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KIRUHURA, A HUMAN ZOO MISTAKEN FOR A PARADISE

Alas!, many of you will contend with me that the public image of Kiruhura, is that of a district with good roads, hospitals, schools etcetera. However, the appearance is different from the reality. Give me your time as we unpack the reality of it. Kiruhura district is predominantly a cattle keeping district, curved out of mbarara in 2005, with 90% of the people engaged in animal rearing. You also ought to know that these people had been nomadic herders upto 1986 when they began to live settled lives. The coming to power of Museveni helped these people settle down, yet again whoodwinked them into the museveni cult. Mr. Museveni who hails from there always gans 100% of the votes, for the people there especially the elderly juxstapose the past regimes and his, and see some relief. With such support, one would expect that they are better off in terms of government services. What is true is that the people's per capita income is fairly good because rearing animals guarantees wealt...