President Yoweri Museveni has today held a joint meeting with the NORDIC countries\u2019 Ambassadors in Uganda \u2013 Sweden, Iceland, Denmark and Norway \u2013 at State House Entebbe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
State Ministers for International Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem, State for Relief and Disaster Preparedness, Musa Ecweru along with Uganda\u2019s Ambassador to the NORDIC Countries, Nimisha Jayant Madhvani, attended the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The envoys included Per Lindgarde of\nSweden, Unnur Orradottir Ramette from Iceland, Majbrit Holm Jakobsen of Denmark\nand Zenia Chrysostomidis of Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Museveni and his guests discussed\nvarious business opportunities that the NORDIC countries could take advantage\nof and invest in Uganda to strengthen further the relationship between them and\nUganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUganda is a young population full of\nentrepreneurs and are very resourceful. It is important to create sustainable\njobs and a conducive business environment. We believe that with this, Uganda\ncan reach its common goals,\u201d observed Swedish envoy, Per Lindgarde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Museveni asked the envoys\nto consider encouraging entrepreneurs from their countries to invest in Uganda\u2019s\npublic transport sector adding that if bus carriers would be assembled to\ntransport people at an affordable rate, it would go along way in helping to\nrationalize the transport system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe can work with you on transport.\nIt will stop traffic jam on the road. I will inquire with the Ministry of Transport\nto identify the gaps in the transport sector and will help you know how we can\nwork together,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regarding the energy, Swedish and Norwegian envoys expressed interest in having entrepreneurs working on transmission lines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The envoys also assured the President that their countries were ready to offer expertise in the oil and gas sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On agriculture, President Museveni advised the envoys that Uganda wants investments in value addition of its products. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also encouraged them over participation in the building of a few high quality education institutions like universities and technical schools in Uganda in order to help the country contribute and further consolidate the quality of knowledge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President commended the NORDIC countries for changing from simply giving aid to countries like Uganda to doing business with them which, he observed, is a more beneficial arrangement for all. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The envoys commended President Museveni for setting up an Anti-Corruption Unit in State House noting that it is an important effort to fight corruption in Uganda. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President Yoweri Museveni has today held a joint meeting with the NORDIC countries\u2019 Ambassadors in Uganda \u2013 Sweden, Iceland, Denmark and Norway \u2013 at State House Entebbe. State Ministers for International Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem, State for Relief and Disaster Preparedness, Musa Ecweru along with Uganda\u2019s Ambassador to the NORDIC Countries, Nimisha Jayant Madhvani, attended […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":9108,"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-9107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"\n