Government gives Lubowa hospital investor more land.

Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Finance has given the proprietor of Lubowa International Hospital more land in Namanve Industrial Park to establish a coffee processing plant.

This was after the Minister of Finance, Matia Kasaija signed a project implementation agreement with Enrica Pinetti, the Board Chairman of Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited to establish a Coffee processing plant at Kampala Industrial and Business Park, Namanve.

According to Kasaija, the coffee plant is expected to process 60,000 tonnes of coffee per annum at full capacity, but will start with processing 27,000 tonnes and that the company is expected to create 246 jobs for employees and skilled labourers.

'Middlemen have been taking much of our money. We will earn more money from our sweat." Construction will commence within one year.”

 In March 2019, Parliament approved a request by the Ministry of Finance to guarantee a loan for the construction of a specialised hospital in Lubowa through the issuance of a promissory note to a tune of USD 379.71M approximately Shs 1.393 Trillion.

 Government said the facility would be constructed on 32 hectares in Lubowa in Wakiso district and would be divided in four zones including; clinical, education, recreation and housing zones.

The hospital was meant to carry 54 Oncology beds, 27 infectious disease beds, 27 medical beds, 16 VIP beds, eight ICU beds,60 outpatient beds, 54 surgery beds, 27 paediatrics beds, 27OBGYN beds, 16 intensive Care, 8 neo-natal ICU beds as well as 11 operating theatres.

Enrica Pinetti is the proprietor of the hospital and had promised to construct the hospital in two years, and later run the hospital for six years before the hospital reverts back to Government.

However three years down the road, the project is yet to take off with Government keeping silent on the progress.