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How handicraft producers can modify product lines
Tuesday May 25 2021
State minister for TourismGodfrey Kiwanda tours craft stalls during the launch of Handicrafts and Souvenir development project in Kampala in 2019. PHOTO/Eronie Kamukama
Summary
The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities says diversifying Uganda’s tourism products, forms part of the wider strategy to strengthen one among the most affected sectors, owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. Doreen Katusiime, the Permanent Secretary in the Tourism Ministry says in the next financial year, 2021/2022, government will start constructing production centres for the handicraft and souvenir project worth Shs1.5 billion. She spoke to Prosper magazine’s