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The Indian High Commission partnered with the Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UNCCI) to organize an Indian Catalogue Exhibition on the 2nd of February, 2012 at the Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala.

Kigali, Rwanda—A two-day workshop on the business implications of Regional Integration on East Africans was held at Umubano Hotel, in Kigali, Rwanda, recently.

The meeting was attended by delegates in the Private sector, Public sector, International Trade Centre (ITC), East African Business Council (EABC) and East African Community (EAC) Secretariat from Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Switzerland. The list of the participants is attached to this Report as Annex I.

Origin:

UMEME supplies the electricity that it receives from the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL). UETCL receives power from hydro power generator (Eskom), thermal power generators (Aggreko, Jacobsen & Electromax) and various mini-hydro power generators. When there is a reduction in the production of electricity, UMEME is unable to meet the demand and is therefore tasked with rationing it through load shedding.

10 October, Munyonyo, KAMPALA - The Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), in collaboration with the Government of Uganda and the Uganda Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UNCCI) in tandem with the Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) Forum on Agro-Food Industries in OIC Member countries, held a three-day workshop on Agro-Processing and Food Security in Kampala, Uganda, from 10-12 October, 2011.