Jinja mayor Muhammad Kezaala Baswari has pledged to lobby for more investors both in the education and industrial sectors in a bid to revive the lost glory in Jinja municipality.
Kezaala who was nominated on Thursday noted that for the last ten years he has served as the mayor he has managed to attract over 68 investors in the industrial sector.
He further adds that he also improved on the education and health by attracting the Turkish government which has constructed Nile International Hospital and Galaxy international school all found in Walukuba.
Kezaala noted that the factories are constructed on 360 acres of land in the municipal. He explained that Jinja is an abandoned town which needs intensive lobbying to revive the lost glory.
“In order to attract more investors we need well equipped health facilities and schools where they can be able to take their children. We have managed to attract the Turkish government and now we also want to bring more universities on board so that our children don’t move outside Jinja looking for education in higher institutions of learning,” he noted.
Kezaala who is seeking for a third term as Jinja mayor said so far Makerere Business Schools has been allocated eight acres of land at Naranbhai Primary School where they are going to construct modern structures and also introduce a facility of education.
Kezaala noted that other higher institutions of learning include Makerere University which was allocated land at Spire Road primary school, Kampala University, Busoga University and Fairland University which have attracted over 10,000 students meaning that the economy is also boasted.
Kezaala while addressing his supporters at Alliance primary school in Jinja town assured them that Main Street Primary School where an investor had expressed interest to construct a modern shopping mall and hospital will not be given out until the investor consults with the ministries of local government, finance, parents and old students of the school.
He also told his supporters that among other priorities, he wants to promote tourism in Jinja and also work on the roads.
“We have just finished reconstructing Clive road west from Amber court roundabout, next is main street and Clive road west beginning next financial year,” Kezaala promised.
