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“I accept the appointment to serve as new Board Chairman of Uganda Free Zones Authority. I pledge to carry on the mission and vision and ensure that Free Zones Authority achieves its mandate, ” Peter Balimunsi said.
” I commit to work with management to ensure that we deliver with all my enthusiasm to promote good image to attract investors. I will also strengthen partnerships, improve skills development and initiate rewards for good works of staff during my term of office, “he added.
Evelyn Anite Minister of State for Privatization and Investment in a dinner organised to honor outgoing and incoming members of the Board cautioned new Board members to uphold good deeds and consolidate the gains the former Board and management achieved.
“Uganda aspires to become a transformed society from a peasant to a modern country within 30 years. The strategies to realize this aspiration include acceleration of industrialization through upgrading and diversification to harness the local resources, developing manufacturing and processing clusters along the value chains and direct government investment in strategic areas to stimulate the economy. I hope in your endeavors you will continue to contribute to the established success and legacy, “Anite said.
Anite thanked out going board for the construction of first free zones in Uganda at Entebbe International Airport and setting up other 24 private free zones.
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![[dropcap]A[/dropcap] section of women in Bugongo parish and Nawangaiza parish in Nawandala Sub County, Iganga District have decried the near-impossible terms set for them to access GROW funds. They have now petitioned their woman member of parliament for Iganga Hon. Kauma Sauda Alibaawo to ask the government for revised terms and conditions. This is to enable them to benefit from the program. The disgruntled women accuse the implementers of the program of charging the money. They are also asking for their land titles and land agreements. They said that such properties are governed by their husbands. These, therefore want the government through their woman MP to intervene and revise the requirements for one to benefit. The women were on Wednesday at Namabwere primary school in Nawandala Sub County. They had gathered in their respective groups to receive over 300 chickens from Hon Alibaawo in her campaign to improve the livelihood of women in Iganga district. Each group was given 50 chicken as start-up capital in their journey to prosperity. Read what some leaders said; Ms Naigambi Lydia from Nawandala Trading Centre says, “They solicited money from us through opening bank accounts and depositing Shs80,000. They also asked for land titles and land agreements from us yet we don’t have such things. I was informed that I needed to have a business with a capital of Shs4m yet my capital was very small.” The chairperson Kisoboka Saving Group in Nawandala Ms. Nakagolo Faith said they were not able to join the program. This is given the many conditions attached. She also asked their woman MP to raise their concerns to the relevant offices. The MP condemned the mode of implementation of the program. She cited that it has turned to benefit the well-off class of women other than the intended group. She further asked the government to intervene saying the current strings attached to the programme are very tight to accommodate a common woman. GROW project is a Government of Uganda initiative that arose out of the need to respond to the needs of women entrepreneurs. This is especially those who want to grow their businesses, sustain their self-employment and create more jobs. Check Also; Iganga District NRM Leaders Urge Museveni To Fulfill Election Promises Of 2021 International Women's Day: Celebrating Progress Towards Equality](https://i0.wp.com/newslexpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Iganga-women-decry-tough-terms-to-access-GROW-funds-e1731738339732.jpg?resize=300%2C160&ssl=1)
