President Yoweri Museveni has challenged NRM MPs-Elect to support government in boosting industries, especially for those dealing in final products, if the economy is to grow.
While addressing newly elected NRM MPs in a retreat at the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi District,
The President said that industrialization is very a fundamental sector in fostering social economic Transformation and better lives for Ugandans.
“Support me in attracting investment for industries especially for those dealing in final products that can be consumed locally or be exported to other countries,” he said.
The President also asked the MPs to support him to get rid of subsistence agriculture where homesteads only grow for consumption instead as opposed to commercial farming. He said that is subsistence graduated into commercial farming, lives of ordinary Ugandans will improve.
In regard of this move, the President told MPs that government has so far established more than 20 industrial parks in various parts of the country and thousands of industries are already manufacturing several products.