Infrastructure

The Kampala Industrial Park in Namanve will be fully complete in 2024, according to Uganda Investment Authority.

President Yoweri Museveni met with the Indian Minister of State for External and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Muraleedharan with whom they hashed over means to ramp up rural electrification in Uganda.

The government through the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) injected Shs3.5 billion into the second phase of the construction works at the mango processing factory in Yumbe district.

The factory is to start production in 2022.

Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has said 11 industrial and business parks that are already operational have created 102,288 jobs, with 42,488 being direct jobs and 59,800 indirect jobs.

By David Rupiny

Introduction

Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), as the chief investment promotion agency of the Government of Uganda, is laser-focused on robust development of industrial and business parks in Uganda.

Cabinet ministers on Monday approved that Uganda signs and ratifies the inter-government deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo to jointly construct a road network that is expected, to among others, strengthen bilateral relations, increase the volume of trade between the two countries, and ac

The Government of Uganda, following the directive of President Yoweri Museveni, is in a move re-open the defunct Kilembe copper mine estimated to contain 4.5million tons of ore. An investor will also be sought immediately. 

The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) announced the completion of the Water Supply Improvement Project that will boost service delivery in Sembabule town and the surrounding areas.

The strategy by telecom giant MTN Telecommunications Company of getting Ugandans involved as partners in its activities has been described as very important by President Yoweri Museveni who said it allows Ugandans and Africans to be partners in all the activities of the company. 

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