The government has finalized plans to transform Uganda from a peasant to a modern and prosperous country, through harnessing emerging development opportunities such oil exploration, E-revolution, globalization and economic integration among others.

The minister of State for Planning, Matia Kasaija told Parliament today this is the target of the Uganda Vision 2040 that has been developed by the National Planning Authority.

The Vision 2040 to be coordinated by the office of the Prime Minister is an elaborate government blue print on key development benchmarks that policy wonks in the National Development Authority (NPA) want the country to achieve in the next 27 years.

The Vision 2040 is currently under scrutiny by the Finance and National Economy committees of parliament before it is launched later this year.

Among others, the Vision 2040 intends to see per capita income and GDP rise to $USD950 and $USD580b from the current USD$506 and USD$17b respectively. It also wants to see abject poverty reduced from 24.5% to 5% of the total population.

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Dr. Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa

Speaking during the annual general meeting for human resources managers at Sheraton hotel, the chairman of the authority Dr. Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa said currently, the data available at the ministry of gender is not reliable because of the methods that were used to gather it.

Kisamba says that the planning authority cannot plan well for the country in terms of employment before knowing the people who are unemployed.

Meanwhile Kisamba has advised Ugandans to be committed on their work if the country is to benefit from the East African Community integration.

He says that according to the recent survey, Ugandans are portrayed as lazy people compared to Kenyans and Tanzanians.

Kisamba says if Ugandan’s don’t change their attitudes towards work then they will remain unemployed.

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