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This was after over 25 petitioners wrote to Parliament claiming several irregularities in the management of the Scheme, including underutilisation of the scheme.
The petition was presented to Parliament by Oyam County North Member of Parliament Dr Eunice Otuko Apio.
The petitioners raised questions over the utilisation of public funds invested in the scheme and its failure to deliver the intended agricultural benefits to farmers in the area.
Numbering 25, the petitioners said although government established the scheme to improve farmers’ incomes and rural livelihoods, enhance food security and help communities adapt to climate change through sustainable natural-resource management and agricultural enterprises, only 52 of the 1,200 intended beneficiaries are currently using the scheme.
The scheme was launched by President Yoweri Museveni in September 2018, with the target of benefiting about 1,200 farmers.
They also questioned why the scheme has remained underutilised despite repeated complaints to the Oyam District local government and the Ministry of Water and Environment.
The petitioners said they had on several occasions raised concerns about the poor utilisation of the scheme with the relevant authorities, but no meaningful action had been taken to address the problems.
A major concern raised in the petition is the lack of adequate training for beneficiary farmers on how to operate and utilise the irrigation facilities.
The petitioners said some farmers had not received sufficient training in the use of the equipment, while some solar-powered systems were either idle or underutilised because farmers had not been adequately trained to operate them.
Source: New Vision
