NEWS– The Buganda kingdom premier Charles Peter Mayiga has encouraged Baganda and the citizens in the whole country to continue planting coffee.
Mayiga’s comment follows the efforts by parliament to scrap off the Uganda Coffee Development Authority UCDA as the government tries to rationalize different agencies.
He noted that the “Emmwanyi Terimba Initiative” translating that coffee doesn’t lie will go on unabated urging Ugandans to continue growing coffee stressing that their livelihood is more important than the motives of present day politicians.
According to Mayiga, the Kingdom of Buganda has severally advised against scrapping UCDA since it suprintends coffee production, upon which nearly 2 million Ugandan households depend.
“Apparently, scrapping UCDA is a punishment against Baganda, who contribute nearly 50% of coffee exports, since Speaker Anita Among (and those who support scrapping UCDA) see the Amendment Bill as a victory against Baganda!”, he added.