Investors from Busoga sub region, alongside their counterparts from both Buikwe and Kayunga, have blamed stagnated business growth on the poor state of road infrastructure within the area.
Speaking in a joint stakeholders’ meeting with officials from the Uganda Investment Authority in Jinja city yesterday, the investors said the roads leading to designated industrial parks are dilapidated, living them to incur surplus costs in transport.
They further say that, several meetings held with the country’s topmost leadership concerning the need to reconstruct industrial roads within Jinja city’s southern division area have not materialized, since responsible stakeholders have continuously treated them to endless unfulfilled promises.
Mr. George Byamainuha from Nilus factory says the nature of roads antagonizes their factory’s business model, as it is costly for them to transport both raw materials and finished products within the East African Community region. Mr. George speaking…
George further says the poor roads are a disruption to several clients all over the world and some of them have generated negative publicity, which is a big setback to the progress of their businesses. END