President Yoweri Museveni has met and held\ndiscussions with a visiting 3-member delegation of the Japanese House of Councillors,\nled by Mr. Takashi Uto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The delegation is in Uganda to assess the\nprogress and impact of the Japanese funded development projects in the country\nsuch as the Queen\u2019s Way Sub-Station in Kampala, Jinja Highway Bridge and\nvarious agricultural undertakings, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the meeting that took place last evening\nat State House Entebbe, President Museveni warmly welcomed the delegation to\nUganda and expressed gratitude to the Government of Japan for the support and\ncooperation with Uganda in a diversity of development areas in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President used the occasion to re-emphasize\nthe need for better trade opportunities like market access, investment and\ntourism as opposed to Aid if Africa is to benefit from the cooperation. \u201cAid is\ngood but it is better with trade access,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President extended an invitation to more\nJapanese companies, especially those with technological base as well as capital,\nto invest not only in Uganda but in other African countries saying that with\nthe growing population on the continent, those companies will have ready\nmarkets for their products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While hailing other countries, such as the United\nStates of America and China, among others, for doing business with Africa, the\nPresident told the Japanese delegation that by investing in Uganda and Africa\nin general, the Japanese entrepreneurs will not only be empowering the economies\nand causing development on the African continent, but the Japanese products\nwill also be able to have unfettered access to the markets on the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Takashi Uto, leader of the delegation, thanked President Museveni for his time and expressed happiness with the progress of the Japanese supported projects in Uganda that they have so far visited. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that Japan is looking forward to continued cooperation and working with Uganda in a diversity of areas of interest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Hon. Vincent Sempijja and that of Works and Transport, Hon. Katumba Wamala, among other government officials, attended the meeting. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Yoweri Museveni has met and held discussions with a visiting 3-member delegation of the Japanese House of Councillors, led by Mr. Takashi Uto. The delegation is in Uganda to assess the progress and impact of the Japanese funded development projects in the country such as the Queen\u2019s Way Sub-Station in Kampala, Jinja Highway Bridge […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":13303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-13302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n