Uganda

Foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Bujagali hydropower project

Speaker:

Speech Date:

Tuesday, 21 August 2007 - 12:00am

Your Excellency President Museveni,
Honourable David Migreko, Minister for Energy,
Honourable Ministers,
Excellencies,
Distinguished Guests,

Let me begin by expressing my warmest thanks for your kind introduction and for this wonderful welcome.

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