Detailed description about this program can be found on Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Website.
Mineral Development Programme
Mineral Development Programme-aims to increase mineral exploitation and value addition in selected resources for quality and gainful jobs in industrialization.
Mineral Development is one of the 20 Programmes of the NDPIII and it operationalises objective one to “enhance value addition in key growth opportunities”. The Programme seeks to address key challenges in limited minerals exploitation and value addition which include:
The programme seeks to address key challenges which include:
- Rudimentary mining methods and informality in the mining sector.
- Inadequate human and institutional capacity to carry out exploration, quantification and characterisation activities.
- Inadequate supporting physical and R&D infrastructure.
- Limited investment in industries that utilise available minerals.
Therefore, the objectives of the programme were to:
- Increase exploration and quantification of priority minerals and geothermal resources across the country.
- Increase adoption and use of appropriate and affordable technology along the value chain.
- Strengthen the legal and regulatory framework as well as the human and institutional capacity.
- Increase investment in mining and value addition.
- Expand mineral-based processing and marketing.
Government Programme
Further Reading
Busia Municipality is a local government in Busia District, Eastern Uganda, at the border of Kenya.
MUNICIPALITY SUMMARY
Location: Eastern Uganda 0°28’01.0″N, 34°05’24.0″E (Latitude:0.4669; Longitude:34.0900).
Land Area: Total Land: 7 km2
Population: 54,798.
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