By: Ismael Kasooha

KAMPALA  

The Prime Minister of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Nabbanja Robinah held productive talks with key stakeholders to advance Uganda’s development agenda and Vision 2040.

Nabbanja met the British High Commissioner to Uganda H.E Lisa Chesney Mbe who announced a grant of 4m Pounds as support to address Malnutrition among the Refugees.   The grant will be channeled through UNICEF, United Nations organization responsible for the welfare and health of children.

The Premier lauded the British government for its support to the development of Uganda dating back many years.  She appealed to the development partners to support Uganda in its quest to host over 1.94m Refugees from neighbouring countries yet the support from United Nations High Commission for Refugees continues to dwindle year after year.

H.E Lisa Chesney Mbe lauded Uganda for its policy on refugees saying that there is no country in the world that is as hospital as Uganda towards Refugees.   She pledged to continue supporting Uganda’s development agenda.

The Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanha joined a group photo with the Japanese Ambassador to Uganda and other officials at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kampala

Nabbanja also met H.E. Takuya Sasayama the Ambassador of Japan to Uganda with his delegation at her office in Kampala.   The Premier with the Japanese delegation discussed a wide range of issues for mutual benefit including the second phase of the Kampala Flyover and setting up a factory that will manufacture Skeepon, a bio-stimulant that helps plants tolerate environmental stresses like heat and drought.

The Japanese delegation consisted of Professor Jong-Myong Kim, the founder and CEO of Ac-Planta Inc., the company behind the Skeepon bio-stimulant series.   Uganda, through the National Agriculture Research Organization (NARO) has already done tests and proved that the crops are 90% effective and will be rolled out to regions that are hit by drought.

In a related development the Premier met The Trade and Development Bank (TDB)’s Managing Director Admassu Tadesse.  Nabbanja and Tadesse discussed how Uganda can benefit from the services of Trade and Development Bank especially through concessional loans and low interest funds for the private sector players.

Later in the day, the Premier presided over the official opening of the second Uganda National Conference on Health, Human Rights and Development (UCHD).   Nabbanja assured partners of the Government’s commitment to support development partners through multilateral engagements coordinated by the Office of the Prime Minister emphasizing integration of health into all plans of government  to ensure that no one is left behind.   End