The leadership of Lira City, through the mayor Sam Atul has recognised the UPDF engineering brigade for constructing Lira Industrial Park, among other projects.
This was during a guided tour of the city by course participants from the National Defence College – Uganda (NDC – U).
The tour was aimed at assessing the success and challenges involved in following up government interventions that root for development.
Otul, however, mentioned that the bureaucracy involved in implementing government interventions and projects, the lack of proper transport systems and electricity in most parts of Lango region, has led to environmental degradation as farmers resort to deforestation to power their machinery in a bid to add value to their agricultural products.
Later, the delegation visited Meru Millers Uganda Limited, an agro-processing factory in Lira that produces cooking oil, soap and animal feeds extracted from locally produced soya bean, sim-sim and sunflower.
This factory produces about 200,000 tonnes of cooking oil per year and harvests produce from over 3,000 farmers.
The Lira leadership thanked President Museveni for building a modern, efficient and professional army that has provided peace and security for social economic transformation to take root.
