Meanwhile, our roads, dams, and megastructures are being built using imported inputs. Our public infrastructure budgets are stimulating foreign economies while we congratulate ourselves for industrializing.

The real tragedy is that the limestone beneath our feet remains untouched. No jobs at the quarries. No beneficiation. No forward linkages. Just a cargo economy disguised as industry.

Let's call it what it is. A sector built on deception, not development. If you're not mining Ugandan minerals and adding value, then you don't deserve patriotic incentives. You deserve scrutiny, audits, and perhaps a quiet removal from the list of strategic sectors.

Until we see real limestone, Uganda's cement industry remains a powdered illusion.