Minister Mutagamba tips on partnerships
Jul 14, 2007
UGANDANS should embrace long-term economic partnerships if the country is to develop, Maria Mutagamba, the minister for water and environment has said.
By Ricks Kayizzi
UGANDANS should embrace long-term economic partnerships if the country is to develop, Maria Mutagamba, the minister for water and environment has said.
“This country will only develop if people start forming partnerships and joint ventures. These partnerships should be based on trust, honesty and transparency,†she said.
She was talking about the partnership between Anatoli Kamugisha and Alex Kamukama, which started 30 years ago and culminated into the formation of Akright Projects Ltd, a real estate developer. The minister was speaking at the launch of the community accelerated development scheme, an initiative aimed at economically empowering the community in and around the Kakungulu Akright Housing Estate.
The initiative aims at making the neighbours suppliers of food stuffs, bricks, metal fabrications, sand and building stones to Kakungule Estate. The function also saw the hand over of an improved home to Mzee Ogule, on which Akright and its partners, Kibo Foundation, Clinic Africa and Uganda Dental Association, contributed sh3m.
Anatoli Kamugisha, the head of Akright, said the initiative was aimed at financing, sensitising and marketing products in and around the estate.
to empower the population economically.
“It involves engaging the community in development, while emphasising organised housing, wealth creation and contract farming,†he said.
UGANDANS should embrace long-term economic partnerships if the country is to develop, Maria Mutagamba, the minister for water and environment has said.
“This country will only develop if people start forming partnerships and joint ventures. These partnerships should be based on trust, honesty and transparency,†she said.
She was talking about the partnership between Anatoli Kamugisha and Alex Kamukama, which started 30 years ago and culminated into the formation of Akright Projects Ltd, a real estate developer. The minister was speaking at the launch of the community accelerated development scheme, an initiative aimed at economically empowering the community in and around the Kakungulu Akright Housing Estate.
The initiative aims at making the neighbours suppliers of food stuffs, bricks, metal fabrications, sand and building stones to Kakungule Estate. The function also saw the hand over of an improved home to Mzee Ogule, on which Akright and its partners, Kibo Foundation, Clinic Africa and Uganda Dental Association, contributed sh3m.
Anatoli Kamugisha, the head of Akright, said the initiative was aimed at financing, sensitising and marketing products in and around the estate.
to empower the population economically.
“It involves engaging the community in development, while emphasising organised housing, wealth creation and contract farming,†he said.