President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who is in the United Arab Emirates, on a working visit and to also attend the 4th edition of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2025, held a meeting with Mr Khaled Al Huraimel, an investor based in Sharjah who expressed interest in the management of waste in Uganda.
Mr Khaled, the group CEO and Vice Chairman Beeah Company informed President Museveni of his 15 years of experience in the field and his success story of managing waste in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other countries, on a Public, Private Partnership basis.
He further disclosed the potential of constructing a plant that will generate electricity to be sold at a reasonable price and will additionally create employment for the people of Uganda.
President Museveni assured Mr Khaled of the government’s support, pointing out that electricity is the lifeline of the economy.
“These are the Doctors I have been looking for to combat the disease of waste products in our country. I take electricity as the bone marrow. If you get a problem with the bone marrow, the whole body will be in trouble, you will get leukaemia and it is very dangerous,” the President said.
He, however, urged the investor to mind the cost of electricity to the consumer per unit, stressing that the cutoff point should be 8 cents and below, to which Mr Khaled replied in the affirmative.
The meeting was attended by the Attorney General, Hon. Kiryowa Kiwanuka, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Mr Ramathan Goobi, the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Vincent Bagiire, the Ambassador of Uganda to the United Arab Emirates, H.E Zaake W. Kibedi and Ambassador Aisa Ismail, the Deputy Head of Mission at the Uganda Embassy in Abu Dhabi.
