North will be Uganda''s industrial hub - Museveni
Oct 09, 2015
President Yoweri Museveni has announced plans to transform northern Uganda into the country''s industrial hub.
President Yoweri Museveni has announced plans to transform northern Uganda into the country's industrial hub to accelerate development in the region that is recovering from the 20-year Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency.
Presiding over the 53rd independence anniversary celebrations in Gulu district, the President said the ongoing road and electricity infrastructure development projects in the region would attract more investments and create jobs for the youth.
Citing sites like the 650MW Karuma power dam which is under construction and others to be built like Ayago (850MW), Uhuru, Kiba, and Murchison Falls, Museveni said the amount of electricity northern Uganda will produce will be much higher than what is produced in Jinja, where hydro electricity production started.
Here is the President's Full Speech