President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja to give exclusive permission to Mr. Metu Katabazi to run mass transit services for buses in Kampala and the surrounding towns using the buses he has fabricated in Uganda.
He also directed Nabbanja to consider the other players that wanted to run the city bus service using locally fabricated buses.
“To further empower our manufacturing sector, it is better Mr. Metu does both the fabrication and the transport operation,” Museveni directed.
Museveni said that this gives him more cash for expanding Uganda’s manufacturing. Adding, “Do not forget that the Foreign Service providers, transporters in this case, eternalize some of the money they earn in Uganda.”
“When, therefore, you have an actor who both produces the goods (vehicles in this case) and provides the service (transport), you should not miss such an optimal combination,” Museveni said.
He approved that therefore, Mr. Metu is to both fabricate the buses and run the transport service.
However, he urged that if Kabatazi’s transport service needs more buses than those he is manufacturing, he should then only buy from Kiira motors.
“He should never import foreign made buses to use in this transport business,” Museveni cautioned.
