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THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA STATEMENT TO PARLIAMENT ON THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY, RESPONSE ACTIONS AND A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC FOOD INSECURITY ERADICATION PLAN BY VINCENT BAMULANGAKI SSEMPIJJA (MP) MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE ANIMAL INDUSTRY AND FISHERIES 21st February, 2017 Rt.

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Speaker, Hon.

Members of Parliament.

The country is facing a severe shortage of food, scarcity of water and pasture as a result of a prolonged dry spell.
Cabinet in late October 2016 directed a team of Government Ministers and technical officers to go on a countrywide community food security baraza meetings, radio and TV talkshows.

This was intended to inform and sensitize the people of the deteriorating food security situation and wise use of the available stocks.

The Hon.

Ministers met communities from 3rd November to 22nd December 2016 and presented a report to Cabinet.
Government in addition ran Radio and TV food security awareness messages in English, Ateso, Luo, Luganda and Lunyakitara advising individuals and families to sparingly use the limited stocks of food in their custody over the same period of time.
This was followed by an inter-agency technical field assessment and data analysis by a joint team of experts from the Office of the Prime Minister Department of Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Management, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE), Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA), Uganda Bereau of Statistics (UBOS), FAO, WFP, UNICEF and Production Officers from 85 District Local Governments (DLGs) representing all subregions of the country from 8th to 24th January 2017.
The most food insecure populations in the subregions of Teso Karamoja, Bukedi, the Cattle corridor, parts of Busoga, Lango, Acholi, West Nile and Central have started receiving relief food from the Office of the Prime Minister.
The current relief stocks of government 2 stands at 30,000 bags of 100kgs of maize flour (3,000 metric tons), 7,000 bags of 100kgs of beans (700 metric tons ) and 119,660 bags of 50kgs of rice (5,983 MTs worth shs 22.0 billion) donated by People’s Republic of China (see details of distribution plan and deliveries so far made in ANNEX 1).
In addition to Government’s own relief efforts, development partners including the World Bank, DFID, USAID, The People’s Republic of China, the Government of Japan, WFP and FAO have been approached to give support.

The Japanese Government has pledged to support Karamoja through the World Food Programme.

The World Bank is processing shs 9,900,000,000/= (nine billion and nine hundred million shillings) through NUSAF 3 under cash-for-work commonly referred to as Disaster Risk Financing (DRF).
Training of the district and community leaders assigned to implement the DRF stated on Wednesday 13th February 2017 in Moroto.

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Hon.

Speaker, Hon.

Members the food crisis situation has in addition impacted severely on attendance of school especially by rural government primary school children who now find it hard to go to school on empty stomachs and stay there upto evening when not sure of supper at home.
The Office of the Prime Minister has allocated 600 bags of rice to each District Education Committee in all the 116 districts for vulnerable government aided primary and secondary schools across the country.

The team District Education Committees will determine the schools that fall under the vulnerable category ( see allocations in annex 1).
The Office of the Prime Minister will this Month also provide 5,000 bags of 50kgs of rice to TASO (The Aids Support Organisation) for it 3 to use its networks and reach people living with HIV/AIDS across the country.

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Speaker, arising from Hon Members reports and technical assessments, the prolonged drought has also caused chronic child- malnutrition especially in Karamoja.
The number of malnourished children admitted to Tokora Hospital in Nakapiripirit District, Matany Hospital in Napak District and Moroto Referral Hospital among others has reached alarming levels; with an overall rate for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) of 3.1%, well above the 2% emergency threshold.

The Office of the Prime Minister has allocated 3,000 bags of 50kgs of rice to be distributed through hospitals reporting high malnutrition admissions to mothers of the admitted children.

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Speaker, for financial year 2016/17, the Ministry of Finance allocated and released shs 3,000,000,000/= (three billion shillings) in July 2016, for purchase of relief food for the whole Country over a period of 12 Months.

On realising it was grossly inadequate an additional shs 3,060,000,000/= was released by the Ministry of Finance in October 2016 for the same purpose.

Towards end of the Month of January 2017, the Ministry of Finance added shs 10,000,000,000/= (ten billion shillings) Rt.

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Speaker, Hon Members, in order to appropriately address the current relief food needs upto when the needy population harvests, hoping rains come early March; OPM requires relief food worth shs 141,750,000,000/= (one hundred and forty one billion, seven hundred and fifty million shillings).
The formular used for arriving at above figure is from WFP and it is a multiplication of the needy population (3,500,000) x the minimum one-day-dietary intake (0.25kgs) x the period upto harvest time ( 90 days) x the average cost of one kilograme of food ( 1,800/=) 4 Rt.

Hon Speaker, given that Development Partners (China, Japan/WFP and NUSAF 3) are coming in to support the government relief efforts, OPM will not need all the 141.75 billion.
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) requires only additional UGX 42.65 billion to carter for a population 1,300,000 as contributions from Development partners meet the needs of a population of 2,200,000 people (MAAIF SECTION) Section B Rt.
Hon Speaker, in order to support community quickly plant when rains return, MAAIF plans to procure and distribute quick maturing crop varieties to the population beginning end of February 2017. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 5 ANNEX 1 NATIONAL RELIEF FOOD DISTRIBUTION PLAN APPROVED BY HON ENG.

HILARY ONEK AND HON.
MUSA ECWERU Updated: 21st February 2017 Sn Location Communities in Food Insecure Areas to identified by the District Disaster Committees MF Beans Rice Teso Sub Region Katakwi 1 Amuria 2 3 Soroti District 4 Ngora District Serere District 5 Bukedea 6 Kaberamaido 7 Kumi 8 Karamoja 1 Moroto 2 Nakapripirit Amudat 3 Kotido 4 Kaabong 5 6 Napak Abim 7 Bukedi Subregion Tororo Butaleja Pallisa Kibuku Busia Budaka Acholi subregion Kitgum Vulnerable Gov’t Sec.
Schools to be identified by the District Education Committees Maize flour Beans Rice Maize Vulnerable Gov’t Primary Schools to be identified by the District Education Committees Beans Rice flour Lamwo 2 Pader 3 4 Agago 5 Nwoya 6 7 Gulu Amuru Busoga 1 Namayingo 2 Mayuge Kamuli 3 4 Namutumba Buyende 5 Bugiri 6 Kaliro 7 Iganga 8 West Nile 1 Adjumani 2 Moyo Yumbe 3 Koboko 4 5 Maracha Arua 6 Lango subregion 1 Otuke Oyam Amolatar Alebtong Apac Dokolo Kole Lira Elgon subregion Sironko Bulambuli Bududa 1 2 3 4 Manafwa 5 Mbale Bukwo 6 Kween 7 Kapchorwa 8 400 400 400 400 400 400 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 400 200 200 200 200 200 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 200 200 - 200 200 200 200 200 200 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 100 100 100 100 100 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50 50 - Central Rakai Sebambule Lwengo Buikwe Bukomansimbi Butambala Buvuma Gomba Kalangala Kalungu 11 Kayunga 12 Kiboga 13 Kyankwanzi 14 Luwero 15 Lyantonde 16 Masaka 17 Mityana 18 Mpigi 19 Mubende 20 Mukono 21 Nakaseke 22 Nakasongola 23 Wakiso Western Isingiro 1 Bukomansimbi 2 Kiruhura 3 Ibanda 4 Buhweju 5 Buliisa 6 Bundibugyo 7 Bushenyi 8 Hoima 9 10 Ibanda 11 Kabaale 12 Kabarole 13 Kamwenge 14 Kanungu 15 Kasese 16 Kibaale 17 Kiryandongo 18 Kisoro 19 Kyegegwa 20 Kyenjojo 400 200 200 200 200 - - - - 200 200 200 - 200 200 200 - - 200 - 200 200 - 1,400 200 200 200 200 200 - - 250 - - 300 - - - - - - 1,300 200 100 100
 100 100 100 - - - - 100 100 100 - 100 100 100 - - 100 - 100 100 - 500 60 100 100 100 100 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 100 - - - - - - - 21 Masindi 22 Mbarara 23 Mitooma 24 Ntoroko 25 Ntungamo 26 Rubirizi 27 Rukungiri 28 Shema 29 TASO 30 MOH Malnutrition DELIVERIES MADE TODATE Date Location 1.
Isingiro 31/10/16 2.

Isingiro 2/1/16 3.

Soroti 2/11/2016 4.

Isingiro 2/11/2016 5.

Kabarole (Burahya) 4/11/2016 6.

Hoima (Kigorobya) 4/11/2016 7.

Kyegegwa TZ expellees 4/11/2016 8.

Serere 5/11/2016 9.

Kyegegwa TZ expellees 5/11/2016 10.

7/11/2016 Bushenyi 11.

7/11/2016 Kyegegwa TZ expellees 12.

8/11/2016 Buikwe 13.

9/11/2016 Katakwi 14.

10/11/2016 Bukedea 15.

11/11/2016 Kiruhura 16.

11/11/2016 Rakai 17.

11/11/2016 Bukomansimbi 18.

14/11/16 Kamuli 19.

15/11/2016 Kalungu 20.


15/11/2016 Arua Municipality 21.

24/11/2016 22.

24/11/2016 23.

25/11/2016 24.

29/11/2016 Masaka Kyanamukaka 25.

29/11/2016 Isingiro 26.

2/12/2016 Ngora 27.

9/12/2016 Namutumba 28.


9/12/2016 Isingiro Isingiro Isingiro Kaliro 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 Beans (Bags of 100kgs) Rice (bags of 50kgs) Other 100 100 - 100 - - 30 - 100 - 100 30 100 - - 60 60 60 30 50 50 50 100 50 100 100 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 300 5,000 3,000 Maize flour (bags of 100kgs) 9/12/2016 Namutumba 30.


10/12/2016 Kaliro 31.

10/12/2016 Kaliro 32.

13/12/2016 Lamwo 33.

15/12/2016 Namutumba 34.

15/12/2016 Kyegegwa 35.

15/12/2016 Sebambule 36.

15/12/2016 Kaliro 37.

17/12/2016 Kyegegwa TZ expellees 38.

17/12/2016 Kyegegwa TZ expellees 39.

20/12/2016 Rakai 40.

21/12/2016 Bushenyi 41.

28/12/2016 Kiboga Veteran 42.

25/1/2017 Moroto MC 43.

25/1/2017 Moroto 44.

25/1/2017 Nakiripirit 45.

25/1/2017 Napak 46.

30/1/2017 47.

30/1/2017 48.

30/1/2017 49.

30/1/2017 50.


30/1/2017 51.

31/1/2017 52.

31/1/2017 53.

2/2/2017 54.

3/2/2017 55.

3/2/2017 56.

3/2/2017 57.

6/2/2017 58.

6/2/2017 59.

6/2/2017 60.

6/11/2017 61.

6/2/2017 62.

6/2/2017 63.

6/2/2017 64.

9/2/2017 65.

10/2/2017 Ngora 66.

10/2/2017 67.

10/2/2017 68.

10/2/2017 69.

13/2/2017 70.

13/2/2017 71.

13/2/2017 72.

14/2/2017 73.

15/2/2017 Ngora 74.
15/2/2017 Kyegegwe TZ expellees Kyegegwe TZ expellees Kyegegwe Katakwi Katakwi Amuria Lwengo Kibuuka Kaabong Omoro Kaabong Moroto Municipality Katakwi Bukwo Kween Moroto Municipality Tororo County Tororo County Tororo W.Budama Butaleja Tororo Municipality Kotido Tororo W.Budama Soroti Amuria Zombo Lamwo (Nodding Children) - - - 50 100 10 500 360 blankets 500 200 Amudat 75.
17/2/2017 Moroto Municipality 76.

17/2/2017 Moroto District 77.

17/2/2017 78.

21/2/2017 Namutumba 79.

21/2/2017 Nakasongola 80 21/2/2017 Nakaseke 81 21/2/2017 Moyo 82 21/2/2017 Adjumani 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 100 100 50 100 100 100 100 100 11