Chinese Government provides $4 million grant to Uganda Industry Research Institute (UIRI) at Nakawa

In 2001, the Chinese Government provided a $4,042048.73 grant to the Government of Uganda to support the Uganda Industry Research Institute (UIRI) at Nakawa. The proceeds of the grant were earmarked for (1) direct support to the UIRI-Nakawa, (2) the translocation of equipment for UIRI-Nakawa, and (3) a team of 9 Chinese technical experts to run, maintain and repair facilities established by the Chinese Government during the 1990s and help to train local technicians. The three categories received actual disbursements of $3,897,405.82, $75,600, and $547,519.85, respectively. The first disbursement of the grant was made on March 3, 1998 of $10,568. It should be noted that there was a project implementation delay of 1 year and 3 months.This project was completed on December 31, 2002. The Chinese Government ultimately disbursed more grant funding ($4,520,525.67) than it originally committed.

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Between 1992 and 1994, the Chinese Government constructed an office building, laboratories, and factories for trail production at UIRI. During the mid-1990s, it also built a ceramic research and production line, a fruit juice processing line, a bread production line, a milk treatment line, an ice cream and yogurt production line, a milk powder production line and a plastic cups production line at UIRI. The Chinese Government also set up laboratories, a boiler room, a refrigeration station and a diesel generating set between 1998-2000 at UIRI.

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5

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9