Government of China funds $30 million industrial skills training center in Wakiso, Uganda

On January 15, 2020, the Ugandan president Yoweir Museveni officially commissioned the Namanve Industrial Park campus of Uganda Industrial Research Institute. Implementation had begun about two years previously on 25 January 2018. The USD 30 million, 15 acre facility was financed and constructed by the Chinese government, which will also help to provide technical assistance and training to the local students at the institute. The objective of the facility is to train local workers in necessary industrial trades, including machining and welding, and to provide apprenticeships in those fields, in order to help with the fast-tracking of Uganda's nationwide industrialization and economic development. The facility features five manufacturing workshops, and an electronic, electrical, and mechanical processing training building. The workshops are outfitted with the necessary equipment, furniture, instruments, and tools to allow for up to 960 trainees to be actively participating in training simultaneously. Additionally, the facility is set to develop and manufacture parts and components to be used in vehicles produced by the state automotive firm, Kiira Motors Corporation. This contribution is estimated to save USD 23 million annually on imported car parts and USD 18 million annually on imported motorcycle parts.

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