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Parliament honours promient businesswoman Amina Hersi

JAVIRA SSEBWAMI | PML Daily Staff WriterbyJAVIRA SSEBWAMI | PML Daily Staff Writer
January 29, 2020
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Hon Cecilia Ogwal (L) who moved the motion interacts with Amina Hersi after House passed the motion (PHOTO/PML daily)

KAMPALA – Parliament has paid tribute to Amina Hersi Morghe, a businesswoman who has invested heavily in Uganda.

The parliamentary mention follows her recent receipt of an award, ‘Entrepreneur of the Year Africa 2019’ by European CEO Magazine.

Parliament praised Hersi referring to her as a truly East African, not only for winning the award but for persistently investing in Uganda and Kenya despite being of Somali origin.

She was credited for creating employment for rural women in Northern Uganda who through her Atiak Sugar factory have become out-growers.
“Amina Hersi formed 3000 women cooperatives in the northern region; I went there and launched them,” said Hon Amelia Kyambadde, the Minister for Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives.

Kyambadde said that the government has a stake in Hersi’s Atiak Sugar factory totaling to 34 percent and that the government is confident the project will bridge gaps in employment, skills, and market.

The motion to honour Amina Hersi was moved during a sitting of the House on Tuesday, 28 January 2020 in communities where she invests in.
Budaka District Woman MP, Hon Pamela Kamugo said that Amina Hersi has changed the lives of the people in Atiak by involving them in income-generating activities.

Dr. Amina was honoured for winning the prestigious award ‘Entrepreneur of the Year Africa 2019’ by the European CEO Magazine (PHOTO/PML Daily)

“She has demobilized ex-combatants, supported households of people living with nodding disease syndrome and now women in Acholi will be assured of incomes as out-growers for the sugar factory,” Kamugo said.
MPs from Northern Uganda were happy that Amina Hersi did not take the road trekked by other investors to grab land.

“I think the government should adopt Amina Hersi’s strategy; she has lived well with people that residents comfortably surrendered land for the sugar factory,” said Hon Adong Lilly (Ind., Nwoya).
The State Minister for Planning, Hon David Bahati said the work done by Amina Hersi signals the need for government to make a shift in its support to the private sector.

“I want to congratulate Amina Hersi for being hardworking and a persistent entrepreneur in this country. We must support the private sector especially in decisions concerning investment in this country,” Bahati said.

The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah urged the youth to draw inspiration from Amina Hersi’s story adding that,’ Amina’s story should inspire our children that everything is possible if you put your heart to it.’

However, the Kayunga District woman MP, Hon Aidah Nantaba was concerned that there cannot be praises to investors when there are still rampant rape cases in sugar cane growing communities, meager emoluments for workers in the sugar industry and land grabbing by investors dealing in sugar cane growing.

“One forest in Kayunga called Wamale has been taken; another one hasn’t been taken because I am fighting for it.  I wish Amina Hersi could become an anti-land grabbing champion,” said Nantaba.

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