When a farmer raises an animal to 400 kg over 18 months and brings it to the abattoir, most of us assume the business is meat. It is more than that. That single slaughterhouse holds nine factories: bone meal, leather, tallow, horns and hooves, manure, biogas, pharmaceutical ingredients, blood meal, and only then the meat. About 150 kg of the animal is what we sell. The rest is value we abandon. The cost of abandoning it shows up in our import bill. We bring in close to a million kilograms of leather goods, 3.7 million kilograms of soap and candles from Kenya, and more than 300,000 tonnes of fertiliser every year. Much of this could come from animals we already slaughter. The jobs case is just as clear. Five jobs on each of the eight by-product lines gives 40 jobs per animal. An abattoir handling 150 animals a day carries 6,000 jobs. This thinking is the foundation of how we at PACEID (@paceidug) approach value addition across the 13 sectors we work on. Each sector is a value chain to be built at home, so that Uganda exports higher-value products rather than raw commodities. None of it happens in pieces, though. It takes ecosystem thinking: a large enough herd, land, energy, standards, skills and aggregation centres, planned together, with farmers connected to markets, finance and government. Argentina once fed Europe with its beef and missed the window to build the value chain. Our task is to make sure Uganda does not miss its own. Next week: We look at fish value chain. #ValueAddition #Exports #Uganda #Agribusiness #IndustrialDevelopment #PACEID

Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu has detonated the mother of all bombs. Mandatory DNA tests to determine the paternity of unborn babies? This is like lobbing teargas into maternity wards🤣. But the Luo say “PATERNITY IS A MATTER OF FAITH. MATERNITY IS A MATTER OF FACT.” Now cometh the question of surrogate mothers, fathers and babies! In this age and era a DNA test is no silver bullet! Let the debate begin.

Honored to join @KamuntuProf , MP Sheema South and Minister of Internal Affairs, as he hosted @KagutaMuseveni at Bugongi Stadium for his Thanksgiving Ceremony. The President appreciated Sheema's progress in development and urged leaders to continue "kwinegyeza": encouraging, sensitizing and urging our people to get out of poverty. I thank God for Prof. Kamuntu's life and treasure his contribution. My late father, Gideon Kateshumbwa, recruited him into the UPC youth wing in the early 60s when he was a party leader in Ankole, and also taught him at school. Our family ties are deeply rooted.

Today, I thanked the people of Sheema and greater Ankole for supporting the NRM in the recent elections. I also thanked Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu for organising the thanksgiving ceremony.

I was deeply honoured to attend the Hon Minister Prof Kamuntu’s @KamuntuProf thanksgiving celebration graced by H.E. President @KagutaMuseveni. What made the occasion truly special was the remarkable bond between the President and Prof Kamuntu dating back to 1959, a relationship that has stood the test of time for over six decades. Such enduring ties speak volumes about the power of loyalty and shared history. Congratulations Prof Kamuntu on this milestone. May the bonds you have nurtured over the decades continue to be a source of strength and joy. It was a privilege to witness such a meaningful celebration of life lasting relationships.

I joined Hon. Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu and his family, colleagues, and the people of Sheema South for his thanksgiving ceremony at Bugongi Town Council Playground, where H.E. @KagutaMuseveni was the Chief Guest. President Museveni and Prof. Kamuntu have known each other since 1959, when they were students at Mbarara High School and later at Ntare School. The President was one class ahead of Prof. Kamuntu. They both recounted their long-standing friendship. Prof. Kamuntu served as the President's campaign manager when he contested for the position of President of the Debating Union, which he won. They were also members of the Scripture Union and played football together at Ntare School. The President used his speech to explain how a visit to a stock farm while he was still a student at Ntare School, where he observed better farming methods, inspired him to begin promoting transformed agriculture. This involved moving from growing food for the household to producing for income and saving for the family, first in Nyabushozi and later across the country, from 1995 to date. He explained, using examples, how families that start small can multiply their goats, cows, and piggery projects, among others, by sustaining their efforts. This is how they can increase their household incomes. Furthermore, he advised families to focus on irrigation, practise zero grazing for cattle and goats, and take full advantage of government programmes such as the Parish Development Model (PDM), which is already helping people get out of poverty. He challenged us, as leaders, to be at the forefront of sensitising people in the fight against poverty. For me, I celebrate Prof. Kamuntu for many reasons. One of them is that in 1986 he donated iron sheets to some of the schools I attended in my constituency.

Minister KAMUNTU MAKES HIS POSITION CLEAR Speaking to President Museveni Today: “I don’t want people to second-guess me. I’ll work with you, and when you leave, I’ll leave with you.” Hon. Ephraim Kamuntu Minister of Internal Affairs

On Saturday over 150 golfers swang for Henry Kamuntu🏌️‍♂️🏌️‍♂️ at UGC this is now a tradition at the club to remember and honour Henry’s legacy i wish people knew how special it is to have this beautiful game of golf… a game that stays with you forever ⛳️..👇