Uganda has identified more than 58 categories of minerals, including gold, rare earth elements, iron ore, phosphates, graphite, cobalt, copper, lithium, coltan, limestone and marble.

The parasitic nature of these agencies and authorities promoted waste and parasitism. The 2016/2017 public resource spending figures showed that agencies and authorities were taking UGX 2.2 trillion and the ministries UGX 2.6 trillion with duplication of responsibilities. The conducted survey indicated that agencies like UCDA were corrupt and wasteful, with officers awarding themselves contracts, supplying poor-quality, overpriced materials, and not delivering on time.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has launched Uganda’s first ever tin-smelting refinery as a move to advocate for value addition...

Karamoja region, well-endowed with several minerals like gold, limestone, uranium, marble, graphite, gypsum, iron, wolfram, nickel, copper, cobalt, lithium,...