What do you believe is the single most important factor driving up the cost of living in Nigeria?

President Museveni has rallied greater Luweero on the open opportunities in supplying food and raw materials to the more than 50 companies established in the region in the last 10 years.

“The factories that are involved in processing and manufacturing the different types of commodities do not only give the population jobs but employ hundreds of workers who demand food. Some of the factories need raw material to feed into the respective factories,” Museveni said while opening a trade show organized by Namunkekera- Liao Shen Industrial Park in Nakaseke District on September 27.

He added: “We are blessed to have 21 factories in operation at Kapeeka but we also have factories in Matugga, Gombe, Sanga, Nakasongola , Bombo, Kawanda and many in the heart of Luweero. These factories do not only give you jobs but the workers need food.”

Reflecting on the history of the Kapeeka area and the greater Luweero region that was badly affected by the Museveni led liberation war of the early 1980s, the president appealed to locals to borrow a leaf from parts of the country like Masaka Sub-region which he says is reaping from hard work.

“You hear about the coffee boom in the Masaka areas. Those Makaka people have planted coffee and are enjoying the fruits from their respective hard work. The factories want raw materials, but you would also be enjoying the coffee boom by now if you had taken my advice,” Museveni said.

• Read More