China’s Xi Finds Eight Good Reasons to Host Uganda’s President
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni oversaw the signing of eight agreements to cooperate in communications, infrastructure, and other spheres, deals that will help further broaden China’s reach on the African continent.
Two hydro power plants on the Nile River with a combined capacity of 783 megawatts are being built by Chinese companies. The 600 megawatt Karuma facility has been contracted to Sinohydro Corp. at an estimated cost of about $1.65 billion and the $556 million, 183 megawatt Isimba project was won by China International Water and Electric Corp.