Food Basket. Photo credit: Eric Miller

As Uganda today observes the World Food Day in Fort Portal municipality, Kyambogo village in   Kabarole District; some MPs have criticized government for its failure to put up food granaries to save people dying of hunger especially in Karamoja region where several people have died of starvation. 

Kalungu West MP in Kalungu district Joseph Gonzaga Sewungu says that government should not lie about the availability of food when there is evidence  that people are dying of hunger in the country. Bukomansimbi county MP Degracious Kiyingi says people should be reminded to plant enough food during this rainy season so that there is enough food.

The chairperson of the parliamentary Agriculture committee, Mathias Kasamba, calls on government to put in place mechanism to enhance food production. He said that there should be minimization of food wastage and having provision of food from some of the countries with food in excess.

This year’s World Food Day celebrations  was under the theme “Social protection and agriculture; breaking the cycle of rural poverty’’.