President Museveni while commissioning facilities on Saturday at the Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigumba, a training institute for petroleum exploration- banned foreign travels for civil servants and members of parliament in order to save for priority sectors he said.

“Tell the civil servants, the MPs and all politicians to stop travelling abroad. Money is wasted on external travel and here Kigumba is crying for money. This is really poor planning,” the President said.

The president was unhappy to learn that the institute was incomplete due to insufficient funds. Uganda is expected to start commercial oil production by 2025.

“We shall find funds for staff housing, ICT lab, and fence. You said that you are staying outside and the hyenas are coming and we shall hear one day that the hyena has taken one of the students. How shall we explain this? No please. What is the money needed? We shall look for it,” the President responded.

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Hon: Kasaija Matia – Minister for finance on the same thread said that government cannot ban all travels; “Some government officials who travel to get money like negotiating for loans need to travel among other important things.”

“President Museveni did not say we would ban all travel abroad. He said some travels and he asked us to prioritize,” he added.

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