The Uganda Police Force has started an initiative to support wives of police officers with a poultry project as a way of boosting household incomes and promoting self-reliance.
The initiative will be channeled through the police through its Directorate of Welfare, Production, and Sports.
It has been noted that the spouses of police personnel often struggle to sustain themselves financially, like many ordinary Ugandans.
Ubaldo Bamunoba, the Assistant Inspector General of Police and Chief Political Commissar yesterday held a closed-door meeting with police commanders from the Kigezi region at the Kabale District Council Hall.
The meeting focused on strategies to help officers’ wives overcome poverty through self-help and income-generating projects.
Bamunoba said that the leadership has developed a strategy to distribute chicks to officers’ wives across the country to enable them to venture into poultry farming.
Elly Maate, the Kigezi Region Police spokesperson, welcomes the initiative, noting that police salaries alone are often insufficient to fully support families.
By URN
Leave a Reply