At State House Entebbe on Oct. 22, Museveni urged European investors into Uganda's energy, manufacturing, infrastructure and agriculture, backed a 10-year tax holiday for manufacturers and asked the European Investment Bank to fund railways, power and roads.
Uganda's State House says President Museveni commissioned Russian-supplied marine equipment in Entebbe, a BRDM-2MS training classroom in Mubende and a $53 million repair facility at Magamaga on Oct. 21 and 22, and urged local production with Russian experts.
Museveni commissioned 280 officer cadets at Uganda Military Academy Kabamba on Oct. 20, calling livestock theft from Parish Development Model farmers "sabotage," as Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba reported a rise in violent crime.