRM government overwhelmingly and for turning up in big numbers to receive the President. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She attributed their support to the government\u2019s building so far of the infrastructure in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kisoro District LC5 Chairman, Abel Bizimana asked Government to extend feeder roads\u2019 network to help develop further the tourism sector in the area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also called for the expansion of Kisoro Airfield to enable bigger aeroplanes land there because more tourists are flocking into the area. During the rally, Kisoro leaders endorsed President Museveni as NRM sole candidate come 2021. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Yoweri Museveni has urged the people in the hilly areas of Kigezi Sub-Region in South Western Uganda, who are engaged in subsistence farming on small land holdings, to shift and utilize their pieces of land to profitable modern agriculture practices to enhance their wealth and average health status. \u201cThe only medicine for poverty is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":10466,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n