SPECIAL Assistant to the President for Economic, Investment and Development Affairs Jito Kayumba says drought has given the country an opportunity to treat energy development with urgency. In an interview, Kayumba revealed that drought was triggering more energy developments and developers were accelerating their investments. “I would like to isolate drought from the investment potential in this country. Let me give you an example, the issue of the drought and its impact on food productivity and food security will not have an impact, say for example, on mining investment. And it is also actually triggering more…in fact, if anything it’s doing the opposite. People who want to invest in energy are actually accelerating the investments because they have seen that...

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