David Rupiny /Shamim Saad/ Catherine Kahubire
On April 29, 2025, the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) organized a successful engagement meeting (locally called Baraza) with investors in the Kampala Industrial and Business Park, Namanve, the authority’s flagship industrial park.
Presided over by the State Minister of Finance (Privatisation and Investment), Evelyn Anite, the Baraza focused on finding solutions to investment challenges.
Presentations were on various issues: incentives, taxes, roads, drainage, social security, working conditions, taxation, security, bus service, environmental protection, etc.
The minister asked the investors to plant trees on their premises as part of initiatives to promote environmental protection & mitigate adverse effects of climate change; this at the 2025 Investors’ Baraza, ongoing in Kampala.
Minister Anite also encouraged the investors and also ensure decent payment for their employees, emphasizing that decent pay not only boosts workers’ morale but also their productivity.
The Chair of the UIA Board, Dr. Robert Kyamanywa, assured Investors of dedicated support, promising transparency, accountability, and investor-centric approaches, while ensuring that every shilling invested generates real value.
The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited reported that they are offering tailor-made tariffs for industrialists on a case-by-case basis.
The Uganda Revenue Authority urged the investors to explore the various tax incentives offered by the government annually.
The National Social Security Fund advised the investors to ensure their social security contributions are right and up to date in order to avoid colliding with the law.
Various issues raised by the investors were addressed instantly.
The investors proposed crowdfunding for an ambulance system, a bus service, and security, among others.
They also asked UIA to conduct the investor stakeholder engagement in the industrial park twice a year.
The engagements are being rolled out to other parts of the country.
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