Uganda, April 7 -- Former presidential contender, Dr Kizza Besigye, told tea farmers in Bushenyi District in Western Uganda on Saturday that the current fluctuations in tea prices are intended by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government to keep people poor for easy management and manipulation.

Speaking to hundreds of supporters at Kizinda playground, Kizinda Town Council, in Bushenyi where tea farming is the main income generating activity, the former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president stirred up emotions among the crowds when he blamed the tea crisis on the ruling party.

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