{"id":8313,"date":"2023-02-23T15:22:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=8313"},"modified":"2023-02-23T15:23:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:23:04","slug":"necs-new-uzima-production-plant-commissioned-by-president-museveni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/necs-new-uzima-production-plant-commissioned-by-president-museveni\/","title":{"rendered":"NEC\u2019s new Uzima production plant commissioned by President Museveni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The President Yoweri Museveni has  commissioned the new National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) Uzima production plant in in Kakiri, Wakiso District. President Museveni saluted NEC  the business arm of the  UPDF led by Gen. James Mugira for the various projects it is undertaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs you can see now, NEC has a lot of projects up and running, and making profit. This is very good,\u201d the President said. He noted that there is tremendous progress as far as development is concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He congratulated the NEC Managing Director, Lt. Gen. James Mugira, and his team for turning around NEC and changing it into a proper working entity. \u201cI had almost forgotten about NEC, but I am glad that you are back on track,\u201d the President remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"375\" data-attachment-id=\"8315\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/necs-new-uzima-production-plant-commissioned-by-president-museveni\/nec-uzima-water4-scaled-e1677123637948-750x375-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NEC-UZIMA-Water4-scaled-e1677123637948-750x375-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"750,375\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1677069728&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NEC-UZIMA-Water4-scaled-e1677123637948-750&amp;#215;375-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NEC-UZIMA-Water4-scaled-e1677123637948-750x375-1.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NEC-UZIMA-Water4-scaled-e1677123637948-750x375-1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NEC-UZIMA-Water4-scaled-e1677123637948-750x375-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NEC-UZIMA-Water4-scaled-e1677123637948-750x375-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/NEC-UZIMA-Water4-scaled-e1677123637948-750x375-1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The President welcomed the idea of lowering the production cost by making their own water bottles. He also promised to follow up on the issue of electricity line and he promised that electricity will be extended to the factory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On tarmacking access roads to the plant, the President directed the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja, to liaise with the Ministry of Works and Transport and get back to him. Hon. Bamurangaki thanked the President  Museveni for sparing time and honoring their invitation to come and commission the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The board Chairman, Gen. (Rtd) Joram Mugume, thanked the President for his continued intervention and guidance in NEC projects. The function was attended by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence and Veterans Affairs, Mrs. Rosette Byengoma, Joint Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Leopold Kyanda and other Service Chiefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Editor : msserwanga@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned the new National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) Uzima production plant in in Kakiri, Wakiso District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[287,168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nec","category-national-development"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/FpmBDrwXwAACtMc.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9591,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-assures-kiira-motors-corporation-that-government-will-buy-the-electric-buses-produced-at-the-kiira-vehicle-plant-in-jinja\/","url_meta":{"origin":8313,"position":0},"title":"President Museveni Assures Kiira Motors Corporation That Government Will Buy The \u00a0Electric Buses Produced At The Kiira Vehicle Plant In Jinja","author":"MOSES SSERWANGA","date":"August 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"President Yoweri Museveni has reiterated his determination to superintend over Uganda\u2019s industrialization agenda by once again \u00a0making a public pledge that government will take the lead in buying electric buses produced by Uganda\u2019s automaker Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC). \u201c If you make electric buses , the government will buy them\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Automotive industry&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Automotive industry","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/automotive-industry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/muse.jpeg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/muse.jpeg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/muse.jpeg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/muse.jpeg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/muse.jpeg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10563,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/govt-constructs-houses-for-civilian-veterans\/","url_meta":{"origin":8313,"position":1},"title":"Govt Constructs Houses For Civilian Veterans","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"November 15, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Minister of State for Luwero Triangle, Hon Alice K.Kaboyo has handed over a civilian veteran's house in remembrance of Peter Wanku Mpiima a.k.a Kazimoto who was brutally killed on 22nd January 1973 together with Martin Mwesigwa a.k.a Black by former President , Idd Amin's soldiers in the liberation struggle.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;National News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"National News","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/category\/national-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ka2.jpg","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ka2.jpg 1x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ka2.jpg 1.5x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ka2.jpg 2x, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ka2.jpg 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6283,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ministers-gen-katumba-wamala-musasizi-inspect-the-kiira-vehicle-plant-call-for-govt-ministries-and-agencies-to-follow-president-museveni-directive-to-buy-buses-from-kiira-motors\/","url_meta":{"origin":8313,"position":2},"title":"MINISTERS GEN. 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