Minister for Presidency Esther Mbayo has turned into some Magufuli of sorts ordering all the leaders in Lira district who received heifers under the Operation Wealth Creation program to return the animals immediately.
The no nonsense minister Mbayo, is in Lango sub region for a fact-finding visit of the government initiated programs. Mbayo argues that she has reports that some leaders recently received heifers under the program in a manner she described unscrupulous.
The Minister explained that all the money that government is injecting into the Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) is meant to go to the 68 percent of Ugandans who are living below the poverty level not the greedy leaders.
Mbayo argues that most of the government interventions through development programs like Youth Livelihood Program and Operation Wealth Creation among others, are targeting those living below the poverty line.
She described the Lira district leaders who received the heifers as corrupt officials and must bring back these animals so that they are given to the most vulnerable members.
