Unpaid verified tobacco farmers in West Nile and other parts of the country will get their cash the next financial year.
Prime Minister Robina Nabanja has told Parliament that in West Nile, the verified claims as per the Internal Auditor General report amounted to sh9.7b.
“Government through the Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives has budgeted for the compensation funds to be considered in the next financial year 2024/25,” Nabbanja informed Parliament on Thursday.
She was responding to a question raised by MP Dr. Florence Asiimwe (DWR, Masindi District) on when the government plans to pay off the remaining Tobacco farmers in Bunyoro and other parts of Uganda.
Following President Yoweri Museveni’s directive to compensate farmers for the crop Season 2018, the Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives working with the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and the Internal Auditor General (IAG) undertook a verification and an audit of claims for both Bunyoro sub-region and west Nile.
State Minister Finance General Duties Henry Musasizi and Ruth Nankabirwa, Minister of Energy and Mineral development
According to Nabbanja, the verification report by the Internal Auditor…
