President Yoweri Museveni has today commissioned Goodwill (U) Ceramic Company Limited which is in Kapeeka, Luweero District.<\/p>\n
Sitting on 26 acres of land and situated in the Liao Shen Industrial Park, the company was established in May last year with an investment capital of US$30million.<\/p>\n
It commenced production in April this year with an output capacity of 40,000 square meters of tiles per day and about 200 different tile designs.<\/p>\n
The factory manufactures and supplies well coated tiles made from over 90% locally sourced raw materials from all corners of Uganda to serve both local and neighboring countries\u2019 markets.<\/p>\n
The enterprise has been able to create about 2,000 jobs for both skilled and non-skilled employees.<\/p>\n
President Museveni urged the concerned government authorities, like the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), to ease the process of acquiring work permits by investors, adding that these would help \u00a0\u00a0to improve the investment climate in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not right to make these permits so expensive. UIA must automatically resolve these matters for all factories instead of making investors beg and lobby,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Museveni appreciated the Chinese people for the big contribution that they have made in Uganda.<\/p>\n
He added that with the new ceramic industry, Uganda has been able to save US$35 million \u00a0that would have been lost through using imported tiles.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe factory here alone will earn US$50 million and employ 2000\u00a0 people. You can see the potential of these industries,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
On matters of environment, he warned against people encroaching on wetlands saying that the wetlands are very vital in preserving \u00a0water for crops and for factory use.<\/p>\n
Mr. Museveni promised to chase the local leaders like Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) if \u00a0they did not stop people from encroaching on the swamps.<\/p>\n
Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Minister, Hon. Amelia Kyambadde thanked President Museveni for equipping the rural and urban youth with capital and equipment that has helped them get jobs.<\/p>\n
She commended Goodwill Ceramics Company for the good quality products that it is producing affordable price.<\/p>\n
\u201cI encourage Ugandans to buy their products. I have already\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 bought these products. Ugandans must change their mindsets of\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 thinking that local products are not good. We used to talk about\u00a0 commodity trade, now we talk about value addition,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
State Minister for Privatization and Investment, Hon. Evelyn Anite\u00a0 was happy to note that Uganda is increasingly encouraging the establishment of manufacturing industries that have promoted the production and consumption of these products by the local \u00a0and \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0international markets.<\/p>\n
She added that this was possible because of the peace brought by President Museveni and the good government incentives given to investors.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Managing Director of Goodwill, Mr. Frank Yang thanked the President and the Government of Uganda for clearly demonstrating support to investors in \u00a0Uganda by allowing them to grow development roots in the country.<\/p>\n He hailed Mr. Museveni for the peace and security that he has created which has been conducive for the ceramic company to be established.<\/p>\n He also hailed \u00a0\u00a0the people of Kapeeka for their loyalty, professionalism and support.<\/p>\n Mr. Yang further appreciated Gen. Salem Saleh, for having offered tremendous support during the beginnings of the company.<\/p>\n He assured the President that production of tiles from Uganda will contribute to industrialization, increased revenue and creation of jobs in Uganda.<\/p>\n He was\u00a0 happy to note that since the\u00a0 production process started, the price of tiles in \u00a0Uganda has been reduced drastically by 25%.<\/p>\n \u201cThis company will reduce the dependency that Uganda has been having in \u00a0\u00a0buying imported tiles,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n During the ceremony, President Museveni pledged Shs20 million to Kapeeka SACCO and donated a motorcycle to the Chairman of Kapeeka in form of cash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Yoweri Museveni has today commissioned Goodwill (U) Ceramic Company Limited which is in Kapeeka, Luweero District. Sitting on 26 acres of land and situated in the Liao Shen Industrial Park, the company was established in May last year with an investment capital of US$30million. It commenced production in April this year with an output […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":5870,"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-5869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n