S.Africa: ONC’s Namyalo Pumps Museveni’s Wealth Creation Boost Into 45-Hectare Diaspora Farm

By Frank Kamuntu

Hajjat Hadijah Namyalo’s ongoing empowerment tour of South Africa has taken a decisive turn towards agricultural transformation, as she engaged Ugandan diaspora farmers in Mpumalanga Province. Having earlier interfaced with business communities in Gauteng, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, and Limpopo, the tour has now placed strategic emphasis on high-impact farming enterprises that underscore the global potential of Ugandan agribusiness.

The centrepiece of the Mpumalanga leg was her visit to Mr. Williams Bagala’s expansive 45-hectare commercial farm in Kwamhlanga, arguably among the largest Ugandan-owned agricultural undertakings in Southern Africa. Specialising in large-scale cabbage and sukuma wiki cultivation, Bagala’s farm is not only a flourishing commercial success but also a critical employer, offering livelihoods to both Ugandans and South Africans.

In the same province, Namyalo toured Mr. Denis Kiwanuka’s poultry operation, where she observed advanced production systems that could significantly bolster Uganda’s own agricultural value chains if replicated. Recognising the exemplary nature of these ventures, she extended USD 10,000 in direct financial support to each farmer, courtesy of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, while pledging three concrete interventions:

1. Linking them with Uganda’s Ministry of Agriculture for technical cooperation.
2. Facilitating specialised training exchanges for Ugandan farmers.
3. Personally advocating for continued presidential backing for diaspora-led agricultural initiatives.

“This tour has unmasked the untapped potential of our diaspora farmers,” Namyalo remarked. “Their operations are more than job creators abroad—they are reservoirs of expertise that, if harnessed, could radically elevate Uganda’s agricultural productivity and, by extension, Africa’s economic sovereignty.”

Her engagements form part of a broader diaspora mobilisation strategy that has already connected her with Ugandan investment groups in Johannesburg and networks of women entrepreneurs in Pretoria. Agricultural analysts have lauded her focus on models like Bagala’s 45-hectare farm, noting that such scale offers proof of Ugandan agribusiness viability on the global stage.

For years, Ugandan farmers abroad have harboured ambitions to expand operations but faced crippling financial constraints. Namyalo’s intervention, aligned with the Musevenomics doctrine of Wealth Creation, is expected to propel these enterprises towards their long-envisioned growth, reinforcing Uganda’s—and Africa’s—quest for economic self-reliance.

With further provincial visits in the pipeline, her tour is increasingly being viewed as a bridge-building exercise between the Ugandan diaspora and national development priorities—one that blends empowerment, skills transfer, and political mobilisation behind the vision of President Museveni.