Uganda’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem is a man under siege over his comments on food security in the East African nation ,which has sparked an uproar over its insensitivity.

When asked about the hunger situation being witnessed in Uganda while appearing on Ugandan television station NTV on Wednesday Okello’s remarks was that those dying of hunger are idiots.

Since 2022 ,local media in Uganda has reported many hunger related deaths in some parts of the country. Statistics backed up by Uganda’s National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO),

NARO states that eight million people in Uganda are suffering from ‘chronic hunger’ with the country’s northern region being the worst hit.

On the Other hand According to Minister Oryem who is the son of the late General Tito Lutwa Okello, who served as Uganda’s president from July 1985 and January 1986.

“Only an idiot, a real idiot, can die of hunger in Uganda. Those are idiots because there is enough food in Uganda. If you work hard, there is land in Uganda, the climate is right despite climate change,

“If you make an effort to go out in the morning to till your land, plant your seed and maintain your plantation, surely, how then can you fail to get food?” stated the Minister.

The comments obviously did not land well with the Uganda people many going online to castigate the leader over what they termed as ignorance.

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