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2018 Global Logistics Convention was held at Kampala Sheraton Hotel,and Monica Azuba Ntege, the Minister of Works and Transport made an speech.
The convention is organised by the Uganda Freight Forwarders Association (UFFA) in partnership with the National Logistics Platform and the Ministry of Works and Transport.
It is running under the theme "Freight Logistics: The Edge to Competitiveness".
"A new port at Bukasa is being developed which will also provide faster and cheaper means of transport directly by ship to Musoma or Mwanza in Tanzania and then by land to Dar es Salam or Tanga at the Indian Ocean. This project is set to be completed in 2020," Azuba said.
"The National airline is being revived. A new airport is also being developed at Kabaale in Hoima district. The objective is to increase Uganda’s competitiveness by reducing the cost of air transport and ease connectivity to and from Uganda, with the intention of leveraging opportunities in the tourism, agriculture, minerals, and oil and gas sectors," Azuba said.
In his remarks, Adrian Green, head of growth and economic management at UKAid underscored the critical role the logistics sector plays, describing it as the fuel that drives economic growth.
The Convention, sponsored by the Department for International Development (DFID) through TradeMark East Africa is bringing together over five hundred participants from Uganda and abroad.
