Business Insider Africa reported that while addressing a plenary session during BRICS Construction Week in Kazan, Harriet Ntabazi, Uganda’s Minister of State for Lands, said that the Russian-Ugandan nuclear initiative involves a facility featuring 6 reactors nuclear power plant, Business Insider Africa reported.
A roadmap for the construction of the facility has been finalized by representatives from Uganda and Rosatom, the state-owned nuclear corporation of Russia.
The plan was initially disclosed by Foreign Minister Abubaker Jeje Odongo, who said that Uganda was exploring a nuclear energy agreement with Russia.
During an interview with Russian journalists, Odongo explained that the contemplated agreement involves building a nuclear energy facility within the East African nation.
The Ugandan official explained that the agreement arises from Africa’s growing need for power, especially to support industrial development.
He went on to say that the African country values nuclear energy.
Prior to that, a month before during the International Youth Festival, Okaasai Sidronius Opolot, Uganda’s Minister of Energy, revealed that authorities had initiated thorough studies to select a site for a nuclear station and were investigating local uranium reserves.
In a recent report by Sputnik, Foreign Minister Abubaker Jeje Odongo revealed the project, mentioning that Kampala was looking into a possible nuclear power partnership with the Russian Federation.
The budding relationship between Russia and Uganda goes far beyond just nuclear cooperation, as both countries also share a security partnership.
During an October 9 gathering, Major General Sergei Marchuk, who leads the Russian military, informed Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni that multiple defense infrastructure initiatives established in prior discussions were now finished.
Data from Military Africa indicates that by 2025, the military forces of Uganda had been supplied with roughly $53 million—equivalent to 184 billion Ugandan shillings—worth of naval and engineering gear from Russia.
Museveni expressed appreciation for the support, characterizing bilateral ties with Russia as a deep-rooted connection tracing its origins to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
