Eat Cassava If Wheat Is Expensive, President Museveni Tells Ugandans
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says his government will not intervene in the current economic situation amid a rising cost of living.
Prices of petroleum products, imported raw materials and food have been rising in recent months, a crisis being experienced globally following the war in Ukraine.
In a televised national address on Sunday night, Mr Museveni said that government subsidies or removal of import taxes would collapse the economy.
There would be a haemorrhage of dollars from the national reserves for the purchase of those expensive products, he added.
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Mr Museveni said Uganda will need to frugally use the imported items it can afford.
He advised citizens to substitute expensive whea...