Uganda, Dec. 4 -- A man in Lira District wants court to compel government to award farmers Shs25.2 trillion for "voluntarily refusing to implement the Maputo Declaration on Agriculture and Food Security in Africa".

Dr Dan Okello, a senior citizen and resident of Okwetkwer Village, Aromo Sub County, said President Museveni, endorsed the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) popularly known as Maputo Protocol in 2003.

The declaration contains several important decisions on agriculture, key among which is the allocation of at least 10 per cent of annual budgetary resources to agriculture.

The plaintiff, however, said while Uganda is a signatory to the Maputo Protocol, President Museveni "has refused to commit to...