By Johnson Kanyesige
The Prime Minister of Uganda Robinah Nabbanja has requested the World Food Programme Executive Director Carl Skau to help the government of Uganda in finding a more sustainable method of ending famine in Karamoja Sub region.
The premier wants WFP to assist Uganda in building valley dams in Karamoja to provide water for irrigation during the dry seasons.
Nabbanja who is on official visit in Rome Italy paid a courtesy call to the World Food Programme headquarters in Rome and held bi lateral engagements with WFP boss Carl Skau.
World Food Programme headquartered in Rome Italy has for decades been a key partner with Uganda in solving famine in Karamoja subregion.
However, the Prime minister of Uganda Robinah Nabbanja is of the view that Karamoja can feed itself once the region is provided with necessary tools like water for irrigation.
She requested him to help the government of Uganda in finding a more sustainable method of ending famine in Karamoja Sub region through building valley dams in Karamoja in order to provide water for irrigation during the dry seasons.
Carl Skau in his response committed to identifying technical persons to advise the government of Uganda and also solicit funding for Karamoja.
She further requested for support for sustainable funding to cater for the over 2 million refugees in Uganda.
Earlier, the prime minister also held bi lateral talks with Dr Qu Dongyu the Director General of the Food and Agricultural Organisation FAO which is also headquartered in Rome.
Nabbanja called upon Dr Qu to speed up the processing of implementing the Green cities Initiative for Kampala and Hoima cities.
Dr Qu pledged to continue giving Uganda all the necessary technical support.
