President\nYoweri Museveni has been presented with the Development Champion and Peace Award\nby a Public Opinions Organization led by Adam Luzindana Buyinza, for his peace\nefforts in Uganda and the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At\na colourful ceremony held at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala on Friday\nnight that was attended by several investors and the business community, the\nPresident said he was happy to receive the award which he dedicated to all\nfreedom fighters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On\nNovember 19th<\/sup> 2019, the Deputy President of Kenya, William Ruto\ndeclared President Museveni a peace and development champion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Several\ninvestors were also presented with the 2019 Uganda responsible investment awards\nincluding Agric Business Initiative, Aponye Uganda, Bank of Baroda, Master Engineering,\nSalt TV and Pearl Dairies. Hon. Evelyn Anite was recognized as the most\nperforming Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\n2019 high-level Uganda responsible investment summit and award gala was held\nunder the theme: How Government can partner with the private sector to promote\nresponsible investments for industrialization and job creation<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis\naward is not for me as an individual. It is for the freedom fighters. I thank\nDeputy President William Ruto for recognizing our contribution. The changes in\nUganda are not by accident. We are just starting. The size of our economy is US$\n35 billion and it has grown by about 20 times since 1986. NRM is a systematic\norganization. For the first time in 500 years the whole of Uganda is peaceful,\u201d\nhe said, adding \u201cit is only under the NRM that we have been able to establish\npeace in the whole country\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He was pleased to note that many investors were flocking into Uganda because of peace and liberalization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He said that Uganda has experienced an economic growth rate of 6.5% for some good time and that government has addressed the issue of electricity by building a number of hydro-power stations with Karuma dam expected to provide energy at a rate of 4.8 US cents per unit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He assured the investors and Ugandans at large that Ayago dam would generate 840 megawatts of power once it is complete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n President\nMuseveni revealed that the Government was preparing to embark on nuclear energy\ngeneration when it exhausts the available hydro-power potential on River Nile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n On\nthe issue of transport infrastructure, the President noted that while this was\nstill high especially for the import and export sector, government is due to\nstart building our railway line that will lower the cost of transporting goods\nfrom Mombasa to Kampala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nPresident said while travelling to Luwero District recently he noticed that\nLumansi swamp had been encroached upon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese\npeople must get out of the swamp. Uganda is very competitive in the agro-industry\nand whoever attacks our water is our enemy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On\nthe industrialization progress, he said that so far 49 industries have been\ncommissioned in Namanve Industrial Park and 112 were under construction. He\nsaid that the target is to have about 500 factories in Namanve. He reminded the\ninvestors that the industrial parks need low cost housing estates nearby to\naccommodate workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He criticized people promoting sectarianism along religious and tribal lines and urged them to focus on regional integration instead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He was happy to note that Uganda today is the leader in supplying the regional market with goods. He said that Uganda currently exports goods worth US$ 500 million to D.R. Congo and US$ 600 million to Kenya per annum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He\nsaluted Mzee Daniel Arap Moi of Kenya and Mzee Ali Hassan Mwinyi of Tanzania\nwho worked closely with him leading to the revival of the East African\nCommunity. He said that this has led to a bigger market that has enabled our\ngrowth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nState Minister for Privatization and Investments, Evelyn Anite, congratulated\nPresident Museveni for scooping the Development Champion and Peace Award. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The President of Uganda Law Society, Simon Peter Kinobe, saluted President Museveni for having enabled Ugandans to live in an era of excess supply of commodities. He said that Uganda has become a supplier to East and Central Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He thanked the President for enabling them to work for the rule of law. He assured him that they would not tolerate those who block our development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Country Director of Public Opinion of South Sudan, Paul Dale Gum, said that President Museveni and Uganda Government have played a leading role in the promotion and maintenance of security in the region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He said that by providing security, President Museveni has enabled investors to come into East Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\nare celebrating you as an icon of champion of peace not only in Uganda but in\nAfrica. Your contribution speaks volumes for solving post elections conflicts\nin Kenya, peace in Somalia, South Sudan and D.R. Congo,\u201d he said. He invited\nhim to address the youth in South Sudan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Yoweri Museveni has been presented with the Development Champion and Peace Award by a Public Opinions Organization led by Adam Luzindana Buyinza, for his peace efforts in Uganda and the region. 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