Today in history: Museveni flags off AGOA textile export
Dec 22, 2016
An excited Museveni carried a box containing 12 pieces of seaweed and stone-coloured shorts on his head to a waiting 40-feet truck outside the Tri-Star Uganda Limited
On December 22, 2002, President Yoweri Museveni flagged off 164,000 pieces of men's pair of shorts to America, the first textile export under the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) initiative.
An excited Museveni carried a box containing 12 pieces of seaweed and stone-coloured shorts on his head to a waiting 40-feet truck outside the Tri-Star Uganda Limited factory in Bugolobi near Kampala, amidst cheers from the audience which included US ambassador to Uganda, Jimmy Kolker.