These new photos of President Museveni, pushing a bicycle with a yellow jerrycan full of water, have raised questions – such as whether the cowboy hat-wearing leader was pulling off another cheap publicity stunt or was fitting in with his new neighbours in Kawuku Luwero where he recently bought a farm and plans to build a home.
In July, Mr. Museveni was trolled on the internet when a photo was released by his press officer Don Wanyama showed him surpriseing village residents in Kyeirumba when he stopped on the side of a highway to make a phone call.
On Monday morning, Mr. Museveni has been photographed pushing a bicycle with a yellow jerrycan of water before demonstrating bottle/drip irrigation to locals at his farm in Kawuku.
Museveni also planted bananas and coffee.
He said the bicycle will also help him monitor government programmes.
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Museveni says he intends to set up a model farm where he will use local means of irrigation to show local farmers how to take advantage of water sources in the area to irrigate crops and earn a living.
Museveni is currently on a four day tour of the rural areas of the Luwero Triangle in his effort to preach the gospel of modernized agriculture. He has a soft spot for Luweero where several families risked their lives to help him capture state power during NRA’s five-year war (1980-86).
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