Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, president of Uganda, paid a visit to the construction site of the Karuma Hydropower Plant being built by POWERCHINA, on Dec 20.

The president inspected the construction status of the main dam, water intakes, substation and the viewing platform and listened to a detailed report on the progress being made.

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (second from left), president of Uganda, visits the construction site of the Karuma Hydropower Plant. [Photo/POWERCHINA]

Museveni praised the advances made by the project and also the contractor's COVID-19 epidemic prevention work. He said that once the project was completed, the annual power generation capacity of Uganda would increase to 1,868 megawatts.

The hydroelectric power plant is expected to provide sufficient power for economic development, accelerate the pace of domestic industrialization and attract more foreign investors, he added.

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, president of Uganda, gives the thumbs up to the Karuma Hydropower Plant on Dec 20. [Photo/POWERCHINA]

The Karuma Hydropower Plant is currently the largest infrastructure construction project in Uganda, as well as in East and South Africa. It is also a representative project of China-Uganda cooperation and a model project for China-Uganda friendship.

During the severe novel coronavirus epidemic situation in Uganda, all project employees worked together to overcome the impact of the outbreak.