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Chinese Government provides $4 million grant to Uganda Industry Research Institute (UIRI) at Nakawa

$4.52M USD

Funder	Unspecified Chinese Government Institution
Recipient Organization	Uganda Industrial Research Institute
Country	Uganda
Start Date	Jan 01, 2001
End Date	Jan 28, 2033
Duration	11,715 days
Number of Grantees	1
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	AidData Chinese Aid
Grant ID	`15102`

Grant Description

In 2001, the Chinese Government provided a $4,042048.73 grant to the Government of Uganda to support the Uganda Industry Research Institute (UIRI) at Nakawa.

The proceeds of the grant were earmarked for (1) direct support to the UIRI-Nakawa, (2) the translocation of equipment for UIRI-Nakawa, and (3) a team of 9 Chinese technical experts to run, maintain and repair facilities established by the Chinese Government during the 1990s and help to train local technicians.

The three categories received actual disbursements of $3,897,405.82, $75,600, and $547,519.85, respectively. The first disbursement of the grant was made on March 3, 1998 of $10,568.

It should be noted that there was a project implementation delay of 1-year and 3 months.This project was completed on December 31, 2002. The Chinese Government ultimately disbursed more grant funding ($4,520,525.67) than it originally committed.

📋 Staff Comments

Between 1992 and 1994, the Chinese Government constructed an office building, laboratories, and factories for trail production at UIRI. During the mid-1990s, it also built a ceramic research and production line, a fruit juice processing line, a bread production line, a milk treatment line, an ice cream and yogurt production line, a milk powder production line and a plastic cups production line at UIRI. The Chinese Government also set up laboratories, a boiler room, a refrigeration station and a diesel generating set between 1998-2000 at UIRI.

📚 Sources & References

http://global.factiva.com/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&an=kyodo00020010711dx1i00h1f&cat=a&ep=ASE, http://books.google.com/books?id=guIgRVKsw_wC
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