Germany has announced close to over 260 billion shillings in grants for Uganda’s climate change, forestry, and energy sectors.
The grant is part of the just concluded framework for development cooperation for the two years.
The biannual negotiations took place in Berlin, Germany, and were the first negotiations after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic to bring together the Ugandan and German delegations in person.
The talks resulted in the signing of a summary record on 12 October 2022 by Kyeyune Haruna Kasolo, State Minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development for the Ugandan side and by the Head of the East Africa Division of the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, Marcus von Essen, as head of the German Delegation.
According to a statement from the Germany Embassy in Kampala, the new commitment will particularly focus on improving climate adaptation and resilience through support for the sustainable management of forests. END.