Civil Society Position on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Between Government of Uganda and Uganda Vinci Coffee Company (UVCC) Limited

On 10th February 2022, the Government of Uganda represented by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Hon. Matia Kasaija signed an investment Agreement with Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited (UVCC) represented by Ms. Enrica Pinetti the Board chairperson of the Company. The Agreement is in respect to a project implementation Agreement dated 29th April 2015 Addendum N0.1 thereof dated 21 December 2015 and Addendum No.2 thereto dated 17 October 2017. The Agreement sets out a number of incentives for preferential treatment to the company to set up a coffee processing plant in Namanve.