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Darkness rises to farmers as gov’t stops funding for coffee and tea seedlings

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Minister Matia Kasaija presenting a statement on funding for coffee and tea seedlings on the floor of parliament on Thursday12th May,2022

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Its a dangerous voyage to coffee farmers after the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija disclosed that government will not provide funds for coffee and tea seedlings in tge next financial year.

According to the minister, the ministry has been affected by economic shortfalls arising from the COVID-19 pandemic   promoting government to stop funding for coffee and tea seedling in the 2022/23FY.

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“At the beginning of this financial year, the economy was recovering from the effects of COVID-19. This resulted in shortfalls in revenue collections and budget cuts for government to accommodate various needs and expenditures,” said Kasaija.

Kasaija made the remarks on Thursday while presenting a statement on funding for coffee and tea seedling on the floor of parliament.

During the presentation, he noted that government will, however, use the Parish Development Model (PDM) funds to extend agricultural inputs including coffee seedlings to farmers.

“Operationalization of PDM will ensure access to a number of wealth creation funds including funds for coffee and coffee seedlings amounting to Shs44.6 billion and Shs32 billion respectively,” he explained

Kasaija’s ministerial statement did not receive a warm welcome by legislators who said the move is a betrayal to farmers who have been supplying and or receiving seedlings to the government.

The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, wondered how the strategy would work.

“We have people who have seedlings in nursery beds, and they know the government has been buying these seedlings every year. You also have farmers whose gardens are ready and they are used to receiving seedlings. Now you wake up all of a sudden and say people are going to buy seedlings under the PDM which you have not sent,” Tayebwa said.

The Deputy Speaker added that Parliament has received petitions from coffee farmers about the inadequate funding to the sector in the current financial year.

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Kasaija had revealed that only 87 per cent of the approved budget for the Uganda Coffee Development Authority was released.

“We are requesting that you release 100 per cent of money for coffee seedlings; it was not among the money frozen by the government. We need to know if all the money for National Agriculture Advisory Services has been utilised,” he said.

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Legislators requested Kasaija to allow nursery bed operators whose seedlings have matured to sell to farmers and get a refund from the government.

“MPs that represent coffee growing communities get a lot of calls on this issue. Would it be right for the government to make a commitment to citizens allowing them to have the coffee seedlings distributed in hope that when government gets money, they will be paid?” asked Bukhonjo West MP Godfrey Katusabe.

The Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Hon. Janet Okori Moe said coffee trees in the Elgon and Rwenzori regions need to be replaced but expressed fears that there will be no replacements if government suspends funding to the sector.

“It is difficult to understand how a farmer in those regions will be able to do the stamping and replacing of the old coffee trees,” she added.

Kasaija agreed to this arrangement but reiterated that his ministry would be able to pay farmers in a period of two to three years. He said this would apply to both coffee and tea seedling farmers.

“As a man in charge of this economy I know people have grown seedlings both for coffee and tea; the season is running out, people are crying, we shall give permission to nursery operators to sell what they have in gardens and we shall pay them in two to three years,” Kasaija said.

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