The Busoga Consortium Secretariat, led by Director General Anthony Mula, has initiated partnership with the Soroti City AISICAT Farmers Cooperative Society Limited (SCAFCSL) to promote large-scale commercial agriculture in Uganda.
SCAFCSL comprises members of the Lwala Girls Abducted Survivors Association (LWAGASA) and other community members from the Teso sub-region.
The cooperative focuses on economic empowerment through commercial farming ventures, including groundnuts, soya beans, and poultry rearing.
This initiative seeks to unlock greater export market opportunities, enhance production capacity, and increase household incomes through high-value agriculture.
During his engagement with the farmers, DG Mula stressed the importance of teamwork, identifying priority crops, outlining clear project objectives, and setting realistic budgets.
He pledged to facilitate the establishment of cooperation between AISICAT and the Greater Kamuli Agricultural Cooperative through guiding the signing of a working MOU. He noted this while emphasizing the longstanding historical cooperation between Busoga and Teso Sub-Regions that was based on Trade, Inter-marriages and cultural relations.
The two cooperatives are expected to boost the renewal of the historical cooperation between the two sub-regions through sharing of experiences in modern agricultural practices, trade and market linkages, people to people relations, cultural relations, education and sports, among others.
Later this year, the Cooperative is expected to conduct a benchmarking visit to Greater Kamuli Agri-business Cooperative to learn from its agribusiness successes.
On the value-addition front, soya was highlighted as a major commodity. It can be processed into soya milk, soya porridge, cooking oil, peanut candy, chicken feed, and other profitable products.
Mr. Mula also revealed that the Busoga Consortium is soon introducing the rearing of Rainbow chicken variety in the Busoga model villages as part of the efforts to address household poverty. This type of chicken is said to lay between 170–200 eggs per year, ensuring both food security and income generation. He encouraged the cooperative to adopt similar poultry projects for diversification.
AISICAT Chairperson Ms. Itola Doreen expressed appreciation to Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga and Her Excellency Maj. Rtd. Jessica Alupo, for their consistent support to the Lwala girls abducted survivors community.
She praised Kadaga as a mother figure who opened educational doors for the survivors and linked them to the Busoga Consortium for mentorship and capacity building.
LWAGASA was established on 10th August 2015 to support the reintegration of survivors of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency and their children many of whom were born in captivity.
The association promotes the empowerment and emancipation of these women, their families, and the wider community.
The origins of LWAGASA are rooted in a tragic event on 24th June 2003, when the LRA, led by Joseph Kony, abducted over 180 girls from Lwala Girls Secondary School in Kaberamaido District (now Kalaki).
While some escaped, others were killed, and many remain in captivity. Survivors endured severe atrocities, including sexual abuse, physical torture, and the spread of diseases such as HIV/AIDS. Many returned to face land grabbing, extreme poverty, stigma, and rejection from their own families.
The former abducted girls are found in the districts of kalaki, Kaberamaido, kapelebyong, katakwi, kumi, Kwania, Amuria ,amolatar,Alebtong, Apac,Soroti, Lira, oyam and Dokolo. The association therefore operates in these district
The association has secured over 3,000 acres of land in Soroti, which will be used for large-scale agriculture, training, and economic projects.
Despite their traumatic past, the former abducted girls have united to rebuild their lives. Through AISICAT and its partnership with the Busoga Consortium, they are embracing modern agricultural practices, value addition, and market-oriented production to transform their livelihoods.
Chairperson Doreen reaffirmed that this collaboration marks a turning point for survivors and their communities—one that promises dignity, self-reliance, and sustainable growth.
Ahh so exciting 😍.
Thanks goes to the managing director for such a wonderful project. By the names am muloki Henry a student of agriculture at St. Joseph vocational training centre kamuli. Kindly have the desire to conduct my last internship with the organisation.
Looking forward to receive positive effect.