The office of President Yoweri Museveni announced on Friday that Uganda has entered into an agreement with a UAE business association to construct a new international airport.
This strategic move is set to enhance the country’s aviation infrastructure and boost economic growth.
According to theeastafrican.co.ke, the deal for the country’s third such airport expands the UAE’s economic footprint beyond its interests in the renewable energy and oil and gas industries.
The main airport is Entebbe, on the northern shores of Lake Victoria, in central Uganda. Kabalega International Airport in the oil-rich Hoima District in western Uganda is under construction.
The UAE’s Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry will build the airport just outside the Kidepo National Park in the northeast near Uganda’s border with Kenya, Museveni’s office said in a statement, without giving the cost.
Construction will start in August, said Abdallah Sultan Al Owais, chairman of the Sharjah business body.
