The project is worth up to 400 billion shillings, with funding from the World Bank aimed at promoting clean energy usage and increasing the accessibility of renewable energy technologies across the country.
568 million shillings was disbursed to 84 women groups before the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 but only 186 million shillings has since been recovered, according to statistics from the district community services department.
While addressing the leaders, Museveni commended the Karamojong for accepting to surrender their guns and embrace peace that is now attracting more development and social-economic transformation.
Col. Loti Dradria Osutre, the Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation for Arua City, said that Arua City is 401.8 square kilometers, of which about 393 square kilometers is rural and ideal for the cultivation of coffee.
