Bukasa inland port development - President Museveni receives project update
President Museveni has today received an update on the development of Bukasa Inland Port. The President received the status report during a meeting with a delegation from Gauff Engineering led by Dr. Ulrich Salzer at State House Entebbe. Since its foundation in 1988, Gauff has enabled the improvement of the economic and socio-economic framework through the development, planning and implementation of essential infrastructures on the African continent and worldwide. President Museveni assured government's support to ensure that the project is a success. The Minister for Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala informed the President that the port at the shores of Lake Victoria shall create a cheaper and faster means of transportation of goods. Emmanuel Winyi Mugamba, the Managing Director of Gauff Consultants Uganda Ltd told the President that the port will have a shipyard, a park for industries, stores, railway and road connections. Mr. Joern Seitz, the Project Director for Bukasa Port, told the President that the first phase of the project is almost done; that it included developing the concept, master plan and constructing a link road from Nambole to Bukasa. He added that the remaining work is surcharging and land reclamation at the Port to make the port fully functional. ENDS