President Museveni to establish egg processing factory in Uganda

In an attempt to strengthen Uganda’s economy, improve nutrition and food security, president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that the government will establish a processing factory to add value to eggs

The idea is that instead of selling the eggs raw, processing them in the form of powder and liquid will fetch higher prices both locally and internationally. The president remarked that eggs could be processed into products such as baby foods and nutritional foods to feed the country’s sick and elderly and export. 

During the president’s assessment tour of the PDM and wealth creation programmes in the Kigezi sub region, he said that while eggs that are boiled, scrambled, or mixed with chapati, commonly known as Rolex, cannot be exported, they can attract international markets if properly processed and packed. 

Speaking to the residents, the President reminded the Kigezi people that the only medicine to poverty is intensive agriculture by not only using their small portions of land but going for products with high returns under the 4 acre model and the recommended seven activities. These include one acre for coffee, another acre for fruits (mangoes, oranges, and pineapples), another one for food crops for the family (cassava, bananas, Irish potatoes, or millet), and the last one for pasture for around 8 dairy cattle. On top of this, one can add on poultry for eggs in the backyard, piggery and fish farming.

Akampurira Evas, a poultry farmer and beneficiary of the Parish Development Model (PDM) in Bubare trading centre expressed gratitude for the PDM programme, which she said has changed her life. “This PDM has really worked for me because I’m selling chicken, eggs, and chicken manure, and I’m now able to pay school fees for my children, some of whom had sat home,” said Akampurira who received US$273 in September 2023. “Those who got money for the PDM and know what to do must now be rich,” she informed the president.