The Minister of State for Investment and Privatisation, Evelyn Anite has asked Ugandans to shed off the inferiority complex about the quality of Ugandan made products.
Speaking during a function where TCL unveiled its 2025 lineup of products manufactured in Mbale Industrial Park, including TVs, fridges, sound bars, washing machines and air conditioners at Kampala Serena Hotel, Anite said Ugandans should start believing in their own.
“TCL is an international brand, originally from China but has moved globally to start manufacturing TVs and other produced from Uganda. Ugandans have this tendence of despising locally manufactured products but I want to assure them that TCL products manufactured in Uganda, as other products manufactured at Mbale Industrial Park are of good quality,”Anite said on Saturday evening.
“They are of good quality and affordable. Now that they are manufactured here, government has exempted them from paying taxes and this means the price of the final products is low.”
The minister emphasized that the quality of the products, urging Ugandans to drop the inferiority complex about the quality of locally manufactured products.
He said by buying locally produced goods, Ugandans are not only helping the country develop but also supporting fellow Ugandans who work in these factories in Mbale Industrial Park and elsewhere in the country.
The minister hailed the decision by the Ugandan government, headed by President Museveni to set up Mbale Industrial Park that she said has turned into a manufacturing powerhouse in the region.
She said this not only sees government earn taxes but also increase the country’s exports and create jobs for Ugandans.
According to Alvin Wang, the regional director for TCL East Africa, the products got for a lower price since they are manufactured locally.
“With this powerful line-up, we are redefining the television and home entertainment experience for Ugandan consumers,” Wang said.
He said whereas they were previously only assembling, they have started fully manufacturing them from here.
He said the target is to cover the East African market with more than 100 million people by localizing TCL's technologies and products in Uganda and exporting them to neighboring countries.