President Fattah al-Sisi to visit Uganda

Dec 17, 2016

President Abdel Fattah El-SiSi who will be accompanied by a trade delegation from Egypt will arrive in Uganda on Sunday December 18, 2016

The President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will be in Uganda on a one-day official visit at the invitation of President Yoweri Museveni.

President Abdel Fattah El-SiSi who will be accompanied by a trade delegation from Egypt will arrive in Uganda on Sunday December 18, 2016 and will hold bilateral talks with President Yoweri Museveni and his delegation.

The two leaders will thereafter hold a joint press conference. Uganda and Egypt are aiming to boost their trade relations in various sectors.

Recently, President Museveni commissioned the Egypt-Uganda Food Security Company, a new private beef processing company.

Egyptian investments in Uganda include Cairo International Bank, Egypt Air, Mantrac Uganda ltd, Arab Contractors, El Naser Export and Import Company and African Development Incorporation Uganda Limited.

The scope of work for Arab contractors is increasing rapidly in Uganda, with a total work value of U.S $25.

Other prominent private sector companies started investing in Uganda and east Africa including the "Citadel Group" the leading investor in Africa, investing in the RVR $150million to modernise the main railway from Mombasa to Kampala to reduce substantially, the cost of transport and hence cost of production leading to more trade and increase the attractiveness Uganda to foreign investment.



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