Museveni pledges iron factory for Kabale

NRM Presidential candidate Museveni addresses supporters at Nfasha playground in Kabale District on Saturday. PHOTO BY COLLEB MUGUME 

In Summary

Strategic. Mr Museveni said the company will be established in the area because the raw materials are located there

NRM party presidential candidate Museveni has promised to establish an iron ore smelting factory in Rubanda county, Kabale District, once he is re-elected to power.

The factory shall be using gas extracted from the Albertine region as a source of power instead of using coal which is imported from outside the country, Mr Museveni explained.

He made the promise at the weekend while campaigning at Nfasha playground in Bufundi Sub-county, Rubanda West Constituency in Kabale District, where he also promised to extend hydroelectricity power lines to benefit the people in this rural community.

About 50 million metric tones of iron ore are located in Muko, Rubanda county in Kabale District, and can generate 550US dollars (about Shs1.8m) per processed tone, and would last for about 45 years. “It was a lie that an iron ore processing factory was to be put in Mbarara. It will be established here in Muko, Rubanda County, where the raw materials are found. In case our gas from the Albertine region delays, we shall import from Tanzania. We have been using scrap metal to get iron bars but this time we target getting iron bars from our own iron ore mineral. A factory for processing wolfram shall soon be constructed in this area since the wolfram raw materials are readily available,” Mr Museveni said before asking the people to vote for him and NRM party flag bearers.

Education
He pledged to establish one technical institute for skills’ development in every constituency and Shs234b for supporting youth and women development projects annually.

Mr Museveni addressed another rally at Bubare playground in Rubanda East Constituency before he inaugurated the construction of the Can Batuma memorial Airfield in Bubare Sub-county.

Vote of thanks
The Kabale district council speaker, Mr Pastoli Twinomuhangi, and the NRM party flag bearer for Rubanda West Constituency thanked Mr Museveni for accepting to hold his rally at Nfasha rural community, arguing that president Museveni last addressed a similar gathering in this same place 17-years ago.