President Yoweri Museveni and the United Kingdom Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Uganda and Rwanda, Lord Dolar Popat, have discussed investments and economic development issues between Uganda and Britain.
The two especially dueled on the agriculture sector, which they noted, Uganda has great potential.
Flunked by the British High Commissioner to Uganda Peter West, Popat called on the President on Thursday at State House, Entebbe. Museveni informed his visitor that Uganda has gone an extra mile in churning out large quantities of agricultural and dairy products but the challenge remains the low prices on the internal market.
He added that the immediate solution to this challenge is to process the products and add value to them for export markets. “Our farmers and processors of agricultural produce should adapt to the competitive world so that they are not eliminated in marketing,” he stressed.
Lord Popat and High Commissioner Peter West said that all that is required is for the produce from Uganda to meet both the European Union and United Kingdom uniform standard that pertains to food and beverage importation to Europe.
Lord Popat commended President Museveni for steering a fast, steady and progressive national economy in Uganda. State Minister for International Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem, among others, attended the meeting.