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<\/p>\nPresident Yoweri Museveni and Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Armed Forces, has commissioned the Nyoka Military Conversion facility at Magamaga military barracks in Jinja District.<\/p>\n
The project that has been ongoing for the last 6 years consists of the manufacturing and assembling of military Nyoka 4×4 mine and ballistic protected vehicles in Uganda as a cost-effective option for urban and rural operations by the Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF).<\/p>\n
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A South African company known as Impala Services and Logistics, which got a contract with the Ministry of Defence to start the manufacturing and assembling of the vehicles, is at the helm of the project.<\/p>\n
After touring the facility today, President Museveni saluted the UPDF for exhibiting self-reliance, a quality that all Africans need.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfricans have slept for the last 500 years. It is a long time and I am very glad to see that you are waking up a little bit and I am here to congratulate you. What is crucial is overcoming the psychological barrier of helplessness. This is just the beginning. You can do much more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He also called for integrated industries adding that this would help create jobs and save money for the country.<\/p>\n
He thanked Impala Services and Logistics for having partnered with the UPDF and for positively using technology to build improved military vehicles.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am very grateful to the CEO of Impala. He was a cadre of the ANC and joined the South African Army but later retired. His partnering with us is ideological,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
The Chief of the Defense Forces, Gen. David Muhoozi thanked the President for his guidance on the importance of capacity building and self-reliance. He said that through the project, the UPDF has acquired skills, knowledge, technological transfer and procured industrial equipment for manufacturing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Yoweri Museveni and Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Armed Forces, has commissioned the Nyoka Military Conversion facility at Magamaga military barracks in Jinja District. The project that has been ongoing for the last 6 years consists of the manufacturing and assembling of military Nyoka 4×4 mine and ballistic protected vehicles in Uganda as a cost-effective […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":5175,"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-5174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n