President Yoweri Museveni has opened up on people who marry more than one wife.

President Museveni commissioned the National Cement Factory also known as Simba Cement last night in Mukujju, Tororo District. Owned by Guru Narendra Ravel, the factory directly employs about 300 workers and hundreds more indirectly.

The President reserved some of his speech to advise Ugandans on marrying more than one wife.

He tipped: “In Uganda here you have children of chiefs, born with property and land yet they squander that wealth. They lack social discipline. Guru here said he can’t marry a second wife. It is not accidental. Many wives can be a problem. Instead of consolidating resources, you scatter them.”

President Museveni hailed the factory on employment: “I am glad Simba Cement says it will recruit local youth. You can even agree on quotas but do not push too much. Any Ugandan should be able to get a job here because ultimately all Ugandans buy the products. If we said only Tororo people buy cement, the factory would collapse.”

The President added: “I encourage Ugandans to develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Guru here was born very poor, living in temples. But he has worked hard and just in his fiftees, he has a business empire spanning continents. Details are in his autobiography.”

On investor Guru’s plans, Museveni revealed: “My friend, Guru, has promised to build a steel factory in Kabale and a clinker factory in Moroto. I did not want the Karimojong to complain that they are forgotten. Clinker, which is 65% cement, will be produced in Moroto but mixed with pozzolana and gypsum from here, Tororo.”