Convicted for murder and incarcerated for eight years, Cissy Namisango, 27, had never worked in a poultry farm before. However, on her first encounter with poultry farming, she has managed to demystify the widely held notion that one needs acres of land to farm.
Driven by conviction and industry, Namisango has turned the modest prison poultry farm within the confines of Kigo Women’s prison, into a kind of a demonstration farm, looking after chickens which have flourished into huge harvests winning the praise of prison authorities and marvel of fellow inmates, dazed by her achievements.
And for being exemplary, she has been rewarded by prison authorities who have bestowed on her the onerous but enviable task of training fellow inmates and prison warders, who, driven by her example have decided to venture into the poultry project.
Namisango acknowledges that the poultry farm has given her a new perspective on life. “The poultry farm has given me a renewed hope of life. After prison, I hope to invest in poultry farming,” she remarks happily. Her passion for rearing chicken is evident the moment she enters the farm.
She refers to the hens “my hens and “my chicks,” revealing a farmer whose heart and soul is embedded in the very existence of her birds. “I miss them whenever I am taken back to the cells for lock up.”
Namisango, who has worked in the farm for some time now, says she had no skills before her arrest but her prison sentence has been a blessing in disguise. She can now immunize chicken, a skill she acquired behind bars.
She is passionate about her new found skills and talks about “her poultry farm” with a lot of vigor. She explains that the project helps to supplement the prisoners’ diet.
And for being exemplary, she has been rewarded by prison authorities who have bestowed on her the onerous but enviable task of training fellow inmates and prison warders, who, driven by her example have decided to venture into the poultry project.
She refers to the hens “my hens and “my chicks,” revealing a farmer whose heart and soul is embedded in the very existence of her birds. “I miss them whenever I am taken back to the cells for lock up.”
Namisango, who has worked in the farm for some time now, says she had no skills before her arrest but her prison sentence has been a blessing in disguise. She can now immunize chicken, a skill she acquired behind bars.
She is passionate about her new found skills and talks about “her poultry farm” with a lot of vigor. She explains that the project helps to supplement the prisoners’ diet.
Namisango says ever since she joined the poultry farm, she has never looked back, but aspires to even do better. Poultry keeping is the only thing on her mind and she requests fellow inmates to make good use of the rehabilitation services offered in jail.
Given her initial success with poultry, Namisango now wants to expand her project of layers. When it comes to immunizing chicks, she says prison authorities provide inmates with the required drugs for vaccination.
Namisango says among the challenges she faces with her poultry project is the limited time provided to prisoners outside the cells which makes it hard for her to monitor the hens yet chicks require regular checkups especially during night.
The former house wife regrets her acts saying she would not have engaged in dubious ways that culminated into her incarceration had she acquired the farming skills earlier. She says poultry farming has given her a renewed hope of life after serving her sentence.
Sourced from News Vision Uganda: http://www.newvision.co.ug/
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