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Uganda:Kiira motors needs more funding to full scale the manufacturing process of cars.

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 By Godfrey Kiyingi and Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.
The Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Dr. Monica Musenero has met a group of over 40 Ugandan journalists under their umbrella body –the Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA) .
THE UPPA were on a familiarization tour of Kiira Motors Company in Jinja City last weekend.
The Chief Executive Officer of KMC Mr. Paul Musasizi guides the Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Monica Musenero,Bishop Joshua Lwere-who is the general overseer Association of Pentecostals and Evangelicals  the UPPA  team led by their President  Sam Ibanda  Mugabi.Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.
After the tour, the team went  for a capacity building workshop  where the Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Monica Musenero was  the main facilitator.
Uganda Kiira Motors needs  quite some good money to full scale the manufacturing process of cars.
 UPPA  team led by their President  Sam Ibanda  Mugabi on arrival at the KMC plant in Jinja .Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.
Dr. Monica Musenero says almost all of the production factors like infrustructure, technology and others have been setup.
She however expresses disappointment that at the time money is needed more and urgent for tangible work to be produced, Parliament instead has cut their budget to almost nothing.

Bishop Joshua Lwere-who is the general overseer Association of Pentecostals and Evangelicals,the Chief Executive Officer of KMC Mr. Paul Musasizi and  the Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Monica Musenero.Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.

The Chief Executive Officer of KMC Mr. Paul Musasizi,the Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Monica Musenero and the Board Chairman Prof. Sandy Stevens Tickodri-Togboa lead the Media team of UPPA around the plant .Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.

The Media team of UPPA on a tour of the plant .Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.

 

The Media team of UPPA on a tour of the plant .Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.

The Media team of UPPA on a tour of the plant .Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.

The Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Monica Musenero,Bishop Joshua Lwere-who is the general overseer Association of Pentecostals and Evangelicals and the Board Chairman Prof. Sandy Stevens Tickodri-Togboa  in  the Workshop with Members of UPPA .Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.

The Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Monica Musenero,Bishop Joshua Lwere-who is the general overseer Association of Pentecostals and Evangelicals and the Board Chairman Prof. Sandy Stevens Tickodri-Togboa  in  the Workshop  listen to UPPA  President Sam Ibanda Mugabi as he delivers his remarks. Ibanda commended Dr. Musenero for this inivitation and promised UPPA’s support to the the Corporation and Management.Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.

The Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Monica Musenero listens as Bishop Joshua Lwere-who is the general overseer Association of Pentecostals and Evangelicals  delivers his remarks .Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.

Bishop Joshua Lwere-who is the general overseer Association of Pentecostals and Evangelicals  listens to the Board Chairman Prof. Sandy Stevens Tickodri-Togboa  in  the Workshop.Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.

In the coming budget of 2023/24, Kiira motor had requested for 80bn shs but only 20bn has been allocated which the minister says is insufficient and affects the implementation of motorized sector in uganda.

Meanwhile Kiira Motors has innovated and developed a three wheel motorcycle with a three in one engine that can pump water for irrigation, generate home use electricity and also transport one tone of goods.
Musenero who invited the Uganda Parliamentary Press Association (UPPA)for a familiarization tour  to the plant to inspect the progress of the project at Jinja industrial and business Park was accompanied by the Chief Executive Officer Paul Musasizi and the Chairman of  the Board Bishop Joshua Lwere.
 The meeting was attended by KMC Board Executive Chairman , Prof. Sandy Stevens Tickodri-Togboa , CEO , Paul Isaac Musasizi , the STI Superintendent  Value Chains Development, Dr. Cosmas Mukwirize and  Bishop Joshua Lwere-who is the general overseer Association of Pentecostals and Evangelicals in Uganda among others.
The Minister told the UPPA members led by their President  Sam Ibanda Mugabi that the STI Secretariat under President’s Office ,  will need all stakeholders including media to promote the country’s innovations.

The Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Monica Musenero facilitates during  workshop attended by Members of UPPA.Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.

The Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Monica Musenero facilitates during  workshop attended by Members of UPPA.Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.

The Minister for Science and Technology Dr. Monica Musenero facilitates during  workshop attended by Members of UPPA.Photo by Ronald Kabuubi/KMA Updates.

This after President Yoweri Museveni ‘s State of the Nation address in which he rallied Ugandans to support local scientific innovations notably Kiira Motor’s E-mobility solutions for mass- transit operations in Uganda, EAC region and the African continent at large.

According to Dr. Musenero nations need STI to solve the problems of  poverty and underdevelopment and its critical for Uganda -if it’s to meet the set target of USD 9,500 income per capita by 2040 .

Dr. Musenero  said the STI Secretariat under the President’s Office has set up a one-stop- center where the innovators can go to be helped on how they can scale up their innovations .

The Minister explained the STI idea to market journey -which involves the first phase of  ideation , concept formation , proof of concept, testing and technical validation – a  process which “may run many circles before getting a desirable output .”

The second phase, Dr. Musenero said , involves  product development ,market research and analysis  , corporate formation , business case , model and strategy development.

This stage of innovation development , she noted ,also caters for licensing and certification, technology transfer, team development and management ; supply chain development,  value chain positioning and optimization.

And the third phase involves market expansion , product and process optimization, product diversification  and scaling production, investor sounding and supply chain management . The fourth phase ,which is about competitiveness to maturity caters for mature products , market expansion , initial public offering , mergers and acquisitions and profitability.

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