Uganda, May 2 -- Chinese agro-industrial companies have been urged to make Uganda a source of their materials.

Mr Odrek Rwabwogo, the chairperson of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID), said the government of Uganda is building the capacity to export quality products consistently.

"We are improving the phytosanitary standards for our food products, modernising our laws and regulations and their enforcement and also establishing trade representation in key markets. These are some of the new measures President Museveni is applying to remove doubts from buyers of our food," he said.

He was addressing more than 80 Chinese investors in agriculture, mining, electronics, logistics, and education ...