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Ugandan MPs query Chinese fibre optic loan
UGANDAN MPs are furious that the government has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese firm to construct a fibre optic network before the legislature approves a $30 million loan (about Shs51 billion) deal meant for the work.
According to the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on the National Economy, Kaddunabi Lubega, the ministry of Information and Communication Technology signed an agreement with Huawei Technologies Company Ltd to kick start the Uganda Integrated e- Government project, before a loan to fund it was approved.
The MPs on the committee said that although the intention of getting a loan is good and is aimed at improving on the information infrastructure, it is not a concession as the government has claimed.
The government wants Parliament to approve the $30 million loan to enable it contract Huawei Technologies to connect a fiber optic net work from Entebbe to
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