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Your Monthly Round-Up of State House News

June 2021 - May 2022
 The Presidency
JUNE - 2021

Your Monthly Round-Up of State House News

Official Portrait of H.E. the President of the Republic of Uganda
Official Portrait of H.E. the President of the Republic of
Uganda
 Contents
1. Official Portrait of H.E. the President of the Republic of Uganda 2

2. The Editorial Team 5

3. President Museveni Reiterates Government Commitment to Improve Salary of Scientists 7

4. President, First Lady Receive a Second Covid-19 Vaccination Jab 9

5. President Museveni Meets the National Task Force on COVID-19 11

6. President Museveni Delivers the State of the Nation Address 12

7. Automobile Manufacturing Project Launched by President Museveni 13

8. President Issues Covid-19 Containment Guidelines 16

9. President Museveni Meets the NRM Caucus 17

10. Vice President, Prime Minister, Ministers named 19

11. President Museveni Implores Ugandans to Get Involved in Modern Commercial Agriculture 20

12. Remarks by the President after the National Budget Speech 21

13. President Museveni Cautions Against Grabbing Indian Property 25

14. Unemployed Graduates Urged to Embrace Hydroponic Science for Food Security 27

15. Uganda, DRC Joint Infrastructure Connectivity Project Launched 28

16. Government to Support the Tourism Sector to Grow 30

17. Message of Condolence to H.E. Kenneth Kaunda 31

18. President Museveni Declares a 42-Day Lockdown to Curb the Spread of COVID-19 33

19. Swearing-in Ceremony of the New cabinet 34

20. President Museveni Presides Over the Swearing-in Ceremony of Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga 36

21. President Museveni and First Lady Host 4th National Prayer Session 38

22. President Museveni Delivers Keynote Address at the Virtual World Health Summit 39

23. ANNEX 1 41
Dear Reader,
It is with immense pleasure that I have the honour to present to
you the inaugural edition of The Presidency, a publication of the
Government Citizen Interaction Centre (GCIC), under State House-
Uganda, which is the monthly round-up of the news from the
Office and Residence of the President of the Republic of Uganda.
His Excellency the President of Uganda has been an agile and
pragmatic communicator. He was among the first African leaders
to join social media platforms in 2010. His following has grown to
over two million on Twitter alone, which puts him among the most
followed African brands.
In 2020, the President developed a culture of interacting with
citizens through the social media platforms; mainly Twitter and
Facebook. This, he did through his regular write-ups shared on his
platforms and addressed to Bazzukulu (Luganda for grandchildren).
The President regularly went through the reactions and would
respond to some worthy ones.
The President has also been a regular contributor in our dailies,
writing about the ideals he espouses and the vision he has for
Uganda and Africa. Already an author of several books including
his autobiography, Sowing the Mustard Seed, the President has
written extensively about Pan Africanism, Integration, Peace and
Security, Conflict Resolution among other areas, which makes him
an astute communicator.
It is against this background that we are introducing The
Presidency, a monthly round-up of the events at the Office
and Residence of the President. For the start, the magazine
will only be a digital PDF file shared on the different digital
platforms and uploaded on various Government websites, and
will be one way of telling stories from the Presidency.
In future, we intend to make it two-way, to have the input of the
citizenry, by running a citizen column that will be commenting
on the various activities, projects and programmes undertaken
by the President, and also to have contributions from different
Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government.
I now with pleasure, welcome you, to the First Digital Edition
of The Presidency.

Marcella Karekye
Special Presidential Assistant In-Charge of Communication
& Director Government Citizen Interaction Centre (GCIC)
 The Editorial Team

Marcella Karekye Duncan Abigaba

Chief Editor Deputy Chief Editor
Editorial Team

Otim Deo Robert Sharp Mugabe

Editor Head of Content Production

Deo Mutumba Gerald Kansiime

Head of Production Head of Logistics
 Quote of the Month

“As I said on my inauguration and on a number of other occasions,

at this point in the history of our country, having restored the small
enclave modern economy of 1971 that had been destroyed by Idi Amin
in the 1970s, having greatly expanded it from US$1.3billion in 1986
to now US$40billion, we have a number of points that we need to
concentrate on in order to transform Uganda into a Middle income
country, on the road to becoming a First World country.”

President YK. Museveni, 4th June 2021,

State Of The Nation Address
 1st June, 2021
President Museveni Reiterates Government Commitment to
Improve Salary of Scientists

H.E. the President meeting members of the Uganda Medical

Association led by the UMA Vice President Dr. Ataro Stephen
Ayella who called on him at State House Entebbe. He was
accompanied by the UMA Secretary General Dr. Mukuzi Muhereza,
the head of Medical Interns Dr. Nabwire Irene, the Secretary
General of the Federation of Medical Interns Dr. Faith Nabugasho
and the former Director General of Medical Services Prof. Francis
Omaswa among others.
The President reiterated government’s commitment to salary
enhancement for medical practitioners and scientists in general,
saying that the movement government is focused on developing
Uganda using a science-led development strategy.
The President further said that his government will continue to
improve the training and remuneration budget for the scientists so
that the country can be able to train and retain the scientists that
are crucial for the development and sustainability of the country.
He reaffirmed governments position to pay doctors Shs 5million as
their starting salary and also proposed an enhanced pay for intern
doctors. He advised the intern doctors and other health workers to
always take the line of dialogue when advocating for their rights
and assured them that he is always ready to engage in dialogue
with the medical professionals because of the importance of their
profession and service they render to the population.

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H.E. the President bidding farewell to members of UMA after a meeting at State House

H.E. the President posing with members of UMA after a meeting at State House

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 3rd June, 2021
President, First Lady Receive a Second Covid-19 Vaccination Jab

President Yoweri Museveni and the First Lady Janet Kataaha Museveni
took the second COVID-19 vaccination jab on 3rd June, 2021, completing
the recommended dose to minimise effects of the raging COVID-19
Pandemic.

“I urge Ugandans to get vaccinated. We

started with the high-risk groups like health
workers, teachers, security and people with
comorbidities. Our target is to cover over
four million people,”

H.E YK. Museveni

According to the World Health organisation for some COVID-19

vaccines, two doses are required. For vaccines that require two
doses, the first dose presents antigens – proteins that stimulate the
production of antibodies – to the immune system for the first time.
Scientists call this priming the immune response. The second dose
acts as a booster, ensuring the immune system develops a memory
response to fight off the virus if it encounters it again.
The President assured Ugandans that vaccines are safe and effective
but urged them to continue wearing masks, washing hands with soap
and water, sanitising, ensuring good ventilation indoors, physically
distancing and avoiding crowds to minimise transmission.

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H.E. the President receiving the second COVID jab at State Lodge, Nakasero

First Lady receiving a second COVID jab at State Lodge, Nakasero

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 3rd June, 2021
President Museveni Meets the National Task Force on COVID-19

President Yoweri Museveni met Office of the Prime Minister,

the national task force on the
COVID-19 response ahead of his
national address on 6th June,
during which he addressed the
nation on the current status of
the pandemic in the country.
The task force consists
of professional scientists,
representatives from various
government agencies including
Ministries of Health, Education,
Trade, Finance, Tourism, Public
Service and joint security
agencies among others.
The President was among
other things briefed about
the ongoing mass COVID-19
vaccinations around the
country and the current
pandemic status.

H.E. the President meeting the COVID-19 Task Force ahead

of a COVID national address

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 4th June, 2021
President Museveni Delivers the State of the Nation Address

H.E. the President

addressed Parliament
at Kololo Ceremonial
Grounds during
the State of Nation
Address.

Full Speech Pg 40

Deputy Speaker Anitah Among (left) and Speaker Jacob Oulanyah (second left)
receive H.E. the President (second right) and First Lady (right) at Kololo for the State of
the Nation address.

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 5th June, 2021
Automobile Manufacturing Project Launched by President Museveni

President Yoweri Museveni launched the proposed automobile

manufacturing project in Kasese and described it as a big thing that
will create a new form of wealth and a different future than what we
know.

“This programme presents a big challenge where you depend on

the brain. You get wealth from brain-power and skills. Europe is
stronger because of this. Don’t think the people of the world depend
on Agriculture. You can fit Uganda in the United States of America 40
times but only 2% of Americans do agriculture. The majority are in
industry and services. Before COVID19, we were getting US$1.5bn from
tourism and only US$ 5million from coffee,” he said.

H.E. the President is received by Mr. Metu Katabazi at the launch of an automobile
manufacturing plant in Kasese District.

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The President on 6th June, 2021, broke-ground for the new Metu
Africa Bus Industries at Kasese Industrial Park, a future automobile
City of Uganda. The US$50million project is expected to produce
automobiles and machinery, road, city, tourist and school buses.
President Museveni commended local proprietor and investor
Metu Katabazi who did civil Engineering at the University of
Nairobi for being an African of a new type who is working to stop
the importation of second hand vehicles and also create jobs.
“Second hand vehicles are no good. By driving second hand
vehicles you give rich peoples children jobs when yours don’t
have. The whole of Africa imports cars and gives jobs to Japanese,
Indians etc. Why give others jobs and forget yours? Second hand
vehicles are also bad for your health and for the environment.
They have a high fuel consumption,” he said.
The President called on Africans to stop importing already built

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 cars, buses etc saying all the money for the work and other
materials for building is lost.
“Fortunately we have high quality steel in Kabale and Butogota.
Even if we import steel but use our own labour and electricity we
shall retain 35% here while 65% goes to buy parts. In future, we
shall also retain the 65% here. When we assemble, all parts are
made abroad. Metu says don’t assemble. He wants to fabricate
not assembly,” he said.
The President commended Katabazi for choosing to invest in
Kasese and was happy that the people of Kasese provided the
land.
Mr. Metu Katabazi said they would invest US$50 million in the
next five years and will hope to build capacity to manufacture
over 100 buses including the 4metre city buses, 4.8 to 18 metre
long buses for rapid transport.

I can foresee a vibrant multiplier effect in

the economy of Uganda. We hope to create
2000 direct jobs and 2000 indirect jobs. With
your support, we want to have the capacity
to become the leading manufacturer of
automobiles here,”

Mr. Metu Katabazi

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 6th June, 2021
President Issues Covid-19 Containment Guidelines

On this day, H.E. the President addressed the nation and issued
directives regarding containment of the COVID-19 virus. Some of
the measures included;
Closing down schools and other institutions of higher learning,
suspending communal prayers, closing down most of the non-
agricultural activities, burials were reduced to ten people, non-
food and auction markets closed down and inter district travel ban
among others.

H.E. the President addressing the nation on new lock down measures to curb the
spread of COVID-19 in the country

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 7th June, 2021
President Museveni Meets the NRM Caucus

H.E the President who is also the National Chairman of NRM met
members of the NRM caucus at Kololo ceremonial grounds on 7th
June, 2021. He highly commended members of the Caucus for their
solidarity during the recent election of the Speaker of Parliament
and Deputy Speaker of Parliament.
“You behaved like parties behave. Politics is not what you want as
an individual but it is what you want as a group for the good of the
country,” he said.

H.E the President who is also NRM Party Chairman addressing members of the NRM
Parliamentary Caucus at Kololo Independence Grounds

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He congratulated NRM members of Parliament upon being elected
to the August house. The MPs were starting the process of expressing
their interest in the Parliamentary committees of parliament.
The President informed the legislators that the idea of moving alone
as a political individual was not a viable one but a distortion.
He reminded members of NRM Caucus of the resolve he and other
patriots took when Amin came to power to resist the regime as its
leader would not understand the main aim of the student group
that was out to unite the people of Uganda and liberate countries
in Africa.

Former NRM Secretary General, Rt. Hon. Kasule Lumumba addresses members of the
caucus

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 8th June, 2021
Vice President, Prime Minister, Ministers named

H.E. the President constituted his Government by naming the Vice

President, Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business, as
well as Ministers and Ministers of State.

H.E. the Vice President, Jessica Alupo chats with the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Robinah
Nabbanja, during a function at Kololo Independence Grounds.

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 9th June, 2021
President Museveni Implores Ugandans to Get
Involved in Modern Commercial Agriculture

H.E the President presided over the 32nd Heroes Day Anniversary
celebrations at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds.
The scientific ceremony was held under the theme ‘Remembering
those great men and women who put the nation first in pursuing
freedom for our mother land Uganda’
The 9th of June is a day to particularly remember the freedom
fighters who were butchered by Bazillio Okello in Kikandwa village
Nakaseke district and included among others Lutamaguzi, Sentongo
as well as all those who contributed to the liberation of the country
before, during and after independence.
The President who first paid tribute and laid wreaths at the graves
of the Heroes at the Heroes Corner in Kololo after a three-gun salute
pointed out that one of the main objectives in the peoples protracted
struggle was to stop extra-judicial killings. He said NRM is very strict
on that and even if mistakes occur, they are followed up.
“During the recent election campaigns there were mistakes. The
opposition made mistakes by being violent, intimidating people
like attacking those wearing yellow clothes and according to the
chairman veterans Hajji Seddunga some people didn’t vote,” he
noted.
The President observed that those who encourage the opposition
to take that line are misleaders acting unconstitutionally because
democracy is today rife in Uganda where people can vote as opposed
to the use of violence.

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 On the economy, President Museveni urged all Ugandans to get
involved in modern commercial agriculture and encouraged political,
religious and cultural leaders to preach the gospel of wealth creation
at family level as that is the epicenter of poverty.
On the land issue, especially evictions as raised by Hajji Seddunga,
the President pledged to resolve the issue of land evictions.

10th June, 2021

Remarks by the President after the National Budget Speech

On this day, the Minister of State for Planning designate, Hon. Amos
Lugolobi, presented the National Budget for the year 2021/2022,
before Parliament, at Kololo Independence Grounds.
H.E. President described the 2021/2022 budget speech as a ‘wonderful
one’ that has disclosed the reduction of Ugandans still practicing
subsistence agriculture from 68 % in 2013 to 39 % today.
‘According to the budget speech, poverty rates have reduced in
West Nile, Elgon region and other areas. 61 households are in the
money economy. This is great news that means that we are really
moving,” he said.
President Museveni who was accompanied by the First Lady and
Minister designate of Education and Sports Janet Kataaha Museveni
was making his remarks shortly after the reading of the 2021/2022
budget presented on his behalf by Hon. Amos Lugoloobi MP Ntenjeru
County North in Kayunga district at Kololo Independence grounds.
This financial year budget 2021/2022 that was presented under the

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theme ‘Industrialization for inclusive Growth Employment and Wealth
Creation’ saw most of the key wealth drivers such as agriculture,
industry, services and ICT get most of the financial allocation. Other
areas included infrastructure.
President Yoweri Museveni used the occasion to warn trouble causers
he likened to parasites in the country, to end their activities and join
other Ugandans to concentrate on wealth creation.
“I want to tell the parasites that we are here to crash them. People
are busy producing wealth, you go attacking them! Who are you,”
he asked.
The President told the nation that the isolated cases of criminality

H.E the President chats with the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Parliament after the
budget speech at Kololo Independence Grounds.

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being witnessed like the attempted assassination of General Katumba,
where his daughter and driver were killed, will certainly come to an
end as Police and other sister security agencies are going to step up
security directives.
He said he has already directed the Minister of Security designate
General Muhoozi to follow up the process of installing digital monitors
to every vehicle and motor cycles to help in speeding up investigations
of crime.
“I don’t want any waste of time in investigations. I have told General
Muhoozi to get on with that process,” he said.
He said another solution in the combat of crime is the strengthening the
forensic capacity of the Police as wrong elements always leave behind
a lead in the scene of crime that can be traced in the investigations.
He urged wanainchi never to tamper with anything they find at the
scene of crime as that can jeopardize investigations.

Hon. Amos Lugolobi, Minister of State for Planning (Designate), going to read the budget
speech on behalf of H.E. the President, at Kololo Independence Grounds

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“According to Police, one of the criminals dropped his handkerchief
some body picked it before the police arrived. Please respect the
scene of crime and if you still have that item bring it back, it can help
in tracing the criminals,” he said.
President Museveni added that gun printing is another solution in
combating crime, disclosing that police has already finger printed the
guns that were used on the attack of General Katumba. He said the
attack on General Katumba was not an ordinary crime but a definite
motive that will be discovered soon.
He pointed out that the people who use assassinations are from
bankrupt groups who are not sure of themselves.
On the issue of the proposed new cabinet, President Museveni said
he decided to surprise everybody because just like Jesus he decided
to go for the fishermen instead of the elite Pharisees.
On human capital, President Museveni directed the Minister of Health
designate and the Prime Minister designate to absorb all qualified
doctors in the country to health facilities up to sub-county level. On the
lucrative venture of fish maws that are on high demand, the President
said he is going to contact his Chinese counterpart President Xi to
wave off taxes levied on the maws adding that Uganda could earn $
156 billion annually from the trade that will also provide employment
to the youth.

It is bankrupt to kill people. Why should I kill

anybody because we don’t agree,”

President YK. Museveni

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 12th June, 2021
President Museveni Cautions Against Grabbing Indian Property

H.E the President warned against grabbing Indian property managed

under the Departed Asian Property Custodian Board (DAPCB) saying
fraudsters will face serious consequences.
“All those parasites... why are they fighting for Indian properties?
Why are they not developing their own property? When returning
Indian properties, we had a big debate in parliament. These are
4,000 properties, there are over one million new properties owned
by Ugandans, why fight over Indian property,” he said.
President Yoweri Museveni was on 12th June, 2021, meeting Uganda-
Indian diaspora and investors led by Ambassador Dr. Mumtaz Kassam,
at State House Entebbe.

H.E. the President posing with members of the Uganda-Indian Diaspora community after
a meeting at State Lodge, Nakasero.

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The investors who are also landlords and property owners including
Liaquat K. Valiji, Mustafa T. Bharmal, Zaahid A. Bharmal, and Nafisa
F. Bharmal- from the United Kingdom, Canada and India are seeking
to repossess their properties lost after their families were expelled
from Uganda by former President Idi Amin’s regime in 1972.
The Asians, after their expulsion left behind property, which included
businesses, stock and real estate.
The President said that in order not to make it an endless programme,
they put a time limit for them to claim their property. None citizens
were given up to June 1993 while citizens had no time limit
“Our Movement Government has no interest in giving to anybody
property that was owned by our Indian people. You must have
heard that I have been re-elected President. We are going to resolve
this issue,” he said. He directed for written reports by the diaspora
regarding all their property to be presented to his office.
The Indians are seeking to repossess various property scattered
around the country including tea estates, land and buildings but
claim the Departed Asians Property Board and COSASE have made
it impossible for them to progress.

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 15th June, 2021
Unemployed Graduates Urged to Embrace Hydroponic
Science for Food Security

H.E. the President wants graduate youth who have been unemployed
for two years after graduation to embrace hydroponic science for
food security and environmental protection.
Hydroponics is a type of horticulture and a subset of hydro culture
which involves growing plants without soil, by using mineral
nutrient solutions in an aqueous solvent.
“I f irst heard about this hydroponic agriculture, growing crops
without soil, from an Arab man from UAE who told me soil has
pollutants and we didn’t need it at all. When I heard this, I was
very happy because it solves so many problems. It solves the
problem of crop diseases, solves problem of sustainability…you grow
continuously and it solves the problem of land shortage,” he said.
The President was on 15th June, 2021, meeting a delegation
f rom Miramar International Foundation that promotes youth
empowerment programmes in smart farming and mechanization
of agriculture, production and distribution of food led by Dominic
Mwenja the Chairman of Miramar International Foundation Kenya,
with his team Nansaba Paula, Kasenene Elizabeth and Francis
Kabiru. They were accompanied by former Minister for Economic
Monitoring Hon. Molly Kamukama at State House Entebbe.

H.E. the President posing with members of Miramar International Foundation after
a meeting at State House, Entebbe. Right is former Minister of State for Economic
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 16th June, 2021
Uganda, DRC Joint Infrastructure Connectivity Project Launched

H.E. the President and his counterpart, President Felix Antoine

Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo commissioned
construction works for the road infrastructure connectivity project
covering the Mpondwe/Kasindi-Beni Road (80km); the Bunagana-
Rutshuru-Goma road (89km and the Beni-Butembo Axis (54km) on
the territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on 16th June,
2021.
“The people of DR Congo and Uganda are the same people f rom
time immemorial. I thank Tshisekedi for bringing Congo to the East
African Community. You can’t talk of the East African Community
without Congo,” President Museveni said, adding that they had
discussed many things including the road project and the issue
of security in the region in detail.
“I am happy to be here for this project. (President) Tshisekedi came
with an open position because he does not want any suspicions
with his neighbours. We are here to break ground for this project
and ready for more projects,” Museveni said while addressing the
people of Congo at Kasindi.
President Tshisekedi described the ceremony as a reinforcement
of relations between the two countries.
“Today is a great day; a day which will reinforce relations between
both countries. This important day begins with building a road
f rom here inwards is an initiative of President Museveni. I was
delighted when he informed me about this project. When it is
achieved, it will work towards promoting our development and
improving our security. That is why as Congolese, we support this
project,” he said shortly after a bilateral meeting he held with his
counterpart at Mpondwe in Uganda.

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“I thank my elder brother Museveni for the warm welcome and
for the many important discussions we have had. I thank him for
this initiative because it caters for the idea of the integration of
our countries. As brothers, instead of looking to building walls, it’s
better to build bridges. This initiative is what we must continue
doing. It’s a great project. I am at your complete exposure for us
to go and inaugurate the project,” he said.

H.E. the President with DRC counterpart, H.E. Felix Tshisekedi cutting a ribbon to officially
open the Mpondwe-Kasindi bridge.

H.E. the President and his DRC counterpart unveiling the foundation stone, marking the
start of the Uganda-DRC road project.

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 17th June, 2021
Government to Support the Tourism Sector to Grow

H.E. the President has pledged more support to the tourism sector
in the country and noted that jumpstarting the sector needs three
factors including; security, where there is no war and crime, this will
attract tourists, infrastructure like roads and more airports close to
the tourism destinations or sites. This, he asked that the tourism
strategic plan be aligned to the NDP III to tackle the issue of upgrade
and construction of the Kasese/Kisoro/Kidepo and Kihihi airports/
airfields, and thirdly, promoting the conservation of wildlife and the
environment and control of poaching.
“Tourism returns are faster than those of coffee. For instance, coffee
fetched close to US$500m in 2019/20 while tourism fetched US$1.6bn.
The budget cuts are temporary. The tourism sector will be supported
to grow,” he said.
President Museveni recently met with the Chief Executive Officer
of the Uganda Tourism Board Ms. Lily Ajarovawho had prior briefed
him on the state of the sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. The
meeting was also attended by Uganda Tourism Board members
represented by Mrs Suzan Muhwezi (Representing Hoteliers) and
MrElly Kiriya (Representing Tour Operators).
On fears by hotel owners and other service providers in the sector
about business foreclosures over taxes and other fees, the President
promised to communicate on possibility of having the taxes
suspended in the period when business is low.

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 18th June, 2021
Message of Condolence to H.E. Kenneth Kaunda
H.E. the President eulogised H.E. Kenneth Kaunda, the first President of the
Republic of Zambia, who passed on, on the same day. We reproduce the
President’s message below;

“I have learnt with shock of the death of our elder, Mzee Kenneth
Kaunda.
Although God has blessed him with many years of life, departing
at 97 years, since his brain was still sharp, we could have had more
years of his wisdom.
Nevertheless, Mzee KK, as he was fondly called, made big contribution
in his life. He fought for Zambia’s independence and he made a big
contribution to the freedom struggle of the liberation of the sub-
continent of Southern Africa.
Here, I am referring to the liberation of: Mozambique, Angola,
Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia.
In the late 60’s, for instance, I remember he enabled FRELIMO to
open the third front in Tete Province of Mozambique.
This was in addition to the active Fronts of Cabo Delgado and Niassa
which took the fight to the rear of the Portuguese colonialists and
had a decisive impact in the defeat of the Portuguese in 1974.
Lusaka had representation from most of the Liberation movements
in Southern Africa.
He also welcomed Ugandan exiles, when we were fighting the
dictatorship of Idi Amin. Many Ugandans got jobs and education
in Zambia when they ran out of Uganda.
Therefore, in his long life, Mzee Kaunda made his contribution to
the freedom of Africa.
I salute his contribution and I salute his memory.
May His soul rest in eternal peace”

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H.E. the President greeting Mzee Kenneth Kaunda in Zambia

H.E. the President visiting Mzee Kenneth Kaunda in Zambia

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 18th June, 2021
President Museveni Declares a 42-Day Lockdown to
Curb the Spread of COVID-19

H.E. the President addressed the nation declaring a 42-day lock

down to curb the spread of COVID-19.
In his speech, the President closed most of the non-agricultural
activities, private and public transport except cargo trucks among
other measures.

H.E. the President during one of the COVID-19 National Addresses.

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 21st June, 2021
Swearing-in Ceremony of the New cabinet

H.E. the President presided over the swearing-in ceremony of the

new cabinet at Kololo Independence Grounds.
The President defended his choice of the new cabinet describing
the new Ministers as very hard working, loyal and patriotic cadres
who are incorruptible. He urged them to decisively push Uganda
into the middle income nation in this 5-year term.
“The Vice President Hon. Jessica Alupo is a hard worker and listens
to my advice. She caused change in Teso through enterprise
selection especially the growing of fruits and she also works for
unity of the people. The Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Nabbanja is a
very committed,hardworkingand an active mobiliser. She is anti-
corruption and straight forward. Some of the cadres I notice and I
identify them,” he said.
President Museveni said that this time round he decided to bring
on board the children of the veterans as well as the youth whom he
asked to push the programs of their parents in the development of
their country.
President Museveni congratulated members of the new cabinet
for being sworn-in and the people of Uganda for the successful
elections despite some challenges, pointed out the main strategic
mission of the new cabinet is to resolve the issue of getting out
the 39% of the population from subsistence farming to the money
economy in order to achieve the social economic transformation
of the population in the country.

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 H.E. the President posing with First Lady after she took her oath as Minister for
Education and Sports. Right is First daughter, Diana Kamuntu.

Hon. Jessica Alupo taking oath of office as Vice President of the Republic of Uganda

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 24th June, 2021
President Museveni Presides Over the Swearing-in Ceremony of
Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga

H.E. the President presided over the swearing-in ceremony of Rt.

Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, as 1st Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister
for East African Affairs.
The President described the former Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon.
Rebecca Kadaga, as smart and flexible, saying when he proposed
to her that they needed to reorganize, she agreed.
“I want to congratulate my young sister. This time when I made these
proposals, because she was already Speaker of Parliament which is
a high post, although I did not give her all the reasons, I told her I
had strong reasons why I want us to reorganize and proposed this.
She agreed. I want to congratulate her. Blessed are the humble for
the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs (Mathew Chapter 5). Positions are
not the important thing, the important thing is the mission,” the
President said.
“I want to congratulate my young sister Rebecca on being appointed
and swearing in as Deputy Prime Minister. I want to thank her
particularly first of all, for being one of the people who rallied to the
NRM quite early when it had come to Government. She started in
the LC system in the village committees until she came to NRC. She
has been in Parliament almost continuously since that time. She
became Deputy Speaker for a number of years until we elected her
as Speaker for last ten years,” he said, adding that on the party side,
Kadaga is the first Deputy Chairperson after President Museveni
and Hajji Kigongo. She is also a member of CEC.

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 H.E. the President posing with Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga after she took her oath as 1st
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African affairs.

Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga taking her oath as 1st Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
East African Affairs. Looking on is her family.

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 25th June 2021
President Museveni and First Lady Host 4th National Prayer Session

H.E. the President declared Friday June 25, 2021 a public holiday and
also a 4th National PrayerSession for interdenominational prayers
as the country battles a rise in Coronavirus infections.
The President has used powers given to himunder Section 2(2) of
the Public Holidays Act to declare tomorrow a public holidayto
enable the country hold prayers to seek for God’s intervention in
the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
The prayers will be held virtually at State House Entebbe at mid-
day but the leaders of the various religious denominations will lead
the prayers via zoom.
The Born-Again Christians, Pentecostals and Evangelicalsbasedfrom
Rubaga Miracle Centre Cathedral, the Seventh day Adventist
Uganda Unionbased at Kireka Hill, Catholics based at St. Mary’s
Rubaga Cathedral, the Orthodox based at St, Nicholas Cathedral
Namungoona, while the Protestants based at All Saints Cathedral,
Nakaseroand the Muslims at Ghadafi National Mosque, Old Kampala.
Members of the public attended prayers from their homes through
radios, TVs and social media channels that relayed the prayers live.

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 27th June, 2021
President Museveni Delivers Keynote Address at the Virtual
World Health Summit

H.E. the President addressed a virtual World Health Summit from Speke
Resort Hotel, Munyonyo.

The President thanked the leadership and scientists of Makerere

University for quickly mobilizing human and other resources to start
developing a Ugandan COVID-19 vaccine. “We have a long history and
experience in dealing with such major disease outbreaks including
Ebola”, said the President.
“We know that the ultimate solution to COVID-19 lies in vaccinating
all our people. The government, with the help of the African Union
and other partners, will fast track the acquisition of sufficient dozes
of vaccines to cover the entire population alongside efforts to
develop our own vaccine. We are continuing to talk with India, the
USA for the Johnson-Johnson vaccine, China and Cuba”promised
the President
The President said that Government remains committed to funding
research and innovations by our scientists especially those in the
Universities. “We have demonstrated this by earmarking Shs.30billion
every financial year to the Makerere University Research and
Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF). However, I challenge Makerere not to
only publish, but to translate research into products that spur our
Industrial development and catalyze pharmaceutical industrialization
to stop the massive dependence on outside pharmaceuticals. We
want tangible results and our ordinary Ugandans have hope in our
scientists to come up with solutions for different ailments like cancer
and many other diseases” said the President.

“With the therapeutics, one of our products has been

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 tried among some patients and most of them have fully
recovered, while the others are still on treatment.We
target to reach 124 patients before we are sure that
this medicine treats Covid-19 patients. I salute the few
outsiders that helped us. I, therefore, appeal to our
regional scientists to work together and put up a united
front”, said the President.

H.E. the President and First Lady are received by dignitaries upon arriving at Munyonyo
to address the World Health Summit

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 ANNEX 1
STATE OF NATION ADDRESS 2020/2021

Right Honourable Speaker,

His Lordship the Chief Justice
Rt. Hon. Deputy Speaker,
Rt. Hon. Secretary General of the NRM,
Hon. Members of Parliament,
Members of the Diplomatic Corp,
Ladies and Gentlemen.

In fulfillment of the Constitutional requirement under

Article 101 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of
Uganda, I am here to deliver the State of the Nation
Address, 2021.

Again, I congratulate the Honourable MPs on your

Election on the 14th of January, 2021 and some of the
special interest groups later. Pastor Kayanja told me
that that 14th of January is a special day in the Bible.
It is the day when, in the Book of Leviticus Chapter
23, verse 5, it says: “On the fourteenth day of the first
month evening shall be a Holy Convocation – a feast of
the Lord’s passover’’. The Electoral Commission, in
selecting that date, must have been guided by God.

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As I said on my inauguration and on a number of
other occasions, at this point in the history of our
country, having restored the small enclave modern
economy of 1971 that had been destroyed by Idi Amin
in the 1970s, having greatly expanded it from
US$1.3billion in 1986 to now US$40billion, we have
a number of points that we need to concentrate on in
order to transform Uganda into a Middle income
country, on the road to becoming a First World
country.

However, before we talk of our medium and long-term

strategic plans, I need to, first, remind the country
about the really interesting and challenging 2020 ─
pronounced as “twenny twenny” by some of the
Bazukulu and some other interesting Ugandans.
“Twenny twenny”, came with locusts, floods, the
rising levels of the Lakes, land-slides, floating islands,
etc. Soon after, corona came in, starting with March,
2020. I am happy to repeat to you what everybody
knows. Uganda did not only manage to cope with
these challenges, but also the economy managed a
modest expansion of 3% for the financial year 2019-
2020 and will manage an expansion of 3.3% for the
financial year 2020-2021. If it had not been for
corona, the economy was projected to grow by 6.3%
and 6.2% in the financial years 2019-2020 and 2020-

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 2021, respectively. We defeated the locusts and coped
with all the other problems. In 1964, on the 14th of
May, Lake Victoria set a record when its water level
reached 13.41 metres at Jinja for the first time since
records started being kept in 1904. Indeed, right from
1961, there had been alot of floods. My family being
nomadic at that time, I remember the inconvenience
of the flooded plains of Kashaari that time. The plains
(empita) of Ruyonza, Kakigoonjo, Rweera, Katebe,
Nyakisharara, etc., were all flooded for much of that
time.

However, on the 19th of May, “twenny twenny”, the

Lake achieved a record higher than that of 1964. It
measured 13.49 metres. The Lake, not being satisfied
with that record, on the 14th, 15th and 19th of May,
2021, it reached the highest point ever of 13.50
metres. On the 31st of May, it had slightly reduced to
13.42 metres. This is all in spite of us releasing much
more water at Jinja than ever before. Normally, we
release 800-1200 cubic metres of water per second.
Today, however, we are releasing 2400 cubic metres
per second. In 1964, they could only release a
maximum of 1300 cubic metres per second. Today,
however, because we built new outlets at Jinja, we
can release up to 3000 cubic metres per second.

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That is how we have been able to cope with this Lake
that has been so high and for so long. In addition to
dealing with the locusts, the rising Lakes levels, the
land-slides, the floods, we had to deal with the deadly
phenomenon of the corona pandemic. On account of
the tough measures we took quite early, we avoided
the sort of catastrophe we saw in other countries.

However, on account of the wide-spread reckless

behavior, we are now entering a new phase with a
wider spectrum of variants of the virus that may be
more dangerous. 49,761 people have been infected
cumulatively to-date (1st June); 46,150 have
recovered. Therefore, many people recover from
corona if they are well-treated and in time. However,
the corona virus is very dangerous because it targets
epithelial cells (which line and create protective
barriers) in many organs of the human being
(including the lungs, heart, blood vessels, kidneys,
liver and digestive tract). This virus can cause the
damage of those organs even if the patient recovers.
Fortunately, as you can see, many Ugandans have
recovered completely and with no damage that is
permanent to their body systems. Nevertheless, the
best is to avoid this disease until one is fully
vaccinated and we maintain the SOPs until the
pandemic in the World is defeated.

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 With the vaccination, we, recently, hit a snag when,
on account of the very bad situation that developed in
India, that country stopped the fresh exports of the
vaccine. My advice to the countries that are producing
vaccines now, is to be careful with this point. I had
the same problem with sanitizers here, as I said the
other day. Being big Waragi producers, when the
pandemic started, the only factory that was making
sanitizers in East Africa, was Saraya Manufacturing
(U) Ltd., in Jinja. In the Cabinet, while discussing this
point, somebody suggested that we should stop the
export of the sanitizers because we needed them badly
here in Uganda. As a Christian and a traditional
Munyankore, I could not accept such logic. It is called
okuhemuka (to let down friends, colleagues, partners
─ anybody that trusted in your solidarity) by saying
that because you are in great need, those who
depended on your solidarity, can go to hell. Apart from
the moral issues involved, there is also the issue of
strategy. You should always remember that there is a
tomorrow ─ hariyo nyentsya. If you let me down today
when I am in such a great need as life and death for
my people, just like you also have the same crisis, how
will I ever depend on your partnership in future? It
seriously undermines international partnership.
What I decided in the case of the sanitizers, was to
advise Hon. Jane Aceng, to put aside 40% of the

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production for Uganda and share the 60% with other
East Africans. I could not kuhuunga (to abandon)
upon fraternal peoples and partners by kuhemuka
upon them (let down anybody), just because I am in
acute need myself. I share the hardships with my
fraternal people or partners.

Nevertheless, the ego-centrism in the World is also

good for us the patriots and Pan-Africanists in Africa.
It makes it much easier to arouse even the most
indifferent who are busy dancing and taking alcohol,
that Africa must take care of itself. I salute our
scientists who have developed the diagnostics, have
been working on the therapeutics and also the
vaccine. Two of our diagnostics are ready for
manufacturing and we are in the process of putting
up the factory to mass manufacture; the therapeutic
has been tried in 53 patients and we need a minimum
of 124. Up to now, results are good. With the vaccine,
we have got to phase 4 out of 9 phases. At this stage,
I need to renew my demand, but this time renew it as
an order that should be implemented. Many years
ago, I proposed that government scientists, must start
with Shs.4million when they join the Public Service.
The top scientists in the Research Institutions should
be earning Shs.15million, like Professors in Public
Universities.

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 This is because we want to retain the large number of
scientists we have trained so that they solve our needs
─ health, nutrition, infrastructure, but also benefit
from the pathogenic economy. Other people in the
World, have been making money from our sicknesses.
We shall earn more money from the pathogenic
economy, than from coffee. Therefore, paying our
scientists well, is not a favour to them. It is, first and
foremost, in the enlightened self-interest of the
country.

All these, are temporary phenomena: locusts, floods,

rising water of the Lakes, land-slides, corona, etc. We
are coping with them; but our real historical task is to
cause social-economic transformation of our society.
This society must go from its pre-capitalist, pre-
industrial way of life, to a middle-class, skilled
working class society. When the French Revolution
took place in 1789, the French society, which I
suspect, was a microcosm of the wider European
societies, was a four-class society: feudalist, capitalist
(bourgeois), working class (proletariat) and peasant.
At that time, the society in Uganda was a three-class
society: feudalists, artisans and peasants. Today, the
European societies are two classes ones: middle-class
(being sustained by profits from businesses) and the
skilled working class ─ the proletariat (good salaries

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sustain them, plus a welfare system when they are
out of work). No more peasants in Europe. No more
feudalists in Europe. Here, in Africa, so many actors
are engaged in peasant conservation and also some
elements of feudalism.

It is this incomplete metamorphosis of society, that I

have been addressing eversince 1986 when we got a
chance to run the country and even before, when we
were still in the Student Movement. Our appeal is for
everybody to join the money economy and get out of
okukolera ekidda kyoonka, tic me ici keken, Ateso-
akoru lu akoik bon, Lugbara-azi-ngaza aleni.

As you have seen, even modest waking up of sections

of our people from kulambaala, nino-matek,
okwebaka, kugwejegyera, kulaala saana, even using
old methods, generated alot of production. Some of
the increased production, fortunately, has got big
international demand. Coffee falls in this category.
We have gone from 3 million bags to seven million
bags. Fortunately, the global demand is able to take
all the coffee because the global coffee demand is
166.34million, 60kg bags. The global demand for
milk products is 906billion litres, valued at
US$458.1billion. Therefore, our present production of
2.6billion litres of milk, can enter the global market

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 provided we solve the problem of cattle diseases (foot
and mouth, CBPP, anthrax, etc.) and, of course, also
offer competitive prices. Therefore, the Banyankore I
once met at Rwakitura clamoring for high milk prices,
need to know more about this global competition for
market with other countries ─ New-Zealand, Holland,
etc.

The global demand for maize (corn) and maize

products is 852million metric tonnes, valued at
US$153.4billion. Therefore, our production of 5milion
tonnnes of maize, can be absorbed provided we solve
the problem of quality ─ getting rid of the shameful
aflatoxins ─ caused by people who mishandle food in
harvesting. Why do you mishandle people’s food?
Wait for the maize to dry properly on the kikoonko
(maize stalk); when you harvest it, put it on a canvass
(ntundubaare) or cemented drying ground, etc. The
maize will dry properly and simply and there will be
no aflatoxins. The Iranians came here and they
wanted to buy all our maize. Their annual demand is
9.4million tonnes. They import 7million tonnes. The
problem was ourselves ─ negligence in handling food
we want to sell to people. Are we barogo (witch-
doctors, poisoners) or are we bashakisa (sellers of
food)? Algeria imports 300million tonnes of powder
milk per annum.

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To produce this milk powder, you need 3billion litres
of milk. Nigeria imports 4.1million tonnes of powdered
milk. With many of Uganda’s products, there is a
global market; but we must solve the issues of safety.
I will not talk of quality, because our agricultural
products are the best quality in the World.

I have been telling the World what you know ─ the

huge surpluses of so many products as a
consequence of the limited waking up of sections of
our people. Yet, this is a mere ndozo (tasting
something before buying). If you take the beef ─ dairy
sector, for instance; the big increase in the milk
production, is in spite of still using the free-range
method (kuseetura), where cattle are sent to the bush
(farm) to graze, when the farm is bush cleared (kukora
omwaanya). In this method, the stocking ─ ratio is
only one and half cattle per acre per annum. Some
years ago, I went to Israel and saw 1,000 fresians,
being managed in one acre.

Recently, I met somebody from UAE, who told me that

their company has a herd of 18,000 heads of cattle in
250 acres. We should systematically shift to zero-
grazing. With 18 million heads of cattle, one third of
which would be milking at any one time, each giving
20 litres, the total production would be 44 billion

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 litres of milk in a year. The same for bananas. While
the rural farmers have been producing 5 tonnes of
bananas per hectare per year, Dr. Muranga, at
Nyaruziinga, has got to 53 tonnes per hectare per year
and I hear that in Brazil, they go up to 80tonnes. This
increased production is partly due to irrigation,
fertilizers, etc.

This is why, in my inauguration speech, I emphasized

the question of the market for African products, for
Ugandan products, if the Ugandans wake up
(kuzukuka, kusimuka, Ateso-akwenyun, Acholi-choo,
Lugbara-mi enga). Again, to remind everybody, the
answers are four: the internal market of Uganda
boosted by increased purchasing power when all
homesteads join the money economy by producing for
the stomach but also producing for the pocket; the
East African market through the EAC; the African
market through CFTA; and the Global market,
through the trade access agreements like AGOA, the
Chinese preferential access market, the EU, EBA and
also access to other markets on the merit of the
quality and pricing of our products.

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Once all the leaders are clear on these points, we shall
more easily be able to implement the guidelines we
have put out for the whole country. Who is to produce
low value crops but on a large scale ─ such as sugar-
cane, cotton, maize, tobacco, etc. and who is to
produce high value products on a small scale such as
coffee, milk, fruits, poultry, piggery, horticulture and
who should do both?

Let all the leaders stop confusing people by sending

contradictory or divergent messages. The NRM
message eversince 1966 has been: all homesteads to
join the money economy using ekibaro (cura, otita,
aimar ─ profitability assessment) to guide their
enterprise selection; prices of products are
determined by the market, not by governments unless
we provide subsidies which we cannot afford and few
have sustainably afforded them in the World;
moreover, our products must be safe for
consumption, good quality and competitive in prices;
and the markets are four: internal, EAC, African and
global. The colonial approach is no longer possible:
“produce the coffee and cotton, etc., we guarantee to
buy them at guaranteed prices”. The World of
production is now for competition and it can be done.

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 With this clear vision, I strongly urge our people to
join the 4 sectors: commercial agriculture, industries,
services and ICT. With commercial agriculture, we are
emphasizing the parish-model. At the parish, you are
able to know all the homesteads: Ndangaaro 3,330
homesteads; Rwengaaju 3,196 homesteads; Mawale
(Kawumu) 1,480 homesteads; etc. You will be able to
know who has woken up and who is still asleep. Our
aim is to make all the homesteads, to wake up.

On the side of industries, we shall continue to deal

with the issue of costs of manufacturing in Uganda.
The cost-pushers are three: the cost of money-interest
rates of the exploitative commercial Banks; the cost of
transport (to Mombasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Juba, Kigali,
Congo. Ethiopia, etc.); and the cost of electricity. The
other cost would be the cost of labour. However, that
is still low. It is not a problem, yet. Ugandans should
be informed that with our fraternal States of the EAC,
we are handling the issue of transport costs. By road,
a 20ft container, costs US$1900 and a 40ft, costs
US$3200 to Mombasa and vice-versa. Yet, by rail, it
is US$1400 for a 20ft and US$1900 for a 40ft,
respectively. Hence, in addition to our long-term goal
of building a modern standard gauge railway, we are,
together with Kenya, rehabilitating the metre-gauge
railway for immediate use.

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The metre gauge railway, is the old railway. When
repaired, its cost of transport will be much lower than
the road transport.

On the cost of money, we are continuing to fund the

UDB ─ so that it can give loans for manufacturing,
agriculture, some services (tourism, medical, etc.) and
ICT (BPOs) at not more than 12% and the more they
lend, the lower the interest rate will become. The cost
of electricity is distorted by mistakes committed by
some of our actors without my knowledge, even when
I was heading the Government. Especially the
mistakes of Bujagaali and Umeme, add 55.3% to the
cost of electricity per unit. Otherwise, the cost of
power from Kiira is US cents 1.19per unit, Nalubaale
– US cents 1.119per unit, Isimba-US cents4.16per
unit, Karuma-US cents 4.97 per unit; but Bujagali US
cents 8.30 per unit. Bujagaali, at one time, was US
cents13.8 per unit. We shall see how to get out of this
mistake. One solution that I have already ordered for
Industrial Parks, is to supply power direct from some
of the Government dams to them. I will not be
deflected from that.

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 The services sectors ─ tourism, hotels, banking,
music, sports, professional services, etc., were moving
very well, until corona came in. As I said above, the
answer for corona, apart from the preventive
measures we continue to take, are the vaccines and
the therapeutics. Above, I talked about the kuhemuka
(let down partners) by our partners. We are
continuing to talk with India, the USA for the
Johnson-Johnson vaccine, China and Cuba.

I am sure we shall succeed with some of them. With

the therapeutics, one of our products has been tried
among 53 patients and 43 of them have fully
recovered, while the others are still on treatment. We
target to reach 124 patients before we are sure that
this medicine treats Covid-19 patients. On the side of
the vaccine, we are moving very well only that we were
delayed with the perception that Africa is not
supposed to manufacture vaccines but was only
supposed to buy from others and also work as foot-
soldiers in doing field research for others to develop
and own the vaccines. I salute the few outsiders that
helped us. I am sure God has created space for them
in heaven for their Christian-like actions of sharing
with other children of God.

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Making a vaccine in a kutembuura (starting a new
garden from the bush), involves 9 or 8 phases if WHO
allows you to skip one phase. Our researchers are
now entering stage 4. I congratulate them. We hope
to get to stage 8 by November, 2021. I can assure
Ugandans that by end of 2021, we shall no longer be
waiting for outsiders to rescue us from ekyorezo (mass
death). By controlling corona, our services will
resurrect. Before the corona, we were earning
US$1.5billion from Tourism alone.

Since some decades ago, I have been urging our

people in the ICT sector to take advantage of the BPO
business in the World. Since many of our children
speak Kampala-Parents English, they can, through
the internet, do jobs for companies in the USA,
Canada, etc., such as call centre services for utilities,
hospitals, auditing accounts from here and be paid.
India is earning US$191billion per year from this
business of BPOs and employing 1.1million young
people. The ICT has been un-serious in relation to this
sector.

Therefore, again, the Honourable Members of

Parliament (MPs), the 4 sectors are: Commercial
Agriculture, Industries, Services and ICT. Given the
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 of obstacles erected by those who do not understand
our strategy, the economy has grown from
US$1.3billion to US$40billion ─ that is 31 times
bigger!! This is if you use the foreign exchange
method. If you use the PPP method, it is
US$114billion. By 2026, the economy is estimated to
be US$69billion or US$193billion by the PPP method.
I am, however, not, have I ever been, satisfied by this
level of performance. Some companies in the USA
have annual turnovers of US$ in billions. You can
take examples of the following as indicated in the
table:

SN Name Industry Revenue Employees

USD billions
1. Walmart Retail 560billion 2,200,000
2. Amazon Retail 387billion 1,225,300
3. Apple Inc. Electronics 275billion 137,000
4. CVC Health Healthcare 270billion 290,000
5. ExxonMobil Petroleum 265billion 74,900
industry
6. United Health Healthcare 257billion 325,000
Group
7. Berkshire Conglomerate 255billion 392,500
Hathaway
8. McKesson Healthcare 215billion 70,000
Corporation
9. Amerisource Pharmaceutical 190billion 21,500
Bergen Industry

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How and why should a company have a size of
business that is bigger than the economy of a whole
country? The combined GDP of East Africa is
US$440billion. You have seen how some of the
individual companies have business sizes comparable
to the combined economies of the whole of East Africa.
Hence, in the medium term, we must aim at the size
of economy of, at least, US$300billion by the foreign
exchange method.

By 2026, Uganda’s population will be 48million

people. If each person is earning US$3,000, that will
be US$144billion. This will just be people’s incomes,
without including infrastructure. Yet US$3,000 per
person per year, translates to Shs.10.8millions per
person per year and for a household of 5, this would
translate to Shs.54million per year. Some of our
households, using one acre, are already earning
Shs.240million which translates to US$67,000 per
year and divided by 5, comes to US$13,000 per
person.

I, therefore, do not accept the minimalist approach by

the Ministry of Finance where the people of Uganda
generate wealth that is smaller than the businesses of
individual companies in other parts of the World.

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 We shall earn more from coffee and its products, from
milk, from fish, especially ennuni (the fish maw). Out
of ennuni alone, Uganda can get around
US$156billion per year, bigger than what Saudi
Arabia earns from oil in a year.

To achieve these aims, we must defeat corruption and

disorientation and we shall defeat them. Corruption
has become a real enemy. It starts in Finance, where
projects are designed with supernumerary elements
(extras); these bloated projects go to Ministries, then
to Committees of Parliament and, then, to the
Auditor-General, where there is collusion all the way.
What the corrupt fraternity did not factor in their
kibaro of corruption and criminality, was the large
number of the young people the NRM has trained over
the years, many of them coming from the middle-
class, where they do not have the pressure of home
poverty. I have been discussing with my children, who
are now senior adults, the timeliness of creating the
DRA (the Descendants’ Resistance Army I) to take
forward the work of the original NRA of their parents.
This fraternity, recently recommended to me one of
their group. When I talked to her about a certain job,
her answer was: “No, Mzee, that is not my “pession”,
as they speak in their exotic accent. These are people
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I put one of them, Ms. Irene Kaggwa, to manage
Uganda Communication Commission (UCC). She is
doing a commendable and clean job from the little I
hear of. The young passionists are liberating the
Uganda Airlines. It is easy for the NRM to defeat
corruption. With disorientation, I want to appeal to
the NRM MPs to grasp our strategy of everybody
joining the money economy with ekibaro as we agreed
at Kyenkwaanzi recently.

The target of all these efforts, is to ensure two things:

prosperity of our people by helping them to create
wealth for themselves as well as jobs for themselves
and others and also ensuring security of our country.
To achieve these, we must ensure the social-economic
transformation of our society by phasing out the
peasants and the feudalists and creating a middle-
class and skilled working class society. It is a shame
that we are still struggling with this social
metamorphosis, 232 years from the time of the
French Revolution in 1789 when, as already pointed
out above, France already had a middle-class (the
bourgeoisie) and a working class (the proletariat that
led the anti-feudal revolution), in addition to the
oppressive feudalists and the poor and badly exploited
peasants (serfs). Alot of time was wasted, not only by
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 the post-colonial actors ─ politicians, cultural leaders,
religious leaders, etc., that many times divert people’s
attention to wrong positions of superstition,
sectarianism, miracle wealth, etc. Mao Tese Tung in
China, struggled against these parasite groups. That
is why China is now on the verge of becoming a First
World country. Eversince 1986, if you leave out the
other years of struggle, the NRM has been insisting on
four stimuli to cause this socio-economic
transformation. These are: education for all;
everybody joining the money economy, away from the
pre-capitalist practice of primitive self-sufficiency of
okukolera ekidda kyoonka, tic me ici keken, Ateso-
akoru lu aloik bon, Lugbara-azi-ngaza aleni; private
sector-led growth to attract actors that are already
part of the money economy in big numbers; and
infrastructure development so as to facilitate the 3
efforts above, including lowering the costs of doing
business in Uganda so as to enable our economic
actors to make profit in their businesses, thereby
making Uganda more competitive. This vision, helped
Uganda, as has been demonstrated again, in this
speech. However, much more could have been
achieved and can be achieved if all the politicians of
the NRM and the civil servants understand and push
this effort in a united way.

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Many times, we have had to swim against the current.
Yet, as Mwalimu Nyerere said, Africa “needs to run
while others walk”, if we are to catch up. Some parts
of the world are on the verge of the 4th Industrial
Revolution while many parts of Africa have not
entered the 1st Industrial Revolution. The 4th
Industrial Revolution is the phenomenon of intelligent
machines that can replace man in the work place ─
factories, etc. China and India, benefitted from cheap
labour and lured businesses to the East. That
migration of factories and businesses in search of
cheap labour, forced the other societies to look for
cheap labour that avoids expensive human beings
that were demanding high wages, using Trade Unions
power (the Labour Movement). The answer is
intelligent machines as a consequence of AI (Artificial
Intelligence). This is what is being referred to as the
4th Industrial Revolution. The 1st Industrial
Revolution (Mechanization Revolution) was the use of
steam power operating machines instead of the
manually operated enyoondo (hammer). The 2nd
Industrial Revolution (Technological Revolution) was
the discovery of electricity to operate machines
instead of the steam power. The third Industrial
Revolution was automation (Automation Revolution).
Uganda, under the NRM, will not miss the bus of
history again.

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 Finally, security will be maintained in the whole
country. Cattle ─ rustling that has been showing
resurgence in Karamoja, will be defeated. We are
expanding the brigades of 3rd Division and 1st
Division. The criminality around Kampala was
defeated and is being defeated. The only element to
get rid of is the corruption and poor procedures within
the Police. NRM people were reporting intimidation
and harassment by terrorists at the Police Posts.
These good for nothing characters, would tell them
that there is no “political desk”. If you do not have a
desk for terrorism in your Police Post, you will go
home and somebody else will do the job.

The recent shooting of Gen. Katumba by the usual

shallow actors, showed the poor organization of the
Police. The cameras I put in place did their work. As
you saw the killers were running from one area to the
other area. Why didn’t the Camera centre alert all the
patrol cars and even the UAVs to chase and block
these killers? No. These wonderful camera managers,
think that their gadgets are only for storing videos for
forensic analysis as part of the post-mortem of the
operation. Yes, the cameras are for forensic but also
for enduuru (alarm) while the crime is going on.

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The criminals will be on continuous viewing by all the
camera centres, if these Policemen adopt my
directives and rationality on the use of those cameras.

Henceforth, the Police is directed to stop using mobile

phones and go back to using radios that are open to
all stations so that they act promptly in emergencies
like the one of Gen. Katumba. In addition to the
cameras, our security leaders have been working on
my directive of installing digital monitors on all
vehicles, all bodabodas, all boats on the Lake. They
have taken long to implement this plan. This will
make it easy to know which pikipiki, which car or
which boat was at this point at this time.

The country is secure, is progressing and corruption

and disorientation will be defeated.

The legislative programme of the Government will be

communicated by the Prime Minister when that post
is filled.

I thank everybody.

4th June, 2021 - Kololo Independence Grounds

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STATE HOUSE
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 The Presidency
JULY - 2021

Your Monthly Round-Up of State House News

 Contents
1  Editor’s Note 4

2  Marking the 59th Anniversary of the Pan African Women  6

3  President Museveni addresses UN Food Summit  7

4  M7 & Ruto launch construction works for mRNA Vaccine Facility 9

5  Commemoration of African Integration Day 11

6  President Museveni swears in new cabinet ministers 12

7  President Museveni flags off Uganda’s Olympic team to Japan  14

8  New Head of Public Service, IGG, Permanent Secretaries & other leaders appointed.  16

9  President Museveni chairs NRM Parliamentary Caucus meeting  19

10  Meeting the Busoga University Steering Committee  21

11  President meets Workers’ Representatives 23

12  Meeting with the Uganda Retirements Benefits Regulation Authority  24

13  President Museveni meets KCCA & METU bus industries  26

14  President passes out counter-terrorism soldiers  28

15  Letters of credence from the new Chinese Ambassador to Uganda  31

16  Letters of credence from the new UN Resident Coordinator to Uganda 33

17  President Museveni swears in new ministers 35

18  National address on COVID-19 pandemic 37

19  The 59th Anniversary of the Pan African Women  38

 Editor’s Note

Dear Reader,
I once again have the pleasure to present to you another edition of our
monthly e-magazine, The Presidency, for the month of July.
I acknowledge the immense excitement with which the first edition was
received. I received diverse feedback from friends, supporters of the President
and the general public, who were excited by the idea of a monthly magazine.
The feedback was mainly in form of proposals on how best we can improve
the magazine, to make the information simpler and easier for the reader to
process.
Some of the ideas have been incorporated in this edition, while the rest will
be considered in the subsequent editions. The magazine remains a work-in-
progress tool for our interaction.
As I pointed out in the inaugural edition, the magazine aims at bringing the
presidency including office and residence of the President of the Republic
of Uganda, closer to the public. We look at the major engagements of the
President that are of public interest and bring you the highlights.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the President’s schedule has remained largely
office based between State House, Entebbe and Nakasero State Lodge. As
the Country’s champion in the fight against COVID-19, the President has
avoided field activities in order to prevent public gatherings of his supporters.
However, his desk remains very busy. During the month of July, the President
addressed a couple of international meetings, hosted Kenya’s deputy President,
appointed new civil service leaders among other key engagements.
Lastly, in every edition, we shall provide a link to the President’s major speech
of the month. In this edition, we will share the link to the President’s national
address on COVID-19 of 30th July, 2021.
I now have the pleasure to present to you the second edition of The Presidency.

Marcella Karekye
Special Presidential Assistant In-Charge of Communication &
Director Government Citizen Interaction Centre (GCIC)
 Editorial Team

Marcella Karekye Duncan Abigaba

Chief Editor Deputy Chief Editor

Robert Sharp Mugabe Gerald Kansiime Deo Mutumba

Content Production Manager Head of Logistics Head of Production

Ariho Muhwezi Solomon Male Grace Elizabeth Kabibi

Editor Editor Editor
 Quote of the Month

“Here we managed to defeat Amin because we worked

with Mzee Julius Nyerere of Tanzania and some of the
liberation movements were able to fight and defeat the
whites because they fought together”

President YK. Museveni, 30th July 2021,

Marking the 59th Anniversary of the Pan African Women
 6th JULY, 2021
President Museveni addresses UN Food Summit

H.E. the President called on the United Nations to consider the issue
of free access to markets and free movement of goods instead of
controls adding that the one who produces more efficiently be
supported to supply to others to promote specialization.
The President had been addressing a virtual UN Food Systems
PreSummit hosted by Malawian President Lazarus McCarthy
Chakwera at the request of the UN Secretary General Antonia
Guterres.
“The issue of food security is very, very important. Man was able
to stabilize his life more than ten thousand years ago when he
learnt how to domesticate animals and also domesticate crops.
That is how people were able to have a stable life. It is a shame to
hear that even today some people in the world don’t have food.
This is not acceptable,” he said.
The summit was held under the theme; “Transforming food
systems is crucial for delivering all the sustainable developments
goals”.
“Our problem in Uganda is surplus not shortages. We have a lot
of production. Therefore, for us, one of the problems we have is
marketing. Because of trade restrictions, you find that we have
food here but other parts of Africa don’t have food. Yet we cannot
sell because there are blockages,” he said.

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 The virtual meeting was attended by among others the Presidents
of Mozambique H.E Filipe Jacinto Nusi, Zimbabwe H.E Emmerson
Mnangagwa, Ghana H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Akufo, Regional
Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM)
Prof. George Kanyama-Phiri, the UN Secretary General Special
Envoy and President AGRA, Dr. Agnes Kalibata and representatives
from various African countries.

President Museveni addressing the virtual summit July 6, 2021

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 6th JULY, 2021
President Museveni and Kenya Deputy President William Ruto
M7 & Ruto works
launch construction launchfor
construction works
mRNA Vaccine for
Manufacturing
FacilitymRNA Vaccine
at Matuga Facility
- Wakiso District

H.E President said Africa’s pathogenic economy, which offers

huge economic opportunities, is being taken advantage off by
others and Africa is totally absent.

The President who was accompanied by Kenya’s Deputy President

William Ruto was on 6th July, 2021, laying a foundation stone for
the multibillion Biological Drugs and mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing
Facility at Matuga - Wakiso District. The ceremony was held under
the theme, “Making Africa self-sustaining in Health care, a Giant
Leap’.
“One of the things they were looking for was the green monkey
cells which can grow well for the virus like corona. My people
have been looking for them but they were nowhere even in South
Africa, Morocco, Egypt nothing. They had to go somewhere. Other
people had taken them and multiplied them. We have them
now. It is going to be the first time these cells are being used in
a laboratory in Africa to multiply the virus for the vaccines.
The President welcomed Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto
whom he described as ‘a very committed East African’ for working
with the Equity Bank to secure funding for the project.
Kenya Deputy President William Ruto said he was representing
East Africans living in Kenya as a demonstration of brotherhood
of East African nations.
Ruto said the investment is significant in three fundamentals
ways including that; Magoola, who is the brain behind this great
multibillion investment, is an East African and a Ugandan.

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 President Museveni and Kenya Deputy President William Ruto launch construction
works for mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing Facility at Matuga - Wakiso District

“Ordinarily, investments of this magnitude have white

faces. Ordinarily it is people from Europe and America who
engage in these investments. Congratulations to Magoola.
We are proud of you as an East African that the language
you are speaking of billions of dollars, we are domesticating
it in our continent.

H.E William Ruto

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 7th July, 2021
Commemoration of African Integration Day

H.E. the President called on the United Nations to consider the issue
of free access to markets and free movement of goods instead of
controls adding that the one who produces more efficiently be
supported to supply to others to promote specialization.
The President had been addressing a virtual UN Food Systems
PreSummit hosted by Malawian President Lazarus McCarthy
Chakwera at the request of the UN Secretary General Antonia
Guterres.
“The issue of food security is very, very important. Man was able
to stabilize his life more than ten thousand years ago when he
learnt how to domesticate animals and also domesticate crops.
That is how people were able to have a stable life. It is a shame to
hear that even today some people in the world don’t have food.
This is not acceptable,” he said.
The summit was held under the theme; “Transforming food
systems is crucial for delivering all the sustainable developments
goals”.
“Our problem in Uganda is surplus not shortages. We have a lot
of production. Therefore, for us, one of the problems we have is
marketing. Because of trade restrictions, you find that we have
food here but other parts of Africa don’t have food. Yet we cannot
sell because there are blockages,” he said.
The virtual meeting was attended by among others the Presidents

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 8th July, 2021
President Museveni swears in new cabinet ministers

H.E. the President presided over the swearing ceremony of the 15

ministers who missed out in June. “And terrorists, I am warning
you, don’t run. If we come, surrender! If you try to run, you are
dead. You have been looking for trouble but now you are going
to get it. You have been killing our people, but now you are
going to die. Your only way out is to surrender,” a tough-talking
President Museveni, straight facing cameras said on 8th July, 2021,
announcing a series of measures that are aimed at nipping the
reemerging security threats in Kampala and Karamoja regions.
President Museveni was the Chief Guest at the swearing in
ceremony of the 15 ministers who missed out in June. After
congratulating the ministers upon their swearing in, the President
immediately updated the country on the COVID-19 situation and
also briefed it on the prevailing security situation in Kampala and
Karamoja before announcing that government is going to intensify
the use of technology to deal with urban crime.
“We are going to intensify these technological means like putting
digital monitors in every car and piki piki, if you try to remove
them, we will see you and go after you,” he said.
The President said previously the country was faced with terrorists
such as Kony in the north, ADF in the Rwenzori region who were
attacking people but were defeated after the army developed
capacity to defeat them in forests and mountains.
According to the President, four years ago however, urban terrorism
emerged and started a new way, especially the ADF of planting
bombs and they were still defeated.

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President Museveni said he is talking with our regional friends
about the ADF group linked to ADF in Congo.
“In Karamoja also, cattle rustlers are making trouble. Cattle rustlers
stop! We are organizing the army and we shall come for you. Stop!
Stop! Stop! he said.
The President said they are going to launch a very serious offensive
in Karamoja and those involved will regret why they are doing
what they are doing.
On the issue of Social Media, President Museveni said security
services should quickly investigate and follow up individuals who
peddle false news on social media.

President Museveni addressing newly sworn-in ministers

at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds

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 9th July, 2021
President Museveni flags off Uganda’s Olympic team to Japan

H.E. the President flagged off Uganda’s Olympic and Paralympic

teams to Japan with a caution to stay disciplined and guard
against the Corona virus that is ravaging the world and had already
affected the first contingent of Ugandans who arrived in Japan.
“Don’t waste your chance now with indiscipline. Preserve yourselves
and develop. This corona is really a test. The problem is not the
virus, it is ourselves. People who don’t listen to guidelines carry
around the virus. You people, apart from being careful in life, be
careful about Corona,” President Museveni said shortly before
flagging off the teams at a ceremony held at Kololo Ceremonial
Grounds on 9th July, 2021.
Two members of the Uganda nine-member team tested positive
in June upon arrival in Japan. The team had travelled earlier to
acclimatize in the Japanese city of Izumisano.
The Olympics were postponed for the first time in their history
last year as a result of the pandemic and kicked off on 23rd July,
2021 despite a fresh wave of cases in Japan. “I was told they were
tested many times but allowed to mix with others after Kapchorwa.
You are now in strict quarantine. Don’t mix with anybody. You are
fully vaccinated, but you can be infected with new clans of the
viruses. Watch out,” the President said.
The President who was accompanied by the First Lady and Minister
of Education and Sports Janet Kataaha Museveni congratulated
the team upon their qualification to the games and advised them

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to stay true to their skills outlining 8 points which he said are
important for any sports person including talent identification,
developing fitness (including good nutrition and training),
discipline (by avoiding alcohol, ‘woman’isation and ‘man’isation),
perseverance and a noble spirit (not envious or mean).
The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataaha
Museveni said the flagging-off of the national team to the Olympic
Games does not necessarily mean that the COVID-19 pandemic
is no more.
“Our son Joshua Cheptegei broke and set two world records
during this pandemic making us so proud as a country. Therefore,
as you carry our national flag high at the Olympic Games, you are
reflecting the light and voice of hope that is within you and the
society you represent. That voice of hope that says to us, “Do not
give up.” That voice of hope that urges us to maintain a persistent
focus to overcome the limitations around us and within us,” said
the First Lady.

President Museveni hands over the National flag to the National Olympic
Team. Looking on is First Lady, Janet K. Museveni.

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 New Head of Public Service, IGG, Permanent
Secretaries & other leaders appointed.
15th July, 2021
President Museveni appoints new Head of Public Service,
IGG, Permanent Secretaries and other leaders.

H.E. the President appointed Mrs. Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye as the new
Head of Public Service, replacing long serving John Mitala, who
becomes Senior Presidential Advisor on Public Service. Nakyobe
was replaced by Jane Barekye, as State House Comptroller. The
former Minister for Lands, Housing and Urban Develeopment,
Mrs. Beti Kamya was appointed the new Inspector General of
Government. The former Deputy IGG, Ms. Mariam Wangadya,
was appointed the new Chairperson of Uganda Human Rights
Commission.
The President also appointed new Permanent Secretaries as listed
below;
• Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet - Lucy Nakyobe
• Deputy Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet -
Deborah Katuramu
• State House Comptroller - Jane Barekye
• Principal Private Secretary to the President - Dr. Kenneth Omona
• Principal Private Secretary to H.E. The Vice President - Alex
Kakooza
• Office of the Prime Minister - Keith Muhakanizi
• Office of the President - Yunus Kakande
• Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries - David
Kyomukama Kasura (Maj. Gen.)

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• Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs - Rosette Byengoma
• Ministry of Education and Sports - Kate Lamaro
• Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development - Batebe Irene
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Vincent Bagiire
• Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development -
Ramathan Ggobi
• Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development - Aggrey
Kibenge
• Ministry of Health - Dr. Diana Atwiine
• Ministry of Internal Affairs - Joseph Musanyufu (Lt. Gen)
• Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology National
Guidance - Dr. Amina Zawedde
• Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs - Robert Kasande
• Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development - Dorcas
Okalany
• Ministry of Local Government - Benjamin Kumumanya
• Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives - Geraldine Ssali
• Ministry of Public Service - Catherine Bitarakwaate
• Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities - Doreen Katusiime
• Ministry of Water and Environment - Alfred Okidi
• Ministry of Works and Transport - Bageya Waiswa
• Secretary to the Judiciary - Pius Bigirimana
• Health Service Commission - Mary T. Wenene
• Public Service Commission - Dr. Godfrey Mbabazi

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 • Judicial Service Commission - Dr. Nassali Lukwago
• Ministry of Science, Technology and innovation - Abolished
and retired
• Ministry of East African Community Affairs - Edith Mwanje
• Ethics and Integrity - Alex O. Okello
• Clerk to Parliament - Hon. Adolf Mwesige
• Inspectorate of Government - Kafeero Rose
• Education Service Commission - Dr. Asuman Lukwago
PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS
• John Mitala - Senior Presidential Advisor, Public Service
• Mary Karooro Okurut - Senior Presidential Advisor, Public
Relations
• Odrek Rwabwogo - Senior Presidential Advisor, General Duties
• Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi - Senior Presidential Advisor, Gender
and Youth Affairs
• Adonia Ayebare - Special Envoy and Ambassador to the United
Nations

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 16th July, 2021
President Museveni chairs NRM Parliamentary Caucus meeting

H.E. the President said Ugandans vote for the NRM party because
it has for many years, been known for providing security to the
country.
Speaking at the party Parliament Caucus meeting held at Kololo
ceremonial Grounds on 16th July, 2021, the President assured the
country that his government would work tirelessly to ensure that
life and property for all continues to be protected.
He underscored efforts by government to install security cameras
around the country which he said helps security agencies to track
criminals. He said this would be followed by the installation of
security trackers in all vehicles and motorcycles.
“One of the people’s needs is security and other one is infrastructure.
Infrastructure has helped us economically, security wise and also
politically. The other need that you as leaders should address is
education of the children of the poor, health and theft of drugs
in the health centres. You have seen how my monitoring unit has
been arresting people stealing drugs from health units. Nurses
and doctors are corrupt. You as Members of Parliament should
take interest in your health centres. Go and check, that is what
you are supposed to do as leaders,” he said.
The President told the MPs that the country will only address
the issue of jobs for the youth through wealth creation. He retold
the story of Nyakana who he introduced to the MPs during their
retreat at the National Leadership Institute, Kyankwanzi in May.

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 He reminded them about how Nyakana and the wife were not
employed until they took his advice. Since then Nyakana and his
wife employ 15 people on just an acre of land.
During the meeting, the party held elections to replace the late
Hon Mathias Kasamba as one of Uganda’s representative in the
East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Hon James Kakooza
emerged victorious with 93 votes, beating former State Minister for
Tourism Hon Godfrey Kiwanda Ssuubi who got 85 votes whereas
Mr Abbas Mutumba got 54 votes.
The meeting also voted four members to the NRM Caucus executive
including Herbert Kinobere as Vice chairperson, Lilian Aber as
General Secretary, Nakut Faith as Treasurer and Brandon Kintu
as Publicity Secretary.

President Museveni and NRM Chief Whip (blue jacket) pose for a photo with
the newly elected NRM caucus Executive at Kololo 17th July, 2021

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 17th July, 2021
Meeting the Busoga University Steering Committee

President Museveni met the committee on Government takeover

of former Busoga University that included former Speaker of
Parliament and Minister for East African Affairs Rt. Hon. Rebecca
Kadaga, Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo, the Minister of State for
Higher Education, Bishop His Grace Bishop Samuel Stephen
Kaziimba Mugalu and Protestant Bishops. The meeting was also
attended by the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports
Janet Kataaha Museveni.
Busoga diocese agreed to hand over Busoga University and
its assets to government as a public institution after a series of
meetings that will now see government take over its 15bn shillings
loan, all university land without any encumbrances and the court
case withdrawn without any costs to both parties.
The President had sought assurances that the takeover was on
condition that the land was free in perpetuity and that the debts
were legal.
Busoga University was founded by Busoga Diocese in 1998
with its headquarters in Iganga District. However, in 2017, the
National Council for Higher Education revoked its license following
allegations of having unqualified students and lecturers and
running illegal study centres and unaccredited courses.
“We must solve a few issues. We must get the land free, in
perpetuity. I don’t want to hassle. Give us the land so that it is
government land. We don’t want to buy or rent, because there is
no reason to do that. Secondly, there were some debts which of
course we shall pay if they are legitimate debts,” the President
said.
Prior, President Museveni said the NRM policy was to have a public
university in the original 18 colonial zones of Uganda, adding,

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 President Museveni and First Lady, Janet Museveni, posing for a photo with
the steering committee of Busoga University

the issue of a public university started slowly with Mbarara and

it became popular. Mengo zone was covered by Makerere and
Kyambogo, Ankole by Mbarara, Kigezi, Tooro by taking over
Mountains of the Moon, West Nile – by building Muni University,
Acholi by building a new university at Gulu, Lango by building
Lira University, Teso, Bukedi etc.
“In Busoga we are going to build a public university there. We
have started with Namasagali. As we were planning that, the idea
of taking over this private university was started by people there.
I have no problem with that,” he said.
“We want to have a Marines Institute. When we want to train
marine people, they go to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania or Mombasa
in Kenya. I want Namasagali to concentrate on Marines training.
The other campuses, we shall develop courses which we know
are marketable. If we have agreed on land, audited debts and
removed the case, all issues are now settled,” he said.

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 21st July, 2021
President meets Workers’ Representatives

H.E. the President met Workers’ representatives including Peter

Werikhe, Usher Owere, Charles Bakabulindi and COFTU representative
Dr. Sam Lyomoki said while they had agreed with the NSSF that only
workers who are 45 years and have saved for ten years (45 years and
10 years’ savings) be allowed mid-term access of 20 percent of their
savings, they were shocked to learn that the wording had changed
to (45 years or 10 years’ savings). The meeting was also attended
by representatives from the Ministry of Finance led by the Minister
Matia Kasaijja, the MD of NSSF Richard Byarugaba members of
NOTU and COFTU.
Conflicting information and change in wording regarding the National
Social Security (Amendment) bill forced the President to push a
major decision on the workers’ mid-term access to their savings for
another two weeks.
“Let us give ourselves two weeks and conclusively solve this matter. I
want to be clear with the figures. I am going to do my own research.
Let us meet on August 4th,” the President said.
The President said he wants to do more research on the figures
after the Workers’ representative said Shs 800bn was needed for
the mid-term access while NSSFs Byarugaba said they may need
up to Shs 3trillion shillings.
Prior NSSF MD Byarugaba had said the total fund now stands at Shs
15 trillion and that each worker saves for between 25 – 30 years and
earns 150million shillings. He said if they access their savings now,
they lose up to 30 million shillings in 20 years. He also said the fund
would lose money because it would offer securities at a discount in
a fire-sale.
NSSF is a government agency responsible for the collection,
safekeeping, responsible investment and distribution of retirement
funds from employees in the private sector who are not covered by
the government retirement scheme.

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 21st July, 2021
Meeting with the Uganda Retirements Benefits Regulation Authority

H.E. the President vowed to sort out the issue of pension fund
regulation after it emerged that the Ministry of Finance is using
NSSF funds to manage the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory
Authority (URBRA).
“They set up an authority to regulate private pension schemes
and it is the workers funding it? A regulator comes in because of
private saving schemes. I rejected that idea,” the President said.
He said while the idea of regulation for private schemes is good,
it must not be done with workers’ money.
The Minister of Finance Matia Kasaijja said the President rejected
the idea, but Parliament enacted it into law. “We may have to look
at the law again” he said.
Patrick Ocailap, the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury in the Ministry
of Finance, Planning and Economic Development also informed
him that there are over 120 schemes including the NSSF. He said
the Authority is like Bank of Uganda which supervises other banks.
“The law must start with logic! Why workers’ money? Why can’t
a department of government do it? Bank of Uganda Supervises
money makers but this is workers’ money. I don’t see why we
need a regulator. If private yes, but not NSSF! We shall study it
and perhaps do away with regulation and have a department,”
he said.

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In 2015, President Museveni rejected proposals by the Ministry of
Finance Planning and Economic development for the Retirement
Benefits Sector Liberations Bill which if passed would put an end
to the monopoly of NSSF. He said splitting the management of
workers’ savings would hamper the enhancement of its value.
“Having one player is advantageous in a way because you have
huge sum of money available for projects.”
The Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) is
a government-owned, semi-autonomous agency responsible for
regulating, licensing, supervising, and controlling the retirement
sector in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African
Community.
URBRA was established by an Act of Parliament of Uganda in 2011.
The agency is under the Uganda Ministry of Finance and Economic
Development but is semi-autonomous, with a governing board
and a management team led by an executive director as the chief
executive officer.
When URBRA was established, it was anticipated that new
retirement benefits managers would be licensed and the sector
would be liberalized and improved, with more choices and new
retirement products introduced.

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 21st July, 2021
President Museveni meets KCCA & METU bus industries

H.E. the President met the Executive Director of KCCA and the
Managing Director of METU bus industries to finalise the plan to
roll out buses in Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA).
“The idea of producing buses and trains in Kampala is to lessen
the crowds and reduce piki piki. Katabazi says if you give me
concession to operate Kampala Services, I fabricate and operate
here. KCCA doesn’t have to incur costs. He will recover his costs
through operations. This will address the issue of too many small
operations at zero budget for government,” the President said.
The President in a final push to get the project off the ground after
three years of bureaucratic red-tape that threatened to sabotage
it summoned all stakeholders including the Vice President H.E
Jessica Alupo, the Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka, Minister for
General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister Kasule Lumumba,
the Minister of Finance Matia Kasaija, Minister for Investment
Evelyne Anite, the Minister for Kampala Minsa Kabanda, KCCA
Executive Director Dorothy Kisaaka and the METU Bus Industries
proprietor Metu Katabazi to address the matter.
The Minister of Finance Matia Kasaijja said the project delayed
because they were waiting for KCCA to work on the roads which
are narrow and may inconvenience or cause accidents.
“Projects go hand in hand. We had to work on the roads and widen
them for the buses to open. If roads are too narrow, it may cause
inconveniences and cause accidents. I also wrote to the bank to

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inform them that the US$12million that was meant for importing
buses should be added on the roads,” the Minister said.
“What I will not accept are contracts that make you import buses.
There is no way somebody can tell me that peripheral roads more
important than factories. How can a planner equate productive
capacity with a road especially manufacture of automobiles,” he
said, adding that in the 60s, the Kabandole bus services where
moving around Kampala and neighbouring areas.

The President waves to Ministers, Heads of Government Agencies and METU

proprietors after a meeting at State House, Entebbe

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 23rd July, 2021
President passes out counter-terrorism soldiers

The President presided over the pass-out of 171 counter terrorism

warriors under the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence who
have been undergoing training in combating terrorism, violent
extremism, cyber threats, politically motivated violence and threats
that transcend borders. The officers are trained in build-up areas
in the air, under very strenuous circumstances using both small
arms and heavy weapons at short and long distances.
A fast-paced, nail-biting military drill by the newly graduated
counter-terrorism officers of the School of Military Intelligence
and Security in Nakasongola was the climax of months of rigorous
mental and physical training, described by President Yoweri
Museveni, the Commander in Chief as ‘Being sure of Yourself’ in
combat.
The young warriors dry-practiced 8 action-packed drills during
which they would respond instinctively and without delay to enemy
fire while running, crawling, jumping and shooting at targets set
at 25 metres, 50 metres and 100 metres and neutralising them
in seconds. They also included use of choppers in VIP protection
and terrorism and enemy capture in hostage situations.
“It’s a good beginning for you, don’t lose this chance. One element
about fighting is to be sure of yourself. When you are confident
of yourself, you can handle any combat situation. I congratulate
you upon completing this very difficult course,” he said.

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The President said in this kind of combat training you need three
things; How to effectively use your weapon; How to use cover to
protect yourself in buildings and trenches and using instinct and
speed with the emphasis on marksmanship and ability to take
cover.
President Museveni who had prior broken ground for the
construction of the Military Intelligence and Security school that
is estimated to cost Shs 40bn, commended Major General Abel
Kandiho the in-charge Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI)
for ensuring that the training is done by local trainers from the
UPDF which has built that capacity and pledged to build the
military school to a full professional institution.
Gen. Kandiho said this is the first intake to be trained exclusively
by UPDFs own professionals.
“This course is a careful but deliberate effort to build the army to
focus on the terrorism that is facing the world today. It comes at
a critical time when the country is facing multifaceted threats of
terrorism. We must prepare to effectively deal with this,” he said,
urging government to quickly build a permanent school of military
intelligence and security at SOMI at Mijeera in Nakasongola where
they have over 2.5 Sq miles of land.
The Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Wilson Mbadi said the completion
of the training by the elite force is part of building a professional
army that is modern, effective and efficient to contribute to
regional peace.

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 President Museveni gesturing to Chief of Defence Forces ,CMI chief, at the
School of Military Intelligence and Security, Nakasongola

President Museveni commended Major General Abel Kandiho the

in-charge Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) for ensuring
that the training is done by local trainers from the UPDF which
has built that capacity and pledged to build the military school
to a full professional institution.

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 27th July, 2021
Letters of credence from the new Chinese Ambassador to
Uganda

H.E. the President received letters of credence from the new

Chinese Ambassador to Uganda, Zhang Lizhong, at State House
Entebbe.
President Yoweri Museveni hailed the excellent relationship
between Uganda and China especially the support extended to
Uganda in various economic fields.
“We have had a very good relationship with China for a very long
time. We are grateful for the support China has given to us; the
stadium, soft loans, and other programs and projects. We are now
looking at the Standard Gauge Railway,” he said.
During a meeting with Ambassador Zhang Lizhong, the President
said that Uganda is looking forward to scientific cooperation with
China in the development of the COVID-19 vaccines.
President Museveni also noted that the economic rise of China
should be an opportunity for more cooperation including business.
Ambassador Zhang Lizhong thanked President Museveni for the
warm message sent to his counterpart President Xi-Jinping and
the people of China upon the centenary celebrations of CPC.
“We appreciate your message and I want to take this opportunity
to convey good wishes and best regards to Your Excellency and
also wish greater progress to your national development and your
string leadership,” Zhang said.

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 He said that China will continue to support the economic
transformation and industrialisation of Uganda, and will encourage
more Chinese investors to come and do business in Uganda as
the investment environment and security are very conducive.
He promised to work closely with developing countries on vaccine
research and production also disclosed that the 300,000 COVID-19
vaccines promised early this year by his government would be
in Uganda on Saturday the 31st of July, and pledged to lobby for
more vaccines for Uganda.

New Ambassador of China to Uganda, H.E. Zhang Lizhong, presents his letters
of credence to President Museveni at State House, Entebbe 27th July, 2021

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 27th July, 2021
Letters of credence from the new UN Resident
Coordinator to Uganda

H.E. the President welcomed the new UN Resident coordinator to

Uganda, Ms. Susan Ngongi Namondo, with whom they discussed
issues of mutual interest between Uganda and the United Nations
particularly environmental conservation and refugees.
“One area you can look at is the environment. This part of the
world is very fertile, with a lot of water and nice climate. When
Europeans came, they said we had too much rain and water in
swamps and started planting water-drying species. A culture
some of our people inherited by cultivating in the wetlands. Now
we want to reverse that,” the President said.
The President said in some cases, they may have to pay
compensation for people who were misled by governments to
leave the swamps while those who willingly invaded wetlands
would be chased out.
“These swamps are tributaries of the Nile but with aquatic species.
For those misled by Governments and colonialists, we shall have
to compensate them but those who intentionally invaded swamps
and forests, we shall just chase them but we shall not take them
to prison, but no compensation. Once we bring back full nature,
it is very fertile and can support big part of Africa in terms of food
and raw materials, we want to stop this sacrilege,” he said.
The President also singled out the issue of refugees in relation to
land, relief, alternative energy and education.

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 “We have got 1.6million refugees whom you are feeding but they
are really cutting our trees. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
came and organized fundraising and got money for one or two
roads in refugee areas which is good but work on another form of
energy other than biomass. We can work with our people about
alternative energy like biogas,” he said.
The President said if refugees get relief and the issue of energy,
which is not depending on trees, is solved and provision of water
and education for their children, they will be happy and not cause
any deficit. He also urged the UN to have a policy of pre-fabricated
shelter to avoid use of trees.
Ms. Susan Namondo from Cameroon on her part pledged to work
for the continued support from the UN to Uganda especially in
achieving the country’s SDGs.
“My job here is to work with all colleagues and see how to support
your development plans,” she said.

New UN Resident Coordinator to Uganda, H.E. Susan Ngongi Namondo,

presents her letters of credence to President Museveni at State House, Entebbe

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 28th July, 2021
President Museveni swears in new ministers

H.E. the President cautioned the incoming Cabinet Ministers

that this kisanjja (term) is not for “talking” and emphasized that
resolving the issue of getting the 39% of the population out of
subsistence farming to a money economy in order to achieve the
social economic transformation of the population in the country
is key in this term of office.
The President was today presiding over the swearing-in of the last
batch of Ministers including Hon. Wilson Muruli Mukasa Minister
of Public Service, Hon. Sam Mangusho Cheptoris, Minister of
Water and Environment and Hon. Kyakulaga Fred Bwino Minister
of State for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries in charge
of Agriculture. The oaths were administered by Ms. Deborah
Katuramu, the Deputy Head of Public Service and Deputy Secretary
to Cabinet.
“This kisanjja (term) is not for talking. I congratulate all the ministers
for being elected. Two went through elections, Cheptoris and
Kyakulaga while for Muruli Mukasa we agreed,” he said.
The President urged cohesion in the new cabinet in order to
implement the programmes of NRM government enthusiastically
adding that corruption must not be entertained.
He also called on them to lay emphasis on the integration of East
Africa Community so that the issue of the market for Ugandan
products can to be resolved.

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 This is the last group of Ministers to be sworn in before the
President, the first one having been sworn in on Monday 21st
June 2021 and 8th July, 2021 respectively. President Museveni was
gifted an artistic impression of himself by the son of Hon. Muruli
Mukasa.

President Museveni poses for a photo with the newly sworn-in Ministers and
their families. On the President’s right is the Vice President, H.E. Jessica Alupo.

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 30th July, 2021
National address on COVID-19 pandemic

H.E. the President addressed the nation on the COVID-19 situation

in the country.
President Museveni who had last addressed the country on 18th
June, 2021, when he imposed a full country-wide lock down,
addressed the country again on 30th July, 2021, lifting some
antiCOVID-19 measures.
Among other restrictions lifted, the President allowed public
transport at 50%, lifted inter-district movements, allowed shopping
malls and arcades to operate among other many restrictions that
were lifted.

Read Full Speech

President Museveni addresses the Nation during

a previous COVID19 address.

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 30th July, 2021
The 59th Anniversary of the Pan African Women

H.E. the President called on all African leaders to unite for

development as well as economic empowerment of the people.
“What we need to address as Pan Africanists is the issue of
prosperity through production. We should also solve the issue of
market because without the market, you will not get rich,” he said,
adding that countries in the world that answered the question of
prosperity are very rich.
The President was speaking at a ceremony to mark the 59th
Anniversary of the Pan African Women at Kololo Ceremonial
Grounds in Kampala.
President Museveni noted that the other areas that should be
addressed by the African leaders are strategic security and
fraternity of the people of Africa.
On the issue of strategic security, the President noted that there
is need to silence the guns and that this can only be done by
African countries working together.
“Here we managed to defeat Amin because we worked with Mzee
Julius Nyerere of Tanzania and some of the liberation movements
were able to fight and defeat the whites because they fought
together,” he said.
On African unity, the President said that the African people
need to unite and work together because Africans are not only
interconnected or linked together, but they are also similar.

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“Africans are one people who are either similar or linked
linguistically. Africans have four linguistic linkages that can rally
the unification—the Niger-Congo speakers, the Nile-Saharan
speakers, the Afro-Asiatic speakers and the Southern Africa
Khoisan speakers,” he said, urging leaders to embrace the fraternity
advantage as a magic chord to string on the African integration.
He appreciated the role played by the pioneers of the Pan African
Organization in elevating the lives of African Women. He said the
organization was not a welfare association but a political, social
as well as ideological unit to contribute to the liberation of Africa
from colonialism.
The Vice President, H.E Jessica Alupo, saluted the President for
his role in fighting for the rights of women and what they have
achieved under his guidance in Uganda. She said that these women
inspire young girls and later empower them to become leaders.
She said that the main focus should be on financial inclusion of
Africa.
Ms. Eunice Lipinge, the President of the Pan African Women
organization (PAWO), appreciated the President for his role in
uplifting women citing the recent appointments of the Uganda’ vice
President and Prime Minister among other political appointment.
PAWO presented an award to President Museveni and the First
lady Maama Janet Museveni for their role in fighting for the rights
of women in Uganda and beyond.

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STATE HOUSE
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 The Presidency
AUGUST - 2021

Your Monthly Round-Up of State House News

 Contents
1  Editor’s Note 4

2  President Museveni meets Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi 7

3  President Clears Workers for Mid-term Access to NSSF Savings 8

4  President Museveni retires 14 Generals, Senior Officers 10

5  President Museveni bids farewell to Swedish Ambassador  13

6  President Museveni receives medallists 15

7  President Museveni meets Acholi sub-region leaders 19

8  President Museveni lays foundation stone at Kiira motors 20

9  President Museveni address the Nation on Security 21

10  President okays Earth & Applied Sciences University in Bunyoro 22

11  President Museveni meets World Bank Country Manager 24

12  President Museveni mourns Lt. Gen. Pecos Kutesa 26

13  State House receives a new Comptroller 27

14  President Museveni meets NRM caucus over Parish Model 30

15  President Museveni inaugurates Presidential CEO Forum 33

16  President fulfils a car pledge for Bishop Wokorach of Nebbi 36

17  President Museveni receives Ex. Nigeria President, H.E. Goodluck Jonathan Ebele 38

18  Adoption of ARIPO Protocol on Registration & Notification of Copyright and Related Rights 40

19  President Museveni, H.E. Kikwete meet ahead of Africa Green Revolution Summit 43

20  President Museveni mourns Maj. Gen. Paul Lokech  46

21  President Museveni meets Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali 47

 Editor’s Note

Dear Reader,
I once again have the pleasure to present to you another edition of our monthly
e-magazine, The Presidency, for the month of August.
I have been receiving diverse feedback from friends, supporters of the President
and the public regarding the editions of June and July. The feedback is highly
appreciated and my conviction is that we shall continue to improve until the
magazine becomes a simple but informative tool for the reader.
As I pointed out in the inaugural edition, the magazine aims at bringing the
presidency including office and residence of the President of the Republic of
Uganda, closer to the public. We are driving the Open Government agenda
and we want to make sure every citizen feels they are part of this Government
and Country, by receiving transparent, factual, relevant and timely information
from the Presidency and Government in general.
In the subsequent editions, we shall bring you analyses from the different
Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government, where the President
has launched various projects, and how those projects intend to benefit the
citizens and the Country.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the President’s schedule remains office-based
between State House, Entebbe and Nakasero State Lodge with exceptions
of launching the Kiira motor vehicle manufacturing plant, addressing ARIPO
Diplomatic Conference at Munyonyo and a few engagements at Kololo
Independence Grounds.
Lastly, in every edition, we run the President’s major speech of the month. In
this edition, we have included the President’s condolence message on the
loss of the late Maj. Gen. (posthumously promoted to Lt. Gen.) Paul Lokech
of 27th August, 2021.
I now have the pleasure to present to you the third edition of The Presidency.

Marcella Karekye
Special Presidential Assistant In-Charge of Communication &
Director Government Citizen Interaction Centre (GCIC)
 Editorial Team

Marcella Karekye Duncan Abigaba

Chief Editor Deputy Chief Editor

Robert Sharp Mugabe Gerald Kansiime Deo Mutumba

Content Production Manager Head of Logistics Head of Production

Bonny Karogo Mushwa Joshua Janet Mutesi

Graphics Editor Editor Editor
 Quote of the Month

“Africa has tremendous cultural and technological

potential which can be greatly enhanced through
copyright protection. The globalization of the world
economy has made knowledge a critical element in
attaining socio-economic transformation; but, majority
of African countries have not exploited the benefits that
intellectual property rights offer to its users, despite
considerable improvements to existing knowledge and
options for protecting knowledge.”

President Y.K. Museveni, 27th August 2021

 3rd August, 2021
President Museveni meets Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi

President Yoweri Museveni received the Kabaka of Buganda, His

Royal Highness Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, who paid him a courtesy
call at the State Lodge in Nakasero.
During the meeting, President Museveni and Kabaka Mutebi
discussed development and other matters of mutual interest
between the Kingdom and the Government.
The two leaders later briefly exchanged pleasantries, both
acknowledging that they have taken long without meeting,
before going in for a closed door meeting.
The Kabaka of Baganda was accompanied by a four-man delegation
including Prince David Wasajja and Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of
Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga.

President Museveni walks with the Kabaka at State Lodge, Nakasero

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 4th August, 2021
President Clears Workers for Mid-term Access to NSSF Savings

President Yoweri Museveni granted workers mid-term access to

their savings in the National Social Security fund and directed
the Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Betty
Amongi to make changes to the Bill and return it for consent.
“You remember Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice?
Shylock with his, “my pound of flesh whether you die or what!’’
For the NRM not to be that Shylock and since these people think
this is the solution, let’s go ahead. If it doesn’t work out we shall
see, learn together instead of being like Shylock,” the President
said, before adding, “You go, I wash my hands. I have become
Pontius Pilate.”
Shylock is a fictional character in William Shakespeare’s play;The
Merchant of Venice, a Venetian Jewish moneylender.
While in St. Matthew’s gospel, Pontius Pilate washed his hands
before the multitudes, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this
just person.” This was to show the crowd he did not want Jesus
dead, but ordered his death because that is what the people
wanted. He was washing his hands of the responsibility.
It has now been agreed that somebody who is 45 years and has
saved for ten years can access up to 20% of their savings. The
commencement date will be set in the statutory instrument;
supervision of the fund is by the Ministry of Finance, while the
NSSF Managing Director is a member of the Board of Directors.
The meeting was attended by Workers’ representatives in
Parliament, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic
Development, and leaders of Workers’ trade unions; NOTU and
COFTU.

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According to the NSSF Managing Director, Richard Byarugaba, the
fund collects Shs 125 billion a month, Shs 1.5trillion per year and
pays up to Shs 900bn for members qualifying in other benefits.
However, Gender, Labour and Social Development Minister,
Amongi Betty, said they had delved into all the issues and their
conclusion was that, it would not have a substantial impact on
the depletion of the fund because the fund is Shs 15 trillion and
they need between Shs 800bn to 1 trillion to handle mid-term
access at a go.
NSSF is a government agency responsible for collection,
safekeeping, responsible investment and distribution of retirement
funds from employees in the private sector who are not covered
by the government retirement scheme.

President Museveni posing for a photo with representatives of workers after the
meeting at State House, Entebbe

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 5th August, 2021
President Museveni retires 14 Generals, Senior Officers
President Yoweri Museveni who
is also the Commander in Chief
of the Armed Forces described
as “success of a miracle” while
bidding farewell to 14 retiring
General and Senior Officers at a
colourful ceremony witnessed by
their families and friends.
“I am happy to be here to witness
success of a miracle. I wrote a book
– the Mustard Seed – a small seed
which was planted but produced a
big tree. This here is just a sample.
Each individual’s story is a miracle.
How each became part of the
resistance movement. Everybody
has a story to tell,” President
Museveni said.
He was today presiding over the
send-off ceremony of retiring
General, Senior and Junior officers
at State House Entebbe.
The President gave a detailed
background to the liberation
struggle and how each of the
retirees became part of the success
story of the current professional
UPDF army.
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Gen. Ivan Koreta is today’s most
senior retiree and one of the
original 28 boys who were taken to
Mozambique for training and who
was to return later and infiltrate
back into Uganda.
“By the time Kampala was
captured, we had a force of
9,000 fighters. Banyankore call it
okutuubuura (making something
small grow big).This is NRM.
Ivan was the original seed,” the
President said.
The President also cited the story
of RO/16504 Brig. Gen Al-Hajji
Moses Kigongo who started the
Resistance Committees to support
the Popular Resistance Army to
popularise the peoples struggle
and RO/00170 Brig. Gen. Shaban
Moses Lukyamuzi who joined
the struggle and started the first
Signal Unit of the NRA.
Another Mwanainchi RO/16506
Capt. Nathaniel Mayanja Kitaka
who was a laboratory technician
in Kiboga Hospital before joining
the struggle.
Maj. Gertrude Nanyunja Njuba
kept the records bag and acted
as the first Comptroller while Maj.
Hajjat Jannat Balunzi Mukwaya
who was formerly a magistrate
became the judge.
“Don’t look down on people,
everybody is useful. The army will
not be strong if you don’t have
the support of the people. Don’t
bark at people. We are strong
because we were attracting all
those people,” he said.
President Museveni thanked
the retirees for making their
country proud.“Thank you for
your contribution. We are proud
because you have built a big
capacity which has never been
there before, a big army of this
size,” he said.
He called on them to copy the
mustard seed by using their
kasiimo (pension) to multiply and
enable them to live a dignified life.
“With kasiimo, go and multiply it.
Don’t squander it. Don’t go to the
villages and become destitute and
spoil our name. People will fear to
join the army. Multiply it properly
and live a comfortable life,” he said.
The Minister of Defence and Veteran
Affairs Vincent Bamulangaki
Ssempijja said the Generals leave
behind a tremendous legacy and
accomplishments achieved under
the UPDF and have been cadres
of astute character.
“Go with your heads high up
knowing those who wish Uganda
well remain indebted to your
service. You have diligently served
Uganda and exhibited excellence
in many fields,” the Minister said.
The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen.
Wilson Mbadi commended the
Generals for serving with discipline,
professionalism, patience, clarity
of purpose and diligently and said
they have greatly contributed to
the fundamental change in the
country.
The UPDF retired 14 General
off icers and 604 senior and
junior officers and men. Other
ceremonies for the retirees were
held at various respective service
headquarters, formations and
units.
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 The Generals included Gen. Ivan, Koreta, Lt.Gen. Pecos Onesmus
Kutesa (RIP), Lt. Gen. Jim Besigye Owoyesigire, Maj.Gen. Amb.
Robert Rusoke, Maj. Gen. Fred Mugisha, Maj. Gen. Christopher
Murema Kazoora, Maj. Gen. Moses Wadimba Ssentongo, Maj.
Gen. Innocent George Oula, Brig. Gen. Al-Hajji Moses Kigongo,
Brig. Gen. Jacob Asiimwe, Brig. Gen. Shaban Moses Lukyamuzi,
Brig. Gen. John Kasaija, Brig. Gen. Muhamed Abiriga and Brig.
Gen. Frank Kanyarutokye. Senior Officers included Maj. Gertrude
Nanyunja Njuba, Maj. Hajjat Jannat Mukwaya, Maj. Abdul Nadduli,
Maj. Abby Hafez Mukwaya, Maj. Henry Jjuko Walugembe, Maj.
Stephen Katenta Apuuli Kapimpina, Maj. John Kaddu, Maj. Sula
Sserunjoji, Maj. Fred Ntege and Maj. Ronald Richard Magezi.

President Museveni posing for a photo with Gen. Ivan Koreta during the ceremony to retire
Generals and Senior Officers at State House, Entebbe.

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 10th August, 2021
President Museveni bids farewell to Swedish Ambassador

President Yoweri Museveni bid farewell to the outgoing Swedish

Ambassador, H.E Per Lindgarde, who has concluded his five-year
tour of duty in Uganda.
Ambassador Per Lindgarde who paid a courtesy call on President
Museveni at State House Entebbe, thanked him for the wonderful
time he has had in the country.
“It has been a pleasure working in Uganda; we had a wonderful
time here. The weather is so wonderful,” he said, adding that the
historical ties between Sweden and Uganda have given the two
countries the opportunity to enrich their cooperation.
President Museveni commended the bilateral ties and good
working relationship between Uganda and Sweden.
He called on the Ambassador and the Swedish Government in
general, to work together for the benefit of the people in the two
countries.
President Museveni and the outgoing Swedish Ambassador also
discussed other areas of co-operation including investing in clean
energy. They also discussed matters of peace, democracy and
good governance, health, water and sanitation.
Lindgärde who previously worked in Nigeria, was in April posted,
as Ambassador to Somalia in Mogadishu. He will take up his new
position in September of 2021.

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 He has worked at the Swedish Embassies in Nairobi and Addis
Ababa, as well as a Swedish representative in Geneva. He has also
served as the UN Secretary-General’s Deputy Envoy for Somalia
and has been a special advisor for the Horn of Africa at the Ministry
for Foreign Affairs.
The meeting was also attended by the Foreign Affairs Minister
Hon. Jeje Odongo.

President Museveni chats with Ambassador Lindgarde at State House, Entebbe

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 11th August, 2021
President Museveni receives medallists

President Museveni flanked by First Lady and Minister for Education

and Sports, Hon. Janet Museveni, received the Olympic Gold
medallists, at a ceremony held at Kololo Independence Grounds.
The President said there are many factors that had enabled the
athletes to come up. “One of the factors that have enabled the
athletes to come up is peace. This is not a miracle. It is a product
of peace.” said the President.
“I congratulate Cheptegei, Chemutai, and Kiplimo on bringing
us so much pride, happiness, and success at the Olympic Games.
Sports publicises the country. I am happy you ‘twinned’ sports
with tourism. Keitapon!” he said.
“I gave an order in 2013 that anybody who wins Gold at a Continental
level, Commonwealth, or Olympics be paid Shs 5m per month,
Shs3m and Shs1 million for silver and bronze respectively. I am
told they are being paid quarterly. I speak English very well; let
their money be paid, even the arrears”, he directed.
“And for giving us such great talent, the parents of the gold
medallists will be appreciated too. The government will build
houses for them”, added the President.
The President also congratulated the First Lady and Minister for
Education for bringing grandmotherly love to the ministry that
has brought this success.

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 President Museveni with First Lady also Minister for Education and Sports
posing for a photo with Uganda’s Olympic Team

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 August 12, 2021
President Museveni attends International Youth Day Celebrations

President Yoweri Museveni called on leaders to step up their

efforts of sensitizing the youth to actively engage in economic
production if they are to improve their standards of living.
“You the youth leaders be should be clear, because you if are not,
you are going to kill your own people. Stop being polite to people
who are not working. Stop wasting your time and engage in
production to be able to live purposeful lives,” the President said.
The President was speaking during the commemoration of the
International Youth Day at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds under the
theme; “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for
Human and Planetary Health”.
Uganda has one of the youngest populations in the world, with 78%
of the country being under the age of 30. According to reports, in
the next 20 years the world’s population is projected to increase
by a further 2 billion.
President Museveni who made a reference to his own personal
journey “working while still young”, urged the youth to engage
in commercial agriculture, adding that Government jobs are so
few and cannot employ all the youth.
The President urged the youth to engage in the four sectors of the
economy including; commercial agriculture, industries, services
and ICT. He noted that the NRM government has been very clear
about wealth creation through these sectors.
Mr. Museveni highlighted deliberate programs such as peace and
security, immunisation, education for all, skills and vocational
training programmes, infrastructure as well as wealth creation
funds,as Government efforts aimed at creating a conducive
environment to empower the youth.

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 On the issue of COVID-19 pandemic, the President noted that the
main target of the Government is survival of the people. While
he acknowledged that some businesses have collapsed, the
President noted that the Government through the Ministry of
Finance will put in place measures to ensure a recovery process
for those affected by the pandemic.
He appealed to the youth leaders to support the Parish Model to
consolidate Government efforts of creating wealth and fighting
poverty. He said Government is committed to putting more
funds to fight poverty.
The Gender and Social Development Minister, Hon. Betty
Amongi applauded the Government for creating a favourable
environment for the youth to work. Hon. Amongi noted that
the surge in population was due to deliberate government
programs to improve the health of its people.
The UN Resident Coordinator in Uganda, Ms. Susan Ngongi
Namondo thanked the President for always prioritising the youth,
saying that Uganda is a youthful country. She noted that UN
and other development partners have put in place programmes
aimed at sensitising the people in the fight against poverty in
Uganda. She pledged the UN’s total commitment to working
with Uganda Government and Africa in general, for the common
good of the people.

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 13th August, 2021
President Museveni meets Acholi sub-region leaders

President Museveni held a meeting with Acholi sub-region leaders

led by Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo to look into the issues
surrounding the Apaa Land. The meeting resolved to form a
commission of inquiry to look into the matters extensively to
achieve a lasting solution once and for all.
“In the meantime, any planned settlements in Zoka Forest must
be stopped henceforth and those who had already settled there
must exit” the President directed.
Apaa land sits on the border of Amuru and Adjumani districts and is
contested between the two districts and Uganda Wildlife Authority
(UWA). The Government evicted people from the disputed land
following several clashes between the Madi ethnic group from
Adjumani and their Acholi neighbours from Amuru.

President Museveni posing for a photo with Acholi leaders

led by Chief Justice, Alphonse Owiny Dollo

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 14th August, 2021
President Museveni lays foundation stone at Kiira motors

President laid a foundation stone at Kiira Motors in Jinja Industrial

and Business park. Kiira Motors is Uganda’s first motor vehicle
manufacturing plant in Uganda.
The President saluted UPDF for building Uganda’s first motor
vehicle plant in Uganda. This plant was established to develop,
make, and sell motor vehicles and components in Africa. In due
course, it will create 100,000 jobs directly and indirectly.
The President said that the plant will provide jobs to the
youth and build our wealth instead of adding wealth to the
current manufacturers by importing second hand cars yet the
manufacturers are already wealthy.
“The amount of money we spend importing vehicles is $550m
per year. We earn over $500m from coffee and it all goes back
when we import other people’s vehicles. We are giving jobs to
the Japanese and other nationalities. We are losing these jobs.
This should end,” the President said.

President Museveni disembarking from a bus manufactured at Kiira Motors

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 15th August, 2021
President Museveni address the Nation on Security

President Museveni addressed the nation on important security

matters including discipline of the security forces and human rights.
The President also briefed the nation on Emyooga program and
COVID-vaccination.
In his address, the President said that discipline of the army and
respect for human rights is one of the reasons they had engaged
in the liberation struggle.
“Evidence through torture is unreliable. Torture is unnecessary and
wrong. It must not be used again if at all it was being used like I
see some groups claim in the media. Why do you beat a prisoner?
Coerced confessions by criminals are unnecessary if investigators
do their work well,” the President said.
“Nobody should be in the uniform of the army if you don’t respect
the people of Uganda,” he added.

President Museveni addressing the nation on security matters on 15th August, 2021.

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 17th August, 2021
President okays Earth & Applied Sciences University in Bunyoro

President Yoweri Museveni okayed the process of operationalisation

of the Earth and Applied Sciences Public University in Bunyoro
sub-region. He said he has passionately championed the policy of
establishing a public university in each of the 18 original regions
of Uganda including Bunyoro.
This was during a meeting, with the Bunyoro Caucus leaders led
by the Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja, at State House
Entebbe.
Through their memorandum of understanding on behalf of the
people of Bunyoro read by their chairperson, Hon. Karubanga
Jacob, MP Kibanda South Constituency, they presented the need
for the operationalisation of a public university of Earth and
Applied Sciences in the Bunyoro sub-region, a move they say will
foster and create opportunities for technological and economic
transformation through research and innovation.
President Museveni said his concept is to have zonal universities
in the country and advised that a taskforce should be set up to
guide on the courses that will not only help the students but also
the country.
“Let us not have white elephant courses. Let us have courses that
will help these children and the country to have innovation skills,”
he said.
He noted that children should always be guided to do courses that
will meet the world demand not the ones that will leave them on
streets after school. He gave an example of Mbarara University
which is concentrating on Sciences and creating change.

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The President appealed to the leaders in Bunyoro and the country
at large, to support his integrated efforts of eradicating poverty
and increasing household incomes for economic transformation.
He urged the leaders to go parish by parish to audit the wanainchi on
their efforts to leave subsistence agriculture and join a commercial
economy.
He saluted the people of Bunyoro for supporting him and all the
NRM leaders in the recently-concluded elections.
The Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja thanked the
President for the time and strategic developments in the Bunyoro
sub-region. She said that with a public university in the region, it
will support the country’s social economic transformation.
In 2015 Parliament of Uganda passed a resolution urging
government to start public universities in Lango, Teso, Kigezi,
Busoga and Bunyoro among other areas.

President Museveni waves to Bunyoro leaders after a meeting at State House, Entebbe

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 August 17, 2021
President Museveni meets World Bank Country Manager

President Yoweri Museveni called on the World Bank to support

Uganda’s priorities including industrial transformation and value
addition if they are to help lift the standards of living of the people
of Uganda.
“Support our priorities if you want to help the people. I want money
to build capacity for our people to benefit,” he said.
President Museveni was speaking during a meeting with new
World Bank Group Country Manager, Ms. R. Mukami Kariuki and
her delegation at State House Entebbe.
President Museveni highlighted industrial transformation, value
addition as well as other money earners as areas where the
World Bank can partner with Uganda to improve the economic
development of the country.
The two leaders also discussed cooperation between the World
Bank and Uganda particularly in the areas of innovation, the
impact of COVID -19 on the economy, infrastructure, education
and health.
The World Bank’s Mukami also sought the President’s guidance
on how to maximally utilise the funds meant to respond to the
emergencies in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic.
Ms. Mukami appreciated the working relationship between World
Bank and Government of Uganda.

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Under Mukami’s leadership, the World Bank Group will continue
to work closely with the government of Uganda and other
stakeholders to provide innovative products and services that
respond to its diverse development challenges and contribute to
achieving sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction,
with a specific emphasis on COVID-19 recovery. 
Her appointment comes at a time when the government of Uganda
is confronting both the immediate and longer-term health and
economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
The meeting was attended by Finance Minister Hon. Matia Kasaija
and Uganda’s Special Representative to the United Nations based
in New York Amb. Adonia Ayebare among others.

President Museveni meeting with World Bank Country Manager, Ms. R.

Mukami Kariuki. Extreme right is Amb. Adonia Ayebare

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 21st August, 2021
President Museveni mourns Lt. Gen. Pecos Kutesa
Read Full Speech

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 23rd August, 2021
State House receives a new Comptroller

Ms. Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye handed over the office of State House
Comptroller to her successor Mrs. Jane Barekye, formerly the
Special Presidential Assistant responsible for Economic Affairs.
“I take this opportunity to hand over the office of State House
Comptroller to you and wish you good luck,” Nakyobe said.
The handover ceremony took place on 23rd August 2021 at the
State House Administration Block of Okello House in Kampala
and was attended by all senior management officers.
In her handover statement, Nakyobe commended and thanked
President Museveni for the opportunity he gave her to serve as
the State House Comptroller since May 2010.
“Today as I hand over the office of Comptroller following my
promotion as Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet, I
want to thank the President for the trust and confidence he put
in me for all these years,” Nakyobe said.
Recently, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni promoted and
appointed Mrs. Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye as the new Head of Public
Service and Secretary to cabinet replacing Mr. John Mitala. He also
appointed Mrs. Jane Barekye as the new State House Comptroller.
Mrs. Nakyobe said that it has been an incredible journey working
with all staff at State House and serving H.E the President in
particular and Uganda in general.
She congratulated the new State House Comptroller, Mrs. Jane
Barekye and advised her to be a leader who listens, who knows
the way and shows the way.

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 “Congratulations Mrs. Jane Barekye. I implore you to be a leader
who knows the way, shows the way and goes the way. Trust and
believe in your team and you will achieve all the success,” Mrs.
Nakyobe said.
After her handover report, Nakyobe presided over a ceremony as the
new SHC Barekye took the oath of secrecy that was administered
by the Human Resource Commissioner of State House, Mr. Ronald
Kiberu.
Nakyobe commended staff for the support and co-operation
given to her during her tenure for all the years and urged them
to support the new State House comptroller to ensure that she
takes the institution to greater heights.
A hand over report was given to the new State House Comptroller
together with all other necessary office documents by the outgoing
Comptroller.
In her statement, Mrs. Jane Barekye thanked the outgoing
Comptroller for the support rendered to her during her tenure
and during the transition period.
“Thank you for allowing me to work with you and I have learnt a
lot from you during your period as State House Comptroller,” she
said.
Mrs. Jane Barekye thanked President Museveni for her appointment
and pledged not to let him down because he has put trust in her.
“I would like to thank God and the appointing authority for trusting
me with this appointment and pledge not to let him down. I call
for team work and pledge to work with all of you as we serve
the Presidency. I will continue with the open-door policy and
encourage all of you to work with me. Let’s guide each other as
we execute this mandate,” she said.
She pledged to work with everybody in their capacities at State
House and asked for guidance whenever it is needed.

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 Ms. Jane Barekye, the new State House Comptroller

Ms. Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye, the new Head of Public Service and Secretary to Cabinet

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 20th August, 2021
President Museveni meets NRM caucus over Parish Model
President Yoweri Kaguta
Museveni appealed to members
of the 11th Parliament to support
Government’s decision to put
more money in the Parish
Development Model to fast track
economic transformation at the
grass roots.
“I appeal to this Parliament to
support the Parish Development
Model because we are shifting
from deciding for the people to the
people deciding for themselves,”
President Museveni said.
The President appealed to the
NRM Caucus to support his
proposal for Government to put
Shs 100 million per Parish per year
in the Parish Development Model
Fund.
The President was addressing
the 4th Parliamentary Caucus
meeting that was convened at
Kololo Independence Grounds in
Kampala, on 20th August, 2021.
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“I am here again to address you
on the issues of socio-economic
transformation of Ugandans. We
can give them the money in their
SACCOs and we just monitor and
supervise them. I appeal to you all
to support the Parish Development
Model. All kinds of people are there
in the Parish including the women,
youth, disabled and old people,”
the President said.
The Parish Development Model
(PDM) initiated by President
Yoweri Museveni, is a strategy for
organising and delivering public
and private sector interventions for
wealth creation and employment
generation at the parish level as
the lowest economic planning
unit.
President Museveni explained that
the model starts with organising
the recipients themselves to make
SACCOs where government puts
money and they also contribute.
He said under this model, the
people are the ones who decide for
themselves and not their leaders
in Government.
The President emphasized that
the Parish Model unlike Emyooga,
is mainly for agriculture; crop
growing and cattle keeping
among others.
On land f ragmentation, the
President advised the population
to divide shares (emigabo) from
the land and not divide the land
itself in case the owner passes on.
“In 1995 when so many problems
had happened because of the land
fragmentation, I proposed a 4-acre
model. One acre for coffee, second
acre for fruits, third acre for food
crops and fourth for pasture for
the animals,” he said.
Museveni said that the National
Resistance Movement Government
even put this in the 1996 manifesto
but leaders did not help their
people.
“We started many programmes
like Entandikwa at the sub-county,
we put money there and it was
embezzled.
We also started the Youth
Fund, NAADS, Micro-finance,
OWC, and Emyooga which
we introduced recently at the
constituency level,” he said.
The President who showed
members some of the success
stories from different people
around the country revealed that
the latest survey had shown a
decrease in the people working
only for the stomach going down
from 68% to 39 %.
“Operation Wealth Creation has
had an impact on this. We could
actually do much better than
OWC. OWC succeeded somehow
because somebody was looking
after a given geographical
location,” he said.
The issue of value addition,
according to President Museveni,
will be handled at higher level,
working with the private sector
to guide where to put factories
for value addition.
“We should advise our people to
select products that are needed
for the market. It should never
be the government to decide
but the people to decide for
themselves.
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 So please support the Parish Development Model and we put
more money there,” he said.
The Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja said that Government
has ensured that the Parish Development Model system has a
technical person and also involve all parish chiefs.
“We have put aside money to train parish chiefs and the technical
persons plus a 7-member committee headed by the Local Council
2 chairperson to head the Parish Model,” she said.
The Minister of Local Government, Hon. Raphael Magyezi said that
Government will focus on improving the community roads in the
parish, including bridges, provision of internet connectivity etc.,
to facilitate the effective implementation of Parish Development
Model system.
The Government Chief Whip Hon. Thomas Tayebwa said that their
aim is to ensure that whatever is done in Parliament is in line and
connection with the NRM manifesto.
The caucus meeting was attended by the Vice President (Rtd) Maj.
Jessica Alupo, Prime Minister Nabbanja, Ministers and independent
NRM-leaning members of Parliament among others.

The President gestures to NRM Members of Parliament during

the party caucus meeting at Kololo Independence Grounds

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 24th August, 2021
President Museveni inaugurates Presidential CEO Forum
President Yoweri Museveni
inaugurated the Presidential
CEO Forum (PFC) with a call
to the business community to
adopt import substitution and
export promotion if the country
is to realise tangible economic
progress. The ceremony took place
at State House, Entebbe.
“If you want the country to grow,
you need to look at what business
you are doing. Does it bring blood
here or does it suck blood and take
it out? That is the problem I used to
have with KACITA. Their business
was importing. They even reached
the extent of importing wigs. The
main message is, please minimise
and eliminate importing,” he said.
The Presidential CEO Forum is a
direct and adequate link between
the private sector leadership,
CEOs’ from corporate institutions
and Government executives, with
the aim of contributing to the
National Development Agenda.
President Museveni noted that
there are two economic actors in
the economic history of the world.
“Among those economic actors,
there are those who import, not
importing raw materials or inputs
but finished goods. Those people
I would like to discourage them
and gradually convert them to
actors who make things from
here,” he said.
The President said he was happy
they have agreed on paying
scientists well.
“A scientist is not an observer but
an actor in the economy. Science
is the basis of modernisation.
You must go to a higher-level
technology so that we protect
ourselves but also make money.
Foreigners have been making
money out of germs for a long
time, we should get money from
the pathogenic economy,” he
said.
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Mr. Museveni appreciated the
value in having business forums
like PCF which he said help
government in policy formulation.
He directed that government
departments such as Prime
Minister’s Office and the Ministry
of Finance to always consult them
before formulating policies.
He said government will in turn
facilitate the business community
with the necessary infrastructure
such as roads, cheap electricity,
and railway line, and reduce the
cost of money through Uganda
Development Bank, to lower the
cost of doing business in the
country. He said that schools and
technical colleges should also step
in to provide necessary skills that
are needed to do business.
The Prime Minister Rt. Hon.
Robinah Nabbanja urged the
CEOs to share the challenges
that affect them while doing their
business. She said some young
people want to get rich faster than
the businesses that employ them.
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“I would like to ask the CEOs to
report the corrupt tendencies of
Government officers who deal
with them,” she said.
The Chairperson Presidential CEO
Forum, Ms. Barbara Mulwana said
the inauguration of Presidential
CEO Forum marks a significant
milestone within the private
sector fraternity to have access
of championing Government’s
agenda towards fostering the
socio-economic transformation
and development of Uganda.
Ms. Mulwana said that the PCF
will deliver on its vision through
three key initiatives that include
fostering the social economic
transformation agenda in all
policy conversations that are
to administer private sector
participation, develop a well-
profiled and vetted data bank of
Ugandan CEO’s and compliment
Government with practical
interventions on economic
recovery, entrepreneurship
growth and value addition that
will enhance home-engineered
industrialisation.
The team assured the President of their commitment to soldier on
in the war for economic prosperity. They said they are ready to join
hands with the government to fully liberate Uganda on economic
front.
The ceremony was also attended by the Minister of Finance, Planning
and Economic Development, Hon. Matia Kasaija and various CEOs
from the public and private sector

President Museveni posing with members of the

Presidential CEO Forum after the launch, at State House, Entebbe

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 25th August, 2021
President fulfils a car pledge for Bishop Wokorach of Nebbi

President Yoweri Museveni fulfilled a car pledge he made to the

new Bishop of Nebbi Diocese, the Rev. Fr. Raphael Wokorach, the
4th Bishop of Nebbi Catholic Diocese.
The President pledged a brand new car to the new Bishop during
his consecration on 14th August, 2021 in Nebbi district. The State
Minister in charge of Northern Uganda, Hon. Grace Freedom
Kwiyucwiny, represented President Museveni at the function.
The brand new Mitsubishi Pajero Sport was handed over by the
State Minister in charge of Northern Uganda, Hon. Grace Freedom
Kwiyucwiny on behalf of President Museveni and the ceremony
was witnessed by the State House Under Secretary, Mrs Hope
Nyakairu.
“On behalf of H.E the President whom I represented during the
consecration, I confirm that State House has delivered the car for
the Bishop and now take the opportunity to hand it over to his
representative,” Minister Kwiyucwiny said amidst chants from the
representatives of the Bishop.
Minister Kwiyucwiny assured the State House Undersecretary
that the car will safely be delivered to Bishop Wokorach who was
absent at the handover ceremony.
Dr Sam Orach, the Executive Secretary at the Uganda Catholic
Medical Bureau on behalf of Bishop Raphael Wokorach of Nebbi
Diocese, received the vehicle.

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“I take this opportunity on behalf of the Bishop and the entire
Diocese to thank H.E the President for fulfilling his pledge,” Dr
Orach said.
Dr Sam Orach said that the vehicle will help the Bishop to facilitate
his movements within and outside the Diocese and promised to
deliver it to the Bishop safely.
Born on January 21, 1961 in Ragem Village in Ewuata, Arua District,
the Bishop joined St Peter and Paul Pokea Minor Seminary, where
he said his beliefs were deepened.

Hon. Grace Freedom Kwiyucwiny hands over the vehicle

documentation to Dr. Sam Orach

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 25th August, 2021
President Museveni receives Ex. Nigeria President, H.E.
Goodluck Jonathan Ebele

President Yoweri Museveni received and held a meeting with the

former President of Nigeria Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan
who was in the country for a working visit.
President Museveni welcomed the former Nigerian leader to
Uganda and invited him to enjoy the country’s great weather
describing it as God-given.
“The greenery you see here is because of the altitude. Here where
we are 1,000 metres above sea level. This is part of the reason why
Churchill called it, the Pearl of Africa,” he said.
Nigeria’s leader applauded President Museveni for his able
leadership that has seen Uganda transformed to another level
of development. He cited education among other areas that has
increased in the country including Cavendish University.
The two leaders discussed other areas of mutual concern that
included trade and business in the country.
President Goodluck Jonathan paid a curtesy call on President
Museveni ahead of his installation as the Chancellor of Cavendish
University Uganda, on 26th August 2021.
Cavendish University Uganda (CUU) is a one of the leading Private
Universities in Uganda, established in 2008 and is licensed and
accredited by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education.
H.E. Goodluck Jonathan was appointed by Cavendish University
in Uganda as its third Chancellor effective August 27, 2021.
Goodluck Jonathan replaces H.E. Benjamin Mkapa (former
President of the United Republic of Tanzania who was the 2nd
Chancellor (RIP) who also replaced H.E. Dr Kenneth Kaunda former
President of the Republic of Zambia (RIP)

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H.E. Goodluck Jonathan was installed on August 26, 2021, in time
to preside over the conferment of Degrees and award of Diplomas
and Certificates at the University’s 10th Graduation Ceremony that
took place at Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort on the same date.
A distinguished scholar, H.E. Dr Goodluck Jonathan who holds a
Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and
has previously served as Governor of Bayelsa State, Vice President
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and in 2010 became the 14th
President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

President Museveni poses for a photo with H.E. Goodluck Jonathan and his
entourage after a meeting at State House, Entebbe

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 27th
AdoptionAugust, 2021
of ARIPO Protocol on Registration &
Notification of Copyright and Related Rights
President Museveni addresses Conference on the Adoption of ARIPO
Protocol on Registration and Notification of Copyright and Related Rights

President Museveni addressed the Conference on the Adoption

of ARIPO Protocol on Registration and Notification of Copyright
and Related Rights at Speke Resort Munyonyo. The President’s
speech is reproduced here;
I welcome all the distinguished representatives, here present,
from the Africa Regional Industrial Property Organisation (ARIPO)
Member States to Uganda. I wish you a wonderful stay in Uganda
as you attend this important Conference on the Adoption of the
ARIPO Protocol on Voluntary Notification of Copyright and
Related Rights. The African Continent is home to some of the
world’s greatest cultures, traditions and original compositions of a
diverse nature. We have a very rich heritage which is manifested in
our music and musical instruments, dances, oral literature, sports,
medicines, pottery, sculptures, paintings, traditional ceremonies
etc.
While civilization started in Africa, the biggest problem was
that it was never institutionalised and regulated. It remained an
individual/tribes’ skill. The African Chiefs and Kings, who were the
rulers of the African states before the conquest of Africa by the
imperialists, failed to protect and preserve our rich heritage. They
were consumed with tribal rivalry amongst themselves instead of
consolidating and safeguarding Africa’s unique cultural treasures.
The evils of slave trade and colonialism caused huge disruptions
to Africa’s cultural development. Our social fabric was severely
torn apart causing great loss of confidence in our creations and
innovations. Therefore, both Africa’s art and science were stagnated.
In some areas, it was completely wiped out and replaced by the
European technology, beliefs, systems and practices.

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However, just as the physical conquest of Africa did not manage
to completely wipe away the African race as it was with, for
instance, the Red Indians in America, the total eradication of the
African cultural heritage did not also entirely succeed. A lot of
our treasures like our rich languages, songs, paintings etc. which
depict the complexity of the civilisation which existed in Africa
before colonialism have been preserved.
Africa has tremendous cultural and technological potential which
can be greatly enhanced through copyright protection. The
globalization of the world economy has made knowledge a
critical element in attaining socio-economic transformation; but,
majority of African countries have not exploited the benefits that
intellectual property rights offer to its users, despite considerable
improvements to existing knowledge and options for protecting
knowledge.
Research into traditional medicine is particularly important in
Africa in making good use of our naturally and richly endowed
environment. Countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America use
traditional medicine to help meet some of their primary health
care needs. The age-old cures that kept our forefathers disease-
free must be given enough attention so that we improve on them
and preserve their use. One of our products, Covidex, has been
tried amongsome Covid patients and most of them have fully
recovered.
Although the economic philosophy behind copyright protection
is to encourage individual effort, there is still limited awareness
of its importance. As a result, the rights’ holders do not profitably
gain from their innovations.

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Therefore, this Conference will help the ARIPO member states
to build a positive attitude towards copyright; appreciate the
benefits of copyright protection and develop stringent enforcement
mechanisms to protect Intellectual Property to aid sustainable
growth of creative industries in Africa.
In conclusion, I urge you to embrace the Protocol on Voluntary
Registration and Notification of Copyright and Related Rights.
I thank you all.

President Museveni interacts with URSB Registrar General,

Mercy Kainobwisho, and her staff during the conference

42 The Presidency | August 2021

 27th August, 2021
President Museveni, H.E. Kikwete meet ahead of
Africa Green Revolution Summit

President Yoweri Museveni said Uganda is ready to embrace the

harmonisation of ideas on what is supposed to be done as far as
food security is concerned.
The President was meeting with the former Tanzanian President
H.E. Mrisho Jakaya Kikwete on the transformation of Agriculture in
Africa ahead of the Africa Green Revolution Summit next month.
During the meeting that took place at State House Entebbe,
President Museveni welcomed the former Tanzanian leader and
appreciated the Green Revolution in Africa programme.
President Museveni noted that Uganda has already identified key
hindrances to agriculture such as the quality of seeds, poor agro
practices, irrigation, infrastructure such as roads, post-harvest
handling as well as market in Africa adding that the Government
has already started on working on most of these challenges.
H.E. Jakaya Kikwete is the member of the Board of Directors of
the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA).
He briefed the President on the forthcoming Africa Green
Revolution (AGRF) 2021 Summit scheduled for September in the
Kenyan Capital, Nairobi. He said that the summit would be a turning
point for the continent’s narrative on food systems transformation
for the good of the people of Africa and beyond.
In a heartfelt note he wrote in the guest book, Kikwete said it was
a pleasure to visit and learn from Museveni’s vast knowledge and
experience in many fields including agriculture which brought
him here today.

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 “We thank you for the time you took to see me and my delegation
from AGRA. We have benefitted a lot from your wise counsel.
On behalf of AGRA, I promise Your Excellency and the people of
Uganda, continued cooperation,” he said.
AGRA was founded in 2006 to trigger a uniquely African Green
Revolution –one that would learn from and build on previous
revolutions. It is a farmer-centred, African-led, and partnerships-
driven institution that is transforming Africa’s smallholder farming
from solitary struggle to survive to businesses that thrive.
The meeting was attended by AGRA’S Vice President Ms. Aggie
Konde among others.

Message of appreciation from former President H.E. Jakaya Kikwete in the

guests’ book at State House, Entebbe

44 The Presidency | August 2021

President Museveni chats with former President H.E.Jakaya Kikwete and
AGRA’s Vice President, Ms. Aggie Konde

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 27th August, 2021
President Museveni mourns Maj. Gen. Paul Lokech

The late Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Paul Lokech,
was laid to rest at his ancestral home in Pader District. The
President eulogised the late in a message read by the Minister
for Internal Affairs, Maj. Gen. KahindaOtafiire.
Read Full Condolence Message

The late Maj. Gen. Paul Lokech. The President posthumously

promoted him to the rank of Lieutenant General

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 29th August, 2021
President Museveni meets Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali

President Yoweri Museveni met and held a bilateral meeting with

Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali who was in Uganda on a one day working visit.
The two leaders discussed various issues and agreed to further
strengthen cooperation in bilateral, regional and international
issues of common interest, at a meeting held at State House,
Entebbe.
Ethiopia and Uganda have been cooperating in various peace
processes in the region.
The meeting was attended by the Ethiopian Minister – Head of
Prosperity Party Main Office H.E. Binalf Anduwalem, the State
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia H.E. Redwan Hussain
and H.E. Alemtsehay Meseret, Ambassador Plenipotentiary and
Extraordinary to the Republic of Uganda
The meeting was also attended by Uganda’s Minister of Foreign
Affairs Hon. Gen. JejeOdongo and Uganda’s High Commissioner
to Addis Ababa Rebecca Amuge Otengo.

President Museveni in a tete-a-tete with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali

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 Contents
1  Editor’s Note 4

2  President Museveni vows to launch decisive war against Malaria 7

3  President Museveni meets representatives of UNSC 9

4  President Museveni meets West Nile leaders 10

5  President Museveni meets Russia’s Ambassador to Uganda 12

6  Government to fund ULS, substitute outsourced legal work 13

7  President Museveni meets Dubai Expo Co-ordination Committee 15

8  President condoles with Masaka, Lwengo murder victims 17

9  Addresses on the Virtual Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) Presidential Summit 19

10  President Museveni mourns Late Dr. Alhaji Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige 21

11  President Museveni meets Karamoja leaders 22

12  President meets top commanders in Karamoja 25

13  President Museveni meets Rotary International President 27

14  President Museveni presides over 30 years of URA 29

15  President Museveni marks World Prayer Day 31

16  President receives letters of credence from 8 new envoys 33

17  President Museveni presides over Kyambogo University Graduation 36

18  Museveni receives special message from Kenya’s Uhuru 39

19  President Museveni swears in new Judges, IGG and Deputy IGG 40

20  President Museveni meets leaders of Give Directly 43

21  Orthodox Pope commends President Museveni for support to Church 44

22  President Museveni meets Czech Republic Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister 46

23  President Museveni meets Karamoja leaders 47

24  President Museveni meets NRM Caucus 48

25  President Museveni lectures students of Zambia Command & Staff College 49

26  President Museveni issues statement on military coups in Africa 51

 Editor’s Note

Dear Reader,
I once again have the pleasure to present to you another edition of our monthly
e-magazine, The Presidency, for the month of September.
I continue to receive feedback from the readers and we are working hard
to make improvements on every new edition, to make the magazine both
simple and informative for the reader.
The key aim of the magazine is to bring the Presidency including office and
residence of the President of the Republic of Uganda, closer to the public.
We believe Government is accountable to the citizenry and every citizen has
a right to timely, reliable and factual information from the Government.
In the coming editions, we shall be able to bring you analyses from different
Ministries, Departments and Agencies, regarding Government projects,
which the President has launched, visited or commissioned, and how they
will transform our country.
Key highlights from the President’s schedule for the month of September
include; addressing the virtual Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) attended
by several Heads of State, visiting Karamoja sub-region to assess the security
situation, hosting the President of Rotary International, presiding over the
17th Kyambogo university graduation, receiving credentials of eight new
envoys among others.
Lastly, in this edition, we are publishing the President’s statement on military
coups in Africa, issued on 15th September 2021.
I now have the pleasure to present to you the fourth edition of The Presidency.

Marcella Karekye
Special Presidential Assistant In-Charge of
Communication & Director Government
Citizen Interaction Centre (GCIC)
 Editorial Team

Marcella Karekye Duncan Abigaba

Chief Editor Deputy Chief Editor

Robert Sharp Mugabe Gerald Kansiime Deo Mutumba

Content Production Manager Head of Logistics Head of Production

Samson Koozi Solomon Male Peace Akol

Editor Editor Editor
 Quote of the Month

“I am happy with the report from the Ministry of

Karamoja, because these were our first priorities
i.e. water, roads, education, health and agriculture
(quick maturing crops)”

President Y.K. Museveni, 10th September, 2021

 1st September, 2021
President Museveni vows to launch decisive war against
Malaria
State Lodge, Nakasero:
President Yoweri Museveni vowed to
launch a full war against mosquitoes
and malaria saying the focus has been
on curative side and not so much on
prevention and elimination.
“We were used to mainly the curative
side. Prevention is not emphasised. We
need to study data, what do we gain if
we shift from curative to prevention or
elimination.
Can we develop vaccines, eliminate
vectors and promote behaviour change?
If we aim at elimination, we need to
study how successful countries did it,”
he said.
The President Museveni was one of the
panellists at a webinar organised by
Harvard University to highlight findings
from a year-long global engagement
on the theme, “Rethinking Malaria in
the Context of COVID-19”.
The President was invited by Harvard
University and other partner institutions
around the world to take stock of the
global Malaria situation and offer
insights on the most effective and
innovative response to control and
eliminate malaria across the globe.
The President acknowledged that the
handling of malaria has been a bit
leisurely. “It is true we have been a bit
leisurely in our handling of malaria.
We have lived with it for centuries and
it is not as scary as Corona and Ebola
although the costs of treating malaria
are high. We have been diverted with
a lot of things including minimum
recovery and development. Suppose
we eliminate malaria; how much can
we save? Can we develop a vaccine? I
am ready to launch a full war against
mosquitoes and malaria,” he said.
President Museveni said diseases are
not simply biology but natural viruses
and germs propelled by human
behaviour.
“Like Corona, it goes two metres and
not beyond. If you take care, it will not
affect you.
Diseases are biological agents assisted
by human behaviour,” he said. He cited
the guinea worm which was endemic
here but was eliminated through
sensitizing people on drinking clean
or filtered water.
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The President emphasized that in He emphasised change of behaviour by
the case of Uganda, they are looking sensitisation and in extreme cases, by
at eliminating larvae to have less force as was the case for Corona where
mosquitoes, using bed nets, spraying lockdowns where imposed.
on walls and for a long time now they
According to reports, Uganda has the
have been talking about a vaccine.
3rd highest global burden of malaria
“A multi-pronged approach can help cases (5%) and the 8th highest level of
deal with malaria including the use of deaths (3%).
therapeutics,” he said.
10 countries have been certified “Malaria
He added that community involvement free” in the past 5 years including China
and sensitization is decisive in the fight and Sri Lanka
against malaria and other illness citing
Africa suffers 90% of the malaria burden
tuberculosis, AIDS and COVID-19. He also
and progress has stalled. Today, there
said Uganda is emphasising research
are 220 million cases of malaria and
and is supporting various institutions
435,000 deaths worldwide – this is the
with a lot of potential.
same level of human suffering as was
“There is a lot of knowledge in our the case in 2015.
communities not known to the world.
Other speakers included the Chair, Rose
Our scientists get knowledge and
Gana Fomban Leke, Emeritus Professor
subject it to modern research,” he said.
of Immunology and Parasitology
He called for collaborations between University of Yaounde, Cameroon and
countries in the development of the Co-Chair, Malaria Governance
vaccines to make the research more Working Group, Uganda’s Specioza
efficient. Naigaga Wandira Kazibwe, Senior
Presidential Advisor, Population &
“Our scientists are not only working
Health and Vice President Emeritus,
on a vaccine; they have also got all the
Michelle A. Williams,Dean of the
chemicals they need. African countries
FacultyHarvard T.H. Chan School of
should collaborate in the division of
Public Health.
labour including multiplication of the
viruses and chemicals. Collaboration
will make it more efficient instead of
each country going it alone and wasting
time,” he said.

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 2nd September, 2021
President Museveni meets representatives of UNSC

State House, Entebbe:

President Yoweri Museveni held a successful consultative meeting with the five
(5) Ambassadors representing the five permanent representatives of the United
Nations Security Council at State House Entebbe.

The Security Council is the United Nations’ principal crisis-management body

and is empowered to impose binding obligations on the 193 UN member states
to maintain peace. The council’s five permanent and ten elected members meet
regularly to assess threats to international security, including civil wars, natural
disasters, arms proliferation, and terrorism.

The meeting was attended by the Ambassador of Russia H.E Alexander Dmitrievich
Polyakov, the Ambassador of China H.E. Zhang Lizhong, the Ambassador of France
H.E. Jules-Armand Aniambossou, the Ambassador of the United States H.E. Natalie
E. Brown and the British High Commissioner to Uganda H.E. Kate Airey.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Gen. Odongo Jeje Abubakhar and State
Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Okello Oryem also attended.

President Museveni gestures to representatives of the permanent members of UN

Security Council after a meeting at State House, Entebbe

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 3rd September, 2021
President Museveni meets West Nile leaders
A tripartite meeting involving
government technocrats, West Nile
and Acholi leaders was called by
President Yoweri Museveni for Friday
10, September to decide on the Apaa
land conflict and would be supported
by Satellite images taken in 1984 before
the war and colonial boundaries to
resolve the issue for good.
“My appeal is don’t be impatient. Don’t
be like a woman who delivered at 8
months and threw away the baby
instead of waiting for nine months. It
caused problems because the baby
was not ready. I don’t like the idea of
just implementation without further
discussion. Why not have a joint
discussion between West Nile, Acholi
and us and we conclude together. Facts
are there. Why not have one more
tripartite meeting? I don’t want to spoil
relations,” he said.
The President was responding to a
presentation by Hon. Ababiku Jesca
(Adjumani District) on behalf of leaders
and elders from the West Nile Region
who wanted the President to make
a decision on the Apaa land conflict
and protested what they described as
delayed implementation of Government
decisions. “These cross-border
settlements are not a problem, just
10 The Presidency | September 2021
quarrelling for nothing. If I come and
build a house in Madi-Okollo legally, can
you chase me? You can live anywhere
as long as you do it legally. Rather
than raising these temperatures, let
us have one more meeting and resolve
this. Facts are here, it is just the public
relations that are a problem. Focus on
the facts. Nothing is hidden, everything
is in the open.
Colonial maps are there, satellite
pictures are here. By end of next week,
let’s have a tripartite meeting here with
technocrats from the Lands Ministry,
surveyors, satellite pictures before 1984
for both Apaa and Zooka so that we
resolve this,” he said.
The President said a decision was
delayed because the country was going
into an election and getting busy but
that now it is time to settle the matter.
He told both the West Nile and Acholi
delegation that met him earlier that
there are satellite pictures that will be
used like was the case for Zooka Forest.
“In 1984, the pictures show that there
was nobody in Zooka and all those
areas. Now Zooka has been encroached
on. You don’t have to develop blood
pleasure.
I never get worried because I am for
the truth, nothing to hide. If there were
ancient inhabitants of these areas, this
will be answered by these pictures. All
our eyes will see pictures and dates,”
he said.
Responding to the delegations’ issues
on wealth creation through study
tours, infrastructure development in
the new districts and appointments,
the President welcomed the idea of
empowering communities to create
wealth at the households.
“What will help our people is household
incomes. That’s what I want leaders to
understand. If you want people to get
out of poverty help them with their own
household income. An English man’s
home is his castle. I want all Africans
in their homes to be like kings, have
money and wealth in their homes.
President Museveni posing for a photo with a delegation from West Nile after a
meeting at State House, Entebbe
When one of your relatives is an
ambassador or a minister, you don’t
sleep in his house, you sleep in yours
and he does not solve your problems,”
he said.
The President however disagreed with
the idea of a model farm in each district,
and said model farms will be put in each
zone together with industrial hubs for
jobs and wealth creation.
He also pledged to prioritise
infrastructure development especially
roads at the borders and agreed to the
idea of fish farms in the valleys which
can employ youth.
The Minister of State for Education and
Sports (Primary Education) Dr Joyce
Kaducu Moriku and the Minister of State
for Defence and Veteran Affairs (Veteran
Affairs) Hon. Huda Abason Oleru also
attended the meeting.
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 3rd September, 2021
President Museveni meets Russia’s Ambassador to Uganda
State House, Entebbe:
President Museveni called for stronger
joint economic cooperation with
Russia and said the two countries are
cooperating well on matters of defence
and security.
The President was meeting Russia’s
Ambassador to Uganda H.E Alexander
Dmitrievich Polyakov who paid a
courtesy call on him at State House,
Entebbe.
Ambassador Alexander Dmitrievich
Polyakov was leaving after five years
of a successful tour of duty in Uganda.
“We need to cooperate more especially
on the issue of vaccines for humans
and livestock, space technology and
modern agro production technologies
for a vibrant agro-industrial sector.
I wish you well in your next endeavours,”
the President said.
Ambassador Dmitrievich Polyakov said
that Russia and Uganda have special
12 The Presidency | September 2021
bilateral relations which he is happy to
have been part of.
“Russia is ready to help Uganda
whenever necessary. I am leaving
Uganda with tears in my eyes because
Ugandans are a loving people with good
hospitality, ever-smiling with beautiful
hearts,” he said.
The two countries have a strong and
promising bilateral cooperation in
various areas including construction,
information and communication
technologies and cybersecurity,
modern agro- production, medicine,
pharmaceutics, telecommunications,
geologic exploration and power
generation.
The meeting was attended by Uganda’s
Minister of Foreign Affairs Gen. Odongo
Jeje Abubakhar, the State Minister
Okello Oryem and Ambassador Arthur
Kafeero from Uganda’s Foreign Affairs
Ministry.
 3rd September, 2021
Government to fund ULS, substitute outsourced legal work
State House, Entebbe:
President Yoweri Museveni said he
will push funding for lawyers under
the Uganda Law Society especially if
their services aid local production and
substitute importation.
“I have been told 80 percent of legal
work in Uganda is being outsourced
and they are earning money from the
economy of Uganda. If you push that
case of importation substitution and
let the work be done by local lawyers,
then I could push that you qualify for
UDB, I will push it,” he said.
The President was meeting leaders
of the Uganda Law Society led by
their President, Ms. Pheona Wall, at
State House, Entebbe. The lawyers are
seeking tobecome more engaged in the
development of the country through
dialogue and partnerships and to
exploit the job opportunities under
the regional integration.
“We have soft money in UDB for
manufacturing and agriculture. It is true
we were not looking at legal workers
as important.
They are like traders who go to China
and bring human hair and sell it here
when our women here are equipped
with very good hair. The interest rate is
12% and might go to 8% for agriculture
and manufacturing. Recently, I added
tourism that adds blood to us and not
taking it from us,” he said.
On the issue of funding for legal aid,
President Museveni said Government
froze money from foreigners who were
doing things Government didn’t know
about.
The President cited the example of the
Inter-Religious Council which used to
get money from Europeans until they
got into an ideological quarrel.
“Europeans wanted them to support
homosexuality and when they said no,
they cut them off. We were able to give
them state funding.
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I can see you have the same problem.
We shall see how to fund you,” he said.
President Museveni commended ULS
for what he described as progress on
their side because it seems from the
beginning; the legal service in Uganda
was colonial and neo colonial.
“I think that is why your predecessors
were spending so much time on
externally pushed issues like human
rights etc. If you are now talking
trade, agriculture, industry, regional
integration, and then I say okay you
have now landed.
Just like Jesus came to save us, he saw
that staying in heaven was not going
to help us,” he said.
The President said they have been
looking at lawyers with funny curiosity.
“I think the economy is helping you
understand better. Being 3,000, you
cannot fit in all the narrow spectrum
of representing imports. It seems
much of your work is to do with
criminal issues, abit of civil like land
and then infrastructure. I don’t hear
much about advisory services for
agriculture, industry, tourism. When
Isaac Newton noticed gravity when he
saw an apple falling down and not up
and realised there was a force. You have
also discovered that there is money
in agriculture, industry, services like
tourism etc. I welcome you. You are
waking up,” he said.
The President pledged to fulfil the 5bn
for ULS this year or next financial year
after consulting the Finance Ministry.
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He agreed to the request for the
legal fraternity to be included in the
Presidential investors’ round table and
urged them to exploit opportunities in
the oil and gas sector.
The President agreed to the request for
an annual meeting with the ULS.
“I will be happy to come and tell you the
NRM line. I condemn bail for murder.
People who have killed in Masaka for
example, they must pay. For you to
argue leniency is not in our psychology.
The old testament of an eye for an eye
is the doctrine of African tribes. That
line of mixing up issues that procedure
is more important than substance. We
have not made it a big issue but that
line has been distracting us. Lawyers
have not been helping in stabilisation
of Uganda,” he said.
Ms. Wall said one of the programmes
crucial to lawyers is how to get down
to the ordinary people and give them
services as a duly established statutory
organistion.
“ULS has 3,700 members but 90 percent
of them are in the city. We are trying
to spread our lawyers out into regional
intergration and trying to grow the
agriculture, exploit oil and gas sectors.
We need lawyers upcountry,” she said.
Ms. Wall said they have decided
to use dialogue and partnerships
with Government and they have
already signed some MoUs with the
PrivateSector Foundation Uganda and
with the UIA to create regional trade
advisory hubs.
 5th September, 2021
President Museveni meets Dubai Expo Co-ordination Committee
State House, Entebbe:
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
directed the Ministry of Trade,
Industry and Cooperatives to
regularly provide market data to
enable Government advise the
people on the available opportunities
for their produce worldwide.
This was after it emerged that the
Ministry has data that would guide
farmers on the produce and available
markets.
The President was recently meeting
officials of the Ministry of Trade,
Industry and Cooperatives, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Tourism
and the Uganda Expo Coordination
Committee ahead of the Dubai Expo
in October.
Uganda will join over 190 countries
and international organizations to
participate in Expo 2020 Dubai from
1st October 2021 to 31st March 2022
in Dubai UAE, twelve months from
the scheduled date due to COVID 19
pandemic. The Republic of Uganda
is participating at this Expo at the
invitation of the Government of UAE.
The theme of Expo 2020 Dubai is
“Connecting Minds, Creating the
Future”with three (3) sub-themes
of “Mobility”, “Opportunity” and
“Sustainability.”
Uganda is participating under the
“Opportunity” sub-theme.
The President singled out sim sim
whose total market size in UAE is
US$839 million and yet our exports
there are negligible. He also cited
dairy milk whose market size is US$
2.846bn but our exports are only
US$ 374million and bananas whose
market size is US$664million but we
have never attempted that market.
“The people of Northern Uganda
grow sim sim. This is a new chance.
It is good that you know how much
your country is losing. Repentance
is provided for in Christian religion,
if you repent, there is chance for you
to go to heaven. That market is easy
for us, it is near, only 5 hours away,”
he said.
Other products include mangoes,
pineapples, beans, cocoa, tilapia,
tea, coffee and fruits and vegetables
among others.
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The President also directed the
Ministry of Finance, Planning and
Economic Development to provide
Shs 3billion to finish the Uganda
pavilion.
According to the Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs Hon. Okello Oryem,
the Dubai Expo organisers will mark
the Uganda National day on 3rd
October which is aimed at promoting
Uganda at the expo. Bhaji Kahilfa
the tallest building in the world will
be decorated with Uganda national
flags.
Uganda’s Ambassador to the United
Arab Emirates, H.E. Zaake W. Kibedi
said with support from the rulers of
UAE, readiness for the pavilion is at
90%.“
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We are aiming to use the opportunity
to stregthen bilateral relations. One
of the aims for participating is to
attract more investments from UAE
to Uganda,” he said.
Amb. Kibedi said before 2018,
Uganda was exporting goods
worth US$400million but now
exports have grown to US$1.2billion
and Investments also grown from
US$150m to over US$800m while
remittances f rom the 60,000
Ugandans in UAE now stand at US$
200million.
 7th September, 2021
President condoles with Masaka, Lwengo murder victims

State House, Entebbe: and drink alcohol; lack of electricity

that gives a chance to bad people to
President Yoweri Museveni condoled
hide under cover of darkness and youth
with the families who lost their loved
unemployment that has made them
ones to Bijambiya gangs that have been
susceptible to criminal acts and closure
terrorising residents of Masaka and
of Churches and Mosques which had
Lwengo districts.
a great impact in counseling, guiding
“I invited you here to condole with you. and consoling youth.
We shall get these criminals. Some
“We put curfew to stop illness but
suspects have been arrested because
we can’t stop people from defending
they left all sorts of clues that we are
themselves. Many people died including
following,” the President said. He made
Bishop Kagwa, Ms. Mubanda, Ms.
a contribution of Shs 10 million to each
Ssentongo etc. we have lost about 3000
of the 25 families that were affected.
people although other countries have
Machete-wielding criminals, also known lost more,” the President said.
as Bijambiya, have been terrorising
The President agreed that the lack of
villages, killing people with impunity
electricity in the rural areas is key in
in Masaka and Lwengo districts. Some
fighting crime and said while the rural
of the victims are pregnant, others
electrification is in the process, it will
breastfeeding mothers while others
take some time. He urged Churches and
had small children left in their care.
Mosques to use radios and televisions
The President responded to several to preach to the people as one of the
issues raised by Nkwanzi Mary Gorreth ways in mitigation COVID-19 pandemic.
on behalf of the victims including
“If we open up before people get
curfew which they said gives an
vaccinated, we shall have more issues,”
opportunity to the wrong elements to
he said.
attack families in their homes; closure of
education institutions which they claim
has caused youth to resort to use drugs

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Ms. Nkwanzi Mary Gorreth commended She also thanked the Government for
the President and the NRM Government the many government-aided Primary
for saving the lives of Ugandans from and Secondary schools and for paying
the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. teachers during lockdown.

She also thanked President Museveni
for the improved road network
in Greater Masaka including the
Masaka-Bukomansimbi, Ssembabule-
Mpigi, Masaka-Bukakata,
Knife in Masaka City and the current
construction of Nyendo, Kijabwemi in
Masaka City.
The former District Chairman for
Lwengo District Mr. George Mutabazi
who also briefed the President about the
families that were affected mobilised
Yellow the victims.

President Museveni poses for a photo with families of the Masaka and Lwengo murder
victims at State House, Entebbe

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 7th September, 2021
Addresses on the Virtual Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)
Presidential Summit
State Lodge, Nakasero:
President Yoweri Museveni said that
the issue of food systems is multi-
dimensional and several areas including
improved seeds and agro-practices,
storage and post-harvest handling,
improved agricultural mechanisation,
good infrastructure like roads and
railway lines as well as electricity need
to be paid special attention in order to
build resilient food systems.
He cited other areas including the use
of fertilisers, irrigation, markets, proper
management of crop and livestock
diseases, pest and vermin as well as
soil mapping.
The President also mentioned over
fishing in some lakes like Victoria that
need proper management.
The President made his remarks at the
virtual Africa Green Revolution Forum
(AGRF) Presidential Summit held in
Nairobi ahead of the United Nations
Summit that took place in New York
between the 23rdand 27th September
2021.
The AGRF Presidential Summit was
hosted by President Uhuru Kenyatta
of Kenya and run under the theme,
‘Pathways to recovery and Resilient
Food Systems’.
The President pointed out that Uganda
is not short of food but instead has food
surplus that necessitates the need for
a big market.
“Uganda has enough food, on the
contrary we have surplus for produce
like maize, bananas, milk and beef.
Farmers would only produce more
reliably if they had markets,” he said.
Various Presidents attended the summit
virtually including President Yoweri
Kaguta, Paul Kagame of Rwanda and
Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera of Malawi
and Namibia President Hage Gottfried
Geingob while former President of
Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete, that of Nigeria
Obasanjo and former Prime Minister
of Ethiopia Hailemariam Desalegn
Boshe and Ms. Amina J. Mohammed the
Deputy Secretary-General of the United
Nations and Chair of the United Nations
Sustainable Development Group were
present.
The Presidents’ conversation was a
discussion culminating in the summit
declaration, a powerful multi-sectoral
statement that would capture the
moment, progress, and commitments
made as part of the AGRF 2021 Summit’s
contribution to the UN Food System
Summit.
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The Summit discussed the future of
food systems on the continent and
how to boost resilience as well as
competitiveness. The leaders also
looked at the pathways and actions
to accelerate recovery and resilience
in African food systems and nutrition
security that are key in achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)
by 2030.
Welcoming his guests to the virtual
summit, President Uhuru Kenyatta of
Kenya urged African leaders to work
together to identify solutions to some of
the challenges faced by the agricultural
sector that include among others digital
agricultural solutions and as well as
effects of climate change.
President Museveni attending Virtual Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)
Presidential Summit
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He also urged leaders to encourage the
youth in their countries to understand
the value and profitability of agriculture.
President Uhuru Kenyatta further
expressed his interest in the school-
feeding program.
“We should ensure that it is nutritious
to our children,” he said.
He urged leaders and all stake holders
to use the summit to cement Africans’
position in the transformation of food
systems in Africa.
The AGRF 2021 Summit is a defining
moment in highlighting and unlocking
the political, policy, and f inancial
commitments and innovations
the continent has made and that it
continues to work towards achieving.
 10th September, 2021
President Museveni mourns Late Dr. Alhaji Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige
Below, we reproduce President Museveni’s condolence message to the family
of the late Dr. Alhaji Bulaimu Muwanga.
I received, with profound sadness, the
news announcing the death of Dr. Alhaji
Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige, which
occurred on the 10th of September,
2021.
I wish to extend, on behalf of the people
of Uganda, my family, the NRM Partyand
on my own behalf, heartfelt sympathies
and condolences to the family, relatives
and friends of the Late Alhaji Bulaimu
Muwanga.
My thoughts are with the family during
this moment of grief and sorrow. I pray
that Allah grant you the fortitude and
courage to go through this loss.
The Country has lost a great
entrepreneur and innovative business
leader, who profitably took advantage
of Uganda’s vast business opportunities
to create jobs and incomes for our
people.
His numerous investments in
the services industry, agriculture,
manufacturing etc. have created
avenues for employment and revenue
for the Country.
His unwavering commitment and
hardwork enabled him to ascend to
great heights of personal success and to
create an international business empire
from very humble beginnings.
He leaves behind a great example,
worth emulating, especially for the
young generation.Persistence and
dedication to correct principles yield
positive results in the long run.
May Dr. Alhaji Bulaimu Muwanga
Kibirige’s soul rest in eternal peace.
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 10th September, 2021
President Museveni meets Karamoja leaders
State Lodge, Morulinga:
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
appealed to leaders in the Karamoja
sub-region to form kraal intelligence
units as it emerged that criminal
alliances among clans are using mobile
phones to mobilise and raid cattle
which they then sell to buy guns and
terrorise their communities.
He called on them to recruit informers
in kraals who will give information to
security to respond immediately and
fast.
“What I want is kraal-based intelligence.
I need an informer per kraal. Our army
has the capacity to reach anywhere day
or night in one hour. We shall provide
small phones to the informers to call
security contacts,” President Museveni
said amidst approval from the leaders.
The President was in Karamoja sub-
region to assess various issues affecting
the region especially the re-emerging
insecurity occasioned by youth criminal
alliances among Jie, Matheniko, Bokora,
Pien and Topoth clans who attack their
own communities, steal cattle and keep
them in kraals before selling them off
in exchange for guns.
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They also stage ambushes especially
along Kaabong-Kotido route to steal
from their communities.
The President said that Government will
restore sanity in the region especially
through fighting criminality because
it has a big capacity than before when
they started the disarmament process.
“All these insecurities are easy to solve
and UPDF will solve them. What will
remain now is crime, which police must
come in to resolve,” President Museveni
said.
The President said this while addressing
leaders from Karamoja sub-region in a
meeting that took place at Morulinga
State Lodge, Napak District in Karamoja
sub-region.
The meeting was attended by the 26
MPs from the 9 districts of Karamoja,
all the 9 RDCs, LCV chairpersons and all
the security heads in the region.
President Museveni observed that the
problem in the region is characterised
by five issues including; cattle raids,
road ambushes, attacking homes,
taking cattle on vehicles for sale and
because of hunger.
“The main problem is insecurity and
hunger.
With raiding cattle, anybody who raids
cows should be seen by our security
drones especially when they are raiding
on a big scale,” he said.
Gen. Museveni promised to increase
the capacity of the brigade in the area
up to a total of 7,000 personnel.
“We are going to increase the capacity
of UPDF in the area. I want the police to
come in and tackle crime like stealing
one cow, murder etc. Police must
organise themselves to go up to the
sub-country level,” he said.
President Museveni agreed to
strengthen the justice system in the
region by adding more State Attorneys
as requested by the leaders.
“I agree that the system of justice is
very crucial. When people’s goods are
stolen and they don’t recover their
properties or get compensation they
get demoralised. We shall have to
strengthen the system,” he said.
According to the President, the strategy
now is stopping the crime immediately.
On the issue of hunger, the President
pledged to talk to the Prime Minister
to get food for the people of Karamoja
who are suffering with hunger.
“I will inform the Prime minister to get
food so that our people can survive,”
he said.
The President commended the Ministry
of Karamoja for the development
projects in the area and said government
will do even more.
“I am happy with the report from the
Ministry of Karamoja, because these
were our first priorities i.e. water, roads,
education, health and agriculture (quick
maturing crops),” he said.
He said the security roads in Karamoja
sub-region will be improved to enable
the army move swiftly and fast when
a call arises.
The Minister in charge of Karamoja
affairs, Hon. Dr. Mary Goretti Kitutu
highlighted key areas of intervention
by Government and other development
projects in the area that include; water
production, education, infrastructure,
health etc.
“A total of 116 valley tanks have been
constructed in Karamoja. In addition,
we maintained five valley dams. We
have also done a lot of community
empowerment as a strategy of fighting
poverty at household levels,” Minister
Kitutu said.
Minister Kitutu commended the
President and First Lady for their tireless
efforts to secure and develop Karamoja
region and said, that they have and will
continue to have fruitful discussions
in ensuring that total peace and
development is achieved in Karamoja.
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In a memorandum by the leaders They called on government to initiate a
read by the Chairperson of Karamoja 10 –15-year free education programme
Parliamentary group also Member of for all youth from Primary to Secondary
Parliament for Pian County MP Hon. education to stop their recruitment and
Remigio Achia, while for over 15 years, training into cattle raids.
the region has become an investment
The group also recommended
destination for many Ugandans and
intelligence led operations to curb
foreigners after the removal of over
crime and pave way for disarmament
40,000 illegal guns from the hands of
and quick deployment
civilians by the army, the unattended
to issues in Karamoja have resurrected
the insecurity.

“The cumulative effect of unattended

conflict situations brought the
insecurity to the stage Karamoja is
experiencing now. Some elements in
some communities are taking the law
into their own hands and criminals
interpreting slow response as lack
of Government willingness to deal
decisively with it,” Hon. Remigio said.

President Museveni addressing Karamoja leaders at Morulinga State Lodge

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 12th September, 2021
President meets top commanders in Karamoja
Morulinga, Napak District:
President Yoweri Museveni, who is also
the Commander in-Chief of the Uganda
Peoples Defence Forces, summoned the
army’s top commanders over a major
assault on revenge cattle raids that have
left hundreds dead and thousands of
cattle raided causing panic in a region
that has experienced 15 years of total
peace and rapid development.
The President said the meeting will
decide on the final solution to dealing
with the re-emerging cattle raids in
the Karamoja sub-region which were
sparked off by an angry warrior-cum-
criminal, Acucu, who was released from
prison after 10 years and returned to
find his wives married to other men
and all his cattle gone.
According to reports, Acucu a known
criminal roaming between the Jie and
Turkana of Kenya was not helped by
Police and the local leaders to recover
his animals. He mobilised criminal
gangs, attacked and raided cattle from
the Dodoth resulting in counter raids
by the Dodoth that has left over 400
people dead in two years.
“The Dodoth rejected peace talks with
the Jie and have vowed to harm them.
They just want revenge. This cycle must
be broken peacefully,” the President
said.
The President said this while speaking
to commanders of top security organs
including the UPDF, SFC, Police, ISO
and the Anti stock theft police in a
meeting at Morulinga State Lodge in
Napak District.
Following the revenge attacks, a new
set of thugs exploited the situation and
formed alliances using mobile phones
across clans raiding kraals and selling
the animals to buy guns and set up
road blocks to rob people.
The President urged security agencies
to take time, listen and act.
“Don’t beat or torture them, interrogate
and avoid impatience. Acucu organised
first raids that resulted in counter
raids. I now direct that a legal or a
patient political actor be identified to
investigate how this injustice started.
In addition to military intervention, we
must help them heal. Military alone will
bring suppression but not peace. Peace
is in people’s hearts,” the President said.
He said for Government to be accepted
among tribes, it must avenge the
wrong.
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“What we have now is privatised
revenge, modern governments revenge
for victims. That is when people can sit
back and trust the Government like
they have done for the last 15 years. It
is easy to isolate the wrong doers. This
calls for discipline and high skills in
military science,” he said.
President Museveni cited cattle as a
major point of conflict and called for
cattle management including using
chips inserted in the animals to trace
movement and registration.
He cautioned security agencies to
be firm with fairness and use patient
intelligence to expose the bankruptcy.
The President said justice in the
traditional societies in Karamoja is
very sensitive and if not meticulously
followed, clans will come for you.
President Museveni posing for a photo with top security commanders for Karamoja region
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He singled out three wrongs including;
1. Okushagiza (Commit unfairness to
somebody, 2. Okukyumura (Commit a
wrong against somebody but short of
murder), 3. Enzigu – Vendetta which
must inevitably follow murder of a clan
member.
‘Treat them firmly but with fairness. The
one who steals someone’s cow must
pay. It needs patient intelligence not
arrogance of colonial and neo-colonial
actors,” he said.
The meeting discussed various
strategies that will be tabled at the
High Command before implementation.
 14th September, 2021
President Museveni meets Rotary International President

State Lodge, Nakasero: Mr. Mehta whose headquarters is

based in Chicago, USA and who has
President Yoweri Museveni commended
held a series of positions internationally
the President of Rotary International,
extended greetings from President
Mr. Shekhar Mehta, for his offer to
Modi of India and all rotarians worldwide
open up an eye hospital in Uganda
to President Museveni.
and to provide free heart surgery to 100
Ugandan children in India. He informed the President of the
activities of Rotary International
“I am very happy to welcome you and
that include providing education,
your delegation to Uganda and I thank
water, sanitation, literacy and skills
you for your offers of opening up an eye
development to the needy among
clinic in Uganda and for 100 children to
others.
go to India for heart surgery and long
distance learning for school children in He said that they are engaged in
Uganda,” he said. providing school-going children, who
have been affected by the global
The President was welcoming the
COVID-19 pandemic, with education
Rotary International President who was
in form of long distance learning,
accompanied by his wife Rashi Mehta
at State House Nakasero. “Children should get the best of
technology for learning,” he noted.
Mr. Mehta who paid a courtesy call
on President Museveni was also Mr. Mehta had earlier visited the August
accompanied by a delegation of House where a motion was passed
Rotarians who included among others in recognition of his organisation’s
the out-going Governor of district 9213 humanitarian services to the needy
of Uganda Mr. John Magezi Ndamira communities in the world.
and the incoming Governor Mr. Mike
He was accompanied by the Minister of
Kennedy Sebalu. Others included
Gender, Labuor and Social Development
Rotarians from Tanzania, Kenya and
Hon. Betty Amongi.
Nigeria.

President Museveni thanked the Rotary

International Executive for the offer and
urged them to also consider opening
up a blood bank and dialysis centre.
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President Museveni receives a gift from Rotary International President (14th September, 2021)

President Museveni, First Lady, Minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development
at URA Commissioner at the celebrations (15th September, 2021)

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 15th September, 2021
President Museveni presides over 30 years of URA
Kololo Ceremonial Grounds:
President Yoweri Museveni urged the
management of Uganda Revenue
Authority to eradicate corruption in the
tax body and realise enough revenue
to finance the country’s budget.
“The performance of the country’s
revenue collection can be gauged by
a universal yardstick, the GDP to tax
ratio. If our GDP is US$ 44 billion and
our budget now is 40 trillion. If you
collect 20% of the GDP you get almost
enough money to finance the budget,”
the President said.
The President who was accompanied by
the First Lady and Minister of Education
and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni,
was this afternoon the Chief Guest at
the thanksgiving ceremony organised
by the Tax Body, Uganda Revenue
Authority (URA) that was celebrating
her 30 years of existence.
The function that took place at Kololo
Ceremonial Grounds was graced by
religious leaders, former and current
administrators of the tax body, among
others.
The main celebrant at the service was
the National Overseer, Association
of Pentecostal and Evangelicals in
Uganda, Bishop Joshua Lwere and
the guest speaker was the Bishop of
South Ankore Diocese, the Rt. Reverend
Nathan Ahimbisibwe.
President Museveni pointed out that the
revenue collected today of Shs.19trillion
is far below the needed funds to finance
the country’s budget, leading to the
tendency of borrowing internally and
externally.
He noted that the leakage is caused
by those entrusted with the duty
to diligently collect revenue that
they divert to their pockets through
corruption.
Therefore, eradicate Judaism
(corruption),” he said. He thanked all
who wished him a happy birthday today
as he made 77 years.
The President told the audience the
background of Uganda Revenue
Authority, noting that from its inception,
the tax to GDP ratio was 4% that
gradually moved to 10% after some
reorganization of the tax institution
and has now stagnated between 11 and
13% due to embezzlement of revenue
collections.
President Museveni noted that the
hemorrhage in tax collection is mainly
rampant at the border points where
goods brought into the country are
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either under or falsely declared due
to absence of scanners causing heavy
losses in revenue collection.
“The problem with URA is arrogance.
You try to guide them but they don’t
act. Scanners or X-ray machines
will eliminate smuggling of goods.
Modern technology simplifies work
but my people have been avoiding this
technology for reasons best known to
them,’ he said.
The President was however happy to
learn that after his long struggle, the
customs officials had finally acquired
39 scanners that will be used at border
entry points.
The First Lady and Minister of Education
and Sports Mrs. Janet Museveni in her
dedication prayer thanked God for
shepherding URA for the last 30 years,
noting that the tax body stands today
as one of the most effective institutions
in the country.
“Today, we have come to dedicate a
fresh URA to you Lord. Help each of
us to give to Caesar what belongs to
Caesar and to God that belongs to
God so that prosperity will reign in our
nation,” she prayed.
Mrs. Museveni also prayed to the Lord
to give the leadership of the nation in
general and that of URA in particular
the courage to fight and eradicate
corruption in the country.
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The Chairman Board of Directors
URA, Mr. Juma Kisaame, told the
congregation that the tax body had
matured and is now ready to take on
the new journey after the 30 years of
existence, with zeal and dedication for
a brighter future.
Mr. Kisaame thanked President
Museveni and all the stakeholders as
well as tax payers and development
partners for the support accorded to
them in the last 30 years.
The Commissioner General of URA
Mr. John Rujoki Musinguzi thanked
President Museveni for establishing
Uganda Revenue Authority and also
appreciated the support by all taxpayers,
stake holders as well as the Ministry of
Finance.
He also thanked all his predecessors for
developing the institution. He vowed to
have zero tolerance to corruption. He
later called all the representatives of the
senior management of the authority to
take an oath of allegiance and diligent
service to the taxpayers, the nation as
well as zero tolerance to corruption.
The Minister of Finance, Planning and
Economic Development Hon. Matia
Kasaija who wished President Museveni
a happy birthday noted that the
country’s economy is improving despite
the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 16th September, 2021
President Museveni marks World Prayer Day

State House, Entebbe: or any other diseases, man should be

President Yoweri Museveni advised
Christians in Uganda to encourage the
masses to work and transform their
lives through leading by example but
not by merely talking.
‘Christians in Uganda should become
examples in working. It is written in the
Bible that let your light so shine before
men that they see your good deeds and
praise your father in heaven, so that you
influence people by example not just
by talking,” he counseled.
The President was virtually addressing
Christians that had gathered at Rubaga
Miracle Center to mark the World
Prayer Day under the theme “The Day
of Atonement”. Pastors Robert and
Jessica Kayanja of Rubaga Miracle
Centre hosted the ceremony with the
chief intercessor Rabbi Kirt Schneider
addressing the congregation live from
Israel.
President Museveni expressed his
gratitude to Pastor Robert Kayanja who
distinguished the difference between
work and a job urging Christians to
embrace and implement the mandate
given to them by God, of establishing
dominion over all nature on earth.
able to control them as God gave us
power of thinking, a blessing that no
other creature on earth has. He added
that God through his grace made us in
his own image.
‘So we are small gods here, we are
made in the image of God. He gave
us the power of thinking; which other
creatures don’t have. In the book of
Genesis, it is clear that man was created
on Saturday after God had created all
other creatures. God gave man the
mandate of establishing dominion over
all nature,” he said.
Mr. Museveni observed that self-
devaluation by Africans as raised by
Pastor Robert Kayanja, was a departure
from the path of God.
Commenting on ‘The Atonement’ or
‘Repentance Day’ President Museveni
congratulated Christians for observing
the occasion describing it as a very
important one as the practice is that
of holiness and righteousness.
‘You may call it the practice of the Jews
but this is a practice of holiness and
righteousness. Anybody who does this
is a righteous person so I congratulate
you and I encourage you,’ he said.

He said in the emergence of any

situation like viruses, droughts, floods
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The President reminded the
congregation that the fear of God is
the beginning of wisdom and pointed
out that he bears witness to this as they,
in any struggle, put God first.
‘It could be why God has blessed us
because we never have any evil other
than defending ourselves and when we
are not defending ourselves we respect
everybody’s rights. There is no loss in
listening to the message of Jesus. I can
bear witness. This is what we have been
doing for the last 60 years,” he said.
President Museveni virtually addresses Christians on World Prayer Day
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President Museveni thanked Pastor
Kayanja and his wife Mrs. Jessica Kayanja
for continuing to preach the message
of God, adding that the message of
Jesus was specific and summarised in
the two commandments of loving God
with all your heart and mind and loving
your neighbor as you love yourself.
‘First of all know the importance of God,
have God in your life and in all your
actions. Secondly it helps in overcoming
selfishness. If you love your neighbor
as you love yourself you overcome all
selfishness, forgiving unconditionally.
Jesus said you should even love your
enemies. Those who listened have
added value to our lives,” he said.
 17th September, 2021
President receives letters of credence from 8 new envoys
State House, Entebbe:
Eight newly accredited envoys to
Uganda from Sweden, Nigeria, Ireland,
Hungary, Angola, Australia, Oman and
Indonesia presented their credential
letters to President Yoweri Museveni at
separate ceremonies that took place at
State House in Entebbe.
The new Ambassador of Sweden to
Uganda H.E. Ms. Carina Maria Hakansson
flanked by her spouse Mr. Carlos Caula
was the first to present her credentials
to President Museveni. She hailed the
existing historic and friendly relations
between Sweden and Uganda.
A career diplomat who has served
her nation in many countries in the
Great Lakes Region, Amb. Hakansson
commended Uganda for being a
generous host to many refugees in
Africa.
She pledged to further strengthen
bilateral ties between the 2 countries;
Sweden and Uganda.
President Museveni warmly welcomed
the new Swedish Ambassador to
Uganda.
The new Ambassador of Nigeria to
Uganda H.E. Zanna Umaru Bukar-Kolo
also presented his letters of credence
to President Yoweri Museveni.
Amb. Umaru Bukar-Kolo who was
accompanied by his wife Mrs.
Falmata Yusufari Bukar-Kolo wished
the President a happy birthday and
briefed the president about the security
situation Nigeria which he said has
scored some progress in the fight
against terrorists in his country.
President Museveni welcomed the new
Ambassador to Uganda and pledged
to meet him soon.
The new Ambassador of Ireland to
Uganda H.E. Kevin Colgan said he
was delighted to be back to Uganda
after 20 years. Amb. Colgan who was
accompanied by his spouse Catherine
Colgan commended President
Museveni for the development that
has taken place in Uganda especially
around Muyenga Hill, Kabalagala and
Tank Hill where his family used to live
and noted that the area had greatly
changed.
“Muyenga, Kabalagala and Tank Hill
where we lived 20 years ago is now
totally changed,” he said.
President Museveni welcomed the Irish
envoy to Uganda and informed him
that it was the Government’s policy
of allowing Asians to repossess their
property that encouraged Ugandans
to construct their own houses.
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“Most of those houses are owned by
Ugandans and factories are mainly
owned by foreign investors,” the
President said.
The new Ambassador of Hungary to
Uganda H.E. Zsolt Meszaros presented
his credential letters to President
Museveni and noted that Uganda and
Hungary have had dynamic relations.
The envoy who was accompanied by the
Honorary Consul of Hungary in Uganda,
Mr. Gordon Wavamuno, pledged to
strengthen further, the economic and
social cooperation between the two
countries.
“Uganda is one of our main development
partners and we are happy to extend
to the education sector our support.
20 students have just benefitted from
the scholarships Hungary has offered
to Uganda,” he said.
The new Ambassador of Angola to
Uganda H.E. Syanga Kivuila Samuel
Abilio based in Nairobi extended warm
greetings from his President Manuel
Lourenco to President Museveni and
the people of Uganda.
The new Australian envoy to Uganda
H.E. Luke Joseph Williams based
in Nairobi appreciated Uganda’s
contribution to the stabilisation of
peace in the region and Africa and
also reported that Australia is doing
very well in the control of COVID-19
pandemic.
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President Museveni welcomed the new
envoy who was accompanied by the
Australian Honorary Consul in Uganda,
Mr. Patrick Bitature. He told the envoy
that Uganda has unique climate and
also informed him that the country acts
firmly in the fight against COVID-19.
The new Oman envoy H.E. Saleh
Sulaiman Ahmed Al-Harti conveyed
to President Museveni greetings from
the Omani leadership.
The Ambassador whose family has
very strong roots in Uganda as his wife
hails from Ivukula in Iganga district
was extremely delighted to be in the
country.
Ambassador Al-Harti was accompanied
by the Oman Honorary Consul in
Uganda Mr. Ingah Atamba Kutesa. He
pledged to strengthen the economic
and social relations between Oman
and Uganda.
The new Ambassador of Indonesia
to Uganda H.E. Dr. Mohamad Hery
Saripudin also based in Nairobi
conveyed warm congatulations from
the President of Indonesia, H.E. Joko
Widodo, to President Yoweri Museveni
upon winning the recent elections.
The envoy also pledged to promote
the economic and social cooperation
between the 2 countries Indonesia and
Uganda.
He disclosed that Indonesia has already
offered 15 scholarships to young
Ugandan students to study in his
country and 18 of them are pursuing
Masters degrees.
He further disclosed that trade and
investment that were facilitated by
the Late Hon. Kirunda Kivejinja will
be pursued especially the feasibility
study done on reviving the railway line
between Kampala and Kasese.
President Museveni welcomed the new
Indonesian envoy to Uganda disclosing
that Uganda will host the non-aligned
movement conference next year 2022
which was very much cherished by the
late Hon. Kirunda Kivejinja.
President Museveni greets Nigeria’s new High Commissioner to Uganda; H.E. Zana Umaru
Bukar-Okolo
President Yoweri Museveni welcomed
all the new envoys to Uganda and
promised to meet each of them once
the Government hits its target of
vaccinating 21 million Ugandans against
COVID-19 pandemic.
Present at the ceremonies, among
others, were: the Minister of State for
International Affairs Hon. Henry Okello
Oryem, the Minister of State for Regional
Cooperation Hon. John Mulimba and
the Permanent Secretary Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Mr. Vincent Waiswa
Bagiire.
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 17th September, 2021
President Museveni presides over Kyambogo University Graduation
State Lodge, Nakasero:
President Yoweri Museveni urgedthe
management of Kyambogo University
to lay emphasis on the original
mandate of the University of producing
graduates in specific professional skills
that include teaching, technical and
technology skills.
“I appeal to the management of
Kyambogo University not to lose sight
of that demarcation of the boundaries -
teaching, technology and technological
skills. I was looking at your booklet,
there are 179 graduates of science
with education. They will be teachers
in secondary schools mainly. We need
more of those,” he said.
President Museveni who is the
visitor of Kyambogo University
was presiding virtually, at the 17th
graduation ceremony where a total of
9,521 graduates of whom 5,074 males
and 4,447 females were awarded
Certificates, Diplomas, Bachelors and
Masters degrees as well as PhDs. 251
students obtained first class degrees
in various Bachelors programmes.
The overall best performing student
was Mr. Ruma Daniel Henry Bachelor
of Science (Humanity, Nutrition and
Dietetics) and the best performing
36 The Presidency | September 2021
female student was Ms. Nabasinga
Joan Mirembe Bachelor of Information
Technology and Computing.
The best performing student in the
Humanities was Ms. Kutesa Deborah for
her Bachelor of Interior and Landscape
Design.
President Museveni said in the early
years of the University, Kyambogo used
to offer courses like teacher education
institute for grade 3 teachers that was
later upgraded to the 5th level Kampala
technical Institute for technology and
technological skills and later school for
teachers in the area of children with
special needs. He added that the three
areas were later amalgamated into one,
Kyambogo University.
He however, called on the University
Council and the Senate not to lose sight
of the original set up.
“We need both technology skills and
technical high level education starting
with science education,” he stressed.
The President congratulated graduates
upon finishing their respective courses.
He equally congratulated parents
for supporting their children and
commended the academic staff of
Kyambogo University for shepherding
the graduates through all the courses.
President Museveni also thanked the
Ministry of Education and Sports for
supervising Educational Institutions in
the country.
Addressing himself specifically to the
graduates, President Museveni strongly
advised them to take good care of their
health and never to indulge in reckless
behavior that can prematurely end their
lives.
“You are beginning a long journey in life.
The first thing you should emphasise
is health. Make sure you don’t cause
yourself a health problem by reckless
behaviour either alcohol or loose living
or obesity and get non-communicable
diseases,” he counseled.
The President further counseled them
to continue learning to remain relevant
to new technologies of this very fast-
changing world.
“Learn continuously, don’t have the
attitude of “arrivalism”. I have arrived
I don’t need to know more. Continue
learning, science technology
advancing so quickly,” he said.
The Minister of Education and Sports,
Mrs. Janet Museveni, thanked President
Museveni for gracing the virtual
function, adding that it should be the
norm for Ugandans and Institutions of
learning to get used to because of the
COVID-19 pandemic.
She commended the leadership
of Kyambogo University led by the
Chancellor Professor John Sebuwufu
for their commitment and hard work.
Mrs. Janet Museveni hailed the
University for producing degree
holders in Education and Food
Science Technology indicating that
the University is now growing in the
area of research especially in Science
Technology and Engineering.
Mrs. Museveni urged institutions of
higher learning to develop programmes
that support national socio-economic
transformation aspirations and
industrialisation of the country.
“I commend the University for allocating
UGX 1.5 billion towards research capacity
development. I want our higher
education institutions to know that
Government expects your research to
contribute to innovation, knowledge
generation and governments strategy
for industrialisation,” she said.
She stressed that NRM Government
is committed to improve the quality
of human resource and to empower
Ugandans to enable them effectively
contribute to the development of the
is
country.
On the Students Loan Scheme, Mrs.
Museveni encouraged the youth
in Uganda to take advantage of the
programme and other opportunities to
acquire the necessary skills, knowledge
and competencies to favourably
compete in the labour market and
contribute to the development of the
country.
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 She commended the leadership of Kyambogo University for the infrastructural
development plans like the 4,000 student-seater central lecture block.

“This is a great achievement and I applaud the University for this initiative,”
she said.

Mrs. Museveni thanked the parents and guardians for supporting the students
through their academic journey and encouraged all of them to be ambassadors
of the University.

The Chancellor of the University Professor John Sebuwufu thanked President

Museveni for his guidance in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

He said despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, the University has
continued to collaborate with National and International Institutions as well
as strengthening the capacity in the areas of research and innovations.

He urged the graduates to be ambassadors of Kyambogo University and to

continue up grading their knowledge.

“Keep on upgrading yourselves, learning does not end,” he advised.

First Lady and Minister for Education and Sports, Hon. Janet Museveni, speaking at the
graduation ceremony

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 21stSeptember, 2021
Museveni receives special message from Kenya’s Uhuru

State Lodge, Nakasero:

President Yoweri Museveni received a special message from his Kenyan counterpart
President Uhuru Kenyatta.

The message was delivered to the President by Ambassador Monica Juma who is
also the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Defense at State House Nakasero.

Ambassador Monica Juma was accompanied by the Uganda Minister of Foreign

Affairs Jeje Odongo.

Other members of the Kenyan delegation included Ambassador Raychelle

Omamo, the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs.Ambassador Monica
Juma conveyed to President Museveni warm greetings from the President and
the people of Kenya to President Museveni and the people of Uganda.

President Museveni poses for a photo Amb. Monica Juma and other officials

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 22nd September, 2021
President Museveni swears in new Judges, IGG and Deputy IGG
State House, Entebbe:
President Yoweri Museveni revealed that
Government would appeal the court
decision to give the murderers of Case
Clinic accountant Francis Ekalungar,
life imprisonment instead of death.
He also emphasised that Uganda has
not abolished the death sentence. The
President also protested the continued
decision by the courts to grant bail to
murder suspects saying bail is not a
constitutional right and must not be
used to provoke the public.
“For somebody to kill a person and
you give them bail is provocation. It
is abominable. I would like us to cure
this ideological disagreement. This
bail, what is the hurry? Who are you
trying to please? Who said bail is a
right? It is not in the Constitution. We
are going to work on this. I am going
to summon the NRM caucus and if
necessary, we put it to a referendum.
With this provocation, people will take
the law into their hands,” he said.
Mawa Muzamiru the ring-leader in
the brutal murder of the Case Clinic
accountant, was recently sentenced to
life imprisonment.
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His accomplices including his wife
Resty Nalunga, Yiga Deo, and Huzailu
Kiwalabye received five, seven, and 25
years’ imprisonment respectively.
“These people conspired to kill the
accountant. Now, one was given a life
sentence, was the one they killed given
life sentence? Was death sentence
abolished? The Case Clinic case will
be appealed,” he said.
President Museveni was presiding over
the swearing in ceremony of six new
judges including Justice Gashirabake
Christopher, Justice Chemutai Tom,
Justice Tweyanze Lawrence, Justice
Wagona Vincent, Justice Alice
Komuhangi and Justice Nakacwa
Florence, the IGG and deputy IGGs at a
ceremony held at State House Entebbe.
The ceremony took place this afternoon
at State House Entebbe and was graced
by the Deputy Chief Justice Hon. Justice
Richard Buteera, the Acting Principal
Judge Hon. Justice Musa Ssekaana,
Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka
and other officials from the Ministry
of Justice.
The swearing-in ceremony for the IGG
Beti Olive Namisango Kamya and her
deputies Dr. Patricia Achan Okiria and
Ms. Ann Twinomugisha Muhairwe was
conducted by the Head of Public Service
and Secretary to the Cabinet, Ms. Lucy
Nakyobe and that of the Justices and
Judges was conducted by the Chief
Registrar Her Worship Sarah Langa Siu.
The President urged the judiciary
to address the issue of ideological
differences when passing judgement
on criminal cases to render justice to
the victims of these crimes and to avoid
the breaking of the law with impunity.
“However, I am seeing an ideological
problem between the way you are
trained as lawyers and we the freedom
fighters and then the population. For
somebody to kill a person and you give
him bail that is provocation. Justice will
lose meaning completely,” he said citing
the case of 43-year-old Akello Christine
who was murdered by her husband Alal
Denis in Anai Ober Cell, Ober Ward in
Lira City West. Alal was later killed by
a mob using the same panga he used
to kill his wife. The President also cited
the case of Acucu in Karamoja who
returned from jail after 10 years and
found his wives married to other men
and his cattle stolen. He embarked on
a cattle-raiding spree that resulted in
counter attacks leaving hundreds dead.
President Yoweri Museveni
congratulated the young team of
lawyers upon their appointments and
noted that the 2 categories of officials
sworn in today the Justices, Judges and
the IGG as well as her 2 deputies could
do a lot to expedite the growth of the
economy that has already recovered
and expanded.
He urged the office of the IGG led by
Hon. Beti Kamya to step up the fight
against corruption as the population is
already fed up with the corrupt officials.
“People are fed up with corruption;
this is not a difficult job for serious
and honest people. Your offices are
infiltrated, start by cleaning it up and
link with the public to collect vital
information. Be patient and connect
with local people. Corruption is like
AIDS; it attacks your defence system.
CID doesn’t do its work, research people
do not handle whistle blowers etc. Don’t
frustrate them.The victims and their
relatives are reliable allies in the fight
against corruption. Link up with them,”
he said.
The new IGG Ms. Beti Kamya pledged
to offer motivational and inspirational
leadership and said they will do the very
best to ensure they deliver the mandate
entrusted to them.
“We shall pay a lot of attention to
prevention and not just running after
cases,” she said.
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The Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera commended Government and President
Museveni for enhancing the Judiciary budget which was increased from 196 billion
for the Financial Year 2020/2021 to 357 billion for the Financial Year 2021/2022.

“This increment will enable us go a long way in bringing justice nearer to the
people of Uganda: our dream, in the medium term, is to bring justice to all the
people of Uganda within a walkable distance,” he said.

Buteera said with the increased financial resources, the Human Resource challenge
is to be addressed systematically each financial year starting this year with the
recruitment plan of 2 Justices of the Supreme Court, 14 Judges of the High Court,
10 Deputy Registrars among others.

Buteera said in a bid to extend services nearer to the people, the Judiciary has
undertaken a number of construction projects meant for housing court premises.

President Museveni poses for a photo with newly sworn in Judges, IGG and Deputy IGGs.

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 22nd September, 2021
President Museveni meets leaders of Give Directly

State Lodge, Nakasero: He also urged GiveDirectly to protect

its recipients from fraud or scams
President Yoweri Museveni called on the
targeting them to safeguard donor
Global leadership of the International
funds.
NGO, GiveDirectly, to work closely with
the Government of Uganda (GoU) so The President tasked the Rt. Hon.
as to align with Government priorities. Prime Minister to build on the progress
made to align on a path to reopening
The meeting at State Lodge Nakasero
GiveDirectly operations.
was a follow-up from a previous one
held at State House Entebbe in June GiveDirectly’s Global Managing
2021. It was attended bythe Rt. Hon. Director, Joe Huston said he was happy
Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, the to support Uganda’s journey out of
Minister of Gender, Labor, and Social poverty.
Development, Hon. Betty Amongi, the
“We are grateful to be granted a second
Minister of Local Government, Hon.
audience with Your Excellency and are
Raphael Magyezi, and the State Minister
thrilled to deepen our collaboration to
of Internal Affairs, Hon. David Muhoozi .
support the Government of Uganda
The President outlined three key in assisting Ugandans’ journeys out of
principles for deepening collaboration poverty,” he said.
between the Government and
According to GiveDirectly, they
GiveDirectly including transparently
haveUS$30m available for current
engaging Government to ensure the
and planned projects in Uganda for
Government is aware of its activities and
poverty alleviation, emergency relief,
understand appropriate governance
refugees, disaster preparedness and
f rameworks in place to enable
social protection.
Government oversight of GiveDirectly’s
programming.

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 24th September, 2021
Orthodox Pope commends President Museveni for support to Church

State Lodge, Nakasero: Father Mukiibi of Metropolis of Burundi

and Rwanda, Reverend Father Kibuuka
The Pope of the Coptic Orthodox
John the Dean of the Cathedral and
Patriarchate of Alexandria, Pope
Rev. Emmanuel Mbaire from Athens
Tawadros II, has sent a special message
Greece who accompanied the body of
to President Yoweri Museveni and the
the late Archbishop Lwanga.
people of Uganda and hailed them
for the support extended to them They extended warm greetings from
following the demise of the late the Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of
Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga , who Alexandria and all Africa, Theodoros II,
served as Archbishop of Kampala and to President Museveni and the people
Exarch of All Uganda in the Uganda of Uganda.
Orthodox Church. Lwanga who was
The Clerics noted that the Orthodox
also the Metropolitan of the Metropolis
Church enjoys cordial relationship
of Kampala and All Uganda, in Central
with the NRM Government and deeply
Africa under the Eastern Orthodox
shares the same ideology.
Church of Alexandria, died early this
month. “We are looking forward for possible
ways of strengthening these relations
The message was delivered by a
further,” they said.
delegation of Orthodox clerics who
paid a courtesy call on the President They commended the President for the
at State House Entebbe. huge support given to their institution
by the Government following the
The delegation was led by His Eminence
death of Archbishop Yona Lwanga who
Metropolitan Makarios Archbishop
succumbed recently to COVID-19 in
of Nairobi in Kenya who is also the
Athens Greece.
care taker of the Orthodox Church in
Uganda. “Your Excellency, we come here with
much love and appreciation to you for
Other members of the delegation
having stood with us in this difficult
included among others His Eminence
days after the loss of our Metropolitan
Metropolitan Jeromos Muzei
Yona Lwanga,” their spokesperson His
Archbishop of Mwanza in Tanzania,
Grace Bishop Silvestros Kizitu of Gulu
His Grace Bishop Silvestros Kizitu of
and Eastern Uganda said.
Gulu and Eastern Uganda, Reverend

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The clerics in their submission further “First of all, I am very sorry for the death
commended the team that was of our brother Yona Lwanga. It was abig
delegated by President Museveni to loss,” he condoled.
organise burial arrangements and
The President pledged to support the
included the Vice President H.E.
church in its development programs.
Jessica Alupo, the ICT Minister Dr. Chris
Baryomunsi and the Attorney General. Later His Eminence Metropolitan
Hon. Kiryowa Kiwanuka. Makarios prayed to God to give
President Museveni more wisdom and
“The team executed their role very well
knowledge to lead the country for the
and we appreciate this as the Orthodox
good of the people.
Church,” they said.
A memorial service for the late Yona
The President acknowledged their
Lwanga will be held on the 17th of
appreciation and conveyed his profound
October 2021 and the Orthodox Pope
condolences to the Orthodox Church
Theodoros II is expected to attend.
especially the family upon the loss of
Archbishop Yona Lwanga.

President Museveni and Vice President Jessica Alupo pose for a photo
with Orthodox Church leaders at State House, Entebbe

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 24th September, 2021
President Museveni meets Czech Republic Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister

State Lodge, Nakasero: H.E. Martin Tlapa expressed their

gratitude for the warm hospitality
President Museveni said Government
accorded to them the moment they
is ready to cooperate with the
stepped in the country.
Czech Republic in the three fields of
Agriculture, Health and Defense. He told the President that his
Government is interested in promoting
The President was meeting the visiting
trade and investment between the 2
Czech Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister
countries as well as cooperate in the
H.E. Martin Tlapa who called on him at
sectors of Agriculture, Health as well
State Lodge, Nakasero.
as in Defense. He said his Government
The envoy who was in the country on is ready to offer COVID-19 vaccines to
a three-day visit was accompanied by Uganda.
the Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon.
“Thank you for the hospitality of your
Gen. JeJe Odongo. Members of his
people from the moment we stepped in
delegation included the Ambassador
the country. We are ready to cooperate
of the Czech Republic to Uganda, H.E.
in sectors of Agriculture, Health and
Martin Klepetko, and the Junior Deputy
Defense as well as boost business and
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech
economic ties,” he said.
Republic Mr. Marek Svoboda.

The Honorary Consul of the Czech

Republic in Uganda Mr. Stephen
Mpuuga Kaboyo and officials of the
Czech Embassy based in Nairobi were
also present.

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 25th September, 2021
President Museveni meets Karamoja leaders

State House, Entebbe: On the issue of famine in Karamoja,

the Minister of State for Disaster
President Yoweri Museveni re-assured
Preparedness, Hon. Esther Anyakun,
the people of Karamoja sub-region of
reported that her Ministry has already
Government’s total commitment to
procured 1.48 tonnes of food relief to be
end cattle rustling and criminality in
transported to the region on Monday
the area.
the 27th September, 2021.
“We are going to stop these cattle
She said that the first beneficiaries
rustlers. We want them to be cattle
will be people from the districts that
keepers not cattle rustlers,” he said.
are badly hit by famine that include
The President who was recently Kaabong, Kotido and Moroto.
in Karamoja to assess the security
The leader of the Karamoja
situation made the assurance at a follow
Parliamentary Group who is also
up meeting with the leadership of
the MP for Pian Upe Constituency in
Karamoja sub-region on the escalating
Nabilatuk district, Hon. Remegio Achia,
insecurity caused by cattle rustlers and
thanked President Museveni for his
criminals.
timely intervention in eliminating cattle
The districts of Karamoja sub-region rustling in Karamoja sub-region.
include Moroto, Napak, Nabilatuk,
Also present at the meeting was
Amudat, Kaabong, Abim, Nakapiripirit,
the Minister of State for Works Hon.
Karenga and Kotido.
Musa Ecweru, the Minister of State
President Museveni who assured for Minerals Hon. Peter Lokeris and
Karamoja leadership that comprised, the Minister of State for Ethics and
the Minister of Karamoja Affairs Hon. Integrity Hon. Rose Lilly Akello. The
Dr. Mary Gorreti Kitutu and her deputy meeting was also attended by Chief
Hon. Agnes Nandutu, Members of of Defence Forces Gen. Wilson Mbasu
Parliament, LC 5 Chairpersons and Mbadi among others.
Mayors among others, that Government
has put in place a strategic security plan
that will eliminate cattle rustling and
criminality in Karamoja once and for all.

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 28th September, 2021
President Museveni meets NRM Caucus

Kololo Ceremonial Grounds:

President Yoweri Museveni who is also the National Chairman of the National
Resistance Movement chaired a meeting of the NRM Parliamentary Caucus
deliberating on matters of national interest.

According to the NRM Chief Whip Thomas Tayebwa, they discussed matters of
importance and decided on resolutions that will make the country secure.

Following the closed meeting, President Yoweri Museveni guided that the
members of parliament go and consult on various issues before another meeting
in two weeks.

President Museveni and First Lady received by Vice President, Prime Minister,
NRM Secretary General & Government Chief Whip for the NRM Parliamentary Caucus meeting

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 30th September, 2021
President Museveni lectures students of Zambia Command & Staff College
State House, Entebbe:
President Yoweri Museveni said the
principle of democracy played a big role
in unifying the people of Uganda who
had been divided along religious and
tribal leanings but are now converged
because of the line they took, of fronting
interests other than identity that led to
the creation of a national party.
“Democracy without a vision is sterile.
It must be democracy to achieve
something,” he said.
The President was giving an opportunity
lecture to military students of the
Republic of Zambia Command and
Staff College who paid a courtesy call
on him at State House Entebbe. The
delegation of 13 students was led by
Col. M.K. Mutila. Other members of
the delegation included the Defense
Attaché of Zambia to Tanzania Brig.
Gen. Mutilada.
The Ugandan delegation included
the Defense Attaché to Tanzania and
Zambia Major General S. Kashaka and
Ag. CTR Brig. Gen F Twinamatsiko.
Mr. Museveni said the next level was
to build a national political party that
brought people together because of
similar interests.
Other national institutions like the
Judiciary, Civil Service, etc were built
including a National Army that most
African countries failed to do because
of sectarianism.
The President said Uganda is back
on its feet because of the principles
of Patriotism, Pan-Af ricanism,
Socio-economic transformation and
Democracy following an era that had
made it a failed state.
“The student movement towed
the line of love Uganda, love Africa,
Socio-economic transformation and
Democracy as the main principles for
transforming society and achieving the
middle income status,” he said.
He briefed the delegation of the
turbulent political and economic
history of Uganda, which had become
a failed state adding that their student
movement diagnosed the challenges
facing the country and counteracted the
bad politics of sectarianism practiced
by the past regimes.
He told his guests that their student
group adopted the principle of socio-
economic transformation with the aim
of transforming the society from the
traditional way of life to modernity and
eventually to middle income status.
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“That is why our movement was saying,
you people this time we must undergo
social transformation. You must become
modern people. You must go from
manual to intellectual labor and to all
elements of social transformation,” he
said.
“They said we were not realistic, that
we were idealists aiming at things that
are not achievable. But the student
movement became a committed armed
force and because of the discipline and
dedication they were able to win the
hearts of the people,” he said.

He said that is why universal education, The delegation that commenced its
skill and intellectual development were tour of Uganda on Monday September
introduced to push the programme of 27th, has visited various institutions
socio-economic transformation. and returned to Zambia on Saturday
the 2nd October 2021.
Commenting on some of the concerns
raised by the students on the challenges
of unifying the people of Uganda,
President Museveni said the main
problem was to tame the 2 groups of
people who were opportunists and
obscurantists who were blocking the
truth.

President Museveni gestures to students of Zambia Command and Staff College after
a lecture at State House, Entebbe

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 28th September, 2021
President Museveni issues statement on military coups in Africa
The Military Coups that have taken place
in Mali and Guinea, must be evaluated by
the African freedom fighters so that we
correctly take a principled stand. In a recent
interview with Radio France, I condemned
the Coup in Guinea because that was the
latest. The same condemnation extends to
the one in Mali and all the others like the
one that was in Madagascar, some time
ago. Why?
It is because the African resistance, right
from 1912 when the ANC was founded
after the humiliating takeover of the
whole continent by the imperialists after
defeating the incapable traditional chiefs,
had 5 aims: to expel the imperialists from
Africa (decolonisation); in order to do that,
the freedom fighters had to unite the
African Peoples in each territory (colony)
by emphasizing Patriotism (the unity of all
the people as opposed to tribalism - the
word being used was “African Nationalism);
however, patriotism was not enough to
defeat the imperialists - we needed Pan-
African action to gain more strength
(hence, the Manchester conference of
1945, the Accra Conference of 1958, the
OAU conference of 1963 etc.); this Pan-
Africanism, apart from the coordinated
anti-imperialist actions, also anticipated
the political and economic integration of
either the whole of Africa (Dr. Nkrumah)
or in parts (Nyerere Mwalimu); in the anti-
imperialist struggles, we were supported by
the socialist countries of the Soviet Union
(1917), China(1949), Cuba (1959) etc.
and the progressive groups in the west such
as Dr. Shepherd of the USA, Lord Fenner
Brockway of UK, Olof Palme of Sweden etc.;
and, finally, the freedom fighters opposed
and resisted neo colonialism – freedom in
name but bondage in practice - that is why
we condemned the killing of Lumumba,
the overthrow of Nkrumah, Modibo Keita
etc..
In other words, starting with 1912, African
freedom fighting meant the following:
i. Decolonisation-anti-imperialism.
ii. Patriotism or Nationalism as opposed
to Sectarianism.
iii. Pan-Af ricanism in f ighting the
imperialists but also leading to economic
and political integration after liberation
(CFTA Continental Free Trade Area and,
where possible, Political Federations -
like Tanzania- the union of Zanzibar and
Tanganyika or the federation of Ghana,
Guinea and Mali).
iv. Internationally, working with those that
supported the independence of Africa
and opposing those that support the
subjugation of Africa.
v. And, by that very fact, opposing neo-
colonialism in Africa, Asia and Latin
America (the war in Vietnam, the killing
of Lumumba, the actions in Libya,
recently, etc.).
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Here, in Uganda, this is how we have been
assessing actors. Idi Amin announced his
coup d’états at 1500 hours on the 25th of
January, 1971. By 1700hours, on the same
day, we met at Yona Kanyomozi’s house
in Bugolobi and we resolved to fight Idi
Amin with arms. Who were we? We were
part of the East African Student Movement
that included people like Adrew Shija -
Tanzania, John Garang- South Sudan,
Peter Kinyanjui - Kenya, Mwakasungura
- Malawi, Charles Kileo - Tanzania, Eriya
Kategaya - Uganda etc. We believed in the
five aims outlined above and we assessed
all political actors accordingly. We did not
fully agree with Mzee Obote. However, we
thought that we could work with him on
the issue of integration of Africa and on
anti-imperialism. With Idi Amin, however,
there was no hope. It was clear that he was
an uninformed tool of some external actors
whose interests were inimical to ours. Amin
and the soldiers that followed him, had,
therefore, no right to interfere with our
destiny march. Guns, our guns bought for
them from China (AK-47s), Czechoslovakia
(BTR-60- armoured personnel carriers) etc.,
with our own money, could not intimidate
us. We could and we did quickly learn the
use of these instruments of force and, by
1979, Amin and his misdirected soldiers,
were in full-flight, running away from the
justice of the Ugandan revolutionaries.
Were we wrong to take up arms against
Idi Amin? Not at all. This is because Idi
Amin and his fellow golpists in Africa,
were almost all of them agents of anti-
African interests. We were calling them
reactionaries and puppets of foreign
interests. Who were they?
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They were the following: Mobutu Sese Seko
Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga, Eyadema of
Togo, Afrifa of Ghana, Bokassa of Central
Africa Republic, Habyarimana of Rwanda,
etc. What proof do we have that they were
agents of foreign interests and against
our destiny? When Afrifa overthrew Mzee
Nkrumah, the latter had either proposed
to or had actually sent a reconnaissance
group to the Zambezi valley (Zambia side)
to participate in the confrontation against
Ian Smith in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe).
I remember, that in one of his speeches,
Afrifa actually cited this as one of the
reasons of overthrowing Mzee Nkrumah.
After that, Ghana withdrew completely
from the anti-colonial struggle and yet,
hitherto, she had been the pointsman in
the anti-colonial struggle.
Fortunately, for Africa, we had a few far-
sighted and courageous elders of ours that
did not desert the frontline of resistance
to colonialism and imperialism. These
were: Mwalimu Nyerere (Tanzania), Mzee
Kaunda (Zambia), Mzee Seretse Khama
(Botswana), Abdul Nasser (Egypt), Houari
Boumediene (Algeria) and Mzee Sekou
Toure (Guinea-Conakry). With material
supplies (weapons) and training from the
socialist camp (the Soviet Union, China,
Cuba etc.), they gave training camps and
rear bases to the African freedom fighters
from Mozambique, Angola, Zimbabwe,
Namibia, South Africa and GuineaBissau.
By 1974, the African Armies had defeated
the Portuguese armyin Africa (a total of
almost 200,000 soldiers); by 1980, the
regime of Ian Smith, that had declared
that it would sit on top of the Africans for
another 1000 years, was defeated.
In 1986,Uganda’s leadership came into
our hands and we also made our humble
contribution. Eversince 1975, the number
of the frontline states had grown from the
original 3 (Tanzania, Zambia and Botswana)
to the then six (adding Mozambique,
Zimbabwe and Angola). Later, Namibia
(1990), joined the frontline states. By 1994,
South Africa was liberated. All this was
the work of the African freedom fighters,
supported by other anti-colonial forces in
the World.
The question to ask is: “What would have
happened if the Afrifa – Amin - Mobutu
line of collaboration with imperialism
at the expense of African interests, had
succeeded?” In the article, I have talked
of only the African countries where there
was fighting. There were, however, others
that were not independent by the time the
Afrifas betrayed us in Ghana. These were
Sao-Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea,
Djibouti, Seychelles. Swaziland, Lesotho,
Western Sahara etc.
Definitely, in the countries where the
f ighting took place, the imperialists
had no intention of accepting African
empowerment, leadership, and democratic
participation.
Portugal used to say that their African
colonies (Mozambique, Angola etc.) were
not colonies. That they were “overseas
provinces of Portugal”!! It was a titanic
struggle in which our few elders, led as well.
Therefore, “the struggle between the two
lines”, as the Chinese used to say, the line of
independence and the line of flunkeyism,
has been crucial and decisive in Africa.
The imperialists wanted to extirpate the
independent-thinking leaders in Africa,
like they did with Lumumba, Nkrumah,
Modibo Keita, etc.
The Portuguese invaded Conakry on the
22nd of November 1970. Sekou Toure and
the Guinean resistance, defeated them.
Hence, Guinea of Sekou Toure, remained
a reliable rearbase for the PAIGC (Partido
Africano Independencia of Guinea and
Cape-Verde). That is how Guinea-Bissau,
led by the capable Amilcar Cabral, whom
the traitors assassinated on the 20th of
January 1973, struck one of the biggest
blows to Portuguese colonialism, so much
that the defeated Portuguese Commander
there, General Spinola, when he went back
to Portugal, led the “golpe” (coup) against
the fascist “Professorio Doctorio” Marcello
Caetano. Another strategic defeat had
been inflicted on the Portuguese in Cabo
Delgado Province when comrade Samora
Machel defeated General Kaulza D’Arriaga’s
“Operation Gordion Knot”, in 1971, where
he had employed 35,000 soldiers in that
offensive.
The imperialists tried to overthrow
Mwalimu Nyerere (the William Chacha
Coup, the planting of bombs by South
African Commandoes landed by sub-
marines at, for instance, Selander bridge-
200meters from where I was staying at
Sun and Sand hotel), etc.
Therefore, when it comes to these new
Coup d’états in West Africa, we must ask
three questions. The questions are: 1. What
is the ideological stand of these Coup
makers?
Do they understand the 5 aims of the
African freedom fighters that caused the
formation of the ANC in 1912?
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 2.Whom are they overthrowing in terms of
ideology and aims? Who is Alpha Conde,
who is Keita, ideologically? Are they in the
tradition of the African freedom fighters
like Nkrumah, Nyerere, Sekou Toure etc?
3.What right do these Coup makers
have when it comes to interfering with
our destiny? I certainly do not know the
ideological position of the Coup-makers.
There are, however, clues that show that
they may not be part of the freedom
fighters.
The African Union has made some positive
steps in working for the realization of some
of our 5 strategic aims. The OAU supported
the decolonization of Africa by creating the
committee of 9 that Co-ordinated the anti-
colonial armed struggle. This committee
was based in Dar-es-Salaam and was
headed by George Magombe and, later, by
General Hashim Mbiita (both of Tanzania).
Secondly, recently, they accepted and
launched the CFTA (the Continental Free
Trade Area)- one of the strategic aims of
the African freedom fighters, to ensure
our prosperity. It is this African Union that
has outlawed Coups. Who, then, are you
to make a Coup against the decision of
the AU? Whose interest are you serving?
Besides, I was amazed and amused by
the arrogance of these people. When
summoning former Government Ministers
etc, one of them said that if anybody
summoned does not come, he/she will
be regarded as having declared rebellion!!
Really!! Especially for the politicians, they
have a right and even an obligation to
say: “No”, to whatever they don’t agree
with. Saying “No”, includes not attending
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meetings called. It is a peaceful way of
showing one’s unhappiness. It is up to the
organiser to come and see why I did not
come to the called meeting so that, if he
can, he addresses and cures the grievance.
To declare that peaceful abstaining from a
meeting is rebellion, shows that you may
be a fascist.
4.Who is Alpha Conde, Who is Keita of
Mali, ideologically? Certainly, the few times
I interacted with Professor Conde, he
belongs to the tradition of African freedom
fighters; he told me that he supported
the federation of West Africa that would
utilise the Mandingo, Fulani and other
cross-border communities, to build such
a political union, in addition to economic
integration (ECOWAS, CFTA, COMESA etc.).
Of course, we do not know much about the
internal politics of Guinea. Nevertheless,
even when you have other differences, it
should not eclipse the big aims you share.
This is what we always believe and do.
Examples of this are plenty.
5.Finally: “Do the coup-makers have a right
to interfere with our destiny?” The answer
is a categorical “no”; it is good that the
African Union accepted the minimum
position of outlawing these coups. The
freedom fighters, who themselves have
not harmonised well among themselves,
but must reject flunkeyism, should have
no problem with leaders that do not share
their views provided they are elected.
Elections mean one person, one vote, by
secret ballot, at regular intervals. This is
the minimum they all have set and it is a
good one. If people who do not share our
views win the elections, provided they do
not engage in extra–judicial killings, we
should accept their leadership and struggle
against their wrong positions peacefully.
The position of one person, one vote, by
secret ballot, at regular intervals, is a good
minimum position because it addresses
the substance of democracy, which means
the continuous and perpetual supremacy
of the sovereignty of the people. Nobody
has a right to interfere with this.
Some of us, in the foot-steps of the freedom
fighter elders, cannot contentedly accept
that Africa becomes a Latin America in
Africa. The struggle led by the elders was:
“for a free and United Africa”; not for “an
unfree (neo-colonial) and dispersed Africa.”
The 5 strategic goals, had, each, a reason:
Decolonisation to regain the freedom to
decide for ourselves; Patriotism to create
strength in each country by uniting
the people and opposing sectarianism
(Umoja ni nguvu, Agali awamu ge galuma
enyama); Pan-Africanism to create more
strength, cater for our prosperity through
uniting the Af rican markets for our
producers of goods and services through
economic integration and create strategic
security through political integration;
Utilising the support of the Socialist
countries as well as the anti-colonial forces
in the West to strengthen ourselves after
Independence even some of the right-wing
actors in the West, started working with
the freedom fighters, although quite often
they relapse into their wrong attitudes of
arrogance.
Finally, rejecting all attitudes of neo-
colonialism; Uganda is strong today and
on the verge of becoming a middle income
country, because we rejected flunkeyism-
we resisted Idi Amin when he was being
dined and wined in some capitals.
The present chaos in many parts of Africa
is on account of not fully implementing
the goals of the elder-freedom fighters.
That is why some of us cannot give up the
struggle for these strategic goals.
In the last 60years, the only actors on the
African scene that came through military
coups that stood with the freedom fighters
at some point were: Marian Ngouabi in
Congo-Brazzaville; General Obasanjo on
the matter of Angola; Col. Mengistu on
the issue of Zimbabwe (I think he trained
some freedom fighters from there); and
Col. Houari Boummedione of Algeria
who trained f reedom f ighters f rom
Mozambique and other countries that
were still occupied.
Sometimes, in a number of cases, some
Western leaders take the side of the African
freedom fighters in some controversial
arguments. I can remember of 1976 when
H.E Jimmy Carter took our side in the
matter of Angola when the South African
Whites (the Boers) had invaded Angola
to put their puppets in power; 1980 when
Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher brokered the
settlement on Zimbabwe; and 1990-1994
when H.E De Kirk, reached a peaceful
settlement on South Africa. All these
were, however, preceded by the correct
and determined actions of the African
freedom fighters. Long live the Sovereignty
of the African people through regular free
elections of one person one vote, by secret
ballot.
Yoweri K. Museveni Gen.(Rtd)
PRESIDENT
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Your Monthly Round-Up of State House News

 Contents
1  Note from the Chief Editor 4

2  President Museveni attends the Dubai trade Expo in UAE 7

3  President Museveni, UAE Crown Prince discuss Investment Cooperation 8

4  President woos Arab investors  10

5  President Museveni presides over Uganda National Day at Dubai Expo 2020  11

6  President Museveni meets Ugandans living in United Arab Emirates 13

7  President Museveni departs Dubai 14

8  President Museveni attends inauguration of Ethiopia’s Prime Minister 15

9  President Museveni returns from UAE, Ethiopia 17

10  Probe into school ownership conflict between Catholic and Anglican Churches 18

11  President commends MTN on localisation, business promotion 20

12  President Biden congratulates Uganda ahead of Independence 22

13  World leaders congratulate Uganda on 59th Independence Day 23

14  Speech at the 59th Independence Anniversary Celebrations 28

15  President commissions UPDF’s infantry vehicle ‘Chui’ 33

16  President commends UJCC for uniting followers 34

17  President closes cabinet retreat  35

18  President Museveni meets Pope Theodoros II 37

19  Pope Francis congratulates Uganda on its Independence Month 38

20  President Museveni meets outgoing UN Women Country Representative in Uganda 40

21  President Museveni meets Nordic envoys 41

22  President mourns Hope Kivengyere 43

23  President flags off 282 trucks for COVID-19 surveillance 45

24  President Museveni commissions Port Health Facility 47

25  President Museveni meets France’s Foreign Trade & Economic Attractiveness Minister 48

26  President meets UN Special Representative on D.R. Congo 50

27  President Museveni meets Turkish investors 51

28  President meets Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for African Affairs 52

 Editor’s Note
Note from the Chief Editor
Dear Reader,
I have the pleasure to present to you the October edition of our monthly
e-magazine, The Presidency.
In each edition, my team and I try and incorporate feedback that we have
been getting from the readers since the first edition. Our vision is to see the
magazine satisfying everyone’s expectations; both the fast readers and the
in-depth analysts. In this edition, we have extracted a quote or two from each
story, to aid our fast readers. It will be easy for the readers to appreciate the
President’s position on a matter even without in-depth analysis.
The Government Citizen Interaction Centre (GCIC) was established to bridge
the gap between the Government and the citizenry. We use different tools and
platforms, including this e-magazine, to facilitate this interaction. Therefore,
this e-magazine serves to bridge the gap between the Presidency and the
public, by bringing you monthly news from the office and residence of the
President.
In the month of October, the President travelled abroad for official duty, first,
to officiate at the Uganda National Day at the ongoing Dubai Expo 2020 and
also to hold discussions with the leaders of the United Arab Emirates. The
President detoured through Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where he attended the
inauguration of Ahmed Abiy, as the Prime Minister of Ethiopia. The President
had cut down on his foreign travel due to COVID-19.
In this edition, we have brought you an analysis of the progress of Uganda
Investment Authority, breaking down the strides they have made in establishing
an industrial park in every corner of Uganda. In next editions, we shall be able
to bring you analyses from different Ministries, Departments and Agencies,
regarding Government projects, which the President has launched, visited
or commissioned, and how they will transform our country.
Lastly, in this edition, we are publishing the President’s powerful speech,
delivered on Independence Day, on 9th October, at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds.
I now have the pleasure to present to you the fifth edition of The Presidency.

Marcella Karekye
Special Presidential Assistant In-Charge of
Communication & Director Government
Citizen Interaction Centre (GCIC)

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 Editorial Team

Duncan Abigaba Robert Sharp Mugabe

Deputy Chief Editor Content Production Manager

Gerald Kansiime Deo Mutumba Simon Musoke

Head of Logistics Head of Production Graphics Editor

Desire Amanya Woira Michael Arthur Musinguzi

Editor Editor Editor

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 Quote of the Month

In conclusion, I seem to detect a linkage between

Wealth-creation with Patriotism and Pan-
Africanism and idleness with Parasitism, working
for foreign interests and anarchism.

President Y.K. Museveni, 9th October, 2021

 2nd October, 2021
President Museveni attends the Dubai trade Expo in UAE

ABU DHABI: H.E Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan Al-

Nahyan the Minister of State in
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
arrived in Abu Dhabi, United Arab
International cooperation of UAE
Emirates (UAE) for the 2020 Dubai trade
welcomed President Museveni to
Expo.
UAE and wished him well in all his
On arrival at Abu Dhabi International engagements while in the UAE.
Airport, the President was received
Expo 2020 is a World Expo currently
by H.E Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan
hosted by Dubai in the United Arab
Al-Nahyan, the Minister of State in
Emirates, originally scheduled for
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
20th October 2020 to 10th April
International Cooperation of UAE.
2021. However, due to the COVID-19
Others present at the Airport to receive pandemic, the Expo was rescheduled
the President were; H.E Abdulla for 1st October 2021 to 31st March 2022.
Alshamsi, the UAE Ambassador to
Over 192 Countries, Uganda inclusive
Uganda, Foreign Affairs minister Hon.
are participating in this year’s World
Gen. Jeje Odongo, Finance minister
Trade Expo taking place for 182 days.
Hon. Matia Kasaijja, Amb. Zaake
Kibedi, Amb. Henry Mayega, Amb.
Arthur Kafeero, and the Chief of
Protocol, Amb. Charles Ssentongo,
among others.

President Museveni
received at Abu Dhabi
International Airport by
Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan
Al-Nahyan, the Minister
of State in the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and
International Cooperation
of UAE.

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 2nd October, 2021
President Museveni, UAE Crown Prince discuss Investment Cooperation

You are welcome Your Excellency to on security issues”, His Highness Sheikh
Abu Dhabi. Now that you are here, I am Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al
going to benefit from your leadership Nahyan said.
experience and knowledge especially on
security issues”, His Highness Sheikh The Crown Prince commended President
Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Museveni’s contribution to peace building
Nahyan said. in the region and pledged to work with
him in this effort. “My Government is
ABU DHABI:
willing to work together with Uganda
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni met for a peaceful region,” he said.
and held bilateral discussions with His
On the side of investment, the Crown
Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed
Prince directed his Minister of Foreign
bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince
Affairs and International cooperation,
of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and Deputy
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, who was in
Supreme Commander of the United Arab
attendance to lead a delegation of high
Emirates Forces and Ruler of Abu Dhabi.
profile business people to Uganda for
The meeting took place at the Crown investment opportunities.
Prince’s Al Meena Palace in Abu Dhabi,
On his part, President Yoweri Kaguta
United Arab Emirates and was attended
Museveni thanked his counterpart for the
by Uganda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
warm reception accorded his delegation
Gen. Jeje Odong and Minister for Finance,
and invited him to visit Uganda which
Planning and Economic Development,
invitation the Crown Prince accepted.
Hon. Matia Kasaija.
“I am very happy to meet you and to visit
The Crown Prince welcomed President
UAE and Abu Dhabi,” President Museveni
Museveni to Abu Dhabi, UAE, and added
said.
that the President’s visit was a great
opportunity for him to benefit from his President Museveni briefed the Crown
experience, knowledge of security and Prince about the four major investment
country building. sectors that the UAE can interest
themselves and they include: Production
“You are welcome Your Excellency to
of steel, Fertilisers, Energy and Agro-
Abu Dhabi. Now that you are here, I am
processing.
going to benefit from your leadership
experience and knowledge especially

8 The Presidency | October 2021

The President said that Uganda has got President Museveni invited H.H Sheikh
good iron ore but still use the reconciled Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al
steel that is not good for strong steel. Nahyan to come and visit Uganda and
the invitation was accepted. The Crown
“When we try to get strong steel, it comes
Prince will be visiting Uganda in January
from very far in China which is expensive
2022.
because of the distance. We therefore,
want to develop a steel industry using The meeting was also attended by the
our iron ore,” he said. UAE Ambassador to Uganda Amb.
Abdulla Alshamsi, Uganda’s Ambassador
The President said that with the peace
to UAE, Amb. Zaake Kibedi among others.
in the country, good infrastructure and
the market available, Uganda is a good
destination for investment.

President Museveni briefed the Crown Prince about the four major
investment sectors that the UAE can interest themselves, including
the Production of steel, Fertilisers, Energy and Agro-processing.

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 2nd October, 2021
President woos Arab investors
In 2018 Uganda was exporting
products worth US$600million
to UAE, however, today, Uganda
exports US$1.25billion,”
Amb. Zaake Kibedi.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has
said that Uganda is one of the best
destinations for investment in the
world because of the good security,
infrastructure, weather and markets
among others.
“You can mobilise the rich people here
to come and invest in Uganda mainly
in the sectors of Steel production,
Fertilisers, Energy, and Agro-
processing,” said the President.
The President was meeting groups of
prospective investors from different
organisations at St. Regis Hotel in Abu
Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
While meeting a group of investors from
Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce,
President Museveni emphasised the
need for Hydro energy or Wind energy
development
The First Chairman of the Board of
Directors, Abu Dhabi Chamber of
Commerce, Dr. Ali Saeed bin Harmal,
revealed that they have a factory
already in Uganda that exports fruits,
vegetables, fish etc., to the United Arab
Emirates.
10 The Presidency | October 2021
Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce
coordinates all business people in
agriculture, industries, infrastructure
and services in Abu Dhabi.
Others groups were from Abu Dhabi
Development Fund, which finances
big projects in infrastructure, and Streit
Group, one of the largest armored
vehicle manufacturers in the world.
Streit Group is currently constructing
a factory for armoured vehicles in
Nakasongola and will start its operations
in November this year.
Apart from the market of 45 million
Ugandans, the President said there is a
market for the 1.4 billion Africans where
one can sell their products if they chose
to invest in Uganda.
According to Uganda’s Ambassador to
the UAE, Kibedi Zaake, the Economic
cooperation between Uganda and UAE
has grown over the time.
“In 2018 Uganda was exporting products
worth US$600million to UAE, however,
today Uganda exports US$1.25billion,”
Amb. Kibedi said.
The meeting was attended by the
3rd Deputy Prime minister, Rukia
Nakadama, Minister of Finance,
Planning and Economic Development,
Matia Kasaija, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Jeje Odong, Minister for Agriculture,
Animal Husbandry and Fisheries,
Frank Tumwebaze and the Minister
for Tourism, Tom Butime among others.
 3rd October, 2021
President Museveni presides over Uganda National Day at Dubai Expo 2020

We are here to talk about profit, The President told his hosts that Uganda
how do you maximize profit? has a highly-educated population
amongst whom are scientists who can
Because you can’t do business
produce knowledge-based services.
when you are making losses.
On the side of the market, President
So, if you want to make profits,
Museveni revealed that Uganda has a
Uganda is the right place at market population of 42m people and
the right time to invest in,” is estimated to be 100m in 30 years.
President Museveni
“Uganda is not the only market we
have. When you produce in Uganda,
DUBAI EXPO2020: you can sell in all African countries, we
have agreements to sell in USA, Europe,
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
and China etc., therefore the market is
presided over celebrations at the
there,” he said.
Uganda National Day at the Dubai Expo
2020 in the United Arab Emirates. President Museveni commended
the UAE government for organising
Arriving at the Expo leadership pavilion,
the Expo event where the world can
President Museveni and his delegation
meet and discuss prosperity. He
were received by H.E Sheikh Nahayan
commended the visionary leadership of
Mubarak Al Nahayan, the Minister of
the forefathers of United Arab Emirates
Tolerance in the United Arab Emirates.
whose contributions have seen UAE
Dubai Expo 2020 is a World Expo growing economically.
currently hosted by Dubai in the
“The UAE is a challenge to Africa
United Arab Emirates, which was
because they have turned a desert into
officially opened on the 1st of October
a center of affluence simply because of
2021 and is to run for 182 day with over
the vision of their leaders. They turned
192 participating countries, Uganda
geography into an advantage,” he said.
inclusive.
President Museveni also commended
Speaking at the Expo, President
the UAE for the seriousness in handling
Museveni said that Uganda is the right
Covid19 pandemic and added that they
place at the right time for any serious
are following his line of every one must
business people looking for profitable
test.
investments.
Speaking at the event, H.E Sheikh
“We are here to talk about profit, how
Nahayan Mubarak Al Nahayan, the
do you maximise profit? You can’t do
Minister of Tolerance in the United
business when you are making losses.
Arab Emirates welcomed President
So, if you want to make profits, Uganda
Museveni to UAE and thanked him for
is the right place at the right time to
sparing time to come and attend the
invest in,” President Museveni said.
function in person.

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“Your Excellency, it is an honour to
be with you today, to celebrate the
National Day of Uganda, the Pearl of
Africa. We are pleased to have your
presence here”, Sheikh Nahayan said.
He commended President Museveni’s
leadership for a remarkable role
in peace and economic building of
Uganda.
Sheikh Nahayan Mubarak Al Nahayan
noted that COVID-19 pandemic has
presented many challenges globally
even when mankind has become
resilient.
Sheikh Nahayan said that the United
Arab Emirates is looking forward to
strengthening the bilateral economic
ties between the two countries and are
ready to continue investing in Agro-
processing, Tourism, and ICT among
other sectors.
After the remarks f rom their
Excellencies, the host and guests
were treated to a cultural folklore
performance by the Crane performers,
showcasing Uganda’s culture through
music and dance.
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Thereafter, President Museveni went on
a guided tour of the Ugandan Pavilion
together with His Highness Sheikh
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum,
the Vice President and Prime Minister
of UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
In the Ugandan Pavilion, Uganda
showcased her products ranging from
tourism, beverages, tea, bird species,
gorillas, etc.
President Museveni was also taken
on a guided tour of the UAE pavilion
by the H.E Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan
Al-Nahyan, the Minister of State in
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
International cooperation of UAE.
“Your Excellency, it is an honour
to be with you today, to cerebrate
the National Day of Uganda, the
Pearl of Africa. We are pleased
to have your presence here”, H.E
Sheikh Nahayan Mubarak
Al Nahayan, the Minister of
Tolerance in the United Arab
Emirates
President Museveni
together with UAE Minister
for Tolerance H.E Sheikh
Nahayan Mubarak Al
Nahayan, UAE Minister of
State for Foreign Affairs H.E
Sheikh Shakhboot Nahyan
Al-Nahyan and UAE and
Ugandan officials enjoying
a performance by Crane
Performers
 4th October, 2021
President Museveni meets Ugandans living in United Arab Emirates
We talked about issues of child
trafficking in cabinet and agreed
to put a shelter where girls can
be kept when they get problems
here and also strengthen the
rules governing the movement of
people,” President Museveni
DUBAI, UAE:
President Yoweri Museveni said
Government is working on strengthening
laws governing the movement of people
outside the country.
He was responding to concerns by
Ugandans living in the United Arab
Emirates about the increasing number
of Ugandans being trafficked.
“We talked about issues of child
trafficking in cabinet and agreed to put a
shelter where girls can be kept when they
get problems here and also strengthen
the rules governing the movement of
people,” the President said.
President Museveni met and held
discussions with the executive leaders
of Ugandans living and working in
the United Arab Emirates, under their
umbrella body, Association of Ugandans
living in United Arab Emirates (AUU),
led by the Chairperson Mr. Nsubuga
Abdulbasit.
The meeting that was attended by the
3rd Deputy Premier, Rt. Hon. Rukia
Nakadama, and other Ministers took
place at St. Regis Hotel in Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates.
The President advised the leaders to
invite Ugandans living in the UAE to
register with the association at a fee,
which will enable them to run activities
of the association and monitor their
members.
He pledged Government financial
support to run their association and
also contributed to their SACCO where
members can save and borrow at a low
a interest rate.
“We shall assist you with funds. I will put
US$100,000 in your SACCO so that you
may borrow and start small business
here. We shall also put US$50,000 in your
association,” President Museveni said.
The Chairperson Nsubuga Abdulbasit
thanked President Museveni for sparing
time off his busy working visit to meet
them.
“Thank you Mr. President for this
wonderful meeting. You squeezed us
in your busy schedule to meet you and
we are very grateful,” Nsubuga said. He
commended the President for his tireless
efforts in fighting COVID-19 in Uganda.
The association reported to the President
an increasing number of Ugandans
trafficked in the UAE and requested for
support to be able to monitor them and
help them where necessary.
“We have got many girls here who are
trafficked and they end up on streets
suffering. We have been helping them
but we need more support,” Nsubuga
said.
There are over sixty thousand (60,000)
Ugandans living and working in the
United Arab Emirates and they send
home over usd 200 million every year,
according to the Ambassador of Uganda
in UAE, H.E. Zaake Kibedi.
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 4th October, 2021
President Museveni departs Dubai

We talked about issues of child over the celebrations of Uganda National

trafficking in cabinet and agreed
to put a shelter where girls can
be kept when they get problems
here and also strengthen the
rules governing the movement of
people,” President Museveni
DUBAI, UAE:
President Yoweri Museveni departed
Dubai for Ethiopian Capital, Addis Ababa,
for the swearing in ceremony of Prime
Minister Abiy Ahmed for a new five-year
term in office.
Abiy’s ruling party, Prosperity Party, won
a landslide victory in national elections
held in June.
The President left Abu Dhabi after a 3-day
working visit during which he presided
Day at the Dubai Expo 2020 in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates.
The President also met and held bilateral
discussions with the Crown Prince and
leader of Abu Dhabi and also met the
leader of Dubai.
At Abu Dhabi International Airport,
President Museveni was seen off by H.E
Sheikh Shakhbout Nahyan Al-Nahyan,
the Minister of State in the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and International
Cooperation of UAE in charge of Africa.
Others at the Airport were; H.E. Abdulla
Alshamsi, the UAE Ambassador to
Uganda, Foreign Affairs, Minister
Hon. Gen. Jeje Odongo, and Uganda’s
Ambassador to UAE, Mr. Zaake Kibedi
among others.

President Museveni seen off at Dubai International Airport by UAE’s Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs, H.E Sheikh Shakhbout Nahyan Al-Nahyan

14 The Presidency | October 2021

 5th October, 2021
President Museveni attends inauguration of Ethiopia’s Prime Minister
I have been observing and
participating in African politics
for 60 years and politics of identity
especially of tribes and religions
have caused many problems to many
African countries including Uganda.
Uganda just came up after we had
shunned politics of identity and
substituted it with politics of interest
and I would encourage Ethiopians to
always remember that,” President
Museveni
ADDIS ABABA:
President Yoweri Museveni urged
African political leaders and the African
people in general to shun the politics
of identity that characterised most of
the post-independence Africa, noting
that politics of identity that was mostly
based on tribes and religions were
counterproductive, diversionary and
led to the emergency of many failed
states in post-independence Africa.
The President was speaking at Meskel
Square in the Ethiopian capital, Addis-
Ababa, where he addressed a mammoth
rally of Ethiopian people that was also
attended by many other African leaders
to mark the inauguration of Ethiopian
Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, for a new
five-year term.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had earlier
in the morning taken the oath of office
at Parliament administered by the
Supreme Court Chief Justice, Meaza
Ashenafi.
President Museveni who made the
opening remarks for the Heads of States
and Government said as an observer of
African politics for the last 60 years,
he had identified politics of identity
especially of tribes and religions as
one that greatly affected democratic
and political progress of many African
countries and hindered the continent’s
social economic transformation and
development.
He called upon the people of Ethiopia
and the African continent in general
to do away with politics of identity and
focus on politics of interest and support
leaders based on their political agenda
as opposed to their tribes or religious
affiliations.
“I have been observing and participating
in African politics for 60 years and
politics of identity especially of tribes
and religions have caused many
problems to many African countries
including Uganda.
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Uganda just came up after we had especially by ending the war in the
shunned politics of identity and Tigray region which he said had made
substituted it with politics of interest Ethiopia pay a “heavy price”.
and I would encourage Ethiopians
He pledged to work with all peace
to always remember that,” President
loving Ethiopian to bring about peace
Museveni said.
and prosperity for all Ethiopians.
President Museveni commended the
The inauguration ceremony was also
people of Ethiopia for conducting a
attended and addressed by Presidents
credible and democratic election and
of Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Somalia,
congratulated Prime Minister Abiy
Djibouti and South Sudan as well
Ahmed for winning the new five-
as delegations from several African
year mandate to serve his people and
countries and representatives of the
country.
international community.
In his remarks, Prime Minister Abiy
Ahmed promised to work and bring
about total peace for all Ethiopians

President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed chat with President
Museveni in Addis Ababa

16 The Presidency | October 2021

 5th October, 2021
President Museveni returns from UAE, Ethiopia
ENTEBBE, VVIP:
Following a three-day busy schedule
in the United Arab Emirates where he
presided over the Uganda National Day
at the Dubai Expo2020 and an official
visit to Ethiopia’s Capital, Addis Ababa,
for the inauguration of the Prime
Minister, Abiy Ahmed, for a new five-
year term, President Museveni returned
home.
During his visit to UAE, the President
held a series of meetings with the
leaders of UAE including His Highness
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan
Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of the
Emirate of Abudhabi and Deputy
Supreme Commander of the United
Arab Emirates Forces and Ruler of Abu
Dhabi, various prospective investors
President Museveni is received by the Vice President, H.E. Jessica Alupo, at Entebbe
International Airport
and the Uganda diaspora in UAE.
The Vice President H.E. Jessica Alupo,
the Minister for the Presidency Hon.
Milly Babalanda and the Head of Public
Service and Secretary to the Cabinet
Ms. Lucy Nakyobe Mbonye, received
the President at Entebbe International
Airport.
Also at the airport to receive him
were the service chiefs, the Chief of
Defence Forces of the Uganda Peoples
Defence Forces, General Wilson Mbadi,
Assistant Inspector General of Police
(AIGP) Andrew Sorowen and David
Ahimbisibwe, Director Human Resource
in Uganda Prisons representing
the Inspector General of Police and
Commissioner General of Prisons,
respectively.
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 6th October, 2021
President launches probe into school ownership conflict
between Catholic and Anglican Churches
We want to give the officials a chance
to reform. If they fail, they will be
prosecuted. They must provide
information. It is a big shame for
all those in public offices who have
compelled religious leaders to lament.
Accounting officers in Government
and civil servants in the Ministry
of Education have been implicated.
How can head teachers and DEOs
decide on who is to be in-charge of
the schools? They came in to serve,”
Col. Edith Nakalema
GULU:
President Yoweri Museveni launched
a probe into the ownership and
management of schools between the
Catholic and Anglican Churches in
Acholi and Lango sub regions.
This follows wrangles between officials
of the 2 denominations that emerged
between 2006 and 2017. The dispute
relates to the founding bodies of the
schools, each claiming ownership of
over 100 Primary and Secondary schools
in Acholi and Lango sub-regions.
A meeting was held at the Comboni
Animation Centre, St. Joseph Cathedral
in Gulu District, following fears by
stakeholders that the conflicts would
affect the re-opening of schools in
January.
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The meeting that was chaired by the
Archbishop of Gulu, the Most Reverend
John Baptist Odama was attended
by over 10 serving Bishops of the 2
denominations. Among them was the
Church of Uganda Bishop of Northern
Uganda Diocese, the Right Rev. Johnson
Gakumba. Others in attendance were
the Chief Administrative Officers and
the District Education Officers.
The Head of the Anti- Corruption Unit
of State House, Col. Edith Nakalema
is leading the probe under the
instructions of President Museveni.
“We want to give the off icials a
chance to reform. If they fail, they will
be prosecuted. They must provide
information. It is a big shame for
all those in public offices who have
compelled religious leaders to lament.
Accounting officers in Government
and civil servants in the Ministry of
Education have been implicated. How
can head teachers and DEOs decide on
who is to be in-charge of the schools?
They came in to serve,” she said, adding
that civil servants have failed in their
roles.
Nakalema cited Akwang Primary School
where a family donated land to the
Church of Uganda but the DEO decided
that it was a community school and
blocked the Church.
She urged civil servants to do their
work else face Court for negligence of
duty and revealed that DEOs or and
head teachers would be investigated.
She assigned a team of CID Officers
to remain in the area with instructions
to conclusively conduct investigations
into the matter.
Col. Nakalema gave the heads of the
Education Departments a 5-week
ultimatum ending 16th November 2021,
to show the status of all the schools
being contested in the Acholi and
Lango sub regions.
She called on the religious leaders
to spearhead the drive to educate
the communities about the value of
education and urged them to strive
towards solving the misunderstandings
amicably.
She assured them that Government
would ensure that the civil servants do
their work efficiently. She urged them
not to allow the politicians to mingle
in Church matters.
Col. Edith Nakalema posing for a photo with religious leaders from Acholi and Lango
sub-regions during the meeting
The Archbishop of Gulu Archdiocese,
the Most Reverend John Baptist
Odama, thanked God for protecting
them. He saluted President Museveni
for supporting the meeting. He was
optimistic that it would promote
peace and unity. He also thanked
Col. Nakalema for her efforts towards
finding a lasting solution.
Rev. Charles Okello, the northern
Uganda diocesan education co-
ordinator said the issue of founding
bodies and management of schools
had caused a lot of tension which
has affected education. He said some
schools were changed during coding
while others were taken over during
the Northern Uganda conflict of the
Lord’s Resistance Army.
The Lira District Education Officer
Ms. Frances Offungi attributed the
conflict to the misplacement of records
at the Lands offices in Lango sub
region during the insecurity that was
orchestrated by the LRA.
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 6th October, 2021
President commends MTN on localisation, business promotion
Localisation is very important. It
removes nationalism in business
where all people become partners,”
President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
The strategy by telecom giant MTN
Telecommunications Company of
getting Ugandans involved as partners
in its activities has been described as
very important by President Yoweri
Museveni who said it allows Ugandans
and Africans to be partners in all the
activities of the company.
“Localisation is very important. It
removes nationalism in business where
all people become partners,” he said
President Museveni congratulated
the leadership of MTN for the strategy
including that of the expansion of
services to the rural areas as well as in
business promotion.
The President was meeting MTN Group
Officials led by the Chairperson of the
Board, Mr. Mcebisi Hubert Jonas, who
called on him at State House Entebbe.
Other members of the group included
the CEO of the company, Mr. Ralph
Mupita, and the officials of MTN; Mr.
Yolanda Cuba, Mr. Wim Van Helleputte
and Mr. Charles Mbire.
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The Minister of State for ICT and National
Guidance Hon. Kabyanga Godfrey
as well as Uganda Communications
Executive Director Ms. Irene Kagwa
attended the meeting.
MTN Uganda recently announced its
intention to proceed with an initial
public offer (IPO) and subsequently list
on the Uganda Securities Exchange
(USE).
According to the telecom, this follows
the requisite approval by the Capital
Markets Authority and Uganda
Securities Exchange for MTN Group
to sell 20% of its shareholding in MTN
Uganda to the public. MTN Group owns
96% of MTN Uganda.
The listing is in line with the Group’s
strategic priority to create shared value,
partly through ensuring broad-based
ownership in its operating subsidiaries.
It is also in line with the provisions
of MTN Uganda’s NTO license, which
require its listing by end of June 2022.
The Chairperson of MTN, Mr. Mcebisi,
informed President Yoweri Museveni
that they have made tremendous
progress in the localisation strategy
that will see Ugandans acquire shares
as the company aims at ensuring that
MTN is owned by the people of Uganda.
“The localisation process has started to
ensure that MTN is owned by Ugandans.
The overall new strategy is that as a
company, it is owned by Africans,” he
said.
He further announced that key
positions are currently manned by
Ugandans including that of CEO MTN
in South Sudan.
The localisation process has
He also said that MTN is committed to
stay in Uganda and is set to invest US$
started to ensure that MTN
300 million in the next 3 years. is owned by Ugandans. The
overall new strategy is that
The Chairperson also promised to
as a company, it is owned
contribute vaccines against COVID-19
by Africans”, Mr. Mcebisi
pandemic as well as roll out services to
Hubert Jonas
the people in rural areas.

President Museveni poses for a photo with the MTN delegation and Ministry of ICT
officials after the meeting

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 6th October, 2021
President Biden congratulates Uganda ahead of Independence
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni received a
special message from the President of
the United States of America, Joe Biden,
congratulating him upon Uganda’s 59th
Independence anniversary celebrated
on 9th October, 2021.
Uganda celebrated her 59th
Independence anniversary under
the theme “Celebrating our 59th
Independence Day as we secure our
future through national mindset change”.
The scientific celebration was held at
Kololo Ceremonial Grounds.
The message was delivered to President
Museveni by the USA Ambassador to
Uganda H.E. Natalie Brown at State
House Entebbe.
The President and the US Ambassador
who was accompanied by the Deputy
Chief of Mission at the United States
Embassy in Kampala, Mr. Christopher
Krafft, also discussed bilateral and
regional issues.
President Museveni chats with US Ambassador, H.E. Natalie Brown and the Deputy Chief
of Mission, Mr. Mr. Christopher Krafft, at State House, Entebbe
22 The Presidency | October 2021
President Museveni thanked the
Ambassador for the message and also
commended the Government of the
United States for the contribution of
COVID-19 vaccines sent to Uganda.
The United States delivered 1,674,270
doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
to Uganda on September 20. These
ccombined with the September 6 delivery
of 647,080 Moderna doses, the United
States has donated a total of 2,321,350
COVID-19 vaccine doses to Uganda. This
tranche of 1,674,270 vaccines is part of the
500 million Pfizer doses the United States
delivered to 92 countries worldwide,
including Uganda, to fulfill President
Joe Biden’s commitment to provide safe
and effective vaccines around the world
and supercharge the global fight against
the pandemic.
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
Hon. Henry Okello Oreym, and the
Permanent Secretary, Mr. Vincent
Waiswa Bagiire, among others attended
the meeting.
 8th October, 2021
World leaders congratulate Uganda on 59th Independence Day
On the occasion of the Anniversary
of the Independence of the Republic
of Uganda, I wish to convey
to Your Excellency my sincere
congratulations and my best wishes
for your health and happiness
and the prosperity of the people
of Uganda” King of Sweden, His
Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
World leaders congratulated President
Yoweri Museveni and the people of
Uganda upon the 59th Independence
Day that was celebrated on October
9, 2021.
“On behalf of the American people,
I congratulate Uganda on the
occasion of the 59th anniversary of
its independence on October 9. The
United states greatly appreciates the
generosity of Uganda and its people,
as demonstrated most recently by
Uganda welcoming of Afghan guests,
for temporary relocation, on their way
to their new homes,” President Joseph
R. Biden, said in a message to President
Museveni.
He thanked Uganda for its leadership
in promoting regional security, its
contributions to the United Nations
peacekeeping, and its cooperation in
countering terrorism.
“We also value our long-standing
partnership in building Uganda’s health
sector, which is vital to efforts to end the
COVID-19 pandemic. We look forward to
working together over the coming year
to advance democracy, protect human
rights, and promote peace, prosperity
and healthy communities,” President
Biden said.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin in
a message said the Russian-Ugandan
relations have traditionally been
friendly and constructive.
“Please accept sincere congratulations
on the National Holiday of the Republic
of Uganda – the Independence Day.
The Russian-Ugandan relations
have traditionally been friendly and
constructive. I am confident that they
will further develop for the benefit
of the peoples of our countries and
in the interests of strengthening the
regional stability and security on the
African continent. I wish you a sound
health and further success. Peace and
prosperity be with all the Ugandan
citizens,” President Putin said.
The King of the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia, Custodian of the Two Holy
Mosques, Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al-
Saud, in his message to President
Museveni wished steady progress
and prosperity to the government and
brotherly people of the Republic of
Uganda.
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“It gives us pleasure, on the occasion
of your country’s Independence, to
convey to Your Excellency our sincere
congratulations and best wishes for
the health and happiness, and we wish
steady progress and prosperity to the
government and the brotherly people of
the Republic of Uganda. Please accept,
Your Excellency, our best wishes and
regards,” he said.
The Crown Prince, Deputy Prime
Minister/Minister of Defence,
Muhammad Bin Salman Bin Abdul Aziz
Al-Saud, wished the people of Uganda
progress and prosperity.
“I am pleased, on the occasion of your
county’s independence, to express to
Your Excellency best congratulations
and honest wishes for your health and
happiness, and I wish further progress
and prosperity for the government and
the brotherly people of the Republic of
Uganda,” he said.
The King of the Netherlands, His
Majesty King Willem-Alexander R.,
in a message to President Museveni
wished the best for the well-being of
the people of Uganda.
“On the occasion of your National
Day I extend to Your Excellency my
congratulations and my best wishes for
the well-being of the people of Uganda.
As we mark this occasion, I must
at the same time acknowledge the
unprecedented challenge that the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic presents
to us all. I wish you, your government
and your people strength, courage
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and health as we continue our efforts
to overcome the crisis,” Kind Willem-
Alexander R. said.
The President of the Republic of India,
His Excellency Ram Nath Kovind, said
India and Uganda enjoy traditionally
close and cordial ties, which have
grown from strength to strength over
the years. He said he is confident that
mutually focused partnership between
the two countries will continue to grow
under Museveni’s leadership.
“On behalf of the government and the
people of India, and on my own behalf,
it gives me immense pleasure to convey
warm greetings and felicitations to Your
Excellency, the government and the
people of Uganda on the occasion of
your Independence Day. My best wishes
for your personal health and well-being,
and for the continued progress and
prosperity of the people of Uganda,”
he said.
The President of the Republic of
Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez,
congratulated President Museveni on
the occasion of the 59th Independence
Day.
“President, on the occasion of the
59th anniversary of the proclamation
of the Independence of the Republic
of Uganda, I extend my cordial
congratulations,” he said in a message.
The President of the United Arab
Emirates, Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
in his message wished President
Museveni and the people of Uganda
progress and prosperity.
“It is my pleasure and honour to express
to Your Excellency the most sincere
congratulations and best wishes on
the occasion of commemorating the
Independence of the Republic of
Uganda, and to Your Excellency good
health and happiness, and to the
government and friendly people of the
Republic of Uganda further progress
and prosperity,” he said.
The Vice President of the United Arab
Emirates and Prime Minister, Ruler
of Dubai Mohamed Bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, wished Ugandans progress
and prosperity.
“It is my pleasure and honour to express
to Your Excellency the most sincere
congratulations and best wishes on
the occasion of commemorating the
Independence of the Republic of
Uganda,” he said in a message.
The Chairman of the Transitional
Sovereignty Council of the Republic of
Sudan, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah
Al Burhan Abdel Rahman, wished the
President and the people of Uganda
progress and development.
“I am honored, as your country
celebrates its Independence Day, to
convey to you, on behalf of myself
and the Sudanese people, my sincere
congratulations and best wishes for
further progress and development to
your friendly people and to you with
good health and happiness,” he said
in a message to the President, adding,
“I also take this opportunity to express
my appreciation for the sincere
brotherhood and distinguished
relations of cooperation that bind
our two countries, assuring you of my
keenness to strengthen and upgrade
them for the benefit and interest of our
two friendly peoples.”
The President of the Republic of Italy
Sergio Mattarella said the recurrence
of the National Day celebration offers
him the delightful opportunity to bring
sincere wishes for the prosperous future
of the people of Uganda.
“Our countries are bound by historical
ties of friendship and fruitful dialogue
on issues of common interest, starting
with the stabilisation of the horn of
Africa and the region of the Great
Lakes. In sharing together with the
rest of the international community,
long term and shared responses to the
great global challenges of our time,
Kampala and Rome will find new ways
for deepening and strengthening our
collaborative ties,” he said.
The King of Sweden, His Majesty Carl
XVI Gustaf congratulated President
Yoweri Museveni and the people of
Uganda on this day.
“On the occasion of the Anniversary
of the Independence of the Republic
of Uganda, I wish to convey to Your
Excellency my sincere congratulations
and my best wishes for your health
and happiness and the prosperity of
the people of Uganda,” he said in a
message from the Royal Palace of
Stockholm.
The President of the Republic of
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Nicaragua, H.E. Commander Daniel I am also confident that cooperation
Ortega Saavendra, and the Vice between our two countries can
President of Nicaragua, H.E. Rosario also be further strengthened at
Murillo, in their message congratulated multilateral level through our common
the President, the brave people of membership in the United Nations and
Uganda and to the government of the Commonwealth. We also look forward
Republic of Uganda on their day. to cooperating through the EU-Africa
dialogue to open new avenues of
Allow us to express on behalf of
cooperation between our countries
the people and government of
and regions,” he said, adding, “Above
Reconciliation and National Unity
all, more than one year after the spread
of the Republic of Nicaragua and
of the COVID-19 virus, we are still in
on our behalf, our most sincere
the fight against the pandemic which
congratulations,” they said.
spared no country. It is crucial that
“In celebration of your National the entire international community
Day, this reaffirms the right of the continues to work together to combat
Ugandan people to chart their own this sad reality and join forces for an
destiny in freedom, sovereignty and effective post-pandemic recovery.”
self – determination to continue
The President of the Islamic Republic
strengthening the historical bonds of
of Iran, H.E. Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi,
brotherhood, solidarity and mutual
expressed his sincere congratulations
cooperation that unite us. From our
to President Museveni and the
Nicaragua, always blessed and always
people of Uganda on the occasion of
free, receive our fraternal embrace,
Independence Day.
as well as the love and affection of
all Nicaraguan families for the noble “I hope that, with regard to the available
people of Uganda,” they said in a potentials and based on the political
message. will of the two sides, we will witness
the expansion and strengthening
The President of Malta George Vella
of mutual cooperation in all areas of
said the people of the Republic of Malta
mutual interest for the good of the two
join him in conveying sincere greetings
nations. I wish for your personal health
to President Museveni and the people
and success and for the prosperity of
of Uganda.
the people of the Republic of Uganda,”
“I am certain that the cordial relations he said.
that exist between our two countries
will be further strengthened for the
benefit of our two peoples, especially
since the launch of Malta’s Africa
Strategy (2020-2025) early last year.

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Their Excellences the Captains
Regent of the Republic of San Marino,
Francesco Mussoni and Giacomo
Simoncini extended their heartfelt
congratulations to the President and
the people of Uganda.
“On this auspicious occasion, I would like
to convey, on behalf of the government
of San Marino and in my name, the
most sincere wishes of prosperity
and success, confirming the essence
of sincere friendship between the
Republic of Uganda and San Marino,”
they said in a message.
The Secretary-General of the United
Nations Antonio Guterrres, extended
to the people of Uganda his warmest
congratulations on the occasion of their
Independence Day.
“In these challenging times, we are
once again reminded of each country’s
essential contribution to our global
wellbeing. As we work together to
overcome the COVID-19 pandemic,
we must use the recovery to build
more resilient, sustainable and just
societies. We must also take bold action
to address the climate emergency and
advance efforts to achieve sustainable
Development Goals,” Guterres said,
adding, “On this Independence Day,
I count on the Republic of Uganda to
help strengthen the United Nations
and build a better and more peaceful
world for all.”
Uganda celebrated its 59th
Independence anniversary at a scientific
ceremony at Kololo Independence
Grounds on October 9, 2021.
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 9th October, 2021
Speech by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of
Uganda, at the 59th Independence Anniversary Celebrations at Kololo
Ceremonial Grounds
Countrymen and Countrywomen,
Today, the 9th of October, 2021, is the
59thIndependence day anniversary of
Uganda. In these past two years -2020
and 2021- the new Uganda, has shown
that it can stand on its feet and defeat
any challenge.
In these two years, as many of you know,
we dealt successfully with problems of:
Locusts’ invasion; the rising levels of
the waters of the Lakes (the floods);
the landslides; the floating islands
that were threatening hydro dams;
and the Corona pandemic ─ where we
minimised the deaths, recording a total
of 3,150 deaths (as of 5th October, 2021),
hitherto, in spite of the onslaught of the
terrible disease, for now one year and
seven months.
All those challenges notwithstanding
and in spite of the indiscipline of
some actors, we successfully held the
2021 General Elections for President,
Parliament and Local Governments, on
time. Additionally, even our economy
managed some growth in both the
f inancial years 2020-2021 and the
present financial year of 2021-2022.
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In the former, we managed a growth
rate of 3.4% and in the current one, it is
estimated that we shall achieve a rate
of growth of 3.8%, the Covid19-related
shutdowns notwithstanding. By end of
June, 2022, our GDP will be standing
at USD 40.43BN by foreign exchange
method and at USD 117.3BN by the
PPP method. All this without including
the contributions of the first oil to be
pumped out of the ground. First oil
to be pumped out of the ground, will
be achieved by 2025, because all the
agreements have been signed.
All these achievements, are in spite of
the corruption of some public officials,
including some of the political actors. I
congratulate the whistleblowers who,
patriotically, expose these criminals,
parasites and traitors to their own
people. I, therefore, congratulate the
people of Uganda, the people of Africa
(our brothers and sisters) and our
partners in the World, because these
achievements are not by our efforts
alone. Our African brothers and sisters
and our partners in the World, who
buy our products (goods and services),
contribute to this success.
However, we could have achieved more
if it was not for the parasites that want
to harvest where they have not sown
(baalya byengedde). When you reflect
deeply on the history of this part of the
World, you notice the phenomenon of
the two actors: the producers of wealth
(goods and services) and the parasites
– those who want to eat and even
prosper, without working. Between 800
AD and 1400 AD, what is now Uganda
and the surrounding areas of Africa,
experienced stability and progress
under the dynasty of the Bachwezi. That
is why the Wanainchi transformed the
known Bachwezi into Lubaales (small
gods). These are: Mukasa (Mugasha),
Wamala, Mugyenyi, Ndahura, Kagoro,
Isimbwa, Kyomya etc.
The area was united politically: Buganda,
Bunyoro, Ankole, Tooro, Bukiri (Lango),
Gani (Acholi),Busoga, as well as the
surrounding areas that were put in the
other sister African States by the colonial
borders. During this time, the Wealth
creators – Cattle-keepers (Abariisa),
crop-famers (Abahiingyi), blacksmiths
(Abaheesi), Bark-cloth makers
(Abakomagyi), Carpenters (Ababaizi),
Clay-workers (Abanogoozi), Bow and
Arrow makers (Abatanagyi),Lake and
water specialists (Abariimbi),Healers
(Abafumu), Surgeons (Abagyeengyi),
Fore-tellers or prophets (Abaraguzi),
Funeral service providers (Abahitsi),
Fishermen (Abajubi) etc., could operate
peacefully, it seems.
On account of some unclear reasons,
this empire collapsed around 1400 AD
and the smaller kingdoms that we
know, succeeded this united political
unit and came with the endless wars
(entaro), raids for cattle (kunyaga) etc.,
fomented by these small kingdoms
and their myopic managers; the wealth
creators, were disturbed by these
activities.
God always mercifully helps Africa.
Having lost the hieroglyphic writing
of ancient Egypt, our ancestors in the
Great Lakes, depended on oral history.
However, some natural phenomena
help us to date events that would,
otherwise, have been diff icult to
determine. Such a phenomenon, by
divine command, was the eclipse of the
sun (Obwiira - Kabiri) that occurred on
the 17th of April, 1520 AD at Biharwe, Mile
9 from Mbarara, on Masaka road. When
the eclipse occurred, the Munyoro King,
Olimi, Rwiitamahaanga, as well as his
Army, fled in terror and abandoned the
large herds of cattle he had raided from
Rwanda. The Banyankore took these
cattle and are known as: “Empeenda
ya Munoni” (whose translation is not
clear to me) or Endugahaiguru (easier
to translate because it means – gift of
heaven). The ruler of Ankole that time
was Nyabugaro, who was No.4 in the
post – Bachwezi dynasty. The ruler in
Buganda was Nakibinge, who was, later
on, killed by the same Olimi, Rwiita-
Mahaanga (translated as destroyer of
neighbours).
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This is just one example of how these These were the actors guarding our
post-Bachwezi rulers were disturbing destiny at that time. On page 18, Lugard
the peace of the wealth creators. writes about more tragicomedy. He
writes as follows:
The Capitals of the Bachwezi that
are known are: Ntutsi and Bigo bya “Next morning, early, I found the whole
Mugyenyi – both in Ssembabule district country under arms for war. Masses
and the archeological items from there of armed men were pouring in every
have been dated by Prof. Sutton as direction and preparing for battle, being
having been used between 900 AD to drawn up on opposite hills, the French
1350 AD. Party (as the Catholics are always
called), having, I think, the French Flag.”
“Whatever a man sows, that is what
he reaps,” the Bible says. The small On page 32, it is written as follows:
kingdoms could not survive when
“The next day, Sunday, February 24th,
the imperialists arrived. Even in the
while Captain Lugard was reading a
colonial times, tribalism encouraged
letter, war drums rang out from the
by the small kingdoms, continued, now
Catholic camp. The two parties were
reinforced by the new divisions “on
arranged for battle!!’’
behalf of God,” fomented by the newly
introduced religions of Catholicism, On page 41, the booklet writes as
Protestantism and Muhammadanism. follows:

It is a tragicomedy, to read what Capt. “As in his negotiations with the Catholic
Lugard wrote about events here in Party, so in those now going on with
Uganda in the 1890s. In a booklet the Mohammedans, Capt. Lugard was
entitled: “British East Africa” on Page much annoyed and obstructed by the
13, Lugard writes as follows: grasping selfishness of the Protestants,
who, while anxious enough for peace
“A warm discussion arose on many
to be concluded, wished to retain
points, but I waived discussion till the
everything for themselves.”
reading was done. Then the chiefs were
for signing, but the king held back and These events were taking place around
giggled and fooled; he demanded time. 1890. The other party being referred
I replied by rapping the table, and, to, are the Protestant Party known
speaking loudly, said he must sign now.” as Ingleza (the English). These new
“On December 26th Mwanga signed religions, starting with Islam, had
the document.’’ started coming to this area since the
1840s.
Here, Lugard was talking about how he
forced Mwanga to sign some documents
giving away Africa’s sovereignty.

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The Christians, only had started
arriving in 1877 (Protestants) and 1879
(Catholics). By this time, Muteesa1 was
still alive and, indeed, he at one time,
wondered whether the Protestants and
the Catholics, worshipped the same
God. The quarrels between Bishop
Tucker and Father Lourdel amused
Muteesa. In the Book by Bishop Tucker
entitled: “Eighteen years in Uganda,
East Africa”, on page 9, he writes as
follows:
“We were not interrupted by them,
however, until prayers were over and I
began to read the scripture. I had read
only the first verse when Muteesa, in
his usual abrupt style, called to a coast
man present to ask the Frenchmen if
they don’t believe in Jesus Christ, why
they don’t kneel down with us when
we worship him every Sabbath. Don’t
they worship Jesus Christ?”
It is so sad to see brothers and sisters
agreeing to be torn apart by external
influences in such a manner and after
such a short time as to act against their
own interests such as peace, wealth
creation etc.
All these interfere with the Wealth
creators. It is, therefore, very important
for the NRM to continue to crystalize this
focus on the Wealth creators- farmers,
industrialists, crucial service providers
(e.g. medical) and ICT. Those who seek
power and influence -Kings, Priests
and Politicians etc. should have the
sensitivity to ensure that their activities
should never interfere with the work of
the Wealth creators.
There was rinderpest in 1893 where a lot
of cattle died in the Ankole-Kigyezi area
and may be in other parts of the World.
My great grandfather, Kashaanku,
managed to save 7 cows, on account
of their strong immunity.
By the time he died around 1915, those
cattle had multiplied. My grandfathers,
who were never in the Government,
continued to multiply those cattle.
Our fathers, who were never in the
Government, continued to multiply
those cattle. I have continued to
multiply these cattle along with my
children, many of whom are not in the
Government. It is us (the crop-farmers,
the cattle-keepers, the fishermen, the
manufacturers, the service providers,
the artisans etc.), that feed the country
and provide the other goods needed,
that earn foreign exchange for the
country, that create jobs, that pay taxes
etc. The attitudes of the wealth creators
are, actually, captured in the four NRM
Principles: Patriotism, Pan-Africanism,
Social-economic transformation and
Democracy. Genuine wealth creators,
cannot believe in sectarianism because
their economic activities will have
exposed them to the importance of the
market of a united Uganda. They soon
also understand the importance of the
wider African market –in other words,
the importance of Pan-Africanism.
Here, in Kampala, I have two testimonies
─ that of James Mulwana and that of
Burahimu Kibirige-both the late. Neither
of them was in politics.
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However, Mulwana was always
fundraising for the NRM because he
understood well that it is only that force,
that could guarantee peace in Uganda
and render her safe for business. It also
had private-sector friendly policies,
like the ban we imposed on the
export of used batteries, which was
what Mulwana asked me to do for his
company, so that he gets batteries to
recycle.
(cura, aimar, otita) proper enterprise
selection. They all must join the ranks
of wealth-creators. It will improve our
politics, incomes for homesteads,
purchasing power for buying products
of goods or services produced by our
factories, create a wider tax base,
creating more jobs for the youth and
being able to support the places of
Worship and political actors of our
choice.

One time, I had gone to Hotel Africana In conclusion, I seem to detect a

for a meeting. BurahimuKibirige was linkage between Wealth-creation with
worried. When I inquired from him Patriotism and Pan-Africanism and
what the problem was, he told me. idleness with Parasitism, working for
The problem was, that the Basongora foreign interests and anarchism.
herdsmen in Kasese, had poisoned and
Mao Tse Tung, had detected something
killed lions in Queen Elizabeth National
similar in China; that is why he talked
Park in revenge for Lions eating their
of the unity of the 4 social-classes,
Cattle. Kibirige was worried that,
including the national bourgeoisie and
that act, would damage tourism. As
isolating the comprador bourgeoisie
you know, he built a hotel in Moroto,
(those whose economic interests were
Karamoja. His concerns were national
in service of foreign interests). I think the
and his investments were national
four positive classes in Maotse Tung’s
and, I hear, even Pan-Africanist. He
strategy were: the National bourgeoisie,
understood the usefulness of Uganda
the Workers (the Proletariat), the
and Africa.
Peasants and the Patriotic petty
As we go on, the difference between bourgeoisie (teachers, health workers
Wealth creators and parasites will etc.). The Feudalists and the Comprador
become clearer. The ranks of the bourgeoisie, were the parasitic group.
Wealth-creators are going to be swelled
The wealth creators support peace
by the Parish Development Model and
because they do not want their
the Emyooga programmes. These plans
economic activities to be disturbed
are aimed at converting the remaining
and when they decide to fight, it is for
39%of the homesteads from okukolera
a big reason- like when we decided
ekidda kyonka (subsistence farming), to
to fight Idi Amin- because he had no
commercial farming and other money
capacity to understand Patriotism or
generating enterprises, with ekibaro
Pan-Africanism which are crucial for

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our survival and prosperity. In 1970, I
decided to work with the UPC, although
we did not fully agree on all issues.
However, with UPC, there was some
possibility to push for some wealth
creation efforts, e.g. restructuring the
ranches and also some Pan-Africanist
efforts - e.g. the East African Federation.
To consolidate peace durably, expand
and strengthen the ranks of wealth
creators. Right from the beginning,
the NRM emphasized the point of
“Protecting life and property.’’ It was
actually point No2. in the 10 points
programme. Principle No. 3 in the four
principles of the NRM, is socioeconomic
transformation. You cannot transform
society, without wealth creation. The
NRM returned the properties of the
Indians because the country was using
the entrepreneurship of these Indians
to contribute to the transformation of
our society.
Let everybody embrace wealth creation
and the principles and strategies that
support it (Patriotism, Pan-Africanism,
Social - economic transformation
and Democracy) and avoid idleness,
dependency and parasitism.
I congratulate the OWC for, in the last
8 years, helping us to reduce abakolera
ekidda kyoonka (subsistence actors)
from 68%of the households to 39%,
according to the latest UBOS survey. Let
us use the Parish Development Model
or the Emyoga programme to convert
all these into operators in the money
economy with ekibaro. The USA, which
is a new country, only born long after
our own fratricidal actors of 1520 AD in
the persons of Olimi Rwiita Mahaanga,
Nyabugaro and Nakibinge, is now a
super power. Why? Partly, for the very
reasons I have been telling you in this
speech: respecting the wealth creators,
creating a big market for them through
integrating the former British Colonies
into the nucleus of the USA in 1776,
ensuring peace etc. The NRM believes
in reconciliation always. However,
reconciliation must be around healthy
principles that can create growth and
transformation, not stagnation and
sterility. Let us not repeat old mistakes.
Africa has suffered enough. The future
is bright if we act right.
I congratulate everybody and wish you
a prosperous 60th year of Uganda’s
Independence.
I thank all of you.
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 10th October, 2021
President commissions UPDF’s infantry vehicle ‘Chui’
I am happy that you are towing
this line. Uganda spends over $550
million each year on importing
vehicles from Japan and Europe.
All the money we get from selling
coffee, which is about $500 million,
goes back to Europe through the
importation of vehicles. This must
stop,” President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni
commissioned the latest infantry
fighting vehicle code named Chui,
designed and manufactured in Uganda
by the UPDF.
“I am happy that you are towing this
line. Uganda spends over $550 million
each year on importing vehicles from
Japan and Europe.
All the money we get from selling
coffee, which is about $500 million,
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goes back to Europe through the
importation of vehicles. This must stop,”
he said.
The ceremony was held at State
House Entebbe where the vehicle
was unveiled and was attended by
the Commander Land Forces, Lt. Gen.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
UPDF Motorised Infantry (MOI) is a
specialised Brigade under Land
Forces, with infantry fighting vehicles
(IFVs) as its basic equipment. It forms
an important element of the army
in combined arms and an essential
assaulting power of the UPDF.
In joint operations, motorised infantry
supports infantry but it can also operate
independently. Motorised infantry‘s
role is to provide its technical and
combat capabilities of its equipment
to deliver fire power, shock action,
armour protection, mobility and
manoeuvrability during combat.
The Brigade is headquartered
in Nakasongola District, 120
km north of Kampala city, on
Kampala – Gulu highway.
Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba
salutes President Museveni
who is also Commander-
in-Chief of UPDF ahead of
commissioning of Chui
 13th October, 2021
President commends UJCC for uniting followers
I am very happy that you have come
together. You must correct the old
mistakes whose origin was from
Europe - the 30 years’ war. You have
really followed the foot path of Jesus,
of love your neighbour as you love
yourself” President Museveni
STATE LODGE, NAKASERO: President
Yoweri Museveni commended members
of the Uganda Joint Christian Council
(UJCC) for uniting as well as nurturing
their followers not only spiritually but
also empowering them economically.
“I am very happy that you have come
together. You must correct the old
mistakes whose origin was from Europe
- the 30 years’ war. You have really
followed the foot path of Jesus, of love
your neighbour as you love yourself,”
he said.
President Museveni for a photo with members of Uganda Joint Christian Council at State
Lodge, Nakasero
The President was meeting members
of the Joint Christian Council led by the
Co-Chairperson and Executive Secretary
of the Council Rt. Rev. Archmandrite
Constantine Mbonabingi who paid a
courtesy call on him at State Lodge,
Nakasero.
Other members of the delegation
included the Archbishop of Church
of Uganda, His Grace the Most Rev.
Dr. Samuel Stephen Kaziimba Mugalu
among others.
President Museveni thanked them for
involving young people in the work of
God and also taking care of the welfare
of the followers.
The Archbishop of Church of Uganda
His Grace the Most Rev. Steven Mugalu
appreciated President Museveni for his
support to the council.
 14th October, 2021
President closes cabinet retreat
KOLOLO CEREMONIAL GROUNDS:
President Yoweri Museveni has strict
guidelines for members of Cabinet
to follow and implement that will
expeditiously steer the nation into a
middle income country.
“After the Corona, I want our economy
to grow very fast to 7 or 8 %, converting
Uganda to a middle income country,”
he said.
The President who was flanked by the
First Lady and Minister of Education
and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni,
was closing a 2-day cabinet retreat
held at Kololo ceremonial grounds in
Kampala.
The induction retreat was organised by
the new Secretary to Cabinet and Head
of Public Service, Mrs. Lucy Nakyobe
Mbonye.
A two minutes silence was observed for
the two freedom fighters that passed
away today, one of them, a mother
to Major General Samuel Waswa of
Bukomero.
The President reiterated his call to
all the people of Uganda to continue
adhering to his guidelines and those of
the Ministry of Health on how to fight
COVID-19 as signs now show that the
methods adopted are working.
“I want to clarify that when we are
talking to the public, we are talking
of things that are based on scientific
analysis. We don’t want to gamble with
people’s lives,” he said
The first guideline is to zero tolerance
to corruption by neither asking nor
accepting any bribe from anybody or
even a favor especially from investors.
The President implored political leaders
as well as Members of Parliament
especially those on committees and
civil servants to shun the vice.
“This culture must stop. It will kill the
future of our country and scare away
investors. If you don’t stop this will slow
down the growth of our economy,” he
noted.
President Museveni advised them to
immediately report to the IGG in case
anybody approaches them with an
inducement as a favor or bribe.
He told the retreat that on coming
out from the bush many people from
his home area wanted to give him
2,000 heads of cattle in appreciation
for liberating the country. He said he
refused the offer and sent the animals
to the government farm in Ngoma that
are now donated to the poor.
On the issue of justice, the President
pointed out murder and village theft
that can affect the growth of the
economy and asked judiciary to address
that issue firmly.
“The Judicial system must come up On civil service, President Museveni
and side with the people,” he stressed. noted that if the service was serious,
it would help the country to stabilise.
On the Parish Development Model
He asked the civil service to guide
President Museveni strongly urged
cultural and religious leaders who at
Ministers to implement the programme
times act outside the constitution. He
as all citizens will be converted into the
urged the civil service to ensure that
money economy and it will be a turning
the constitution is followed.
point for the better.
President Museveni assured the
The President noted that once the
nation of security adding that nobody
Parish Development Model takes root,
will disturb the peace of Uganda
markets will be needed for the products
unconstitutionally. He said those who
and this will urgently call for regional
will try are only wasting their time.
integration. He urged members of the
committee concerned to ensure the President Museveni told Cabinet of the
fast tracking of the programme. need to lower electricity tariffs to US$
cents 5 that will attract many investors
On tax collection, Mr. Museveni noted
who are very willing to come and open
that a lot of mistakes have been made
up factories in Uganda. He disclosed
citing borrowing from foreign countries,
that during his recent visit to United
adding that if the tax collection is at
Arab Emirates many potential investors
20% , no borrowing would be required.
expressed their interest to come and
“Out of the Shs. 45 trillion revenue do business in Uganda.
collected, much of it, the 16 trillion is
He said with these guidelines the
for paying off debts and the problem
economy of Uganda will gallop. Once
with borrowed money is the interest
it gallops we shall then handle the
that accrues. If we collect 20%, there
issue of jobs and the market in Uganda,
will be no need to borrow. We should
regionally and internationally.
minimise borrowing,” he said.

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 18th October, 2021
President Museveni meets Pope Theodoros II
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni and the First
Lady and Minister of Education and Sports,
Janet Kataaha Museveni, received the Pope
and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, His
Beatitude Theodoros II, who paid a courtesy
call on him at State House Entebbe.
The visiting Beatitude is in the country to
condole with the people of Uganda and the
followers of the Orthodox Church in particular
upon the death of the late Archbishop Yona
Lwanga and to commemorate 40 days after
Lwanga’s death on September 5 in Athens,
Greece.
His Beatitude was accompanied by a
delegation of Bishops who included
His Eminence Metropolitan Markarios,
the Archbishop of Nairobi in Kenya, His
Eminence Innocientios Byakatonda the
Archbishop of Burundi and Rwanda, His
Grace Neophitos Kongai the Bishop of Nyeri
and Mt. Kenya, His Grace Silvestros Kisitu
the Bishop of Gulu and Eastern Uganda and
President Museveni and First Lady pose for a
photo with Pope Theodoros and his delegation at
State House, Entebbe
38 The Presidency | October 2021
Archmandritellunga Musunganyi Chariton
the `patriarchal Vicar Diocese of Goma in
the DRC.
Others were Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Mbalire
a priest from Athens Greece, Rev. Fr. Paul
Mutaasa Vicar Metropolis of Kampala and
Hon. Theodore Ssekikubo the Chairperson
Development Commission of Orthodox
Church.
The Beatitude Theodoros II told President
Museveni the history of the Orthodox Church
whose followers are estimated to be over
350 million worldwide.
The Orthodox Pope who has been to Uganda
6 times expressed his love for the country,
pointing out that the mission of Orthodox
in Africa starts in Uganda.
“One great person who inspired us was
our first Bishop Obadia who was the
grandfather of the late Metropolitan Yona
Lwanga. Uganda is considered the mother
of Orthodox Mission in Africa and we are
lucky to have a good President who loves
us and protects us,” he said.
He pledged to send through the
Uganda Embassy in Rome 2,000
Covid-19 vaccines and continue
to mobilise more vaccines for
Uganda.
President Museveni thanked
the cleric for coming to
commemorate the death
of Metropolitan Yona with
the people of Uganda and
commended His Beatitude
Theodoros the 2nd for the
vaccines.
 19th October, 2021
Pope Francis congratulates Uganda on its Independence Month
I send cordial greetings and good
wishes to Your Excellency and your
fellow citizens on the occasion of
Uganda’s Independence Day. With
my prayers that all in the Republic
will be sustained in unity and
peace, I invoke upon the country the
abundant blessings of the Almighty
God,” Pope Francis
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
World leaders have continued to send in
their congratulations to President Yoweri
Museveni and the people of Uganda upon
their Independence Day celebrations, this
month.
The latest messages to President are from
His Holiness Pope Francis, H.E Sheik Tamim
Bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Amir of the State
of Qatar, H.E Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Thani,
the Deputy Amir of the State of Qatar,
H.E Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, the Prime
Minister of the Republic of Mauritius and
H.E Paul Biya, the President of the Republic
of Cameroon.
Others include Mrs. Salome Zourabichvilli the
President of Georgia, H.E Armen Sarkissian,
President of the Republic of Armenia and
H.E Mr. Volodymyer Zelensky President of
Ukraine.
Pope Francis invoked upon the country the
abundant blessings of Almighty God.
“I send cordial greetings and good wishes
to Your Excellency and your fellow citizens
on the occasion of Uganda’s Independence
Day. With my prayers that all in the Republic
will be sustained in unity and peace, I invoke
upon the country the abundant blessings
of the Almighty God,” he said.
The Amir of the State of Qatar Tamim Bin
Hamad Al-Thani said the people of Qatar
join him in extending to the President and
the people of Uganda, on the anniversary
of the country’s Independence Day, their
cordial greetings and felicitations.
“Coupled with our best wishes for Your
Excellency’s good health and well-being
and further development and progress for
the people as well as more enhancement
of the friendly relations between our two
countries,” he said.
H.E Armen Sarkissian, President of the
Republic of Armenia congratulated
Ugandans on their day and said he was
hopeful that through joint efforts, the
relations between the two countries will
develop and strengthen for the benefit of
the two peoples.
“I wish you good health and success, as well
as peace and prosperity for the people of
Uganda,” he said.
The President of Georgia, Mrs. Salome
Zourabichvilli congratulated President
Yoweri Museveni and Ugandans on the
Independence Day and confirmed her
readiness to support the development and
deepening of relations between the two
countries.
“Mr. President, please accept the assurances
of my high consideration along with the
wishes for peace, health and prosperity to
the friendly people of Uganda,” she said.
The Prime Minister of the Republic of
Mauritius, H.E Pravind Kumar Jugnauth
congratulated President Museveni and the
people of Uganda on their day.
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“Mauritius and Uganda share cordial relations. We look forward to strengthening further
these bonds and working closely with you on issues of common interest in the years
ahead,” he said.
Other world leaders to congratulate President Museveni and the people of Uganda
on their Independence day include, H.E Khurelsukh Ukhaa, President of Mongolia, H.E
Moon Jae-In, President of the Republic of Korea, H.E Dr. Arif Alvi, President of the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan, H.E Macky Sall, President of the Republic of Senegal, H.E Gotabaya
Rajapaksa, President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, His Majesty Sultan
Haitham Bin Tarik, Sultan of Oman, H.E Wavel Ramkalawan, President of the Republic of
Seychelles, H.E Mr. Aleksandr Lukashenko President of Belarus, H.E Emmerson Dambudzo
Mnangagwa President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, H.E Nicolas Maduro Mors President
of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, H.E Md. Abdul Hamid President of the Peoples
Republic of Bangladesh and H.E Sheik Hasina, Prime Minister of the Government of the
Peoples Republic of Bangladesh, H.E Sheik Nawaf Al Ahmed Al Jaber, the Amir of the State
of Kuwait, H.E Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince,
H.H Sheik Sabah Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah the Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait,
H.E Mr. Aleksandar Vućić president of the Republic of Serbia, H.E Mr. Kaïed President of
the Republic of Tunisia, H.E Paula-Mae Weekes, President and Commander-in-chief of
the Armed Forces of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, His Majesty King Abdullah II
Ibn Hussein the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and H.E. Rodrigo R. Duterte
the President of the Republic of Philippines.

Coupled with our best wishes for Your

Excellency’s good health and well-being and
further development and progress for the people
as well as more enhancement of the friendly
relations between our two countries

H.E. Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar

40 The Presidency | October 2021

 20th October, 2021
President Museveni meets outgoing UN Women Country
Representative in Uganda

for Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office

You know the NRM line is organic
structural change of society with
emphasis on the substantive. What is
important is basic education for all
which benefits girls more and if they
can do business and have an income.
Other interventions to lighten the
burden like access to clean water,
energy instead of firewood, milling
technology and food processing; all
these emancipate women from the
backbreaking drudgery. Our line is
a multi-facetted approach, starting
with education and business,”
President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni said that while his
government has been symbolically appointing
women in high offices, the NRM line is to organise
structural change in society by implementing
programs at the base including education and
financial inclusion of girls and women which will
organically empower them to reach any level of
development that they desire.
“You know the NRM line is organic structural
change of society with emphasis on the
substantive. What is important is basic education
for all which benefits girls more and if they can do
business and have an income. Other interventions
to lighten the burden like access to clean water,
energy instead of firewood, milling technology
and food processing; all these emancipate women
from the backbreaking drudgery. Our line is a
multi-facetted approach, starting with education
and business,” he said.
The President was speaking during a meeting with
Dr. Maxime Houinato, the outgoing UN Women
Country Representative in Uganda since 2018. Dr.
Houinato was appointed as the Regional Director
Nairobi, Kenya, with effect from 1 September 2021.
President Museveni singled out the issue
of teenage pregnancy which he said can’t
be defeated by legislation alone but through
organised changes in society.
“In the Banyankore culture, if a girl menstruates
two times, she is deemed to be a woman and is
married off. You can’t tell them otherwise and
you can’t defeat this by legislation. It has to be a
multi-facetted approach starting with education
and income generation. If women have no access
to land, help them through none agriculture
lines including access to SACCOs, training in
skills like knitting, bakery and computer-based
programmes,” he said.
Dr. Houinato who is based in Nairobi and
overseeing 28 countries in the region particularly
praised the government for the achievements of
women projects in Uganda that include among
others; entrepreneurship as well as those related to
violence against women and helping the victims.
He commended the firm stand the NRM
government has taken in the emancipation and
empowerment of women in Uganda economically,
socially and politically.
The The Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Jeje
Odongo attended the meeting.
President Museveni bids farewell to Dr. Maxime
Houinato at State House, Entebbe

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 22nd October, 2021
President Museveni meets Nordic envoys
“We are also developing our own
vaccine. The pandemic has shown
us the dangers of dependency.
Those with the reagents like beta-
Propiolactone used for vaccines
were reluctant to sell. When we went
deeper, we realised that we could
make it here from Ethanol. Please tell
your countries to sell us the reagents
in the medium term and cooperate
with us in making the vaccines,”
President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni called for a
stronger collaboration with partners in the
development of vaccines and said building
a strong pathogenic economy will not only
promote human and animal health but will
also make money and help the economy to
recover post COVID-19.
The President was meeting envoys from
the Nordic countries led by the Norwegian
Ambassador to Uganda, Her Excellency
Elin Johansen, the Danish Ambassador to
Uganda, Nicolaja Hejberg Petersen, that of
Sweden, Maria Hakansson and the Charge
de Affairs of Iceland, Thardis Sigurardottir.
The President and his guests discussed
challenges related to COVID-19 and the
economy, COVID-19 vaccines roll out capacity
ahead of schools reopening and regional
peace and security.
“We are also developing our own vaccine.
The pandemic has shown us the dangers of
dependency. Those with the reagents like
beta-Propiolactone used for vaccines were
reluctant to sell. When we went deeper, we
realised that we could make it here from
Ethanol.
42 The Presidency | October 2021
Please tell your countries to sell us the
reagents in the medium-term and cooperate
with us in making the vaccines”, he said.
He urged the development partners to help
build a pathogenic economy for Uganda
and promote human health and financial
growth.
“Help us build a pathogenic economy. It is
both for health and money. In this way, the
economy will recover. The only problem will
be companies with debts owed to banks
which are the most vulnerable,” he said.
“There is some structural problem. How do
we support these companies? We may have
many companies going bankrupt. If there
are soft loans put in UDB, it will help them
recover. Farmers are affected by schools and
hotels closing because nobody is buying
their produce, but they will manage,” he said.
Responding to concerns by the development
partners that while the vaccines are coming
in, the vaccine uptake is slow, the President
said they aim at vaccinating 21 million people
by the end of December and pledged to
mobilise the elderly people aged 50+ so that
they can quickly get their jabs and ensure
their good health.
He tasked the Ministry of Health to work out
a written plan for mass sensitisation with
the partners.
“Previously, the message was don’t move,
but now, we must encourage the people
to come to the health centres because the
solution is there,” he said.
On the issues of regional peace and security, “Help with wetland and forest reclamations
President Museveni said some of the ADF and recovery of steep gradients. We need
and ISIS rebels have linkages and many money for encroachers to leave peacefully by
have been arrested while transiting. He giving them alternative livelihoods,” he said.
disclosed that Uganda today is hosting over
The Norwegian Ambassador, H.E. Elin
400,000 Congolese refugees who are victims
Johansen who led the delegation expressed
of insecurity in the neighbouring country
their interest of cooperating with Uganda
and that over 700,000 people were displaced
in fighting the COVID pandemic, regional
due to disturbances in Mozambique.
issues and issues of climate change. She
“The Security Council should hold bilateral said that they were keen to know Uganda’s
and multilateral engagements and challenges especially in its efforts to fight
emphasize that Eastern Congo is a breeding against COVID.
ground for these groups in a weak country.
The Iceland Charge de Affairs, Thordis
It is a problem of a vacuum created by
Sigurardottir, informed President Museveni
ideological disorientation,” he said.
that her country provided 236,000 Corona
On the issue of climate change, the vaccines in July 2021.
President urged the development partners
The envoys looked forward to continued
to help deal with micro issues of climate
good relations between their block and
change including preserving wetlands,
Uganda.
forest reserves and ridding steep gradient
mountains of settlements to stop landslides.

President Museveni posing for a photo with Nordic envoys after a meeting at
State House, Entebbe

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 22nd October, 2021
President mourns Hope Kivengyere
She created a good rapport between
me and the media fraternity by
holding these regular meetings. She
managed to woo the foreign media
and she dedicated herself to building
bridges to a better future. She was
a great freedom fighter, a patriot
and a peacemaker. On behalf of the
Government, my family and on my
own behalf, please accept my heartfelt
condolences”
President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni paid glowing
tribute to the late Hope Kishande Kivengyere,
his first and longest serving Press Secretary
(1986-2001) who passed on Wednesday from
Nakasero Hospital.
“She was very professional, that is why I
chose her to start my Press Office and be
my Spokesperson. She carried out this duty
with a high sense of professionalism and
an outstanding sense of commitment. She
was resilient and was never taken aback
whenever she came across any challenges,”
he said in a message read by the Minister for
Presidency, Hon. Mariam Dhoka Babalanda,
at a funeral service at All Saints Cathedral,
Nakasero.
44 The Presidency | October 2021
President Museveni said the late Kivengyere
came up with a lot of initiatives on media
management and many times, arranged
meetings between him and the media
fraternity; always imparting to him
the important role of the media in any
endeavour.
“She created a good rapport between me
and the media fraternity by holding these
regular meetings. She managed to woo the
foreign media and she dedicated herself
to building bridges to a better future. She
was a great freedom fighter, a patriot and a
peacemaker. On behalf of the Government,
my family and on my own behalf, please
accept my heartfelt condolences,” he said.
The President gave a detailed background
about Hope Kivengyere’s role in the
liberation struggle and said she joined the
struggle to liberate Uganda quite early in
her life as an undergraduate student at
Makerere University during Obote II.
“She helped some of the undergraduate
students who had earlier joined the struggle
but faced grave danger of being killed by the
plundering soldiers. Hope, at that tender age,
had already exhibited bravery. She helped
the young freedom fighters to escape and
hence saved their lives.
Eventually, she also went into exile and fully
joined the struggle to liberate her country.
Her political acumen was unmatched,” he
said.
The President said Hope devoted the prime
years of her life to the service of Uganda
through her extraordinary career and
worked tirelessly to serve our country in
the finest traditions of the civil service and
she served with such distinction.
“Hope was very practical. I discovered that
she used to drive herself while on safari,
I think to Gulu. She had gone with the
advance team. When my convoy was on
the Gulu highway, one of the guards pointed
out that he could see Hope’s car parked by
the side of the road. I told the driver to stop
and there was Hope fitting a tyre on the car.
“It was easy to see a reflection of our
renowned evangelists, Bishop Festo
Kivengyere and his wife, Merabu Kivengyere.
Their great legacy is timeless. Hope had
a long and untainted career. We were
privileged to associate and work with a
person of her caliber and vision. She was
known for her efficiency at work and above
all, that incredible simplicity which endeared
her to people of all walks of life.
Her unwavering loyalty and service was
exemplary and self-evident. Her devotion
to national cause and values will remain
etched in our minds,” he said.

The car, I remember, was a Santana. I asked
why she was changing a tyre herself and
not the driver. She replied that she did not
have a driver, never had one and would
never have one. I asked her why not, and
she replied that she believed she was her
best driver. She said she knew all about cars
and could fix things herself if anything went
wrong. That was Hope; very practical and
self-reliant,” he narrated.
The President said good upbringing matters
a lot in one’s life and that he could always
detect the noble character of Hope’s parents
in her.
The President said they will always be
grateful for the crucial role Hope played
and pray that her outstanding service will
be a source of inspiration and motivation
to many leaders.
“As we mourn this great daughter of
Africa, let us also celebrate her life and
achievements.
I pray that the Almighty God will comfort
the family at this most difficult time. May
the Soul of Hope Kishande Kivengyere Rest
in Eternal Peace,” he said.

“She helped some of the undergraduate students who had earlier joined the
struggle but faced grave danger of being killed by the plundering soldiers. Hope,
at that tender age, had already exhibited bravery. She helped the young freedom
fighters to escape and hence saved their lives. Eventually, she also went into
exile and fully joined the struggle to liberate her country. Her political acumen
was unmatched,” President Museveni

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 22nd October, 2021
President flags off 282 trucks for COVID-19 surveillance
From the 1960s, NRM always
believed in Africans having capacity
to solve their problems. The doctrine
of self- sufficiency is the correct
one. We have been able to survive
the COVID-19 effects because we
have been self- reliant especially
in food and industrial products.
Self- sufficiency is the way to go. The
282 vehicles are from the spirit of
self- sufficiency. The purchase and
allocation of these vehicles is part of
accountability”
President Museveni
KOLOLO INDEPENDENCE GROUNDS:
President Yoweri Museveni said that NRM
government believes that Africans can solve
their problems and be self-sufficient.
“From the 1960s, NRM always believed
in Africans having capacity to solve their
problems. The doctrine of self-sufficiency
is the correct one. We have been able to
survive the COVID-19 effects because we
have been self-reliant especially in food
and industrial products. Self- sufficiency
is the way to go. The 282 vehicles are from
the spirit of self-sufficiency. The purchase
and allocation of these vehicles is part of
accountability,” he said.
The President was speaking from Kololo
Independence Grounds where he handed
over 282 double cabin pick- up trucks to
Chief Administrative Officers (CAOs) under
the COVID National Response Fund. The
vehicles were purchased at US$22,000 each
and they were received from donations
46 The Presidency | October 2021
from the public and stakeholders targeted
at fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. The
fund which is chaired by Mr. Emmanuel
Katongole, received a total contribution
valued at Shs 69.2 billion of this Shs34.2
billion was received in form of goods in kind.
The President commended the COVID-19
National Response Fund committee for
having worked for free and noted that the
committee has shown that they can be
blessed for working without pay.
He advised government officials to practice
the culture of bulk purchases from the
manufacturers, saying this helps in
fighting the culture of tendering through
middlemen. He revealed that government
spent US$ 22,000 per vehicle as compared
to the showroom price of US$ 50,000 per
pick-up truck.
He emphasised that the donations that he
flagged off were strictly for Corona district
surveillance teams and cautioned the health
officials that they should be used in a good
way.
President Museveni, while referring to the
national budget, noted that Uganda today
had allocated Shs 45 trillion to cover its
expenses and that out of this, Shs15trillion
covers debts.
The President said the actual budget was
Shs 30 trillion and told officials present that
if we are to increase tax collections from Shs
20trillion to about Shs35 trillion, we could
cover our budget without borrowing.
He paid tribute to Prime Minister Nabbanja,
Prime Minister emeritus Dr. Ruhakana
Rugunda, the Minister of Health Jane Aceng
and State Minister for health Margaret
Muhanga for the job they have done well
since the outbreak of the pandemic.
The Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Robinah
Nabbanja saluted President Museveni for
sacrificing time to flag off the vehicles.
“Because of your visionary leadership,
Uganda is among the best in the region
and the world in managing the COVID-19
pandemic,” she said.
She thanked Ugandans and friends for
the vehicles and other facilities they have
donated. She saluted the President for
leading the negotiations and succeeding
in getting the vehicles at a good price.
The former Minister in Charge of General
Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister,
Mary Karoro Okurut, said that we are
celebrating exemplary leadership of
President Museveni because of the low
death rate attributed to COVID-19 in Uganda.
The Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng said
that it has been a challenge to transport test
samples from the 53 land border points.
The Chairman of the COVID-19 response
committee, Emmanuel Katongole, said that
the delivery of the pick-ups demonstrates
that the contributions of the people of
Uganda were put to good use.

President Musveni hands over double cabin pick-ups to District COVID Taskforces
at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds

“Because of your visionary leadership, Uganda is among the best in the region
and the World in managing the COVID-19 pandemic,”
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja

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 23rd October, 2021
President Museveni commissions Port Health Facility
The testing process should commence
since the missing items in the facility
are few. We shall complete as we
proceed with the tests. I thank Prime
Minister Nabbanja for taking the
NRM line. If you have got the basics,
move on. During the protracted
people’s struggle, NRM had only 27
guns and we confronted an army
that had 60,000 guns,” President
Museveni
ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT:
President Yoweri Museveni directed the
Ministry of Health to immediately start
conducting Covid-19 mandatory tests at
Entebbe International Airport shortly after he
commissioned the newly built Port Health
Facility.
The facility built by the UPDF Construction
Brigade is expected to ease the
inconvenience of passengers at the main
gateway into Uganda and will initially attend
to all the arriving passengers.
Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja,
conducts President Museveni at the
Entebbe Airport COVID-19 testing centre
during its launch
48 The Presidency | October 2021
“The testing process should commence
since the missing items in the facility are
few. We shall complete as we proceed with
the tests. I thank Prime Minister Nabbanja
for taking the NRM line. If you have got
the basics, move on. During the protracted
people’s struggle, NRM had only 27 guns
and we confronted an army that had 60,000
guns,” he said.
President Museveni called on leaders
to internalise the NRM strategy and
understand the services that must be run
by the Government. He said that the UPDF
Construction Brigade should construct all
the government run facilities in order to
reduce costs. He said that it is a mistake to
bring the private sector in building such a
facility as the one he was launching.
“This COVID-19 testing centre should be run
by the government health staff and it should
immediately embark on the task of testing
the arriving passengers,” he said.
The Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja
saluted President Museveni for protecting
Ugandans against COVID-19 and revealed
that the centre cost Shs 15 billion to complete
and equip.
She said that passengers have been paying
Shs 250,000/= (about US$70) for testing
and that she was pleased to note that the
charges have now been reduced to Shs
100,000/= (about US$30). She said that
arrangements have been made to ensure
that tourists are given a dedicated service
point in order to prevent delays.
The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng,
said that the facility has got 8 PCR machines
that can handle 548 samples every 2 hours
with 150 personnel from the Ministry of
Health and UPDF who have been deployed
to serve.
 25th October, 2021
President Museveni meets France’s Foreign Trade and Economic
Attractiveness Minister
I am pleased that President Macron
has sent an investment delegation to
Uganda. This is the correct way to go.
Uganda has land, natural resources
and labour. We have got capital
but not too much. From Europe we
need capital and entrepreneurship.
Uganda has about 5,000 industries
in operation. We are aiming at
prosperity for our nation and
prosperity means having income,
jobs, producing goods and services”
President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni welcomed
President Emmanuel Macron of France
decision to send a trade and investment
delegation to Uganda, describing it as
the correct way of boosting their bilateral
cooperation.
The President received and held a meeting
with the French Minister delegate for
Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness,
Mr. Frank Riester, who led a delegation
comprising of 12 small, medium and large-
scale enterprises which have expressed their
interest in investing in trade, investment,
construction, ICT and health sectors in
Uganda.
“I am pleased that President Macron has sent
an investment delegation to Uganda. This
is the correct way to go. Uganda has land,
natural resources and labour. We have got
capital but not too much. From Europe we
need capital and entrepreneurship. Uganda
has about 5,000 industries in operation.
We are aiming at prosperity for our nation
and prosperity means having income, jobs,
producing goods and services,” he said.
President Museveni said this also involves
the marketing of goods and services and
that if the European companies come and
produce goods and services, they would
have access to a market of 41 million in
Uganda alone.
“There is also a market of 200 million in East
Arica and 1.4 billion people in the African
continent,” he said.
The President assured the French Foreign
Trade Minister and his delegation that
Uganda was endowed with the AGOA
market in the United States of America
where we call sell 6,500 products tax-free
including the European market and the
tax free market in China for a wide range
of products.
Museveni said while we have all these
lucrative markets, the target is to create
jobs for Ugandans and creating a middle
class where people would have purchasing
power.
He was pleased to note that the two
countries have got several sectors where
they can work together in the production
of goods and services including in agro-
processing, infrastructure, solar and hydro-
electric power production.
The French Minister of Foreign Trade and
Economic attractiveness, Mr. Frank Riester,
expressed his sympathy to President
Museveni and Ugandans at large over
the recent bomb attack in Komamboga,
Kampala and said his country was ready to
work with Uganda in eliminating terrorism.
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He expressed their interest in building
capacity with Ugandan enterprises and work
towards the export of goods and services.
Minister Frank Riester said that President
Macron is interested in investment
collaboration with Uganda and noted that
their oil company, Total, was committed
to be a socio-economic partner in its oil
industry.
“It is very important and good to note that
the people affected by the oil project in
Uganda were being taken care of by both
the Uganda Government and Total,” he said.
Minister Riester congratulated President
Museveni for Uganda’s decision to buy
2 Airbus planes for Uganda Airlines. He
revealed that France was ready to work
with Uganda in various sectors including
the production of oxygen for the medical
sector, treatment of cancer, agro-processing
and the provision of a fiber optic project in
Kampala City. He also said they are ready
to work with Uganda in the fight against
COVID-19 pandemic.
The meeting was attended among others
by the French Ambassador to Uganda, H.E.
Jules-Armand Aniambossou, the Minister
of Defence Bamulangaki Ssempijja, the
Minister of Health Jane Aceng, the State
Minister of Foreign Affairs John Mulimba
and the State Minister for Trade Harriet
Ntabazi, Mr. Quentin Teisseire, the adviser in
charge of Diplomatic Affairs and the Africa
Roadmap and Alexis Du Boisberranger,
the Junior adviser for exports and strategic
partnerships and for the Africa roadmap
among others.
“It is very important
and good to note that
the people affected by
the oil project in Uganda
were being taken care
of by both the Uganda
Government and Total,”
Mr. Frank Riester

President Museveni chats with Mr. Frank Riester at State House, Entebbe

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 26th October, 2021
President meets UN Special Representative on D.R. Congo

STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:

President Yoweri Museveni received and held a meeting with Mrs. Bintou Keita, the Special
Representative of the United Nations Secretary General in the Democratic Republic of
Congo and Head of MONUSCO, at State House, Entebbe.
The President and the U.N. official discussed matters pertaining to the security situation in
the region, one year after a similar meeting in which the envoy had assured the President
of the UN’s new approach to address the peace process in the DR Congo, following conflicts
that had displaced thousands of people in eastern parts of the D.R. Congo
Bintou Keita, who heads the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), briefed the President about the situation
in DR Congo among other things.

President Museveni greets Mrs. Bintou Keita, at State House, Entebbe

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 26th October, 2021
President Museveni meets Turkish investors
I am happy to receive you and I want
you to bring me more investors. I
want you to come and tap into the
fruit processing sector and agro-
production,” President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni urged a Turkish
investment delegation to tap into Uganda’s
vibrant fruit processing sector and promote
agro-production in the country.
The President was meeting a Turkish
delegation of investors that was led by the
Turkish Ambassador to Uganda H.E. Fikret
Kerem Alp at State House, Entebbe.
“I am happy to receive you and I want you to
bring me more investors. I want you to come
and tap into the fruit processing sector and
agro-production,” he said.
The delegation gave him an update of roads
construction projects that they working on
in Uganda.
President Museveni gestures to the Turkish delegation after a meeting at State House,
Entebbe
52 The Presidency | October 2021
Uganda and Turkey have a strong
commitment to development cooperation in
the sectors of Infrastructure, Manufacturing,
Education, Tourism and Heath.
According to reports, Turkey’s bilateral trade
volume with Uganda was 41 million USD in
2019 and the trade volume with Uganda
increased to 63 million USD in 2020; Turkey’s
exports were 54 million USD while their
imports were 9 million USD in the same year.
The Turkish Ambassador to Uganda, H.E
Fikret Kerem Alp, said that bilateral trade
between the two countries has greatly
improved, adding, that the construction
sector was the driving force of the Turkish
economy. He said that he has brought the
top notch in energy and construction.
Amb. Kerem Alp said that they employ 4,000
Ugandans in the ventures that they are
involved in and expressed interest in the
Turkish construction firms being allocated
more roads.
 29th October, 2021
President meets Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State for African Affairs
I thank Saudi Arabia for the US $68
million donation for humanitarian
support. I also want the Uganda
Investment Authority to give Saudi
Arabia all the support it needs to
enable it invest in agro- processing.
We have broad opportunities
in mining. You can build a steel
industry that will reduce the cost
of steel in Uganda,” President
Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni paid tribute
to King Mohammed Bin Salman of Saudi
Arabia for pledging a donation of US $ 68
million towards humanitarian support with
particular reference to the refugees hosted
in Uganda.
The President was speaking during a
meeting with the Saudi Arabia Minister
of State for African Affairs, Mr. Ahmed
Abdulaziz Kattan, who was in Uganda for a
3-day official visit.
During the meeting, Uganda and
Saudi Arabia signed a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Ministries
of Foreign Affairs and an agreement for
cooperation. Uganda’s Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Jeje Odongo, signed for Uganda
and the visiting Minister Ahmed Abdulaziz
Kattan signed for Saudi Arabia.
“I thank Saudi Arabia for the US $68 million
donation for humanitarian support. I also
want the Uganda Investment Authority to
give Saudi Arabia all the support it needs to
enable it invest in agro- processing.
We have broad opportunities in mining. You
can build a steel industry that will reduce the
cost of steel in Uganda,” he said, adding that
currently the country was using recycled
steel which is not strong enough to erect
big structures such as dams.
He urged the Saudi Arabia delegation to
invest in tourism and promised to visit Saudi
Arabia soon noting that Arabs are part of
Africa as was the case in countries such as
Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and Mauritania most
of which are linked both in North Africa, the
East African Coast and through religion.
President Museveni commended the
Saudi Arabia government for its donation
of US$7million, which was used in the
construction of the King Fahd Plaza in
Kampala. He said that the facility was built
to work as an endowment to support the
Islamic University in Uganda.
The President thanked King Salman for
sending the State Minister for African Affairs
to visit Uganda.
Briefing his guest on the recent acts of
terrorism in the country, the President said
that Uganda’s stand on terrorism was very
clear, pointing out that a terrorists target
soft targets.
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“If one fights an army, we recognize him as a
fighter, but if a group fights against civilians
then it is an act of terrorism,” he said.
He commended Saudi Arabia on the
establishment of the Counter-terrorism
centre.
The United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre
(UNCCT) was established in September 2011
to promote international counter-terrorism
cooperation and support Member States in
the implementation of the Global Counter-
Terrorism Strategy through a voluntary
contribution of the Government of Saudi
Arabia.
President Museveni with Minister Ahmed Abdulaziz Kattan during a meeting at State
House, Entebbe
54 The Presidency | October 2021
The visiting Saudi Arabian Minister of State
for African Affairs Mr. Ahmed Abdulaziz
Kattan saluted President Museveni for the
warm reception accorded to his delegation
and reaffirmed the cooperation between his
country and Uganda. He pledged a donation
of US $ 68 million towards humanitarian aid
and said that they want to support Uganda
in dealing with the refugees coming from
the neighbouring countries.
The Minister thanked the Uganda
Government for appointing Saudi Air as
the official airline serving the 2 countries. He
revealed that Saudi Arabia was the founder
of the Counter- terrorism Centre.
He invited the President to attend the Afro
–Arab Summit.
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 The Presidency

Your Monthly Round-Up of State House News

 Contents
1  Editor’s Note 4

2  President surprises his Bazzukulu friends with gift hampers 7

3  President Museveni meets Serum Africa Medical Research Institute (SAMRI) 8

4  President Commissions Ultra-modern Children Surgical Hospital 10

5  President Museveni meets Energy Year’s Government Relations Director 12

6  President Museveni meets CEO of Buffet Foundation 13

7  President Museveni celebrates World Science Week 14

8  President Museveni meets German delegation 16

9  President Museveni meets India’s Minister of State for External & Parliamentary Affairs  18

10  Industrial Parks Leading the Export Drive in Uganda (Feature Story)20

11  President Museveni passes out 5,200 PPCs 21

12  H.E. The President’s Statement on Bomb Blasts 23

13  Government, workers reps agree on NSSF supervisory roles 25

14  President Museveni meets UK trade envoy  27

15  President Museveni passes-out 443 tank crew granduands 29

16  Address to the Nation by President Museveni on Crime, Vaccination and Terrorism 31

17  Only 43 months to Uganda’s first oil drop (Feature Story)39

18  Government committed to providing, protecting medical personnel 40

19  Uganda and Tanzania hold bilateral talks 43

20  President Museveni tours Port of Dar es Salaam, Stand Gauge Railway 45

21  President Museveni, President Suluhu address Joint Business Forum  47

22  Museveni pays respects to late Tanzania President Magufuli 49

23  President commissions Museveni Primary School in Chato 50

 Editor’s Note
Note from the Chief Editor
Dear Reader,
I have the pleasure to present to you the November edition of our monthly
e-magazine, The Presidency.
In each edition, we try to improve the content and its layout, building on the
feedback that we have been receiving from the readers. The objective of the
magazine remains to bring the office and residence of the President closer
to Ugandans. The President and his Government derive their mandate from
Ugandans. It is therefore, prudent that this information is shared as a form
of accountability.
The primary role of the Government Citizen Interaction Centre (GCIC) is to
facilitate interaction between the Government and the citizenry, using different
electronic tools, including this monthly magazine. We have also introduced
a quarterly newsletter that covers the performance of Government for every
three months. The quarter one issue was released in October; https://www.
gcic.go.ug/gcic-quarterly-newsletter-fy2021-2021-quarter-1/, and quarter two
issue will be released in January, 2022.
In the month of November, the President travelled to Tanzania for a state visit.
He was hosted to a state banquet by his host, Her Excellency Samia Suluhu
Hassan, the President of the United Republic of Tanzania. The two Heads of
State addressed a joint Tanzania-Uganda Business Forum. The President
also visited Dar- es-Salaam Port and the Standard Gauge Railway. On the last
day of his visit, the President paid his respects to late President John Pombe
Magufuli and launched Museveni Pre and Primary School in Chato, a school
he built in honour of Tanzania’s contribution towards the end of Idi Amin’s
dictatorial regime in Uganda in 1979.
Lastly, in this edition, we are publishing the President’s address to the nation
on crime, vaccination and terrorism, delivered on 20th November, 2021, at
State House, Nakasero.
I now have the pleasure to present to you the sixth edition of The Presidency.

Marcella Karekye
Special Presidential Assistant In-Charge of
Communication & Director Government
Citizen Interaction Centre (GCIC)

4 The Presidency | November 2021

 Editorial Team

Duncan Abigaba Robert Sharp Mugabe

Deputy Chief Editor Content Production Manager

Gerald Kansiime Deo Mutumba Mbolanyi Caroline

Head of Logistics Head of Production Administrative Assistant

Akena Martin Nimusiima Victor Musinguzi Arthur Didan

Editor Editor Editor

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 Quote of the Month

You are lucky because you are entering a very

important organ of the State, the Uganda Police
Force. If you use this chance well, you will not
regret. The future is bright, don’t misuse this
chance.”

President Museveni at the pass out of Police Constables,

12th November, 2021
 1st November, 2021
President surprises his Bazzukulu friends with gift hampers

BWEBAJJA: beckoned them to move close to him.

President Yoweri Museveni surprised He thanked them for being good
his Bazzukulu at Bwebajja, along children and revealed that he had
Entebbe Road by making a planned something for them before giving each
stop and gifting each with a hamper. a gift hamper.
The Bazzukulu have for some time
The excited children said in unison,
occasionally waited at the roadside to
“Thank you so much Jajja. May God
wave and sing for him on his way to
bless you”.
State House, Entebbe.
Jajja Museveni later told them that he
The President who was travelling to
had brought them another friend, their
Entebbe, for his scheduled duties,
grandmother, Maama Janet Museveni,
stopped at Bwebajja and talked to the
the First Lady who is also the Minister
children aged between 2 and 10 years.
of Education and Sports.
The President has a particular
The First Lady was received with wild
history with these children whom he
ululations from the children and the
continuously referred to as Bazukuklu
couple chatted with the children for a
and they in turn called him Jajja.
moment before returning to their car.
In the recent days the bond between
the 2 parties has grown,
with the Bazzukulu always
singing songs for him as
the convoy approaches
Bwebajja trading centre.
On this specific occasion,
President Museveni had a
gift for his unsuspecting
f riends. As the convoy
stopped to their chants,
he disembarked and
moved towards them and

President Museveni and

First Lady chat with
Bazzukulu at Bwebajja

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 3rd November, 2021
President Museveni meets Serum Africa Medical Research Institute (SAMRI)
Everything is ready except the 18
reagents that are required in the
manufacturing of the Corona vaccine.
We haven’t got some of the reagents.
The suppliers have delayed us for three
months”, President Museveni.
STATE LODGE, NAKASERO:
President Yoweri Museveni said that
the government is committed to work
towards the development of vaccines
against various diseases including
COVID-19.
“Everything is ready except the 18
reagents that are required in the
manufacturing of the Corona vaccine.
We haven’t got some of the reagents.
The suppliers have delayed us for three
months,” President Museveni said.
The President was speaking during a
meeting with a delegation from Serum
Africa Medical Research Institute (SAMRI)
Limited led by the Board Chairman, Prof.
Francis Omaswa and the CEO Dr. Anand
Iyer. The meeting was also attended by
the Minister of Science, Technology and
Innovation, Dr. Monica Musenero.
During the meeting, government
signed an MOU in vaccine research and
development with SAMRI. The Minister
of Science, Technology and Innovation,
Dr. Monica Musenero, signed on behalf
of the Uganda government while Prof.
Francis Omaswa signed for SAMRI.
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SAMRI is committed to ensuring the
best and globally accepted standards
of all their products and to work with
credible partner in the process. They say
their products are researched & tested
to ensure the highest quality.
The Minister of Science and Technology,
Dr. Monica Musenero, thanked the
President for sending the SAMRI group
to her office. She was optimistic that they
would deliver on their commitment.
Prof. Francis Omaswa said that they were
fully committed to see that they fulfill
the promise that the President made to
wananchi in the fight against pandemics
through vaccine development.
“We aim at manufacturing life-saving
immunobiologicals, which are in short
supply in Uganda and currently imported
at high prices. We will produce, several
life-saving biologicals at prices affordable
to the common man and in sufficient
quantities so that the country is self-
sufficient for Tetanus Anti-toxin and
anti-snake venom serum, followed by
DTP (Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis)
group of Vaccines and then later on MMR
(Measles, Mumps and Rubella) group of
vaccines. We will increase availability,
affordability and reachability of the
needed vaccines to everyone everywhere
in our society.” he said.
Dr. Anand Iyer revealed that they have got the capacity to produce malaria and
veterinary vaccines in addition to those against COVID-19. He said that they would
establish a cold chain storage facility to ensure that the drugs are in good condition,
and added that the facility would serve a wide range of medical needs.

President Museveni poses for a photo with a delegation from Serum Africa Medical
Research Institute (SAMRI)

“We aim at manufacturing life-saving immunobiologicals, which are in short

supply in Uganda and currently imported at high prices. We will produce,
several life-saving biologicals at prices affordable to the common man and
in sufficient quantities so that the country is self-sufficient for Tetanus anti-
toxin and anti-snake venom serum, followed by DTP (Diphtheria, Tetanus
and Pertussis) group of Vaccines and then later on MMR (Measles, Mumps
and Rubella) group of vaccines. We will increase availability, affordability and
reachability of the needed vaccines to everyone everywhere in our society,”

Prof. Francis Omaswa

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 5th November, 2021
President Commissions Ultra-modern Children Surgical Hospital
Jesus died 2000 years ago but is remembered today because of his good deeds.
Although Dr. Gino died, he has left behind a testimony of his character and
contribution to humanity. The Italians have done something special for
humanity right at the centre of the equator,”
President Museveni .
NAKIWOGO, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni paid
glowing tribute to Dr. Gino Strada,
an Italian war surgeon, human rights
and peace activist and founder of
EMERGENCY, a recognised international
non-governmental organisation, for the
ultra-modern children surgical hospital
in Entebbe, saying he has left a special
gift for humanity right at the heart of
the equator.
Dr. Strada died in August this year
before the official commissioning of the
hospital that he was looking forward to.
“Jesus died 2000 years ago but is
remembered today because of his good
deeds. Although Dr. Gino died, he has
left behind a testimony of his character
and contribution to humanity. The
Italians have done something special
for humanity right at the centre of the
equator,” the President said.
The President was commissioning an
ultra-modern EMERGENCY Children’s
Hospital for children 0-18 years at
Nakiwogo in Entebbe Municipality. The
facility designed by world renowned
architect, Renzo Piano, on a pro-bono
basis is earth friendly, constructed using
innovative solutions to minimise energy
consumption, combining architectural
excellence with state-of-the-art medical
10 The Presidency | November 2021
care. It provides the best environment
for patients’ treatment and recovery.
President Museveni said the hospital,
built on 30 acres of land donated by
the UPDF (Special Forces Command)
has got a number of interesting
aspects; including the founder being
a wonderful Christian with the concept
of “caring about your neighbour as you
love yourself”, the core of Christianity;
the architect as much as possible using
nature and being environmentally
friendly; and the donor Ms. Paola Coin,
a rich, smart, small lady from the Italian
city of Venus known for its story of
Shylock, being a great philanthropist
who donated US$8million towards
construction of the hospital.
“This land was for SFC cattle farm. When
I heard of the hospital, I said this was
a more lifesaving effort than the cows.
We gave them 30 acres. I am happy
that there is another idea of adding a
nurses training centre which can be
part of this facility. We must see how
to take advantage of the dedication by
our partners from Italy.
If we can have a nursing training school
where they can impart both the skills
and the passion,” he said.
The President later presented the
50th Uganda independence golden
medal to the founder Dr. Gino Strada
(posthumously), the donor Ms.
Paola Coin, the architect Mr. Renzo
Piano, Rossella Miccio, President
of EMERGENCY and Pietro Parrino,
Director of EMERGENCY Field
Operations Department. The 50th
Independence Golden medal is given
to individuals by the President in
recognition of their outstanding service
and loyalty to the country.
The Entebbe hospital will become a
referral point for surgery from patients
across the continent. It is the second
facility in EMERGENCY’s Af rican
Network of Medical Excellence (ANME),
after EMERGENCY’s Salam Centre for
Cardiac Surgery, built in Khartoum,
Sudan, in 2007, which has treated
patients from over 30 countries.
Situated on the banks of Lake Victoria,
EMERGENCY’s Children’s Surgical
Hospital opened its doors on Monday 19
April, but due to COVID-19 restrictions,
the opening ceremony took place after
six months of activities.
The facility has admitted 345 patients
since opening, whilst 1,185 patients
have been treated as outpatients. 355
surgical operations have taken place
and the average patient age is five
years old.
President Museveni
tours the ultra-modern
children surgical hospital
in Entebbe during
commissioning
Ms. Rossella Miccio, President of
EMERGENCY said the hospital is rapidly
becoming a referral point for paediatric
elective surgery, in Uganda and
beyond, as we are receiving patients
from around the country and will
soon open the doors to provide free
of charge surgical care to children from
neighbouring countries.
“These first six months of activity clearly
confirmed that there is a strong need
of paediatric elective surgery in the
region. A real partnership between
international organisations and
Ugandan institutions and professionals
can pave the way to strengthen local
capacity and to provide continuous
secondary and tertiary quality care,”
she said.
At full capacity, the hospital will employ
385 local people, including 179 medical
workers. The facility will be dedicated
to training local staff that will play
an integral role improving paediatric
surgery and medical care in the country.
The Minister of Health Dr. Ruth Acheng
said the facility cost Shs 117 billion and
Uganda Government has facilitated
it with a 20% contribution and will
continue paying 20% of the running
costs for 8 years until it is handed over
to the Ugandan government.
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 8th November, 2021
President Museveni meets Energy Year’s Government Relations Director

Oil is an infinite resource. It is a special edition exploring

We shall use the oil money on the unlocking of Uganda’s energy
industry potential and was produced
durable capacity including
in partnership with State House and
modernising our railway and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral
other infrastructure to improve Development.
transportation” President Ms. Negrea said that the publication
Museveni highlights the opportunities that Uganda
has to offer in the energy sector. She
STATE HOUSE ENTEBBE: added that the magazine analyses the
latest developments and future prospects
President Yoweri Museveni said Uganda’s
of the country’s up-and-coming oil and
oil and gas sector will help government to
gas industry, as well as its linkages with
create jobs and related infrastructure like
the power sector and wider economy.
pipelines, refinery and other downstream
The book also portrays the projects
developments that will add on the
championed by the key players of the
economy.
Ugandan energy value chain.
“Oil is an infinite resource. We shall
The Energy Year Uganda 2021 also
use the oil money on durable capacity
features maps showing Uganda’s oil
including modernising our railway
and gas licenses and their status and
and other infrastructure to improve
featuring the ground-breaking East
transportation,” he said.
African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)
The President was meeting the Energy infrastructure.
Year’s Government Relations Director,
Ms. Brindusa Negrea, who presented to
him the first edition of a magazine, “The
Energy Year Uganda 2021.”

President Museveni
greets Ms. Brindusa
Negrea at State
House, Entebbe

12 The Presidency | November 2021

 9th November, 2021
President Museveni meets CEO of Buffet Foundation

The work that you see in Uganda The CEO of Howard G. Buffet Foundation,
is due to a correct ideology. We Mr. Buffet a close friend of President
Museveni, was pleased to note that
are patriotic because we believe
President Museveni was showing good
in interests rather than identity. leadership in the region.
The problem in Somalia for
Howard Buffet who said he was here to
example is both tribal and pay a courtesy call on President Museveni
clan based while the leadership said the President’s Ankole cattle caused
in D.R. Congo has had an “chaos” in Texas!
ideological vacuum,” President “People in Texas brag about cattle, they
Museveni were in awe when they saw your cows,”
Buffet who visited President Museveni’s
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: Kisozi ranch in 2019 said.
President Yoweri Museveni said that The CEO of Bridgeway Foundation Ms.
Uganda can work with the Democratic Shannon said that they are very grateful
Republic of Congo to defeat the for Uganda’s efforts in maintaining peace
ADF terrorists wrecking havoc in the and security in the region.
neighbouring country.
The President was meeting a USA
delegation led by Howard G. Buffet,
the CEO of Buffet Foundation, a
philanthropist and conservationist who
is also the son of United States billionaire
investor, Warren Buffett, and Shannon
Sedgewick Davis the CEO of Bridgeway
Foundation, a Philanthropic organisation
dedicated to ending and preventing
mass atrocities around the world at State
House, Entebbe.
While briefing his guests about the
security situation in the region, President
Yoweri Museveni said that the peace and
President Museveni with Howard G
security witnessed in Uganda was due
Buffet and his delegation at State
to good ideology.
House, Entebbe
The Bridgeway Foundation and the
Buffet Foundation are involved in peace
and security in the Great Lakes Region.
Their current focus is the restoration of
security in the D.R. Congo.

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 10th November, 2021
President Museveni celebrates World Science Week
Science-led industrial development
has been our goal in government.
With effect from June 2021, I put the
Ministry of Science and Technology
under the Office of the President so
that it can be effectively managed
and financed” President Museveni
KOLOLO INDEPENDENCE GROUNDS:
President Yoweri Museveni said that the
NRM Government has been working
to promote the policy of science-led
industrial development for faster
transformation.
“Science-led industrial development
has been our goal in government. With
effect from June 2021, I put the Ministry
of Science and Technology under the
Office of the President so that it can be
effectively managed and financed,” he
said adding that one of the ventures
that he has supported is the financing
of Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC)
in developing a diagnostic test for
COVID-19 that produces results within
30 minutes.
“This is far better than the imported
technology that is used for the same
tests, he said.”
The President was speaking at Kololo
Independence Grounds where he was
the Guest of Honour during celebrations
to mark the World Science Week for
Peace and Development.
14 The Presidency | November 2021
The celebrations were held under
the theme, “The future of science
technology and innovation in Uganda:
Breaking the silos & leveraging
synergies for a skilled and sustainable
workforce for national economic
transformation”.
The President revealed that the 1980
Lagos plan of action was initiated by
UNESCO and required each country
in Africa to establish a centre with the
aim of eradicating foreign dependency
on research. He said that such centres
were expected to coordinate all national
research ventures.
He said that Uganda established its
facility in 1970 adding that progress was
hampered by the political instability at
the time.
The President pointed out that the
NRM Government established and
emphasized the study of science at
Mbarara University and emphasized
that government would not change
its position of increasing salaries for
scientists in service.
He commended Professor David
Kaahwa for developing the anti-tick
vaccine and disclosed State House has
made a lot of progress in developing the
leather industry in Kawumu that was
supervised by the former Comptroller,
Lucy Nakyobe.
President Museveni reiterated that
science must be used for import
substitution and observed that
processed coffee fetches 15 times the
value of coffee when it is sold in its raw
form.
He congratulated the scientists for
using well the funds that government
gave out and assured the nation that
government would provide funds
both directly and through UDB at low
interest rates.
During the ceremony, the overall
winner of the Uganda science award
who was recognised by the President
is a nine year old Ann Tramy Mpagi,
a pupil of MST Junior School of P4
along the Kampala –Entebbe road. She
innovated an e-learning app for the
education sector.
Later, the President toured an exhibition
showing a wide range of innovations
including the electric vehicles, efforts
to develop COVID-19 vaccines, anti- tick
vaccines and silk textiles. It also showed
President Museveni tours an exhibition at Kololo during the World Science Week
the ventures by Universities such as
Makerere, IUIU, Kyambogo and Mbarara
University of Science and Technology.
He also launched 100 science text-books
that were published by Ugandans.
The Minister of Science and Technology
Dr. Monica Musenero revealed that
the winners of the Uganda science
winners award above 18 years of age
are to receive Ush 30 million and those
below 18 are to receive Ush 10 million.
The Executive Director of UNESCO in
Uganda, Prof. Eriabu Lugujo, said that
Africa cannot develop without science.
He saluted the President for prioritising
science teachers through improved
remunerations.
The Principle of the College of Veterinary
Medicine of Makerere University Prof.
David Kabasa revealed that knowledge
developed was being shared with
communities.
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 11th November, 2021
President Museveni meets German delegation

I thank you for the donation and thank you for coming back to Christianity.
During COVID19 pandemic people were selfish and wanted to vaccinate their
own people first. It is sad that we don’t cooperate in vaccine development. I am
glad that we are developing our own vaccine but we need help with the reagents
to produce the vaccine” President Museveni

STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: Director of Achelis Uganda, Karl-Heinz

President Yoweri Museveni commended
Germany for its donation of 5.5million
doses of Johnson and Johnson one-
dose COVID19 vaccines and called for
support through sharing reagents
to enable Uganda produce its own
vaccines and avoid vaccine dependency
in the future.
“I thank you for the donation and thank
you for coming back to Christianity.
During COVID19 pandemic people were
selfish and wanted to vaccinate their
own people first. It is sad that we don’t
cooperate in vaccine development. I
am glad that we are developing our
own vaccine but we need help with
the reagents to produce the vaccine,”
he said.
The President was speaking during a
meeting with a high-powered investors’
delegation from Germany led by the
German Ambassador to Uganda
Matthias Schauer. The delegation
included Prof. Christoph Lübbert of
the University of Leipzig, Axel Kuppe
managing partner of C. Woermann
GmbH, Manfred Schmid of Frequentis,
Hans Georg Hinterberger Managing
Knoop of RIELA, Karsten Sengewald of
iproplan, Dr. Andre Gerth of BioPlanta
GmbH, Dr. Stefan Hagemann of
NanoInfra and Guiliana Stiegelmann
of IKA GmbH/Bellazuri Ltd.
The President who is pushing for
stronger partnerships with German
investors in various sectors of Agriculture,
Health and Pharmaceuticals, Energy
and Inf rastructure development
singled out various sectors including
pharmaceuticals using local plants.
“We know a lot of plants with the
potential for healing. One of the reasons
many people didn’t die of COVID19 is
because they were using herbs. Some
plants have anti-viral and anti-biotic
elements. We can have a factory to
extract active ingredients. This is a very
good area for cooperation,” he said.
The President also singled out post-
harvest handling equipment and
technology and solar power for micro-
irrigation for food production.
“We lose a lot of food because of bad
post-harvest handling. Equipment and
technology to help us at sub-county

16 The Presidency | November 2021

level is very welcome. We have 2,000
sub-county administrative units and
we need that capacity at that level,”
he said.
The President also said solar power
especially for micro irrigation can boost
agriculture and remove fluctuations
caused by climate change.
He also singled out waste management
which has become a health hazard and
yet it is a resource that can be turned
into fertiliser and bioenergy. He also
welcomed the medical collaboration
between the University of Leipzig and
Kiruddu and Kawempe Hospitals.
The President also called for stronger
partnerships in infrastructure
development.
The Germany Ambassador to Uganda,
H.E. Matthias Schauer, informed the
President that the delegation has
toured the Bukasa inland port near
President Museveni poses for a photo with German delegation at State House, Entebbe
Kampala and that the members of the
delegation were keen to partner in
developing the mining, infrastructure
and agriculture sectors. Ambassador
Schauer said that the delegation
was interested in silos, fire–fighting
equipment among others.
Dr. Amrei Von Braun of the University
of Lapzig informed President Museveni
that they have made progress towards
overcoming bacteria that is resistant to
some antibiotics. She revealed that they
have done a lot of work with Kiruddu
Hospital in overcoming the challenge.
We know a lot of plants with the
potential for healing. One of the reasons
many people didn’t die of COVID19 is
because they were using herbs. Some
plants have anti-viral and anti-biotic
elements. We can have a factory to
extract active ingredients. This is a very
good area for cooperation” President
Museveni
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 11th November, 2021
President Museveni meets India’s Minister of State for External
Affairs & Parliamentary Affairs
Once we resolve the cost, solar power
would be the answer. Africans were
using sun and wind long time ago
before these dead fuels. The problem
came from out. The world is coming
back to sun and wind” President
Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President
Yoweri Museveni said Uganda and India
have agreed to strengthen commercial
diplomacy and boost trade between
the two countries.
During a meeting with the Minister of
State for External Affairs & Parliamentary
Affairs Government of India, Hon. Shri
Muraleedharan, President Museveni
said he would work with the Prime
Minister of India, Narendra Modi,
regarding India’s offer of a concessional
credit facility to promote rural power
transmission and value addition in
agriculture.
“Indians are one of our tribes. I am glad
that we have that offer from India,” he
said.
President Museveni also said he would
work with India on the issue of training
at the National Defence College in Jinja.
“We shall work with the Indian side on
the National Defence College where
they normally come to train,” he said.
18 The Presidency | November 2021
On the issue of climate change,
President Museveni was happy that
India was willing to collaborate with
Uganda to provide affordable solar
power.
“Once we resolve the cost, solar power
would be the answer. Africans were
using sun and wind long time ago
before these dead fuels. The problem
came from out. The world is coming
back to sun and wind,” he said.
The two leaders discussed various
issues including reduction of taxes on
Uganda’s products including: milk,
Cocoa and Coffee. They also discussed
the construction of the Mahatma
Ghandi Convention and Conference
Centre in Entebbe where government
has donated 15 acres of land for the
project. The promise to allocate the
land was made by government in 2018
during PM Narendra Modi’s visit to
Uganda. Government has also allocated
land for the Ghandi Cultural Centre in
Jinja. The two leaders also agreed to
strengthen collaboration in Defense
training at the National Defense College
in Jinja.
Hon. Shri Muraleedharan who was on
a three-day working visit to Uganda
brought warm greetings from India’s
President Ram Nath Kovind and PM Mr. Chandru Appar Deputy Secretary
Modi to President Museveni and the (Minister’s office) Ministry of External
people of Uganda. Affairs Government of India; Dr. Prakash
Shelat Under Secretary (East & Southern
He thanked President Museveni for
Africa) Division Ministry of External
his support of the Indian Community
Affairs Government of India; H.E. Ajay
in Uganda and for supporting India
Kumar, High Commissioner of India to
at the UN Security Council and
Uganda; Uganda’s Minister of State for
assured President Museveni that his
Foreign Affairs Hon. Okello Oryem and
government will arrange for a subsidy
Uganda’s High Commissioner to India
in solar energy generation through the
Amb. Grace Akello among others.
New Delhi-based International Solar
Alliance.
The meeting was also attended by Mr.
Puneet R. Kundal Joint Secretary (East
& Southern Africa) Division Ministry of
External Affairs, Government of India;

President Museveni gestures to the Indian delegation after a meeting at State House,
Entebbe

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 Feature Story
Industrial Parks Leading the
Export Drive in Uganda
By Mushwa Joshua Potere
“Stop importing what
you can make”, were
the resounding words of
President Yoweri Kaguta
Museveni, while launching
East African Medical
Vitals, Africa’s first surgical
and medical gloves
manufacturer, located in
Uganda’s flagship industrial
park, Namanve.
Much as it may come as
a shock that there hasn’t
been a single industry to
manufacture surgical gloves
in East and Central Africa,
and other latex products,
it isn’t too late to pick the
slack and hit the ground
running on this particular
race.
Over the years, the
Ugandan Government
has taken significant
steps on its journey to a
stronger economic future
through industrialization,
by reinforcing the notion
that Uganda should
produce locally, rather
than import from abroad.
This has been backed by
the president’s constant
reminder especially through
the COVID-19 pandemic
that the crisis would help
to build the manufacturing
capacity, rather than
“turning the Ugandan
market into a dumping
ground for foreign goods.’
When Uganda
manufactures its products
locally, not only does this
reduce on the import bill
but also helps domestic
products to be exported
all over the world which
contributes to the
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generation
of the much
needed
foreign
exchange.
This mixed strategy of
import substitution and
export promotion can
clearly be demonstrated
with the Kiira Motors plant
currently being constructed
in Jinja Industrial and
Business Park by the
Uganda People’s Defence
Forces, through the National
Enterprise Corporation.
Upon completion, not
only will this indigenous
automobile plant reduce
on the loss of over USD 450
million annually on used
imported vehicles but will
also tap into the annual
10 million vehicle market
demand on the African
continent by 2030.
Uganda is among a few
African countries that have
introduced Industrial Parks
as major drivers of economic
diversification and export-
led industrialization.
Uganda’s investment
promotion agency, the
Uganda Investment
Authority, currently operates
eight public industrial and
business parks, namely
Namanve, Bweyogerere,
Luzira, Kasese, Mbarara,
Jinja, Mbale, and Soroti.
Collectively, 114 industries
are already operational in
these parks.
Plans are underway to
operationalize 17 other
industrial parks across the
country in the medium
Communications Officer
at Government Citizen
Interaction Centre
(GCIC)
term, as a way
of implementing
President Yoweri
Museveni’s directive
to Uganda Investment
Authority, to establish 25
industrial and business
parks across the country
in five years. The President
has also directed that local
governments provide free
land for industrial parks
development because the
Central Government won’t
be spending on land for
setting up industrial parks.
This directive has seen
the Minister of State
for Investment and
Privatization, Hon Evelyn
Anite; UIA board Chairman,
Morrison Rwakakamba;
and Director General
Robert Mukiza lead a team
of political leaders and
technocrats on a month
long Investment Land Bank
mobilization. As a result, 6
districts in northern Uganda
offered a total of 3,880 acres
of land freely to Uganda
Investment Authority (UIA)
and 1,270 acres were offered
in Western Uganda for the
establishment of industrial
parks.
In addition to creating
4 million jobs annually,
the establishment of 25
industrial parks regionally
and equitably throughout
the country, will help
the economy become
self-sufficient through
industrialization and
import substitution but
will also have Ugandan
products competing on the
international markets.
 12th November, 2021
President Museveni passes out 5,200 PPCs
You are lucky because you are
entering a very important organ of
the State, the Uganda Police Force.
If you use this chance well, you will
not regret. The future is bright,
don’t misuse this chance” President
Museveni
KABALYE, MASINDI DISTRICT:
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
who is also the Commander in Chief
of Uganda’s Armed forces has passed
out 5,200 Probationer Police Constables
(PPCs) at Kabalye Police Training School
in Masindi.
The pass-out ceremony took place at
Kabalye Cell, Karujubu Division, Masindi
Municipality, Masindi District in western
Uganda.
On arrival at Kabalye Police Training
School, President Museveni was
received and briefed by the Minister
of Internal Affairs, Hon. Maj. Gen
Kahinda Otafiire, Inspector General
of Police (IGP) Martins Okoth Ochola,
Commandant PTS, ACP Ziwedde
Abubakeer among other dignitaries.
The President was then taken to
witness practical demonstrations by the
trainees that they acquired during the
12 months training including practical
module of public order management,
skills at arm, dry drills, shooting long
range of 100 metres, shooting under
effort among others.
A total of 5,200 constables among whom
3,783 are male and 1,417 are female,
the largest number in the history of
the school have been undergoing a
Probationer Police Constables course
for 12 months and is the 22nd intake
of police.
President Museveni congratulated the
officers and assured them that their
future is bright if they act right.
“You are lucky because you are entering
a very important organ of the State,
the Uganda Police Force. If you use
this chance well, you will not regret.
The future is bright, don’t misuse this
chance,” he said.
The President counselled the young
officers and urged them to avoid
selfishness. “Some of us have been
active in public affairs for a long time,
about 50 years and have seen that
when you are loyal to the people of
Uganda and avoid selfishness, you will
be rewarded,” he said.
The President warned the trainees
against making shortcuts in life
through corruption and disobedience
and prophesised their failure if they
took that route.
He emphasised the four sectors of
wealth creation and creators that they
must protect as commercial farmers,
manufacturers, service providers and
ICT.
“All these countries which have
developed have been developed by
people who have created wealth. Like
countries in Europe, e.g. Britain etc.,
what made it powerful are scientists
and wealth creators,” he said.
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The President assured the officers that
their main role is to protect and support
the wealth creators according to the
laws of Uganda.
“You as police men and women need to
know that as people create wealth, they
should do it legally and your job is to
protect and support the wealth creators
according to the law by providing to
them security,” he said.
The President said that if they did their
role right and well, the country will
grow very fast and the more wealth
created, the more money government
gets to pay better emoluments to
public servants.
“Uganda now has surplus of sugar, milk,
maize, soap etc., because of the correct
strategy of the NRM government which
gave protection and freedom to the
wealth creators. Your job is to protect
peace and wealth creation, according
to the law,” he said.
President Museveni salutes after arriving at Police Training School, Kabalye
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President Museveni revealed that Africa
is not short of natural resources but is
short of wealth creators.
“The police force must be ideologically
clear because this is a historical
mission for your country to move out
of backwardness,” he said.
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon. Maj.
Gen. Kahinda Otafiire advised the new
officers to learn from their predecessors
who have done well and shun any bad
behaviour.
“I would like to welcome the
graduands into Uganda Police Force.
I want to besiege you to learn from
your predecessors. Learn from their
excellent conduct and disregard their
shortcomings. You have married the
Police Force for better, for worse, but
you must always be for good,” he said.
The Inspector General of Police, Martins
Okoth Ochola, said that this training
should show the world how organised
institutions can still carry on with their
duties amidst a pandemic.
 16th November, 2021
H.E. The President’s Statement on Bomb Blasts
“We are working with the neighbours
to deal with those operating
from outside. They have exposed
themselves when we are more ready
for urban terrorism. They will perish.
Rural terrorism was defeated in
2007 in the Semliki National Park”
President Museveni ” President
Museveni
To the Ugandans, especially the Bazzukulu,
Today at 10:00hours, some pigs (in reality
manipulated and confused Bazzukulu),
apparently, blew themselves up, one near
the IGG office and the other near CPS. At
about 10:30hours, the CMI/Police squads
injured and captured the third terrorist
in the area of Katooke, Bwaise with his
bomb. He, later, died but gave us very
good information before dying. His name
is Musa Mudasiri.
The bomber of CPS was by the names of
Mansoor Uthman and the one of the IGG
office is by the names of Wanjusi Abdallah.
All these are part of the ADF group that
attacked Gen. Katumba in June.
As I told the country before, by attacking
Gen. Katumba, these terrorists, exposed
themselves at a time when our security
(anti-crime) infrastructure has improved,
compared to what it was in 2018 when I
made the speech to Parliament.
Since the attack on Gen. Katumba, the
following has been achieved:
i. Seven (7) have been killed while
resisting arrest;
ii. Eighty one (81) have been arrested; and
iii. 3 have been killed by the bombs they
were carrying.
The two of today were, therefore, running
away from being arrested. We have been
hunting for them since the Katumba
incident.
Those killed since the Katumba incident
are:
1. Nsubuga Mohammed;
2. Manihaji;
3. Moses Mudasiri (the one of today);
4. Master Lubwama;
5. Juma Saidi;
6. Serwadda Juma; and
7. Amin Kawawa Mustapha.
The one who blew himself in the bus was
Matovu Muzafari.
Unfortunately, 3 people died in today’s
incident apart from the 3 suicide bombers.
The injured are 36.
Apart from hunting the terrorists, the
country strategy of vigilance (alertness),
is helping to minimise damage. The suicide
bombers at both CPS and IGG office were
forced to detonate their bombs at the
checkpoint of Police outside and also
outside of the IGG office.
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Therefore, the public should maintain
vigilance of checking people at entry
points to bus parks, hotels, churches,
mosques, markets, etc. The Police will
issue guidelines regarding securing the
checkpoints because the checkpoints
are protecting the buildings and the
occupants.
We are working with the neighbours to
deal with those operating from outside.
They have exposed themselves when we
are more ready for urban terrorism. They
will perish. Rural terrorism was defeated
in 2007 in the Semliki National Park.
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I am referring to the dead terrorists as
manipulated victims of confusion. The
real pigs are people like Nsubuga, the so-
called Sheikh that confused young people
at Lweza. If blowing oneself up will send
one to Jaanaa, let him blow himself up
as an example instead of manipulating
young children.
Three (3) IED (Improvised Explosive
Devices) have been recovered including
the one of today. The terrorists invited us
and we are coming for them.
Ssabalwanyi
16th November, 2021
 16th November, 2021
Government, workers reps agree on NSSF supervisory roles
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
Government has agreed with the
workers representatives that while
the Ministry of Finance appoints
and supervises the regulatory body
of the NSSF, the Ministry of Gender,
Labour and Social development will
appoint the board that will constitute
workers, employers and government
representatives.
During a meeting with the
Parliamentary committee on Gender,
Labour and Social Development,
Workers Representatives, NSSF
representatives and off icials f rom
the Ministry of Finance, Planning
and Economic Development led by
the Minister Matia Kasaija, and the
Prime Minister Robinah Nabanjja,
President Museveni directed that
the contentious Uganda Retirement
Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA)
immediately stops taking money from
the NSSF and instead be restructured
and paid by government which created
it.
“This is not a negotiation issue; it is
about what can safe guard this money.
URBRA should be paid by government,
not by workers money. URBRA is
adding costs to workers. If you create an
agency, pay it. They should not take any
other money from NSSF. They should
remove all these people from workers
money,” he said.
This after the workers representatives
protested the annual payment of
Shs 7bn from NSSF to URBRA for
supervision of NSSF and yet the Ministry
of Finance supervises URBRA.
This was the final contentious issue
between the workers representatives,
the Ministry of Gender, Labour and
Social Development and the Ministry
of Finance, Planning and Economic
Development that had delayed the
passing of the NSSF bill.
The Bill will see contributors aged 45
and above have 20% mid-term access
to their savings while the people living
with disabilities will also access up to
50% of their savings if they are 40 years
and above, have saved for ten years and
are out of a job or are unemployable.
Mid-term access provides for additional
benefits and relief to members of
the Fund before they reach the age
prescribed by the law. Section 12 of the
NSSF Act was amended to provide for
dual supervision of the Fund. Ministry
of Gender will be in charge of the social
security arm of the Fund, which deals
with the welfare of workers and their
savings while Ministry of Finance,
Planning and Economic Development
will supervise the investment arm of the
Fund, which deals with the business
component where savings are invested
in assets to generate income.
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President had initially suggested
supervision by the Bank of Uganda
and the Ministry of Finance Planning
and Economic Development since they
specialise in dealing with finances but
BOU was ruled out technically.
On the issue of whether or not the
Managing Director of NSSF who is
an Ex-official has a right to vote, the
President agreed that the Managing
Director can be a member but with
no vote.
“The character can just sit there and
talk. He can be a member but doesn’t
vote. There are things which are
dangerous which can either fail or kill
the institution,” he said.
On the issue of mid-term access of
50% for persons with disabilities, the
President agreed with the proposal of
people with disabilities of 40 years and
President Museveni with Government officials after a meeting to discuss
NSSF bill at State House, Entebbe
26 The Presidency | November 2021
above who have saved for ten years can
access 50% of their saving mid-term
but added that the law must be very
clear on who is disabled.
The NSSF MD Richard Byarugaba said
while they have no data on people with
disabilities so as not to discriminate,
the numbers are not significant and
members can be paid.
According to the workers records, there
are 2,000,000 people saving with NSSF
and less that 0.1%, about 20,000 people
are living with disabilities.
The NSSF fund has grown from a paltry
Shs 800bn with less that 500,000 savers
when the NRM government came
into power in 1986 to a Shs 17trillion
fund and over two million savers and
growing making it one of the best on
the continent.
 18th November, 2021
President Museveni meets UK trade envoy
We want Uganda Airlines to ferry at
least 10 tons of goods on every trip
it makes to London. We want to use
U.K. finances to build silos for the
agro-Products. We have financed
the Industrial Park in Namanve and
we are interested in financing Kiira
Motors in its vehicle project” Lord
Dollar Popat
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni said that
Uganda can produce anything as long
as the people are well-organised and
guided.
“We can produce any agro-product as
long as the people are mobilized. Our
people have the capacity to produce a
lot of coffee and fruits on small pieces
of land. We have sensitised them in
the production of various high value
products on small acreages. A small-
scale farmer can generate up to Ush 18
million (US $ 5,000) per acre of coffee
per year,” he said.
The President was speaking during a
meeting with the visiting British Prime
Minister’s Trade Envoy to Uganda,
Rwanda and Democratic Republic of
Congo, Lord Dolar Popat at State House,
Entebbe.
The President and his guests discussed
a wide range of issues with the main
focus on developing the export of agro-
products to Britain.
He assured them that the Uganda
Government was fully committed
towards ensuring high quality agro-
products for export.
He was pleased to learn that one of the
investors was interested in establishing
a modern hospital in Hoima District
in western Uganda. He noted that
such a facility would save Ugandans
from the burden of travelling abroad
for medical tourism. He said that the
medical facility would attract many
people from Uganda, the region and
Africa at large since the service was
essential.
The President and his guests also
discussed matters pertaining to
increased electricity generation and
transmission.
The British Prime Minister’s Trade envoy
to Uganda, Lord Dolar Popat expressed
his sympathy to President Museveni
and the people of Uganda over the
recent bomb explosions in Uganda.
He said his government is interested in
the purchase of various products from
Uganda, including coffee, maize, sugar,
wheat and barley. He revealed that his
team would connect Ugandans to the
buyers in the United Kingdom.
“We want Uganda Airlines to ferry at
least 10 tons of goods on every trip it
makes to London. We want to use U.K.
finances to build silos for the agro-
products.
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We have financed the Industrial Park in Namanve and we are interested in
financing Kiira Motors in its vehicle project.” he said.
He assured the President that his government was keen in supporting Uganda
in the industrialisation process.
The British High Commissioner to Uganda, H.E. Kate Airey briefed President
Museveni on the progress of the proposed expansion of electricity generation
and transmission.
One of the investors, Lord Benjamin Mancroft briefed President Museveni on
the 300 beds hospital that he plans to build in Hoima. He said that the project
would cost US $ 150 million and that the construction would commence in
January 2022.

President Museveni poses for a photo with the UK delegation after a

meeting at State House, Entebbe

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 19th November, 2021
President Museveni passes-out 443 tank crew granduands
Nobody will disturb the peace of
Uganda. Anybody who tries will
perish because the army is strong”
President Museveni” President
Museveni
KABAMBA, MUBENDE:
President Yoweri Museveni has vowed
that nobody will disturb peace of
Uganda and anybody who tries will
perish.
“Nobody will disturb the peace of
Uganda. Anybody who tries will perish
because the army is strong,” the
President said referring to the recent
twin bombings in Kampala that left six
people dead including the 3 terrorists
who blew themselves up.
The President said the problem is
some confused youth who have been
radicalised and some neighbouring
countries who can’t control their
affairs. He also cited the poor internal
intelligence sector in towns, which has
lagged behind.
“Internally, we have lagged behind
about intelligence in towns to discover
who is planning and where it is
happening.
The terror has shifted from the rural
areas to towns where there are bigger
populations and many buildings.
Security in town is intelligence-based.
We have moved very well so far.
We have got videos of those who had
the bombs because of the cameras.
Now we need to do more.
Cameras are eyes, I have heard that
you can also put noses in the cameras
(install sensors) which can smell the
bombs and send an alert. The idea that
they can be on the street is a good one.
These terrorists, we shall finish them.
They are wasting their time, they will
be defeated,” he said.
The President was presiding over the
pass-out ceremony of 443 tank crew
granduands who had been undergoing
a one year training course at the Karama
Armoured Warfare Training School in
Kabamba, Mudende district.
The ceremony was attended by Lt
Gen. Proscovia Nalweyiso the Senior
Presidential Advisor on Special Duties,
Lt Gen. Wilson Mbadi; Chief of Defence
Forces, Maj. Gen. Leopold Kyanda; Chief
of Staff Land Forces, religious leaders
among others.
“You have shown that you can train
other Africans in armour. I congratulate
you for discovering your real potential
and for embracing the economics.
There is a lot of wastage in training
using live ammunition. It is costly and
wears out armour. But now you are
enlightened and used simulators and
special ammunition. You have made
professional training affordable,” the
President said.
He commended the trainers for
introducing to the trainees the concept
of combined arms during an operation
such as ; air force, Field Engineering,
Motorised Infantry fighting vehicles,
Intelligence name them (coordinating
during an operation) to avoid exposing
them to the dangers of “food without
sauce”.
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The President commended warfare
school for following his instructions
on inf rastructure development at
the school by building dormitories,
classrooms and a pavilion for them to
congregate and said they will consider
building the electronic range ground.
He commended the Karama
Armoured Warfare Training School
and the Kabamba Military Academy
for preserving the environment and
directed the institutions to put down
as a General’s order that trees thereon
be preserved.
“I want to thank you for preserving
the environment. That word Karama
means a place of Mirama, small strong
trees with deep roots adapted to save
the environment,” he said.
The President said since 1979 the
grounds have had emigavu or emiisa,
and now have pine etc which are
very good nitrogen fixing trees with
hardwood and must be preserved.
President Museveni salutes on his arrival at Karama Armoured Warfare
Training School
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“Give it as my order that nobody
should cut those trees because they
are indigenous,” he said.
President Museveni congratulated
the graduands upon completing their
course and urged them to look after
their health to avoid getting HIV/Aids,
COVID-19, sexually transmitted diseases,
being disciplined, and being patriotic
and the rest will follow.
Lt Gen. Wilson Mbadi, the Chief of
Defence Forces applauded President
Museveni for professionalising UPDF
and urged him to continue with capacity
building of the UPDF through training.
He congratulated the graduands for
completing the demanding course and
advised them to use the attained skills
at the ripe time.
“I want to thank you for preserving
the environment. That word Karama
means a place of mirama, small
strong trees with deep roots adapted
to save the environment” President
Museveni
 20th November, 2021
Address to the Nation by President Museveni on Crime, Vaccination
and Terrorism
Countrymen and Countrywomen,
Greetings. Tonight, I have come here
to talk to you about vaccination, crime
and terrorism. All these are important to
understand because they affect stability
and wealth creation, hence, prosperity of
our people.
In the past, I have talked to you about unity
(anti-sectarianism), wealth creation in order
to create prosperity and jobs-creation.
Today, I will only talk about vaccination,
crime prevention and counter-terrorism
because they are now the immediate
problems.
Vaccination will help us to protect ourselves
against Corona and be able to open our
economy in January, 2022.
Full Vaccination two dozes of many of the
vaccines and one doze of Johnson and
Johnson according to the scientists give
protection of 66.3% They are, therefore,
better than nothing. This is in spite of
some information which shows that even
the fully vaccinated may still contract the
disease; however , those infections, they
say, do not progress to severe disease or
death.
Nevertheless, full vaccination has the
following benefits:
i. Those infected will not progress to
severe disease;
ii. Will not die unless they have other
comorbidities;
iii. Since many people will be vaccinated,
the speed of the spread of the virus will
be slowed down;
iv. And the hospital space that has been
tied down by the Corona patients, will
be freed for other medical cases.
On account of that, the Government has
been working very hard to get enough
vaccines. As of today, we have received
15,541,890 doses of different vaccines. In
addition, by the end of December, 2021,
we shall have got the following additional
vaccines:- AstraZeneca (1,257,700 doses),
Sinopharm (1,713,600 doses), Sinovac
(600,000 doses), Johnson and Johnson
(9,950,400 doses), and Pfizer (2,919,150
doses), totaling to 31,982,740 doses.
These vaccines are enough to vaccinate
fully all the 21 million Ugandans above the
age of 18years. If there is need for a third
booster doze, then it is also available.
The other day, I was talking to our good
friends from United Arab Emirates - UAE.
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They are ready to sell us 40 million dozes. today at 5,158,599 and that of the infected
With booster dozes, we would need only stands at 257,100,256. Today, the Corona
21million. Meanwhile, our scientists are situation in Uganda is as follows:
studying two questions.
i. Those in hospital are 140, occupying
Question number one is: “Is the booster only 140beds, while the total bed
doze necessary?” capacity is 3793.

The second question is: “Can we mix the ii. Those dying per day are 2, as compared
vaccines? Would somebody that got to the ones that were dying in the past
the 2 dozes of AstraZeneca, like myself, months per day who hit the figure of
be helped by taking Sino-pharm as the 54 on the 10th of June, 2021.
booster doze?”. The vaccines are getting
iii. And when you test 100,000 people,
more available globally. Moreover, we are
only 10 are found positive with Corona,
working hard on our own vaccine, which
compared to 1,735 at the height of the
we shall call Nalubale Dawa (ND).
second wave, on the 10th of June, 2021.
Apart from the vaccines, our scientists
Therefore, Ugandans, our firm stand,
like Ogwang, Nambatya and others, have
has not been in vain. Remember, that
been working on anti-virals. The Nambatya
the history of the NRM is the history of
Katenta Apuuli effort, is now at the stage of
freedom-fighters who always speak the
clinical trials; that of Ogwang, has compiled
truth and deal with reality realistically. We
a list of 300 persons whom they affirm, were
never entertain cheap popularity - failing
healed by COVIDex. The Nambatya group
to tell the people the truth because you
are now doing a hospital-based clinical trial,
want to be popular with them, even when
whose results shall be communicated to
it will lead to their ruin. Fortunately and
the public once it is completed.
with God’s guidance and approbation, we
In the meantime, on account of the always succeed and emerge from those
stringent measures we took right from difficult situations, triumphant.
March, 18th, 2020, when the Corona-19
Now that we have enough vaccines,
knocked on the door of Uganda, we have
therefore, the task is to make all adults,
had only two waves-while other countries
above the age of 18 years to come out
have had 3 and some are entering the
and be vaccinated. In the past, because
fourth. The total number of Ugandans
the vaccines were not enough, we were
infected is 127,166, those that have
targeting vaccinating the 4.8 million.
recovered are 97,217 and those that have
died are 3,247. We praise the Lord for these
much smaller numbers compared to what
happened in some of the other countries.
The global number of the dead stands

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These were the following: because they are sure the vaccines will be
there. They should be assisted by the CAOs
i. Those above the age of 50 years who
and Gombolola chiefs to send out these
are 3,348,500.
messages by media and also by couriers
ii. Those below 50 years but with the on bicycles, Piki pikis etc., to the villages. It
comorbidities of diabetes, etc., who are is not necessary for the vaccination teams
estimated to be- 500,000. to go to the villages because that increases
iii. The teachers- 550,000. the costs of the exercise. The teams should
only go to the villages for the few very old
iv. The health workers – 150,000.
people that cannot move at all, identified
v. And the security personnel – 250,000. by LC1s. We need to save money because
These would be the 4.8 million who were we may have to vaccinate the children
our first target. Recently, I advised the also. Hence, such money should not be
Ministry of Health, to add on the following: squandered on uncooperative people that
do not bother to do the minimum that is
i. The bar and hotel workers;
necessary to save their lives and get the
ii. The market workers; whole country out of trouble.

iii. The taxi and bus drivers and conductors; Therefore, now, I direct the RDCs, the
and District Medical Officers, the CAO and the
Gombolola Chiefs, through the radios and
iv. The boda boda operators.
courriers, to ensure that all people of 18
All these efforts of prioritising categories years and above, go to the Health Centre
to be vaccinated, were on account of not 3s and be vaccinated when the vaccines
having enough vaccines. are available. The schools and the whole
Now that we have enough vaccines, the economy will be open in January, 2022,
message is different. It is: all those above whether some people are vaccinated or
the age of 18 years, come forward and be not.
vaccinated. All the Health Centre 3s, will be I would also like to use this occasion, to talk,
having the Vaccines. I command the RDCs again, to the Ugandans about the battle
and the District Medical Officers in each against crime and terrorism.
district, to use the rocal radios to guide
I had last talked about this on the 28th of
the vaccination efforts in the respective
October, 2021. This is 4weeks ago. Both
catchment areas of each Health Centre III
crime and terrorism, are motivated by
i.e in each sub-county.
parasitism-people who want power and
The team of RDC and the District Medical wealth without democracy or working
Officer, is the one to guide on which dates with your own hands. Right from 1965, the
the people of Semuto sub-county, for precursors of the NRM, the student study
example, should go out to be vaccinated groups, were, mainly, from the background

of wealth creators- mainly crop producers

and livestock-rearers.
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 Later on, we worked with fishermen
and the artisans of Katwe. Although, at
that time, we had not clearly refined our
ideology and strategy, from the history
examples of the Europeans Countries
such as France, which though united for
a long time, had the weakness of having
internal fiefdoms (Brettany, Burgundy etc.),
that imposed inter-province taxes, thus
undermining the free-flow of goods within
France and also of peoples such as the
Germans and the Italians who, although
one people, were fragmented into small
Kingdoms (Germans into 39 and Italy into
7), we came to know that fragmentation
was weakness, while unity was strength.
That is how countries like Spain, Portugal,
England and Russia, had become more
powerful than the German and the Italian
peoples. We, therefore, started despising
and even, effectively, walked out of the
existing sectarian political parties of DP,
UPC and KY. There was also the good
example of the 13 American, former British
colonies, that had, in 1776, united under
George Washington to form the nucleus
of the, by now, powerful United States. In
those history studies, we noticed the role
of the new social class in the Western
countries (Europe and the USA), known
as the Middle class or the bourgeoisie,
who, unlike the feudalists, understood
and valued the importance of integration
(unity), because bigger markets were better
for their growing businesses. This need for
bigger markets by the respective business
interests, played decisive roles in the French
Revolution of 1789 (the bourgeoisies) and
the unification of Germany in 1870-71(the
Prussian Junkers).
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By the time of Idi Amin in 1971, our student
movement had crystalized our four
principles of: Patriotism, Pan-Africanism,
Social-economic transformation and
Democracy and had become ardent
supporters of Mwalimu Nyerere because
he was the principal champion of
these principles. Why patriotism (no
sectarianism), Pan-Africanism and Social-
economic transformation? It is on account
of the prosperity of the African Populations
(Patriotism and Pan-Africanism), by uniting
the markets for wealth creators, strategic
security (East African Federation) by having
stronger armies and handling security
and sovereignty problems together
(unlike now when ADF is using Eastern
Congo with impunity) and achieving all
this by taking advantage of the oneness
of the African Peoples (the Bantu, the
Cushitic, the Nilotic, the Afro-Asiatic etc.).
We should create several powerful states
(Indias or Chinas) in Africa to facilitate this
attainment of that prosperity, strategic
security and undugu (fraternity) of the
African people. We should not build a Latin
America in Africa (a Centre of weakness)
but several “USAs” or “Chinas” or Indias”,
in Africa. Why democracy? It is because
the African people, should always freely
decide their destiny.
On account of these beliefs, we were able
to build a strong army, with the massive
support of the masses, which enabled us
to achieve victory in 1986 and, thereafter,
to bring unity and peace in Uganda. That
is how the economy has been able to
recover and expand from US$1.5bn to
now US$.41bn. The shortages of 1986, the
magendo, the kibaanda, the kusamula,
etc., have been replaced with surpluses
(ekyengela-omweeru), of everything
sugar, bananas, maize, milk, industrial
products etc. The country is connected
by tarmac roads from corner to corner
and electricity is about to reach all the
sub-counties. We had 28,000 telephones
in 1986; we now have 28 million (July 2021).
While we only had 2.5million children in the
school system, we now have 15million. The
population of Uganda was only 14million
in 1986. It is now 43 million.
Inspite of all these positive achievements,
many of them apparent right from 1986 or
even from the bush days (e.g discipline of
the Army), some parasitic groups, feared
this success. These successes, would render
their groups irrelevant. Initially, they were
working also with some foreigners.
Hence, they launched wars: Lakwena, Kony,
ADF, UPA, FOBA, Itoongwa, Kirimuttu etc.
Between 1986 and 2007, these groups
organised rural insurgency which involved
hiding in forests or mountains, ambushing
roads, kidnapping people to be sex-slaves
or fight for them, launching surprise attacks
against the Army, planting land mines
given to them by the Government of Sudan
etc. By 2007, the army had developed a
multi-dimensional capacity that could
not permit such groups to operate
anywhere in the rural areas of Uganda or
even in the neighboring Countries, if the
Governments of these Countries allow
us to operate there (e.g., South Sudan,
Galamba National Park in Congo etc.).
This multi-dimensional capacity, included:
LDUs guarding villages against those that
attack soft targets (Wanainchi etc.); zonal
forces that always stay in an area (sub-
county, county etc.) without ever leaving
that area until the insurgency is defeated;
mobile forces to hunt for the terrorists
in the forests; Air forces; communication
intelligence to know what the enemy is
saying or doing and where he is located;
and road protection against road mines.
The insurgents had and have no chance.
Hence, peace in rural areas since 2007 in
all parts of Uganda.
One of the groups, ADF, having been
defeated in the rural areas (in the Rwenzori
Mountains - very tough terrain), now
resorted to urban terrorism. Between
January and July 2001, the ADF exploded
a total of 30 explosives, killing a total of
147 people.
Although we were not well-equipped in the
towns, mainly using human intelligence, we
defeated this urban terrorism campaign.
There was some queiet. However, in 2012,
the ADF started assassinating individuals.
They assassinated 08 Sheiks by the names
of:
1. Sheik Abdul Karim Ssentamu;
2. Sheik Abubakar Muhamad Kiweewa;
3. Sheik Ibrahim Kirya;
4. Sheik Mustafa Bahiga;
5. Sheik Abubakar Madangu Yunus;
6. Sheik Rashid Wafula;
7. Sheik Ductoor Muwaya; and
8. Abdul Ssentuga;
They also assassinated Joan Kagezi,
Maj. Kiggundu and some other people,
assassinated Kawesi, Kirumira, etc.
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There were also other criminal acts A total of 106, have been arrested. I have
like the killing of women in Entebbe, heard some arguments about Sheikh
Zaana, Nansana and the killings by the Kirevu Muhamad, how he was a nice
Kiddawalime group in Nabissojjo. Using person etc.!! I normally, monitor closely,
human intelligence, we arrested some these operations. There is no way, the
and others – e.g. Kiddawalime – were security operatives would have known
killed. However, the investigations were about Kirevu Muhamad if he was not
inconclusive and slow. connected with the Katumba group (trying
to assassinate him), with the Pader group
That is when I made the speech in
during the burial of Gen. Lokech, with the
Parliament on the 18th of June 2018,
bombers of Komamboga, the bus and the
where I outlined the 12 measures to
2 recent bombs. The bomb of CPS and
be undertaken. Those measures, have
that of IGG office were linked to the 3rd
been partially implemented. The ADF
one that was supposed to be exploded
controllers being bankrupt, however, did
by Mozzey Musa Mudassir Mugamba at
not understand the importance of those
Bwaise, on the same day. The bomber at
measures nor did they evaluate the cause
CPS was Mansur and one of the IGG office
of their defeat in their rural insurgency
was Wanjusi. Let the public be patient and
in the Rwenzori Mountains. The UPDF
wait for the Court. You will hear the truth.
that defeated them in 2007 is now much
We now know a lot about these terrorists.
stronger, actually many times stronger,
Of course, some are not yet arrested such
than it was. Their attempts to kill General
as Ubaida bin Bukenya, the Ngabi clan
Katumba on the 1st of June, 2021, landed
member, that has now become an Arab
them in the trap. We were able, using the
on account of his ideological sickness. How
modern technology, to identify some of
can Museveni of the Basiita clan become
them. Once you get some, it is a matter
a Jew or an Anglo-Saxon, because he is
of time before you get all of them.
a Christian? Sheer sickness!! My advice
Since the Katumba attack, the following to all of them – these still hiding here,
ADF operators have been killed: in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique or in
1. Nsubuga Mohamad; Congo and South Africa, to surrender and
2. Moses Kalyowa Mohamed alias Mozey; save themselves. Of course, they will be
3. Matovu Adam alias Manihaj;
prosecuted but, if they do not come out,
4. Lubwama Hussein alias Master;
they will all die.
5. Juma Said;
6. Amin Kawaawa Ramathan Mustafa; In the meantime, the public should be
7. Sserwadda Juma; vigilant. Until all of them are arrested, they
8. Muhamad Kirevu alias Abas Kirevu; will continue to pose a short-term danger
9. Atindya Yasin alias Ssenabulya Dan; if we are not vigilant.
10. Byaruhanga Musa Bahemuka;
11. Turikimanya Joshua Mathias; and
12. Bagonza Joseph;
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However, our infrastructure is already
helping. You can now watch or see
(pictures) how our infrastructure captured
the bombers of Tuesday.
The investigators get a lot of information
from that video. Those cameras can now
see the wrong – doers. The scientists are
telling me that we can add a capacity
to those cameras that will enable them
to smell anybody carrying explosives
and make alarm so that we go for him!!
You remember, that we are also going
to digitally equip all vehicles and all piki
pikis with a device, that somebody cannot
remove, so that it will be able to tell us
which vehicle was here or there. With the
eyes, the nose and ears of the State, it will
be impossible for the terrorists to operate
in the towns of Uganda, just like they are
now unable to operate in the rural areas
of Uganda.
In the meantime, use what is on the
ground to be more vigilant. Apart from the
cameras of the country, the government
establishments, should have their own
in-house cameras to monitor suspicious
movements around and act against them
before doing damage. The Police is already
guiding people on how to expose those
criminals. The issue, however, is to use
intelligence to uproot these elements
out of our society and we now have the
capacity to do so, both within the country
and, with neigbours, also outside the
country.
Coming to the issue of suicide bombers,
it reminds me of the tribal chauvinism in
Europe where the English used to talk of
“Dutch courage” which meant artificial
courage on account of alcohol.
The NRA-UPDF, has been fighting almost
continuously for the last 50 years. We
despise that type of courage inducement.
We regard it as manipulation. We believe
in and we use conscious courage, where
we know the risks of fighting but accept
them but also educate ourselves about the
counter–measures against the risks. Those
who use religion (going to Jana), alcohol,
drugs (marijuana), witchcraft (Lakwena),
are, essentially, cowards trying to create
bravery artificially through manipulation.
We have fought and defeated them in
Somalia, Sudan etc. The Israeli army fought
and defeated such groups in the Middle
East. The American army and the Red
army defeated the Japanese Kamikize
(suicide aircraft pilots). It is cowardice,
desperation and actually criminal. At the
right time, we shall expose the criminality
of the actors that send these children to
die for no good purpose. Going to Jana is
controlled by God. Does God admit wrong
doers? How can killing innocent people,
give you a ticket to heaven?
If suicide – bombing enables people going
to heaven, why do the leaders of these
groups the War- lords, not take the lead
by example? They do not want to go to
heaven?
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 The ADF has exposed itself to us
when we are readier. They are sure
to be defeated. The explosives they
are using are, partly improvised,
such as the use of ammonium
nitrate (NH₄NO₃), calcium nitrate
Ca(NO3)2, etc., ordinary fertilizer.

However, there is what appears to

be C-4 which can only come from
Army stores and the detonators and
the detonation cords which can
only come from mining companies
or from Governments. We shall
investigate all this and go for the
collaborators of ADF. Ugandans,
concentrate on Wealth Creation. The
ADF is properly in our gun-sights at
a time we have built great capacity.
The work will be done.

I thank all of you.

YOWERI K MUSEVENI

P R E S I D E NT

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 Feature Story
Only 43 months to Uganda’s
first oil drop
By Arthur Musinguzi
The development of the
oil and gas resources of
the Lake Albert region and
the cross-border pipeline
is ongoing at the USD 4.5
billion Tilenga Project.
As of today, 400 wells have
been drilled in over 31 well
pads across 6 fields; JobiRii,
Ngiri, Gunya, Kigogole,
Nsoga, Kasemene and
Wahrindi.
An Industrial area which
comprises of; the Central
Processing Facility (CPF)
operating 24 hours,
operators camp, operations
support base, a drilling base
and drilling camp, cuttings
re-injection facilities/liquid
mud plant, lake water
abstraction system, oil
production/water injection
and electrical network,
Tangi operation support
base, have been put in
place in strong partnership
between the Government of
Uganda through UNOC and
its development partners,
Total Energies, CNOOC
Uganda Limited with the
Contractor MOTA-ENGIL.
While approaching the
base for the Tilenga
project, you can’t help
but notice the newly
created road network in
the formerly hard to reach
area. The network involves
opening new roads and
up grading existing roads,
which is an outstanding
development.
The temporary project
components include;
construction camps and
support bases on both
banks of the Nile, quarries/
borrow pits
including
inside
Murchison falls
national park.
While briefing the
journalists about the
progress of the oil
development in Uganda,
Anita Kayongo, the
Corporate Communications
Manager for Total Energies
revealed there are now
only 43 months left to get
Uganda’s first oil drop.
On several occasions,
President Yoweri Museveni
has said Uganda’s
oil and resource gift
will create significant
Government revenue
for economic growth,
human development and
employment. According to
Eng Charles Wawire, the
project employs over 90%
Ugandans in its ranks.
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Communications Officer
at Government Citizen
Interaction Centre
(GCIC)
Some of these are
working at the as
construction support,
project road network
engineers or constructors
or at the Wanseko – Kirama
piped water supply section
among others, according to
Gloria Sebikari, the Manager
Corporate Affairs and
Public Relations, Petroleum
Authority of Uganda.
The development of
the Tilenga oil project
required land acquisition
for the establishment of
production facilities and
support infrastructure
like as roads, camps and
pipelines resulting in the
involuntary displacement
of communities. Sebikari
says the right procedures
were taken and to avoid,
mitigate adverse effects,
compensate losses, and
provide compesation to the
Project Affected Persons.
Out of the 622 project
affected persons under the
RAP 1 (Central Processing
Facility and associated
infrastructure), 30
people opted for in-
kind compensation. On
the compensation for
permanent residents,
Project Affected Persons
had the option to choose
between cash or in-kind
compensation (land for
land/house for house).
The oil project is expected
to have a spillover effect not
just on Uganda but also the
rest of East Africa to be at
a different level of durable
development, by the time
the oil is finished.
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 23rd November, 2021
Government committed to providing, protecting medical personnel
All the medical doctors should be
employed by the government once
they complete their studies. The
Ministry of Health should move
forward with the programme of
employing more health personnel.
The government is fully committed
to personnel protection while they
perform their duties. We have the
role of providing personal protection
equipment. It is logical to provide the
essential medical facilities as opposed
to giving out risk allowances”
President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni has directed
that all medical doctors should be
employed as soon as they qualify and
emphasised that government is fully
committed to providing enhanced
salaries not only to medical personnel
but to all scientists.
“All the medical doctors should be
employed by the government once they
complete their studies. The Ministry
of Health should move forward with
the programme of employing more
health personnel. The government
is fully committed to personnel
protection while they perform their
duties. We have the role of providing
personal protection equipment. It is
logical to provide the essential medical
facilities as opposed to giving out risk
allowances,” the President said, making
particular reference to the fight against
the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The President was meeting a delegation
of Uganda Medical Association led by
their President, Dr. Sam Oledo. The
President and the medical association
discussed a wide range of issues aimed
at improving health services in Uganda.
Mr. Museveni reiterated that the newly
qualified medical doctors were assured
of a salary of Ush 5 million per month
with effect from the 2022 -2023 financial
year and said there is no need to create
friction while following up the matter
of an enhanced salary.
President Museveni informed the
delegation that today Uganda was
enjoying stability because they
are working under the policy of
prioritisation. He reminded them that
there was need to create a minimum
base for stability.
The President said that the NRM
Government would work out a system
where the enhanced salaries would
not be compromised by an unfriendly
income tax policy and that the income
tax policy would be revised so that the
salaried workers are not disadvantaged.
President Museveni said that he would
push to continue with the medical
students and scientists being given
priority of 70% of the scholarships in
public universities and pledged to
provide a facility of tax-free vehicles
to medical doctors starting from the
next financial year.
The President urged the doctors to
work and ensure that they achieve the
goal of preventing diseases noting, that
it was more effective and affordable
to take disease preventive measures
and avoid the practice of waiting to
attend to patients. He said that the
government would work with the army
to build institutional houses for the
medical personnel.
The President of Uganda Medical
Association, Dr. Sam Oledo thanked
President Museveni for attending to
their requests and for his outstanding
role especially towards eliminating
COVID-19 and terrorism. He thanked the
President for establishing an effective
ambulance service and observed that
the President has scored big particularly
in the elimination of malaria and the
guinea worm.

President Museveni poses for a photo with Uganda Medical Association

after a meeting at State House, Entebbe

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The President commended warfare
school for following his instructions
on inf rastructure development at
the school by building dormitories,
classrooms and a pavilion for them to
congregate and said they will consider
building the electronic range ground.
He commended the Karama
Armoured Warfare Training School
and the Kabamba Military Academy
for preserving the environment and
directed the institutions to put down
as a General’s order that trees thereon
be preserved.
“I want to thank you for preserving the
environment. That word Karama means
a place of mirama, small strong trees
with deep roots adapted to save the
environment,” he said.
The President said since 1979 the
grounds have had emigavu or emiisa,
and now have pine etc which are
very good nitrogen fixing trees with
hardwood and must be preserved.
President Museveni salutes on his arrival at Karama Armoured Warfare
Training School
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“Give it as my order that nobody
should cut those trees because they
are indigenous,” he said.
President Museveni congratulated
the graduands upon completing their
course and urged them to look after
their health to avoid getting HIV/Aids,
COVID-19, Sexually transmitted diseases,
being disciplined, and being patriotic
and the rest will follow.
Lt Gen Wilson Mbadi, the Chief of
Defence Forces applauded President
Museveni for professionalizing UPDF
and urged him to continue with capacity
building of the UPDF through training.
He congratulated the graduands for
completing the demanding course and
advised them to use the attained skills
at the ripe time.
“I want to thank you for preserving
the environment. That word Karama
means a place of mirama, small
strong trees with deep roots adapted
to save the environment” President
Museveni
 28th November, 2021
Uganda and Tanzania hold bilateral talks
I am happy to tell Tanzanians,
Ugandans and the world that
the activities on the pipeline are
complete” President Museveni
DAR-ES-SALAAM, TANZANIA:
President Yoweri Museveni and his
host Tanzania President Samia Suluhu
Hassan agreed on various key strategic
projects that will deepen cooperation in
trade and development, notable among
which is the East African Crude Oil
Pipeline (EACOP) project that will not
only see oil flow downstream from the
Albertine region and in future from
Kadam in Karamoja, DR. Congo and
South Sudan but will also see gas flow
from the coastal region in Tanzania
upstream, to the continents inlands.
“I am happy to tell Tanzanians,
Ugandans and the world that the
activities on the pipeline are complete,”
President Museveni who arrived
following a much anticipated down
pour, that cooled the hot Tanzania
capital, said at a press conference at
State House Dar-es-Salaam.
President Museveni said the proposal
to have the pipes made here to benefit
the people was abandoned following
complaints that it would delay the
project.
“We decided to leave that to companies
to import pipes out of the continent.
US$ 130bn will be lost but the project will
take off. For example US$52million will
be used on transport costs annually”,
he said.
On health matters, their Excellencies
agreed to work closely on developing a
vaccine as a measure to further combat
the spread of the COVID-19 virus and
other pandemic diseases.
President Museveni said he was happy
that President Suluhu was willing to
partner with Uganda to exploit the
Pathogenic economy through joint
production of pharmaceuticals.
“There are diseases but there is
also money within these diseases.
COVID-19 awakened us all. We must
establish Pharmaceutical companies
for vaccines and veterinary drugs. We
should address the issues of viruses but
also reagents to use for the vaccines.
There is a huge business in the world
of pathogenics but we must work on
both the vaccines and reagents. When
we had a breakthrough, I contacted Her
Excellency and we agreed to cooperate.
We started with the AIDS drugs, now
we are saying, if we are sick, why not
treat ourselves and get that money for
our economies,” he said.
The President said the veterinary
vaccines would help the communities
of Byaramuro, Bukoba etc, who
keep livestock and would boost milk
production.
President Museveni who was later
hosted to a State Banquet at State
House, Dar-es-Salaam, emphasized the
issue of markets to support business
growth.
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Market is a stimulus for business. The more you sell, the more you produce.
Segmenting African markets is a big mistake. We should use the tool of markets
to support businesses,” he said.
On other joint projects, their Excellencies reaffirmed their commitment to fast-
track the implementation of energy and road transportation networks, specifically,
the ongoing construction of the Omugakorongo – Kigarama – Murongo (km
111)/Kikagati – Mbarara – Kampala (km 392) and Masaka – Mutukula (km 89.5)/
Mutukula –Kyaka and Bugene – Kasulo – Kumunazi (km 157.6).
President Museveni later addressed the Business Forum at State House Dar
es Salaam, toured the Port of Dar es Salaam and the Standard Gauge Railway
(SGR) and jointly addressed the EACOP symposium organised by the Tanzania
and Uganda private sector bodies.

President Museveni and President Samia Suluhu toast during a state banquet held
at State House, Dar-es-Salaam.

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 29th November, 2021
President Museveni tours Port of Dar es Salaam, Stand Gauge Railway
Tanzania was well known for
political awareness but I am now
happy that people have woken up to
economic awareness through attitude
change which was a big problem
in the past. The private sector is
the biggest driver of development.
I am generally pleased with all
the development in Tanzania but
the most important is the attitude
change” President Museveni
DAR-ES-SALAAM, TANZANIA:
President Yoweri Museveni directed
the Minister of East African Affairs as
well as the Uganda High commissioner
to Tanzania to facilitate the setting up
of Tanzania Ports Authority offices in
Kampala, a move agreed upon by the
two heads of state to fast track the
transportation of goods and services for
the new crude oil pipeline and also ease
the cost of doing business between the
two countries.
The President was touring the Port
of Dar es Salaam as part of his three-
day State Visit to Tanzania. President
Museveni and President Samia Suluhu
Hassan agreed during their official visit
that the Kampala office will be vital
in clearing equipment for building
the pipeline from the port of Dar-es-
Salaam.
During the tour, the President stressed
the need for attitude change in doing
business if the region is to achieve
socioeconomic transformation.
“Tanzania was well-known for political
awareness but I am now happy that
people have woken up to economic
awareness through attitude change
which was a big problem in the past.
The private sector is the biggest driver
of development. I am generally pleased
with all the developments in Tanzania,
but the most important is the attitude
change”, the President said.
Dar-es-Salaam Port is the Tanzania
principal port with a rated capacity
of 4.1 million (dwt) dry cargo and 6.0
million (dwt) bulk liquid cargo. It has a
total quay length of about 2,600 metres
with eleven deep-water berths. Dar-es-
Salaam port handles about 95% of the
Tanzania international trade and serves
the landlocked countries of Malawi,
Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo,
Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda. The
port is strategically placed to serve as
a convenient freight linkage not only
to and from East and Central Africa
countries but also to middle and far
East, Europe, Australia and America.
Later the President toured the Tanzania
Standard Gauge Railway and noted
that pipeline and the SGR projects will
go a long way in pulling in oil from
other neighbouring countries including
Uganda, DRC, South Sudan among
others.
President Museveni noted that most
of the countries were not any different
from Africa but got rich because of
being fast and also the attitude towards
doing business and transformation.
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He said once the region transforms The President who was accompanied
four elements of its economy including by Tanzania’s foreign minister Prof
low cost of transport, low of electricity, Palamagamba Kabudi said he was
low cost of money in banks for happy to be in Tanzania and share ideas,
manufacturing and agriculture as well adding that one of the problems of
as some of the services like tourism Africa was lack of sharing ideas which
and hotel management, low cost of has led the continent to lag behind.
labour among others their economies
He thanked his host President
will grow faster.
Suluhu Hassan for her hospitality
He urged Africans against fragmenting and applauded the long standing
their market citing a contrast between relationship between the two brotherly
the North and South America where countries. The function was attended
one is rich in natural resources but by senior government officials as well
poor due to fragmented market and as the business community.
the other has less resources but is the
world’s biggest economy. He said that
the African people should be their own
tool for marketing their products.
The Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway
(SGR) under construction will link the
country to the neighboring countries
of Rwanda and Uganda, and through
these two, to Burundi and the
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The new Tanzania SGR, is intended
to replace the old, inefficient metre-
gauge railway system and reduce
road congestion. It is also expected to
decrease freight costs by 40%. Each
freight train is expected to transport
up to 10,000 tonnes, equivalent to
500 lorry-loads. The project is being
implemented in 5 phases: 202km
Phase 1 (Dar es Salaam–Morogoro)
Section, 348km Phase 2 (Morogoro– President Museveni touring
Makutopora) Section, 294km Phase 3 the Tanzania Standard Gauge
(Makutopora–Tabora) Section; 130km Railway
Phase 4 (Tabora-Isaka) Section, and
341km Phase 5 (Isaka–Mwanza) Section.

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 28th November, 2021
President Museveni, President Suluhu address Joint Business Forum

It will create jobs during construction and after. Other service providers will also be
able to supply those who work in the oil sector e.g. hotels, transport, food–suppliers
etc. Unlike Japan or Korea or Saudi Arabia who are either do not have oil or only
have oil, East Africa has got everything: agriculture, minerals, forests, oil, gas etc.
Once the environmental concerns are addressed, the sky is the limit” President
Museveni

DAR-ES-SALAAM, TANZANIA: President Museveni was in Tanzania for

a three-day state visit at the invitation
President Yoweri Museveni said a
of Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan,
federated East Africa would create a
President of the United Republic of
united market for the businesses of
Tanzania. Her Excellency Suluhu Hassan
200 million people, who will be 401
and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni,
million by 2050, (according to the
addressed a joint business Forum
UN projections), adding, a political
during which they urged the business
federation would also make it easier to
community to embrace the spirit of
handle issues of insecurity such as the
cooperation between the two countries
insecurity in Eastern Congo, Somalia,
and to explore opportunities to enhance
Mozambique, etc., which affects even
bilateral trade and investment. They
the countries that are stable because
further directed the Ministers of the
‘we have not and we cannot build walls
relevant sectors to meet as frequently
between these sister countries’.
to address the Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs)
The President was addressing the and find solutions to challenges relating
Business Community at the Business to trade.
Forum held at State House Dar-es-
President Museveni said the two levels
Salaam. The Forum was held alongside
of integration; political and economic
the EACOP Symposiums organized
for East Africa as well as economic for
by the Tanzania and Uganda Private
Africa - would create a bloc with which
sectors.
we can negotiate durable market access
“East Africa is quite homogenous, internationally with the USA, China, EU,
around the language of Swahili on Russia, India, Japan, Indonesia etc.
top of the shared heritage of the
“You remember the world is mpa,
Bantu, Nilotic, Nilo-Hamitic and
nkuwe, give me so that I give you also
Cushitic peoples of this area. It is these
– reciprocity. Why all those efforts? It is
similarities and ancient linkages that
on account of our search for prosperity
should enable East Africa to achieve
( jobs, goods and services, a bigger
maximum unity in the form of both
Government revenue, tax base, more
political (federation) and economic
export earnings, more value-addition,
(common market) integration,” the
better infrastructure, better services
President said.
such as health and education) and

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strategic security (stronger armies that
are able to ensure security and defend
us against any and all enemies of
whatever potential), taking advantage
of our similarities, linkages and a
common history,” he said.
On the issue of climate change,
President Museveni said the climate
salvation efforts are targeting, correctly,
the use of coal for power generation
and the internal combustion engines
that should be replaced by electric
engines.
He said there are safer uses of oil
including car tyres which are synthetic
and are much stronger than the
rubber ones; chairs and car-seats;
polyester for textiles to mix with cotton;
medicine; bitumen (asphalt); cosmetics;
detergents and packages, etc.
“Here, the environment issue is no
longer green-house gases but waste-
disposal. Can we not perpetually recycle
some of those for re-use?” he asked.
The President informed Tanzanian,
Ugandans, all the global citizens, that
the East African pipeline business is a
good, durable business.
“It will create jobs during construction
and after. Other service providers will
also be able to supply those who work
in the oil sector e.g. hotels, transport,
food–suppliers etc. Unlike Japan or
Korea or Saudi Arabia who are either
do not have oil or only have oil, East
Africa has got everything: agriculture,
minerals, forests, oil, gas etc. Once the
environmental concerns are addressed,
the sky is the limit,” he said.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan on her
part, expressed gratitude to President
Museveni for spending his precious
time in Tanzania and addressing the
Business Forum and EACOP symposium
in particular.
48 The Presidency | November 2021
She said Tanzania appreciates Uganda’s
support towards the realisation of the
East African Crude oil Pipeline project
and subsequent social economic
development of the two countries.
The one day Business Forum was
organised by the government of
Tanzania and aimed at providing
a platform for the private sector
to network, understand industry
opportunities and challenges,
showcase capabilities through sharing
of knowledge and experiences as well
as identify key strategies that can
enable partnerships between the two
countries.
While the two day EACOP symposium
was organised by Tanzania and Uganda
Private sector bodies and run under
the theme: “Enhancing Private sector
participation in the oil and gas sector”.
It is estimated that during f irst
construction phase of EACOP, Uganda
and Tanzania will see increase of over
60% in foreign direct investment. The
oil and gas project shall total up to US
US$20b with EACOP investment alone
at over US$3.5b.
The symposium attracted private sector
players as well as senior government
officials eager to tap into oil and gas
business.
Later, President Museveni visited and
toured the Port of Dar-es-Salaam and
the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) and
was impressed by the developments
at the Port and SGR that will improve
the movement of cargo destined to
Uganda hence reducing the cost of
doing business in the two countries.
 29th November, 2021
Museveni pays respects to late Tanzania President Magufuli

CHATO, TANZANIA: President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli

who died in March this year aged 61 was
President Yoweri Museveni concluded
the fifth President of Tanzania. He was
his three-day state visit to the United
buried at his ancestral home of Chato
Republic Of Tanzania with a visit to the
in the North West of the country on
ancestral home of the Late Tanzania
26th March, 2021 nearly 10 days after
President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli,
his death.
where he paid his respects and laid a
wreath on the grave of the former Head Magufuli was born in Chato, north-west
of State. Tanzania, in 1959, studied chemistry and
mathematics at the University of Dar
On his arrival in Chato, President
es Salaam and worked as a chemistry
Museveni was received by President
and mathematics teacher. He was first
Samia Suluhu Hassan and was ushered
elected as a Member of Parliament (MP)
into the home and house of the late
in 1995 and became a cabinet minister
President where he met and consoled
in 2000. He was elected President in
Mrs Janeth Magufuli, the window of the
2015. He was reelected again in 2020
fallen head of state. He also met and
elections and died after serving few
consoled Pombe Magufuli’s mother.
months in the office.

President Museveni signs a condolence book at the burial site of late President
John Pombe Joseph Magufuli

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 29th November, 2021
President commissions Museveni Primary School in Chato

President Mkapa allowed me to build the school not because Tanzania never had
money, but it was brotherhood. And therefore, I built Museveni Pre-Primary School
on two things, remembrance and brotherhood. This is the first time in the world to
get anything… be it a school or an institution to be called my name. I don’t want
people’s property to be called after my name other than my wife, and some of my
kids who agreed to use my name” President Museveni

CHATO, TANZANIA: when he constructed Ndutwe Primary

School and later another school around
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
Kagera River named Nyamiyaga
accompanied by his Tanzanian
Primary School after the war against
counterpar t Samia Suluhu
Uganda’s former President Idi Amin
commissioned the newly constructed
Dada.
Museveni Pre and Primary School
located in Nyabirezi Village, Chato “President Mkapa allowed me to build
district in Tanzania. the school not because Tanzania never
had money, but it was brotherhood. And
During the inauguration ceremony, the
therefore, I built Museveni Pre-Primary
President said he was neither requested
School on two things, remembrance
nor commanded by the late President
and brotherhood. This is the first time
of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr.
in the world to get anything… be it a
John Pombe Joseph Magufuli to build
school or an institution to be called my
a school in Tanzania but that it was a
name. I don’t want people’s property to
suggestion that was brought forward
be called after my name other than my
by two fallen Heads of state; H.E. John
wife, and some of my kids who agreed
Magufuli and H.E. Benjamin Mkapa
to use my name,” he said.
The President recounted that while
He explained that he requested
these days the important thing is
Tanzania army leaders to look for
business, they reasoned then, that if
patriots of Tanzania People’s Defence
they can use brotherhood, they could
Forces (TPDF) who fought in Uganda to
have a very prosperous part of the world
search in records and identify the places
here.
where they won the war therefore name
President Museveni also revealed that those two schools after those places.
he was previously invited by the late
President Benjamin Mkapa to build
for Tanzania a school in remembrance
of the Amin war which he said he did,

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He later officially handed over the
school to the government of Tanzania.
The President of the United Republic
Of Tanzania H.E Samia Suluhu Hassan
thanked Museveni for investing over
US$1.6 million (About 5.6 billion shs)
in Tanzania, and said, ‘it is not an easy
feat’.
“You have invested over US$1.6 million,
Chato loves you so much. What you
have done for the people of Chato can
only be related to a saying which goes
that: ‘Give a fish to someone and they
will be healed of hunger for the night
but teach them how to fish and they
will forever be healed for their lives,”
she said.
President Museveni and President Suluhu cut the ribbon to open Museveni Pre-and
Primary School in Chato, Tanzania
Museveni Pre and Primary School
sits on 11.4 Acres of land. It has
an administration block, sixteen
classrooms, two staff rooms, a resource
centre, dining hall, kitchen, and two
kindergarten classrooms.
President Museveni was later seen off
by his Tanzanian counterpart at Geita
Airport where several other senior
government officials from Tanzania
also lined up to see him off.
Also present at the airport were
Uganda’s Deputy High Commissioner
to Tanzania Maj. Gen. Godffrey Muhesi
and the defense attaché Maj. Gen.
Steven Kashaka and Tanzania’s High
Commissioner to Uganda, Liberation
R. Mulamula among others.
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DECEMBER - 2021

Your Monthly Round-Up of State House News

 Contents
1  Editor’s Note 4

2  President Museveni hosts talks on South Sudan 7

3  President Museveni hosts International Day of People with Disability 9

4  President Museveni meets CEOs of Private Sector at Kyankwanzi 11

5  President Museveni receives letters of credence from Russian Envoy 14

6  President Museveni meets UNSC over ADF attacks 15

7  President Museveni celebrates anti-corruption Day 16

8  President Museveni launches Sanga Vet. Chem. Ltd 18

9  President Museveni launches East African Medical Vitals 20

10  Appointment of Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Deputy Ambassadors22

11  President Museveni campaigns for NRM candidate in Kayunga 24

12  President Museveni hosts International Diwali celebrations 26

13  President Museveni meets Head of DRC Senate 28

14  President Museveni wishes Ugandans a Merry Christmas 30

15  President Museveni commissions Keihangara Seed Secondary School 31

16  New Year Address by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni 34

 Editor’s Note
Note from the Chief Editor

Dear Reader,
I have the pleasure to congratulate you upon successfully finishing 2021 and
wish you a prosperous 2022. I also have the honour to present to you the
December edition of our monthly e-magazine, The Presidency.
The Presidency is an idea we mooted in June last year, to bring to you, the
GCIC follower and a Uganda citizen, the monthly itinerary of His Excellency
the President, as part of open Government initiatives of the Government of
Uganda. We have been consistent since and this is our proud seventh edition.
What GCIC strives for, is to ensure that you as a citizen feels you are part
of Government through citizen-led governance, by putting forward your
suggestions or questions through our platforms; email: citizen@gcic.go.ug,
Whatsapp: 0414670288 or through our social media handles; GCIC Uganda.
You can also use these platforms to share your views on how some of the
media of mass engagement, including this magazine, the quarterly newsletter
and the weekly Citizen Baraza, can be improved.
The month of December is mainly Christmas and end of year festivities and
H.E. the President joined his family at their country home in Rwakitura,
Kiruhura District, to partake in the celebrations. The President had kicked off
the month with diplomatic engagements; hosting South Sudan peace talks
at State Lodge, Nakasero, meeting and briefing representatives of the United
Security Council about Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces operation against
the Allied Democratic Forces inside the Democratic Republic of Congo, and
later receiving letter of credence from the Russian Ambassador to Kampala
among others.
Lastly, in this edition, we are publishing the President’s end of year address
to the nation on 31st December, 2021, at Rwakitura, Kiruhura District.
I now have the pleasure to present to you the seventh edition of The Presidency.

Marcella Karekye
Special Presidential Assistant In-Charge of
Communication & Director Government
Citizen Interaction Centre (GCIC)

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 Editorial Team

Duncan Abigaba Robert Sharp Mugabe

Deputy Chief Editor Content Production Manager

Gerald Kansiime Deo Mutumba Ariho Muhwezi

Head of Logistics Head of Production Graphics Editor

Peace Akol Otim Deo Elizabeth Kabibi

Editor Editor Editor

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 Quote of the Month

We are determined to bring the cost of electricity

down to US$ 5cents for manufacturing. We also
need to bring down the costs of transport. That is
why we are struggling with the railway from Kenya
and Tanzania. We want that to come down. Also
the cost of money for manufacturing, agriculture,
services like tourism, hospitality and professional
services like medical and private schools needs to
come down,”

President Museveni at Meeting with CEOs of Private

Sector at Kyankwanzi, 4th December, 2021
 2nd December, 2021
President Museveni hosts talks on South Sudan

If South Sudan wants peace, they must work for free elections. The actors must
concentrate on treating the population well. I am pleased and agree with the
proposal for the South Sudan retreat to be hosted in Uganda. The people of
South Sudan are tired of the war,” President Museveni.

STATE LODGE, NAKASERO: He observed that the sanctions

imposed on the neighbouring country
President Yoweri Museveni said that
were wrong because they create a
the South Sudan Government and
vacuum. He called on the leaders and
all stakeholders must work towards
stakeholders to work towards the lifting
holding elections in order to have
of the sanctions.
sustainable peace.
The President said he would be pleased
“If South Sudan wants peace, they must
to host the retreat, adding that it was
work for free elections. The actors must
necessary to pass the 6 pending laws
concentrate on treating the population
before the end of December. He said
well. I am pleased and agree with the
that the strategic issue is how to build
proposal for the South Sudan retreat
prosperity for the people of South
to be hosted in Uganda. The people of
Sudan.
South Sudan are tired of the war,” he
said. The President said that elections are a
medicine for peace and stability and
The President was meeting a delegation
emphasised that it is wrong to have
representing South Sudan, Kenya,
power based on arms.
Britain, Norway and United States of
America on the revitalised agreement President Museveni disclosed that when
on the resolution of the conflict in the UPDF attacked the terrorists in D.R.
Republic of South Sudan. Congo, early this week the people of
Uganda jubilated because Ugandans
Kenya was represented by the Special
are tired of terrorism.
Envoy to South Sudan, Dr. Kalonzo
Musyoka, while South Sudan was The South Sudan Minister of the
represented by the Minister of the Presidency, Benjamin Marial, expressed
Presidency, Benjamin Mariel. The British his condolences to the President upon
delegation was led by the Ambassador the loss of lives around Kampala during
to Juba, Jonny Baxter, the Norwegian the recent bomb explosions.
Special Envoy to South Sudan, Endre
Stiansen and the USA Charge de Affairs
based in Juba David Renz.

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 President Museveni posing for a photo with participants in the South
Sudan talks during a meeting held at State Lodge, Nakasero

He said that his government was addressing the peace process through
defence, elections and the constitutional process. He called on the international
community to lift the embargos imposed on South Sudan.
The Kenyan Special envoy to South Sudan, Kalonzo Musyoka observed that
Uganda and Sudan are the guarantors of the peace process in South Sudan.

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 4th December, 2021
President Museveni hosts International Day of People with Disability

Right from the beginning at NRM inception, the population has been able
to grow but why doesn’t the number of people with disabilities reduce?
14.4℅ of the total national population of 43 million people, equivalent to
about 6 million people is not a small number. Why doesn’t the number of
PWDs reduce,” President Museveni .

STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: reduce”, he asked.

President Yoweri Museveni called for a
nationwide campaign to eliminate road
recklessness that is one of the leading
causes of disability in Uganda.
The President was speaking during
the national commemoration of the
International Day of People with
Disability at a virtual ceremony held
at State House, Entebbe.
According to records from the Police’s
Directorate of Traffic and Road Safety,
at least 229 people perished in 1,407
road accidents recorded last September
alone, most of which emanated from
reckless driving that also resulted in
serious and minor injuries to 1,054
people.
President Yoweri Museveni directed
the Ministries of Gender and Health to
harmonise, investigate and identify the
causes of disability during early human
growth and ageing independently.
“Right from the beginning at NRM
inception, the population has been able
to grow but why doesn’t the number of
people with disabilities reduce? 14.4℅
of the total national population of 43
million people, equivalent to about 6
million people is not a small number.
Why doesn’t the number of PWDs
The President said one leading factor
for the cause of disability is due to road
accidents, which he attributed to mere
recklessness on the road.
He advised Government and the
relevant stakeholders to initiate
a national campaign to eliminate
recklessness on the roads and plan
for avoiding early disability causes
in schools through counseling. He
said disability, in the case of elderly
people, is a natural phenomenon by
ageing but should not be a cause of
the accumulated numbers of cases of
disability.
The President reaffirmed Government’s
commitment to continue supporting
PWDs in the education sector by
providing special needs in schools
through production and support aids
like wheel chairs, artificial kegs, give
livelihood support to SACCOs and
grants for income generating projects
and have advocacy through councils
in order to sensitize the people on
supporting PWDs.
He also noted that the Ministry of
Gender identified some causes of
disability including stunted growth due
to lack of some hormones in the body
among children, visual and hearing

The Presidency | December 2021 9

impairment that can be detected and is
preventable especially at early growth
period.
President Museveni said that since 1986,
the NRM Government has focused on
mass immunisation against the killer
diseases in children, emphasizing that
all the cases of disabilities shouldn’t be
increasing at all.
The Global theme of this year’s
celebrations is “Leadership and
Participation of Persons with Disabilities
toward an Inclusive, Accessible and
Sustainable post Covid-19 World” and
the adopted national theme is “Not
All Disabilities Are Visible: A Call for
a Stronger Post Covid-19 Agenda.”,
which was purposefully selected to
draw attention to the many invisible
disabilities like physical and mental
disabilities, cerebral, epilepsy among
others.
The Minister of Gender, Labour and
social Development, Betty Amongi,
commended Government for being
President Museveni gestures to officials who attended the
International Day of PWDs at State House, Entebbe
10 The Presidency | December 2021 ariho muhwezi
able to host the event since 1992 saying
that the recognition of people with
PWDs raises awareness about matters
that affect them at national level.
During the celebrations, Daniel Eraju a
visually-impaired and former student
of Iganga SS testified that ‘disability is
not inability’. He said that being blind
did not hinder him from pursuing
his studies up to advanced level, and
scoring all the 20 points.
President of the United Nations General
Assembly, H.E Mr. Abdulla Shahid,
said the day is aimed at increasing
awareness of the situation of persons
with disabilities and promoting their
rights.
“It reminds us that persons with
disabilities must be part of any decision-
making process around COVID-19,
around the achievement of Sustainable
Development Goals, or around any
other issue relevant to our societies,”
he said.
 4th December, 2021
President Museveni meets CEOs of Private Sector at Kyankwanzi
We are determined to bring
the cost of electricity down to
US$ 5cents for manufacturing.
We also need to bring down
the costs of transport. That
is why we are struggling with
the railway from Kenya and
Tanzania. We want that to come
down. Also the cost of money
for manufacturing, agriculture,
services like tourism, hospitality
and professional services like
medical and private schools
needs to come down,”
President Museveni
NALI, KYANKWANZI:
President Yoweri Museveni highlighted
what he described as the three priority
sectors including electricity, transport
and money that his Government will
focus on to lower the cost of production
and spur business growth.
“We are determined to bring the cost
of electricity down to US$ 5 cents for
manufacturing. We also need to bring
down the costs of transport. That is why
we are struggling with the railway from
Kenya and Tanzania. We want that to
come down. Also the cost of money for
manufacturing, agriculture, services like
tourism, hospitality and professional
services like medical and private schools
needs to come down,” he said.
The President was addressing Chief
Executive Officers of various businesses
in Uganda who were attending a 3-day
retreat hosted by the Presidential CEO
Forum (PCF) at the National Leadership
Institute in Kyankwanzi.
President Museveni said they have
dealt with issue of politics, ideology of
unity versus sectarianism, infrastructure
which translates to the issue of costs of
production and the cost of labour which
is still down.
The President said with the introduction
of universal education, the population is
more educated and easier to skill.
“An educated population will help
in consumption – become effective
consumers of production,” he said.
The President highlighted the
importance of markets and said they
struggled with the restoration of the
East African Community (EAC), which
had collapsed to ensure a unified market.
“The NRM has been at the forefront
of unification of East Africa, COMESA,
ACFTA and also negotiated with others
for the US market through AGOA, EU
through MBA etc. All this we do to create
an atmosphere for the private sector to
come in and produce goods and services
which we need and don’t have to import
but also goods and services which we
can export and get foreign currency,
create jobs for the people and expand
tax base to have a richer Government,”
he said.
The President said he was happy with
The Presidency | December 2021 11
 President Museveni (with red gorgets) posing for a photo
some of the CEOs at NALI, Kyankwanzi
the Prime Minister’s directive to have
all Accounting Officers procure local
content.
“All Accounting Officers are now going
to buy local goods whether they like it or
not, as part of tactical efforts to support
local businesses,” he said.
President Museveni welcomed the
CEOs to NALI, describing it as a place for
removing cobwebs from people’s heads.
“That is why you hear that Uganda is
stable because we always sensitise our
soldiers to know what is important for
their country here. I am happy to see
you here. As business people, each is in
a given sector at micro-economic level.
You come in where you think there is an
opportunity for business. But you may
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not be able to know the macro-overall
picture. It is good that in addition to
micro-economic units, we are aware of
the overall situation,” he said.
The President said Uganda has the
potential to develop even faster than the
2040 vision predicted by the bureaucrats.
“I don’t think that the business people
including banks understand the potential
of Uganda’s economy. 2040 is a view of
bureaucrats who eat what is ripe. For
us we know it is possible to move much
faster,” he said.
“A business person is a moderniser after
a market. They don’t care about tribe,
religion, man or woman; all they want
is a customer.
The NRM rejected that sectarian
approach, what we care about is
prosperity. The idea of sectarianism is
anti-business and anti-prosperity. We
brought politics of interest and are
against politics of identity. The interests of
the people come first including fighting
hunger, lack of transport, poverty,
insecurity etc. Ideology brings unity and
unity brings ideology,” he said.
The President said they saw the
importance of infrastructure and
insisted that although many things need
attention, they would start with roads,
power, schools, health centres etc.
“Our roads are now linked border to
border by tarmac roads
You have unity, peace and infrastructure,”
he said.
The Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Robinah
Nabbanja, commended the CEOs for
pushing Buy Uganda Build Uganda
(BUBU), in its totality and for employing
Ugandans.
“All industries and CEOs here want to
put Uganda first by implementing BUBU
in its totality. My appeal is to produce
quality products in good quantities so
that we are able to compete domestically,
regionally and in the international
market,” she said.
The Presidential CEO Forum is an
indigenous association dealing with
private sector issues and represents
the private sector, manufacturers and
industrialists, working closely with
Government Ministries and Departments
to reinforce private sector inclusion in
development matters.
The book also portrays the projects
championed by the key players of the
Ugandan energy value chain.
The Energy Year Uganda 2021 also
features maps showing Uganda’s oil
and gas licenses and their status and
featuring the ground-breaking East
African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)
infrastructure.

The NRM has been at the forefront of unification of East

Africa, COMESA, ACFTA and also negotiated with others
for the US market through AGOA, EU through MBA etc. All
this we do to create an atmosphere for the private sector
to come in and produce goods and services which we need
and don’t have to import but also goods and services which
we can export and get foreign currency, create jobs for the
people and expand tax base to have a richer Government,”
President Museveni

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 6th December, 2021
President Museveni receives letters of credence from Russian Envoy
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni received
credentials of the new Ambassador of
the Russian Federation to Uganda, H.E.
Semivolos Vladlen. Amb. Semivolos was
accompanied by the Chargé d’Affaires,
Dr. Evgeny Kalashnikov.
President Museveni told his guest that
the relationship between Africa and
the Soviet Union started immediately
after the communist revolution against
socialism way back by 1917.
“Since that time, Africa has been
working with the Soviet Union. Uganda
has been working with Moscow since
its independence in 1962,” he said.
The President was happy to learn that a
Russian business delegation was due to
visit the country to explore investment
opportunities.
“I want that Russian delegation to
come. I will welcome them myself.
Russia is always our friend,” he said.
During the meeting that was also
attended by the Minister of Foreign
14 The Presidency | December 2021 ariho muhwezi
Affairs, General Jeje Odong, and
other officials, President Museveni
emphasized that inter-ministerial
meetings between the two countries
should always take place and on
schedule to follow up on commitments.
The Russian Ambassador, Vladlen
Semivolos, told the President that
Russia has good bilateral cooperation
with Uganda and is willing to foster
more development partnerships.
“By next year, a Russian business
association will visit Uganda to establish
areas of investment, especially in coffee
trade, information technology and
security”, he said.
Uganda and Russia maintain a long
history of cooperation in the fields of
defence, education, energy, culture,
trade and investment. Uganda’s
bilateral trade with Russia has doubled
over the last ten years, from $30m
(sh112b) in 2009 to over $74m (sh270b)
by the end of 2018, much of it in mining
and ICT.
President Museveni
receives credentials from
the new Ambassador of
the Russian Federation
to Uganda, H.E.
Semivolos Vladlen at
State House, Entebbe
 7th December, 2021
President Museveni meets UNSC over ADF attacks

STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: Kiema Kilonzo (Kenya), H.E. Elin Ostebo

President Yoweri Museveni emphasized
that Muslims of Uganda are not
extremists and despise terrorism
because they are part of our society.
He said the idea of Islamic extremism
was a creation by some opportunistic
foreign actors who were defeated,
but warned if not handled well, it can
become a serious problem.
The President was meeting with the
Representatives of the United Nations
Security Council (UNSC) resident in
Uganda at State House, Entebbe, over
the recent ADF terrorist attacks in
Kampala and subsequent UPDF raids
on ADF camps in Eastern DR Congo.
The Heads of Mission included H.E.
Vladlen Semivolos (Russia), H.E. Zhang
Lizhong (China), H.E. Jules-Armand
Aniambossou, (France), H.E. Natalie E.
Brown (USA) and H.E. Kate Airey (UK).
Non-permanent members include H.E
Johansen (Norway), H.E. A Ajay Kumar
(India) and H.E. Kevin Colgan (Ireland).
The meeting was also attended by
Uganda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Gen. Jeje Odong, the Minister of
Defence and Veterans Affairs, Hon.
Vincent Ssempijja Bamulangaki, the
Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Wilson
Mbasu Mbadi among others.
The President said while the ADF claim
to be an Islamic armed group, their
ideology is not attractive and has been
resented, forcing them to resort to
abductions and killings.
The meeting was aimed at sharing
views on recent developments in the
region and agree on common way
forward in line with the principle of
association with the “holy trinity” which
invite action from local, regional and
international levels in support of peace
and security efforts in the region.

President
Museveni
gestures to the
representatives of
the UNSC after a
meeting at State
House, Entebbe.

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 9th December, 2021
President Museveni celebrates anti-corruption Day
I did this because I knew what
was happening in the colonial
times. I wanted the people to
have their own voice. I want to
know why the LC.3 Chairperson
who is elected by the people
would have things going wrong
in his area and he just keeps
quiet,” President Museveni on
democratisation.
KOLOLO CEREMONIAL GROUNDS:
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
urged anti-corruption agencies to
inculcate a good work culture among
Ugandans using the sectors of wealth
creation to eliminate corruption.
“The sectors of wealth are there and
well-known; agriculture, services,
manufacturing etc, so that people
get the culture of starting small and
growing,” he said.
The President was speaking at Kololo
Ceremonial Grounds as Uganda
joined the rest of the world to mark
the International Anti-Corruption
Day held on the theme: “Promoting
Active Citizen Participation in Social
Accountability”.
The President said the National
Resistance Movement f rom the
onset, was very clear about the
problem of corruption and put in place
measures to fight it, part of which,
the democratisation process that gave
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people the mandate to elect leaders
they trust despite the presence of those
appointed by Government like Sub
County/Gombolola Chiefs.
“I did this because I knew what was
happening in the colonial times. I
wanted the people to have their own
voice. I want to know why the LC.3
Chairperson who is elected by the
people would have things going wrong
in his area and he just keeps quiet,” the
President said.
At the same event, the President
launched the National Lifestyle Audit
Campaign, as a tool in the war to
eliminate corruption in Uganda. The
President, however, cautioned the
Inspector General of Government (IGG),
Ms. Beti Kamya, to be careful while
executing the campaign as thieves
might be prompted to invest the loot
outside Uganda. He called upon the IGG
to focus on performance and results-
oriented audit of the money meant for
Government projects.
“This method of working with the
victims has worked for the NRA. The
NRA became very popular with the
people because of this method,” he said
Referring to the Inspectorate of
Government report of 2019/2021, The
Inspector General of Government,
Betty Kamya, said her office has 5,000
active cases of corruption reported by
whistleblowers valued at about 500
billion shillings including investigations
 President Museveni launches the Lifestyle Audit Campaign at
Kololo Independence Grounds

on locust money (UGX.24B), COVID-19 Uganda which is not commensurate

money (UGX.59B), Innovation Fund with their known income is legitimate,”
for the former Ministry of Science and Kamya said.
Technology (UGX.78B), renovation
The Minister of State for Ethics and
of Entebbe Airport (UGX.17B), SAGE
Integrity, Hon. Akello Rose Lilly, thanked
money involving ghost elderly people
the First Lady, Janet Kataaha Museveni,
(UGX.49.6B), Ministry of Agriculture
who is the Champion of Ambassadors
(UGX. 9B) among others. She said
for integrity for commissioning the
the cases are at different levels of
integrity focal persons and a national
completion between investigation,
steering committee led by Bishop
prosecution and appeals in courts of
Joshua Lwere.
law.
The ceremony was attended by the
Kamya added that the Lifestyle Audit
Vice President, H.E Jessica Alupo,
Campaign, will help catch what she
cabinet ministers, diplomatic corps,
termed as the big fish who are said to
district leaders and invited guests.
be slippery, posing a challenge to those
Others were representatives of anti-
prosecuting them in courts that require
corruption agencies that include
evidence beyond reasonable doubt.
Inspectorate of Government, Office
“We may fail to prove in court that you of the Auditor General, PPDA, State
took money through corrupt means but House Anti Corruption Unit, Financial
through the Lifestyle Audit Method, the Intelligence Authority, Uganda Revenue
onus is on the suspect to prove beyond Authority, Public Prosecutions and
reasonable doubt to the judge that the Security Agencies.
wealth they acquired while in public of

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 11th December, 2021
President Museveni launches Sanga Vet. Chem. Ltd

We are going to work well affected by ticks that caused massive

together by accessing low interest animal deaths in Uganda, the most
loans from UDB. Government affected area in Southern Uganda was
Mpororo.
cannot fail to fund this vital
venture,” President Museveni. “It is good that the young generation
of the time, including Enos Tumusiime
NAMANVE INDUSTRIAL PARK: and others from the Southern part
of the country, have today woken up
President Yoweri Museveni launched
to come to fight the problem of ticks
the Sanga Vet. Chem. Ltd, a factory
that attack livestock causing common
manufacturing animal health products
diseases,” he said.
located in Namanve Industrial Park.
The area called Sanga from which the
The factory which manufactures a
name of the company and its products
variety of acaricides for spraying,
derive is located 17 miles from Mbarara
drenching and orally administered
City on Masaka road. It was popular for
drugs to animals started operating in
rearing particular types of Ankole cows
August, 2021.
and keeping heritage of the area where
Among the drugs manufactured is many herds perished.
Sangatraz 125 for ticks, mange, mites,
Museveni said Sanga was known
lice, sheep scab; Sangatraz 250, which
for the indeginous brands of cows
kills most animal vectors, Sangasupa
including Ebikaaka, big giant soft
which controls ticks, biting flies and
cows, Enshungye, the big tall cows
houseflies, Sanga Delta that controls
and Enkome type that were stout but
other vectors in addition to tsetse flies.
also a little bit smaller in size.
Other drugs are Sangaphos, Sanga
worm and fluke drench and Banish “The issue at hand is how to approach
which is a wound remedy. the war against the ticks that can be
eliminated now. The factory should
Speaking during the official launch,
solve the problem. It is also good that
President Museveni noted that for
the stakeholders have come together to
many decades, animals especially cattle
have a remedy against ticks,” Museveni,
suffered from many diseases in the
himself an ardent cattle farmer, said.
Southern part of the country cattle
corridor because the caretakers lacked The President assured the investors
special attachment to the animals. that the Government will support the
company in what he called a good war
He said cows suffered a lot from
to protect animals.
trypanosomiasis that originated from
Tanzania by 1918 and they were also “We are going to work well together

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 President Museveni inspects some of the animal drugs
manufactured by Sanga Vet. Chem. Ltd
by accessing low interest loans from
UDB. Government cannot fail to fund
this vital venture,” he said.
The President said that among the
drugs manufactured there is what is
known as co-formulation, which is a
mixture of a number of drugs whose
application to animals creates exposure
to all vectors/ticks that with time,
become resistant to treatment in use.
He observed that some types of drugs
in co-formulation work under certain
circumstances posing a challenge of
requiring further research.
The Minister for Trade, Industry and
Co-operatives, Mr. Francis Mwebesa
called for more Government financial
support to boost local manufacturing,
by enhancing local factories, their
products, supply chain and improved
marketing strategy.
Mr. Enos Kagyendagura Tumusiime, the
Director of Sanga Vet. Chem. Ltd, said it
is estimated that 70℅ of livestock deaths
are as a result of tick-borne diseases.
“Around 2008, livestock farmers in the
country realised that the acaricides
were failing to combat ticks due to
use of counterfeit acaricides and
dewormers on the market, becoming
a menace to livestock,” he said.
Mr. Tumusiime noted that the acaricides
manufactured by Sanga Vet. Chem.
Ltd have been successfully tested on
the farm. He said that the company
is in partnership with experienced
and specialised partners in the
manufacture of animal drugs from
Zimbabwe. Currently, the company
employs 60 people and will in future
at full production employ 300 people.
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 12th December, 2021
President Museveni launches East African Medical Vitals
This is an effort of
import substitution. Stop
buying from others what
you can make yourself,”
President Museveni.
NAMANVE INDUSTRIAL PARK:
President Yoweri Museveni directed
the Ministries of Trade, Industry and of
Agriculture to find land to facilitate the
growing of rubber which is an essential
raw material for production of medical
supplies.
“The Minister for Industry should be
in touch with Agriculture about the
growing of rubber. Because, this is the
linkage - the rubber which is agriculture,
links up with the oil industry, the factory
links up with the health sector etc,”
Museveni said.
Presidential Museveni was speaking
after the off icial commissioning
of the East African Medical Vitals
(EAMV), a local Ugandan company
that manufactures high quality
latex, powder-f ree medical gloves
(examination and surgical), vital medical
consumables in health facilities.
President Museveni said rubber
growing would save a lot of money that
has been going out in importation of
medical supplies and also raw materials.
He congratulated East African Medical
Vitals for the initiative.
“This is an effort of import substitution.
20 The Presidency | December 2021 ariho muhwezi
Stop buying from others what you can
make yourself,” he added.
The state-of-the-art manufacturing
plant located in Namanve Industrial
Park has the capacity to produce over
10,000 pieces per hour and about 95
million gloves annually, ready to supply
the East Africa and COMESA markets.
According to the Executive Director
East African Medical Vitals, Mr. Ben
Kavuya, they import latex - the raw
material used in the manufacture of
surgical gloves and condoms from
Malaysia, adding that in future, the
country needs to tap into the sector
by introducing rubber growing, which
he said would have a ready market
and provide employment to many
Ugandans.
The Minister of State for Investment and
Privatization, Ms. Evelyn Anite, said took
a swipe at Uganda Development Bank
(UDB) which she said is not living up to
the task of saving local manufacturers
even after government injecting one
trillion Uganda shillings whose purpose
was to support production, processing
and manufacturing of essential items
for the country to be resilient amidst
the supply chain disruptions related to
the COVID-19 pandemic.
Earlier, President Museveni and
dignitaries toured the factory and
witnessed, first hand, the production
and packaging of the medical gloves.
He pledged to sort out the issue of
intermittent power supply to the
industries and to improve the road
network in the industrial park.
“We have got surplus electricity, more
electricity than the consumers. The
only thing we are struggling to do is to
make it cheap by cutting out UMEME.
UMEME should be out because they are
making the cost expensive for nothing,”
the President said.
The Minister of State for Trade, Mr.
David Bahati, officials from Uganda
Investment Authority (UIA), Ministry
of Health, National Drug Authority
(NDA), National Medical Stores (NMS)
and the business community attended
the ceremony.

President Museveni interacts with the

Management of EAMV factory in Namanve

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 12th December, 2021
President Museveni appoints Ambassadors, High
Commissioners and Deputy Ambassadors

President Museveni appointed the following as Ambassadors,

High Commissioners and Deputy Ambassadors to the
respective brotherly and friendly countries as listed here
below:

1. Burundi - Maj. Gen. Matayo Kyaligonza;

2. Rome - Amb. Elizabeth Napeeyok

3. Washington DC - Ms. Robbie Kakonge;

4. Copenhagen - Ms. Margaret Bakyira;

5. Dar-es-Salaam - Col. (Rtd) Fred Mwesigye;

6. Khartoum - Dr. YahayaRashid Ssemudu;

7. Paris - Ms. Amule Doreen;

8. Kigali - Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Robert Rusoke;

9. New York - Amb. AdoniaAyebare (Special Envoy);

10. Algiers - Amb. AlintumaNsambu;

11. New Delhi - Amb. Joyce K. Kikafuunda;

12. Canberra - Amb. Dorothy Hyuha;

13. London - Amb. NimishaMadhvani;

14. Berlin - Amb. Mubiru Stephen;

15. Ankara - Ms. NusuraTiperu;

16. Kuala-Lumper - Ms. Betty Bigombe;

17. Brussels - Amb. Miriam Blaak;

18. Moscow - Mr. Moses Kizige;

19. Abu Dhabi - Amb. ZaakeKibedi;

20. Mogadishu - Prof. Sam Turyamuhika;

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21. Abuja - Amb. Nelson Ocheger;

22. Addis Ababa - Amb. Rebecca Otengo;

23. Ottawa - Amb. Ruth Aceng;

24. Cairo - Amb. Sam MaleSebulime;

25. Kinshasa - Hajji. FaridKaliisa;

26. Juba - Amb. Brig. Ronnie Balya;

27. Doha - Amb. Stephen Chebrot;

28. Tehran - KisambiraTezikuba Mohammed;

29. Riyadh - Amb. Isaac Sebulime;

30. Nairobi - Amb. Dr. Hassan Galiwango;

31. Beijing - Amb. Oliver Wonekha

32. Geneva - Amb. Mercel R. Tibaleka

33. Tokyo - Ms. TophasByagiraKaahwa;

34. Pretoria - Mr. Amoru Paul;

35. Luanda - Col. (Rtd) Julius Kihaanda;

36. Guanzhou - Ms. Nsababeera Judith;

37. Havana - Ms. MusaaziNabbaka Elizabeth.

Deputy Ambassadors:

1. Cairo - Lt. Gen. Charles Angina;

2. Abuja - Mr. Nnam Alfred;

3. Mogadishu - Maj. Gen (Rtd) Mugisha Nathan;

4. New Delhi - Ms. Margaret Kyogyire.

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 14th December, 2021
President Museveni campaigns for NRM candidate in Kayunga
We are going to work on this
road from Kayunga Town
Council to Galiraya. Those
who say we have delayed, don’t
know what they’re talking
about. If we have done Isimba
Dam, Kangulumira and Katosi
roads and others, how shall we
fail to tarmac Galiraya road?”
President Museveni.
KAYUNGA:
President Yoweri Museveni who is also
the national chairman of the ruling
National Resistance Movement (NRM)
party called upon the people of Kayunga
to unite and support NRM which has
the cure for Uganda’s problems.
The President was meeting NRM leaders
at Kayonza Church of Uganda primary
school play ground, Bbaale County
in Kayunga district while canvassing
support for Mr. Andrew Muwonge, the
NRM candidate in the Kayunga LC5
by-election race.
“Even me who started NRM, I have no
powers without you. My power comes
from you,” the President said after
reports that the people of Kayunga had
been divided by differences allegedly
created by some local leaders.
President Museveni who later met more
NRM leaders at Busaana Town Council
playground in Ntenjeru County said
24 The Presidency | December 2021 ariho muhwezi
that the problems of Kayunga like roads
are well known by the NRM party and
will be solved in a phased manner.
“We are going to work on this road
from Kayunga Town Council to Galiraya.
Those who say we have delayed, don’t
know what they’re talking about. If we
have done Isimba Dam, Kangulumira
and Katosi roads and others, how
shall we fail to tarmac Galiraya
road?” the President asked, adding
that “therefore, to go from the party
because of individuals is a big mistake
and confusion. Because you’ll not get
a solution. When you support NRM, it
is easier for you to get what you want.
Keep the unity, you’ll not lose,” he said.
The NRM Secretary General, Richard
Todwong, called for reconciliation
ahead of the election.
“We love you, our Chairman and our
President, that every time we listen to
you, you speak wisdom to us, you speak
unity, you speak reconciliation. Kayunga
is 90% NRM, but because of the division
among leaders, we end up confusing
our votes on the ground. Dear leaders
of the party, let us reconcile, let us love
our party. If you love the yellow you’re
wearing, check your heart and reconcile
with one another,” Tadwong said.
The Minister of State for Planning who
is also the MP for Ntenjeru North, Amos
Lugoloobi, spoke highly about the
achievements the district has realised
from the NRM Government.
 President Museveni hands over the NRM flag to Mr. Andrew
Muwonge, the flag bearer in Kayunga by-election

One such is Isimba Power Station and NRM supporters.

Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital
On his part, NRM candidate Mr. Andrew
which he said have changed the face
Muwonge vowed to fight corruption
of Kayunga. Lugoloobi said electricity
and land grabbing in Kayunga district.
distribution is now at 70% in the district.
At the same function, the President
“We need someone to coordinate
launched the hand over exercise of
with at the district level and it would
land titles to over 1,000 residents in
be better if you sent us Andrew
Kayunga district.
Muwonge of NRM” “Lugoloobi told

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 15th December, 2021
President Museveni hosts International Diwali celebrations
Thank you so much for your
contribution to the economic
development of the country.
Bring more business people for
investments here. Encourage
more people to come for tourism
also,” President Museveni.
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni commended
the Indian community in Uganda
for its contribution to the economic
development of the country and
appealed to them to encourage more
people to exploit the vast investment
opportunities here.
“Thank you so much for your
contribution to the economic
development of the country. Bring
more business people for investments
here. Encourage more people to come
for tourism also,” he said.
The President was speaking during the
International Diwali Celebrations, he
hosted for the Indian Association and
Indian Community in Uganda at State
House, Entebbe.
The celebrations were also attended by
the Minister of Finance, Planning and
Economic Development, Matia Kasaija,
the new Uganda High Commisioner to
UK, Nimisha Madhvani, Mehta and his
wife among others.
Diwali is an Indian festival that
symbolises the spiritual victory of
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light over darkness among Indian
community faiths in India; Hindus, Sikhs,
Jain’s, Muslims and some Buddhists
and has been hosted in Uganda for the
last six years.
Speaking to the celebrants, President
Museveni congratulated the Indian
community on the day of Diwali saying
that it was worth being marked among
the Indian race as a unifying factor in
faith.
On Indians expulsion from Uganda, he
noted that by historical authority he,
Mr. Museveni, had a mandate to reject
the mistakes of former Head of State,
Idi Amin, for the expulsion of Indians
from Uganda in 1972.
“There was no legitimate reason to expel
the Indians. Idi Amin’s act was rubbish.
Those people did not understand the
theoretical and practical mistake made
that had an element of chauvinism,”
he said.
Responding to the Indians plea to be
included among the local tribes in
Uganda, the President said that the
Indians already have a tribe popularly
known as the Bahindi.
“Actually, sociologically speaking, the
Indians already have a well-known
tribe like the known groups Bazungu,
Bahalabu, Chinese except that it should
be considered constitutionally. The
Indians are already part of Uganda
society,” he said.
 President Museveni poses for a photo with the Indian
Community in Uganda at State House, Entebbe
He commended the Indian community
for their tremendous contribution
towards national economic
development and prosperity.
“They are working hard for the
prosperity of the country,” he said.
He said that Government will give its
support come 2022 when the Indian
community will be commemorating 100
years since they arrived in the country.
The Indian High Commissioner to
Uganda Shri Ajay Kumar reminded
the Indian community of the symbolic
day, saying that it should never pass
unnoticed for its significance that will
bring the next Indians generations in
diversity together. He wished Ugandans
a Merry Christmas and a happy new
year, 2022.
The Chairman of the Indian Association
in Uganda Mohana Rao said that the
umbrella organisation of the Indians
of origin living in Uganda sensitises
all Indians to rally together with
the Government authorities about
COVID-19 precautions, abiding by the
laws and enabling environment that
the Government created to contain
the pandemic for businesses to revive.
“We are mobilising Indians in Uganda
to get vaccinated. Make sure that the
SOPs are followed in their areas of
location,” he said.
He commended the NRM government
for the conducive, progressive and all
inclusive economic atmosphere that
exists in the country at the same time
reminding Indians to live peacefully,
prosperously and profitably.
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 21st December, 2021
President Museveni meets Head of DRC Senate

Big marketing strategy for locally-manufactured products has made a state

like the USA grow stronger and popular. The building blocks of regional
cooperation was an initiative of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and Patrice
Lumumba, which should be fully supported,” President Museveni.

STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: regional cooperation was an initiative

of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and Patrice
President Yoweri Museveni said
Lumumba, which should be fully
that there is need for regional mass
supported”, he said.
mobilisation to create big and
sustainable market for local products The President was holding a zoom
in the region and drive social economic meeting from State House, Entebbe,
transformation. with the President of the Senate of the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),
“Big marketing strategy for locally-
H.E. Modeste Bahati Lukwembo, who
manufactured products has made
was at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
a state like the USA grow stronger
in Kampala.
and popular. The building blocks of

President Museveni gestures during a meeting with H.E.

Modeste Bahati Lukwembo, President of the DRC Senate

28 The Presidency | December 2021 ariho muhwezi

H.E. Lukwembo who was in the country cooperation and the integration for the
on a three-day working visit discussed East African Community.
bilateral matters between the two
“I am happy with the way you are
countries and agreed to strengthen
handling issues of regional cooperation
cooperation between Uganda and the
and integration for EAC for oneness,”
DRC.
he said.
President Museveni advised the Congo
Earlier, H.E. Lukwembo, paid an
Government to lay a good strategy for
official visit to the Nshaara Industrial
mobilisation of its people in order to
Park in Western Uganda where he
win the Government popular support
commissioned the Zhong Wu Beef
for economic transformation.
Abattoir Imports and Exports Company
H.E. Lukwembo, speaking in Kiswahili, under the Sino- Uganda Economic
commended President Museveni’s Development Special Zone.
approach of handling regional politics,

“I am happy with the way you are

handling issues of regional cooperation
and integration for EAC for oneness,”

H.E. Modeste Bahati Lukwembo

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 23rd December, 2021
President Museveni wishes Ugandans a Merry Christmas

STATE LODGE, NAKASERO:

Countrymen, Countrywomen and all the Bazukulu,

Warm salutations and a Merry Christmas to you all.
Christmas is a time when all believers in the Christian faith
celebrate the birth of the Saviour, our Lord Jesus Christ.
It is the genesis of man’s salvation and redemption from
death, which is the consequence of sin.
As you celebrate this year’s Christmas, I encourage you to
welcome into your hearts the message of love, compassion
and care for one another, generosity, holiness and faithful
worship to God.
The merry-making which is always associated with the
festive season should not detract you from focusing on
the spiritual significance of Christmas. As a Country,
God is helping us to emerge from the scourge of the
deadly Coronavirus disease. I urge you to embrace the
countrywide vaccination campaign and to continue
observing the Standard Operating Procedures to curb
the spread of the virus.
May this Christmas renew your faith in God; bring healing
and divine joy to your families.
The First Lady, Mama Janet, joins me in wishing you a
Merry Christmas.

Y.K. MUSEVENI
PRESIDENT

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 28th December, 2021
President Museveni commissions Keihangara Seed Secondary School
I came here to use the
opportunity of commissioning
the school as a symbol to remind
Ugandans that Government
is moving on the front line for
mass education as opposed to
elite education during colonial
and past Governments. I
want cheaper and affordable
education for everybody. This is
the NRM concept of education
for all,” President Museveni.
IBANDA DISTRICT:
President Yoweri Museveni
commissioned Keihangara Seed
Secondary School, the first of its kind in
the country, in Ibanda District under the
funding of World Bank and Government
of Uganda.
‘I came here to use the opportunity of
commissioning the school as a symbol
to remind Ugandans that Government
is moving on the front line for mass
education as opposed to elite education
during colonial and past Governments. I
want cheaper and affordable education
for everybody. This is the NRM concept
of education for all,” he said.
The full package of the Uganda Inter-
Government Fiscal Transfers (UGIFT)
Seed Secondary School provides for
a multipurpose hall, three units of
classroom blocks, an administration
block, a fully equipped two unit Science
block with science kits and chemical
reagents, a library, an ICT block and
a three unit teachers’ houses among
others.
Under this programme, the Ministry
of Education and Sports, takes the
supervisory role while the Ministry
of Local Government handles the
procurement part of construction.
Speaking during the official opening
ceremony, the President who was
accompanied by the First Lady and
Minister for Education and Sports, Hon.
Janet Kataaha Museveni, said having
access to education means that the
schools must be near where people live
with a concept of a secondary school
per sub-county and technical college
at constituency level.
He added that there had been a
distortion in the education system
saying that the challenge has been that
out of 10.9million children at primary
school level, only about two million join
higher level of education, wondering
why the rest don’t progress. He however
said most of the children drop out of
school because education is sold as a
commodity.
The President emphasised that the
Government builds classrooms
laboratories, libraries for textbooks, ICT
laboratories and other facilities without
the support of the parents so that the
children study free.
He warned Ugandans who paralyse
Government development programmes
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 President Museveni and First Lady commission Keihangara Seed
Secondary School in Ibanda District
for personal gain that they will be got
and punished.
The Minister of Education and Sports,
Janet Museveni, assured the country
that the Ministry is committed to
implementing the policy of construction
of a Government school in every sub
county.
”A new mapping exercise will be
conducted to establish the extent of
the gap of the administrative units that
do not have a Government Secondary
school in every Sub county,” she said.
Hon. Janet Museveni said it was a pity
that some of the seed schools being
constructed lack critical amenities such
as electricity and water given their hard
to reach locations.
“I appeal to the Ministry of Finance,
Planning and Economic Development,
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the coordinator of the programme, to
prioritise the provision of these critical
services to the schools,” she said.
She reminded Ugandans that as the
country prepares to reopen education
institutions on January 10th, 2022;
people should not forget to thank God
for the seed secondary schools that are
being commissioned.
She also reminded people to observe
Ministry of Health regulations against
Covid-19 pandemic respecting SOPs.
The Minister of State for Sports, Hamson
Denis Obua, who was accompanied
by North West Ankole Bishop, Amos
Magezi, Rev. Fr. Dido Nshekanimanya
from the Archdiocese of Mbarara, Head
Teacher Charles Natukwasa took the
two principals on a tour around the
structures said the construction process
matched the standards.
“The structures are fully equipped
and are befitting of an education
institution,” he said.
The Director Basic Education in the
Ministry of Education and Sports
Ismail Mulindwa said Government has
been in collaboration with the World
Bank in implementing Uganda Inter-
Government Fiscal Transfers (UGIFT)
program since Financial year 2018-19.
He said that the Ministry is committed
to constructing, equipping and staffing
259 Seed Secondary Schools in three
phases over the period of five years,
comprising 117 schools in phase 1,
115 schools in phase two and 27 in
phase three. This also includes the
construction and equipping the schools
with 418 laboratories.
The Ministry is also committed
to complete the construction of
incomplete structures in 21 Technical
Schools and Polytechnics.
Ibanda District Chairman, Happy
Herbert Mayanja, commended the
church community for donating the
piece of land on which the newly built
magnificent modern education facility
has been constructed and expanded
to accommodate science subjects and
laboratories that are fully-fledged and
equipped.
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 31st December, 2021
New Year Address by H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni

Countrymen and country women, Cases Cumulative

Greetings.
Congratulations for finishing the year 2021.
The two years - 2020 and 2021 - have been
years of trials and tribulations, but also
years of great victories and triumph.
deaths
USA 52,543,602 812,577
UK 12,338,680 148,021
ITALY 5,756,412 136,955

The trials and tribulations were on account FRANCE 9,070,254 120,605

of the following: GERMANY 7,066,412 111,219
(i) The locusts; RUSSIA 10,458,271 307,022
(ii) The floods and rising levels of the CHINA - -
waters of the Lakes (Nalubaale,
Kyooga, Mwitanzigye – also known In Uganda, after almost the two years of
as Victoria, Kyooga and Albert); battle with corona, the total number of
the infected is 139,079; those that have
(iii) The land-slides in the Mountain recovered, the number is 98,379;and those
areas; that have died, the number is 3,291. We
(iv) The floating islands, that were cannot jubilate over this, but we can also
threatening the hydro-dams; not fail to see the much smaller number of
deaths here as compared to some of the
(v) And the corona virus ─its pandemic.
other countries. This was on account of
Uganda, under the NRM, has overcome the tough and timely measures, that we
almost completely, the four of these. The undertook that minimised the infection
only exception that we are still struggling levels as well as the death-levels. Yet, the
with, is the corona pandemic. Globally, 3,291 we lost, were very useful people. They
the corona pandemic has infected included the prominent persons such as
281,808,207million people, 5,411,759 million Mzee Kivejinja, Mzee Paul Etyang, Manzi
people have died and 252,735,264 million Tumubweine, Bishop Kaggwa, etc. May the
people have recovered. In some of the Almighty God bless them in eternal peace.
countries, the death rates have been quite
The tough measures we took, were in
high, as shown below:
order to buy time, so that we find better
solutions. We think now, we have found
some solutions.
The following are the solutions, in addition
to some of the preventive measures we
have been taking.

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(i) Vaccinating the 22 million Ugandans (iii) Those who get suspicious signs of
above the age of 18 years of age, starting runny nose, headache, tiredness ─ which
with the 4.8 million most vulnerable could be mild to severe, sneezing, scratchy/
persons (3.3million above the age of 50 sore throat, muscle aches, quickly report
years, 550,000 teachers, 150,000 health to the nearest health facility, so that
workers, 250,000 security personnel and you get treatment. Using some drugs
500,000 below 50 years of age but with co- that boost immunity, control fever (anti-
morbidities e.g. diabetes, blood pressure, inflammatory drugs and anti-pyretic like
etc). panadol), control inflammation, some that
have anti-viral capacity and some anti-
Up to today, total doses administered are
biotics, the patients recover.
11,377,067 and out of this, 3,756,248 million
people have been vaccinated fully either Early diagnosis and treatment is crucial.
with 2 dozes of the various vaccine types or Late diagnosis and treatment, may
the one vaccine of Johnson and Johnson. suppress the virus; however, the virus will
Of the 22million people, 45% (9,979,206) have damaged your internal organs such
of the target population, have received at as lungs, heart, pancreas, brain and nerves.
least one shot of the vaccine and 17% have The virus will go, but the patient may not
been fully vaccinated. survive, because the internal organs, would
have been irreparably damaged.
As of today, we have received a total of
20,658,940 million vaccine types that (iv) Ugandan scientists and the
need two dozes to cover one person community, the latter through their
and 12,037,500millions of the single doze ancient knowledge of the environment,
Johnson and Johnson. This means that have discovered substances that seem
we have already used 21,086,318and what to cure corona and other viral diseases. I
we have but have not used, have the have interviewed many patients, that have
capacity to vaccinate 8,503,631millions been cured. Dr. Ogwang, is now trying
of people or to cover 6.1million people out the medicine in a clinical setting. We
due for second dose. We are expecting shall know the results of this clinical trial
another 7,319,610millions double doze by May, 2022. This would be a path finder,
vaccines, able to vaccinate 3,659,805million in terms of medical care.
people and another 3,691,200 Johnson
On account of those factors, we now intend
and Johnson able to vaccinate a similar
to fully re-open the economy as well as
number. Therefore, all the Ugandans above
educational and social activities in some
18 years old, go out and be vaccinated.
staggered manner.
(ii) In order to ensure safety against
We shall, therefore, take the following
corona, the scientists have now
measures as indicated below:
recommended a booster doze for those
above the age of 50 years. These are (1) The transport sector, which has been
3.3millions. Therefore, the 50 years old operating at 50%, will be opened fully,
plus persons, that have already received but with the necessary SOPs such as the
2 dozes, come out, again, for the booster wearing of masks, full vaccination by both
doze. the crew of PSV and the travelers, etc.

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(2) The cinema halls and sports events I need, however, to add that you should be
to be allowed to operate with SOPs. answerable also for the safety of your life.
If, for instance, you are among the elderly,
(3) Pre-primary, Primary and Secondary
why do you travel? Why not stay at home?
schools will be opened for learners, starting
Why do you have to go to the bars, even
with the 10thof January, 2021. The Ministry
if they open? Even Church and Mosque
of Education and Sports and the Ministry
attendances. I have never been convinced
of Health, to work out applicable SOPs and
that God is only in Churches or Mosques.
communicate them.
Pray at home. Ruhanga ari omumyanya
(4) The Performing Arts, Concerts, Bars yoona, - God is Omni-present, Omni-scient
and Discotheques, will be opened two and Omnipotent.
weeks after the opening of the schools
Although we are opening the economy and
and with SOPs directed by the Ministry of
the social activities, as pointed out above,
Health.
you should be alerted that the new Corona
(5) Curfew will be lifted for everybody variant, the Omicron, is spreading very fast.
at the time of opening for the performing The new corona cases per day are now on
arts but not for bodabodas. The bodabodas average 1,250 instead of 69 per day when
will continue to observe the curfew hours we had controlled the virus in the month
of 1900hours to 0530hours (Shaaha emwe of October, 2021.
y’ekiro to shaaha ikumi n’ emwe z’ekiro).
Previously, we had some days when there
Some of these measures will be reversed, were no reported corona deaths, such
if Covid-19 high dependence and intensive as on the 11th and 12th December, 2021,
care units bed occupancy, exceeds 50% and etc. However, recently, I have started
if the daily rate of hospitalisation for severely seeing reports of deaths caused by Corona
and critically ill patients, is sustained at 30 per day, such as 6 deaths on the 27th
per day for 5 days in two or more Covid-19 December, 2021. Therefore, as I said above,
Treatment Units. The Intensive Care Unit be responsible for your life. Here, in the
(ICU) beds in Government hospitals are 187 State House group, on account of laxity, we
and HDU (High Dependency Unit) beds are had recently so many cases. In the inner
475. The total corona virus beds are 3,100. circle of my workers, not less than 5 were
The Ministries of Education and Sports, found positive with corona on the 27th of
Health and Transport and Works, will give December, 2021. That is why we had to
detailed plans for their opening of the postpone the meeting of the Secretary
respective sectors. To take one example, Generals of the Political Parties. Maama
when all the learners were made to Janet and myself had to have yet another
travel on the same day, there was a lot of corona test. Fortunately, we were negative.
congestion in the bus-parks and car-parks. Why? Possibly, because our workers, while
It may be wiser to start with S1 to S3 for they may be lax while away from our
some days and the rest later. The Ministry presence, in our presence, they observe
will give detailed guidance and so will the SOPs - masks, sanitisers, etc. Banyankore
other Ministries for the other sectors. have a practice of children running to grab
adults so as to hug them in greeting. It
is called kutangyirira. Since the corona

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outbreak, I stopped our grandchildren
from doing this. Jajjas, although you are
vaccinated fully, even with a booster, let
the Bazukulu keep a safe distance from
you, when they come back from school.
Do not greet them inside rooms. Greet
them, at a safe distance, outside in the
compound, with the wind blowing from
you to them and not the other way. Inside
the house, do not mix. I hope the house
has a ceiling so that air from the other
room, does not flow into other rooms. If it
is difficult to manage, take Jajja to where
he or she can be alone with one helper.
A combination of vaccination, possibly
Covidex, the other anti-corona drugs (such
as Azithromycin, Amoxicillin, etc.), the SOPs
and good nutrition (e.g. vitamins such as
Vitamin C which works best with Zinc),
will enable us sustain our victory against
this disease.
The other calamities that afflicted us,
starting last year (2020), were defeated or
tamed. The locusts were defeated totally,
without causing any damage. The floating
islands, were removed by the engineers
from the Ministry of Works and UPDF.
People running away from the landslides
and the rising waters of the lakes, were
given relief and are being resettled.
Then we had the problem of crime and
terrorism and in fact both combined.
Bijambiya operators, killed 26 people in
the Masaka area. 21 suspects connected to
those Bijambiyas, have been arrested and
are now in the Courts of Law. Other isolated
crimes, were quickly dealt with. These
include the killing of the NRM Chairman
of Ntoroko and the killings in the Mbarara
area. All suspects, have been arrested and
are in the Courts of Law. The ADF terrorists
had kept quiet since the arrest of Jamil
Mukulu, now in Luzira. However, in June,
this year, characteristic to their shallow
miscalculation, on the orders of their
leaders who had made parts of Eastern
Congo an area of their control, tried to
assassinate General Katumba Wamala.
Katumba survived, but his daughter and
driver were killed. This was the ADF’s
greatest mistake. They did not know, that
since my 2018 twelve (12) points anti-crime
plan, we had partially up-graded our anti-
crime infrastructure. With patient analysis,
the Police identified some of the criminals.
We started arresting them and those who
tried to fight during arrest, were killed.
Up to now, inside Uganda, a total of 12 of
these criminals have been killed and a
total of 113 have been arrested and many
of them are in the Courts of Law. As we
were hunting them and arresting them,
in their foolishness, they sent a group to
Pader, to plant a bomb during the burial
of Lt. General Lokech, apparently, because
he had devotedly hunted them after the
attack on Katumba. More of them, thus
exposing themselves, were arrested and
some were killed. In a rush, they started
trying to plant bombs in Kampala. With
the Police hotly in pursuit, they planted a
bomb at Komamboga among Pork eaters,
another one in the bus and the two, on
the 16th of November, 2021, one at the CPS
and another one at Parliament Avenue. A
total of 05 Ugandans were killed in these
bombs without counting the 3 bombers
who were blown up by their own bombs.
On account of the partially improved anti-
crime infrastructure, the Police knows
almost everybody that is involved in these
crimes ─whether inside Uganda ─ on the
run or in hiding ─ or abroad.
Their headquarters, definitely, has been
in Eastern Congo for more than 20 years.
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It is a syndicate of crime succored by the
absence of Government authority, in some
parts of Congo. These terrorists, have been
making money in Eastern Congo and
using it to finance terrorism in Eastern
Congo by routinely massacring Congolese,
orchestrating terrorism within Uganda
and funding terrorism as far afield as
Mozambique. It is pathetic to listen to
the sick talk of these disoriented young
people, claiming to be fighting Bakafiiri
(us Ugandans), in order to make Uganda
a country governed by “Sharia law”. At
the right time, we shall publicise this
information so that Ugandans can see the
tragedy of Africa. We had, of course, met,
before, such sick-minded confused people
in Somalia and on the border with Sudan
(Kaaya, etc.) and shown those groups how
the people they call Bakafiiri can defend
the land of their ancestors, Africa. I am
Yoweri Museveni, son of Amosi Kaguta,
grandson of Kabuguma Ka Nyinachweende
Rubaraza, etc., etc., of the Basiita clan,
of the Bagahe cluster of clans and part
of what is now Uganda is a land of my
ancestry and no foreigner or foreign agent,
will ever take this land from the indigenous
people of Uganda. Yes, since the 1840s,
foreign religions, starting with Islam,
started coming to our area ─ this part of
the Great Lakes. The Protestants came
in 1877 and the Roman Catholics in 1879.
Immediately, those foreigners and their
agents, started those unhealthy rivalries.
Instead of faithfully preaching the core
and good messages of those religions,
such as “Love God with all your might and
Love your neighbour as you love yourself”
(in the Book of Mathew 22:39) and: “how
can you say you Love God whom you have
never seen, but you hate your neighbor?”
(In the Book of 1 John 4:20), by 1890, these
confused actors, had divided Ugandans
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into 3 groups: “Bafransa” (Frenchmen
– Catholics), “Ba-ingleza” (Englishmen –
Protestants) and “the Mohammedans”
(the Moslems). Vicious armed wars, were
fought among these groups for much of
the 1890s. Read the Books of Bishop Tucker,
Captain Lugard, Colonel Colville and others
and see the tragedy that was being played
out among our people by these confused
actors claiming to be working for God.
Of course, the original mistake was the
failure of our own people ─ Mwanga, Apollo
Kaggwa, Ntare, Mbaguta, Kabareega,
etc., who failed to unite and chase these
confused actors. Anyway, this unhealthy
rivalry, unprincipled conflicts, went on up
to the time of Independence and beyond.
It is the NRM, thatcame to challenge
them. Earlier actors, like IK Musaazi, tried
unsuccessfully, to unite Ugandans.
We are glad that Ugandans listened to
our message and rallied to the standard
of the NRM for the last 43 years ─ 1978
(during the anti-Amin war) up to today
around the principles of: patriotism (love
Uganda, mwoyogwa Uganda), love Africa
(mwoyogwa Africa ─ Pan-Africanism),
social-economic transformation (building
a first world society away from the pre-
capitalist society we inherited in 1986) and
democracy (Government by the people,
for the people and of the people). The
economy has grown, the infrastructure has
expanded, the population has increased,
more people are educated, the children are
dying less, people are living longer, some
families are richer, everybody has got a
telephone or more in his pocket, etc. It is
this unity, partial prosperity and general
progress, that these confused parasites
are fighting. Such groups, working for or
with foreigners, or taking advantage of
some situations, are sowing mayhem in
different parts of Africa: Mali, Niger, Burkina
Faso, Nigeria, Central Africa, Chad, DRC,
Mozambique, Somalia, etc.
This is the context into which the criminal
acts of the ADF terrorists find themselves
in Eastern Congo and their acts in Uganda.
What these traitors forget, is that the
African Revolution, led by new actors
(Patriots) and not the traditional chiefs
that failed to guarantee our independence
from the imperialists, has been in motion
since 1912, when the ANC was founded
in the town of Bloemfontein of South
Africa. By the 1950s and 1960s, the African
Resistance had created additional chapters
to the first one of ANC in South Africa.
We should, of course, not forget the Afro-
American chapter, led by people like Du
Bois and Marcus Garvey,who started the
idea of the Pan-African Movement. By the
1950s and 1960s, the different chapters of
the African Resistance were being led by
people like Nkrumah, Nyerere, Kaunda,
Kenyatta, SekouToure, Modibo Keita, Ben-
Bella, Gamal Abdul Nasser, etc. The Pan-
African Movement, being part of the global
anti-colonial movement, caused the clever
imperialists to peacefully withdraw from
Africa by granting Independence to 36
African States by 1963 when the newly
independent African countries met in
Addis Ababa to form the Organization
of African Unity (OAU). The un-clever
imperialists such as the Portuguese,
Ian Smith and the South African Boers,
thought that they could block the march
of African freedom. The various chapters of
African Patriots, moved the OAU to declare
that if the remaining Imperialists did not
go peacefully, they would be defeated
militarily.
The arrogant imperialists, thought that this
was mere African hot air. By 1993, all the
imperialists in Africa, had been defeated
by the coordinated actions of the African
freedom fighters in the respective African
colonies (Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau,
Angola, Sao Tome and Principe, Zimbabwe-
Rhodesia as they were calling it, Namibia
and South Africa); the different chapters
of the Patriots and Pan-Africanists in some
of the Independent African countries; the
socialist countries (USSR, China, Cuba, etc.);
and the progressive forces in the West
(e.g. Sweden, Norway, Finland, etc., as well
as some individuals such as Lord Fenner
Brockway, Sir Dingle Foot, etc). Even people
like Margaret Thatcher played a positive
role, towards the end as did President
Jimmy Carter in the Angola crisis of 1976.
This shows that once the different chapters
of the African Patriots co-operate and co-
ordinate, there is no force that can defeat
us on the African continent. Therefore, all
and sundry, should know, that once the
chapters of the African Resistance co-
ordinate, there is no security or defence
problem they cannot solve. The recent
co-ordination between the Government
of DRC and Uganda is such an example.
Starting on the 30th of November, the
UPDF launched a devastating attack on
the long established camps of the ADF
terrorists. Many of these terrorists were
killed. Then, after repairing the Busuunga-
Semliki bridge road, the UPDF advanced
to the Semliki bridge camp. Out of the
Semliki camp, the UPDF advanced in the
forest to the terrorists’ KambiYaJua, which
they occupied after light resistance. In
all these operations, UPDF did not lose a
single soldier by enemy action. The two
soldiers who died,Pte. Lugingi Nicholas
and Pte. Kapulyaka Mustafa by names,
died on account of self-inflicted accidental
self-injury. One, on account of an RPG that
was loaded and corked and the other one,
from MGLs (Multiple Grenade Launchers)
fired while in the middle of trees. They
had not been thoroughly briefed.
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The terrorists are now fleeing and killing
villagers. That will not save them. If the
Congolese Government allows us, we shall
hit them even if they go up to Kisangani
or Buta or beyond. Their only choice is to
surrender so that the peoples of Congo
and Uganda have peace and they also
get rehabilitated and learn how to earn
an honest living in the four sectors of
commercial agriculture, small industries,
services and ICT, instead of being parasites
on the population.
Similarly, the numerous security problems
in other parts of Africa, can be resolved
by the different chapters of the African
Patriots co-operating. The respective
chapters of African Patriots have developed
great capacity ─ much more than the
situation in 1974 when the African Armies
of Mozambique, Angola and Guinea-Bissau,
defeated the Portuguese imperialists.
I have heard some voices among the
Moslems, claiming that the Moslems
are neglected and that they cannot
borrow money because of riba (profits-
interest) which is haram (ekihagaro)
among the Moslems. The first point is
certainly not true. Who built the Islamic
University in Uganda? Who liberalised
trade (taking the Government out of
trading) and the hotel business where
many Moslem businessmen benefitted?
How did the successful Moslems come
up? It is on account of the peace and
policies brought by the NRM. The story of
Riba, is only half of the story. Yes, Islamic
banking has been legalized but not yet
operationalised. However, many of the
pro-poor Government programmes are
not loans but grants (Government okuwa
obuwi). OWC distribution of free seedlings,
my Nakyoobe’s skilling programmes
and grants for capital for shoe-making,
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tailoring, weaving, etc., managed by my
Moslem daughter, Faridah Mayanja, are
not loans but grants. Where is riba there?
I will check on my Kisozi programmes of
Nalwanga. I am sure Moslem families
there benefitted from those grants of
seedlings, goats, may be not pigs, heifers,
etc. The problem is that some of the
spiritual, cultural and political leaders,
do not advise their followers to listen to
the NRM message of wealth creation and
social-economic transformation. I have
not heard many political, spiritual, cultural
leaders, etc., supporting my policy of free
education for the children of the poor. I
am always shouting but I do not hear many
taking up this struggle. Is free education
riba?
The economy of Uganda grew last year
at the rate of 3.4% and at the rate of 3.8%
this financial year, the corona restrictions
notwithstanding. The greatest point to
remember is to end the phenomenon
of the Abakolera ekidda kyoonka
(subsistence production ─ only working
for the stomach). Since the 1960s, we
have been fighting this phenomenon. By
2013, a whole 68% of the homesteads of
Uganda were Abakoleraekiddakyoonka
(tic me ice keken). I must salute the OWC
officers that, on my orders, intervened in
distributing inputs of coffee, tea, fruits, etc.
UBOS has now said that the homesteads
of the Bakolera ekidda kyoonka, are now
only 39%. This is the first time in all human
history, when the majority of Ugandans,
have joined the money economy. I decided
to remove the OWC from the distribution
of seedlings, this success notwithstanding.
Why?
No. 1, some of the commanders had
gone into the business of having beds for
seedlings ─ they had become businessmen
on personal basis in an effort in which they
were supposed to be neutral.
No. 2, it was becoming unwise for our
soldiers to be involved in the distribution
of items of Government support to
the Wanainchi. Arguments about
favouritism were becoming ubiquitous.
“Begabilabokka”, was becoming a frequent
complaint in public meetings.
No. 3, the soldiers would, sometimes,
take the seedlings, damp them at the
Gombolola Sub-county and leave them
there, not bothering whether they will be
planted in gardens or left to dry-up and
be lost.
In order to remove these areas of
misunderstandings, we decided to put
the total responsibility in the hands of the
stakeholders ─ the beneficiaries through
the Parish Development Model (PDM).
The Government money will be sent to
their SACCOs and they will buy seedlings
or whatever they want to buy, provided it
is on the list of the recommended crops
that are high value and have a market
within Uganda, within the Region, within
Africa and the World. We have opted for
the owner ─ controlled formula, instead
of the programme being controlled by
Public Servants (whether soldiers or
not). This PDM is for the former 68% of
the homesteads (the 29% bazukufu and
the 39% still asleep). With 32% of the
population that were already in the money
economy by 2013, we urge them to be more
industrial in agriculture, mining, etc. and
also do more value addition.
Take we the cattle-keepers, who semi-
modernized by adopting the dairy industry
where milk was commercialized instead
of okukolera ekidda kyoonka as we had
done for centuries and adopting the
exotic breeds of Friesians, etc. This has
helped and changed the area completely.
The other day, Maama Janet and myself,
were going for the National Task Force
on Corona meeting at a nearby primary
school and saw a large number of cars at a
home. It was a marriage something. Since
our campaign of 1966, the former nomads,
had joined the money economy and all the
cars we saw were theirs. However, they
will be much richer if they abandon the
free-range method (okuseetura) to zero-
grazing. With zero-grazing, using planted
grass that is cut and fed to the cattle in the
shed, one acre will support eight Friesian
cattle per year. Hence, a square mile, will
support 640 x 8 = 5,120 cattle. With the
present free-range, you need 3 acres per
adult cow, in a year. Therefore, a square
mile will only support 200 cattle well. This
is wastage. It is under-utilization of the
land and stunting our economic growth.
Bananas are another example of the need
to modernise in order to stop the under-
utilisation of the land we have. The average
yield per hectare of bananas is between 5
and 10tonnes per year in the villages. Dr.
Muranga, however, at Nyaruziinga, she
harvests 53tonnes per hectare. They say
that in Brazil, they have gone to 80 tonnes
per hectare. This need for modernization
in production methods: good seedlings,
spacing, water retention methods, wind
breaks, irrigation, fertilizer use, is not only
for cattle and bananas, but for all the crops:
coffee, tea, fruits, Irish potatoes, cassava,
vegetables, etc.
Finally, on the wider economy, we intend
to help businesses by lowering costs of
production by dealing with the 3 cost
pushers. The three cost pushers are:
transport (rail and water); electricity; and
money for industries, agriculture and some
services (e.g. tourism, education ─ private
schools, some of the professional services
such as private doctors, engineers, etc).
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We are determined to build the Standard
Gauge Railway from Malaba to Kampala-
Kasese-Gulu and Nimule. We are already
repairing the old railway line for short-
term and medium-term use. We are
encouraging private investment in water
transport on the Lakes in addition to the
expanding fleet of Government vessels
such as MV Sigulu, MV Buvuma, Albert
Nile 1, Kyoga 2, MV Obongi, MV Laropi, MV
Bisina, MV Masindi, etc. In future, much of
the transport for cargo should be by rail
and water.
On the side of electricity, we are
transmitting electricity directly to the
industrial parks without going through
any middlemen. This will cut 37.5% from
the cost. The cost of production of the
electricity for the dams is low as follows:
Nalubaale - 1.19US cents
Kiira - 1.19US cents
Karuma - 4.97US cents
Isimba - 4.16US cents
It is only Bujagaali that was distorted
to US cents 8.3per Kwh. By by-passing
the middlemen, we shall give cheaper
electricity to the factories.
The high interest rates of the Commercial
Banks is on account of two actors: the
Commercial Banks wanting high profits
and not caring about the Wanainchi and
Government (Finance) giving high priced
treasury bills to the world in order to borrow
from the public. We have discussed this
distortion. We should minimise borrowing
by the Government. We, each year, pay Ug.
Shs. 15.16trillion as debt repayment and Shs.
4.9trillion of this is interest ─ i.e. money that
was never used in our country. We now
know where the problem of high interest
rates is coming from. It will, gradually, be
42 The Presidency | December 2021 ariho muhwezi
addressed. Kij’omanyi, kinyaga bitono (the
enemy you are prepared for, loots little).
The corona lockdown has affected some
sectors of the economy badly. Such sectors
are: entertainment, hospitality, tourism,
the private schools, etc.
With the opening of the economy, the
two sources of support for such sectors
are the Parish Development Model in case
some of the actors want to go back to the
villages and to use their land commercially
or emyooga. The 18 myooga, cover most
of the activities of the Ugandans that are
non-agricultural. Let all Ugandans agree
with my proposal to put more money in
the PDM and emyooga. The categories
not covered by emyooga, such as the bar
operators, will be addressed separately.
Ministry of Finance will work on that group.
I cannot end this address without
highlighting for the Ugandans the little
comedy that was played out recently when
we had by-elections in different parts
of Uganda for some Local Government
positions on the 16th of December, 2021.
Was it comedy or tragedy? The positions
for by-elections in the whole country were
827. They included One LCV Chairperson,
LCIII Chairpersons, Municipality Councillors,
District Councillors and LC 3 and Town
Council Coucillors.
The NRM won 392 of them unopposed.
With where the NRM had to compete
with other Parties, plus the unopposed,
the NRM won as shown here below as
compared to the other Parties:
(i) NRM - 678
(ii) Independents - 103
(iii)
DP - 7
(iv)
UPC - 7
(v) NUP - 13
(vi) FDC - 19
The NRM’s direct share was 82%. However, these guidelines so that the Public is also
many of the Independents were also NRM informed and can knowledgeably audit the
on account of their internal wrangles. actions of the security forces and inform
Therefore, the pro-NRM sentiment, won us, if there are departures. Moreover, these
a total of 94%. guidelines are in line with the Standing
Orders of the Police Forces, both here and
The others won as follows:
in many countries.
(i) NUP - 2%
The third element of tragic-comedy were
(ii) DP - 1% the protestations by NUP that Muwonge
(iii) UPC - 1% of NRM had won by cheating. I did not
know that NRM actors had enough energy
(iv) FDC - 2% to cheat because most of the time they
The tragic-comedy in the affair had 3 are asleep and allow the opposition to
elements. Element no. 1, for NUP and their intimidate people, cheat, etc. Why only
media supporters, including the foreign cheat in Kayunga? Why not in the few
ones, there was no Uganda but Kayunga. other areas where NUP won? Kayunga,
Kayunga, Kayunga, Kayunga!! Buganda and the whole of Uganda
are, politically, NRM territory. Why? It
The second element was our young
is because the NRM has done more for
people in the persons of Nakwedde,
those areas than anybody else, the internal
Zaake, etc., putting it in their heads that
weaknesses within NRM, notwithstanding.
they would not allow the old man with a
We are handling the internal weaknesses,
hat, Ssabalwanyi, to peacefully drive from
including corruption. The opportunistic
Kampala and address the NRM leaders
opposition will be wiped out. Those
at Kayonza Church of Uganda Primary
concerned with ballot stuffing, etc., why
School in Bbale and at Busaana Sub-
do they never support my plan for only
county play-ground. Of course the Police
electronic voting with thumb-prints? It
could not allow that. Hence, there were
is the opposition and their collaborators,
some skirmishes. This is exactly what NUP
that always avoid voting electronically.
did in the General Elections in some areas
We should amend the law to stop all non-
and what they were planning to do in the
electronic voting. That is what democrats
whole country if we had not deployed a
should be demanding.
considerable portion of the UPDF to crush
that conspiracy. The idea is to create fear so I salute all of you and wish you a Happy
that the massive supporters of the NRM do and Prosperous 2022.
not come out to vote. You remember Arua
where they even stoned my car and Bobi
Wine was driving a grader (tingatinga)
into my convoy. This is self-deception. It
cannot work in Uganda. I have given, in
writing, guidelines to the Armed Forces
to firmly and professionally ensure law
and order and discipline in our society. I
hereby direct our Media Unit to publicize

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January, 2022

Your Monthly Round-Up of State House News

 Contents

President gets President Museveni

COVID-19 booster 07 leads NRM/A 16
dose celebrations

President Museveni President Museveni

hails Pan-African commissions
Payments and 08 National Defence 17
Settlement Systems College

President Museveni President Museveni

meets Britain’s 10 mourns Governor 18
Minister for Africa Tumusiime Mutebile

President President Museveni

Museveni launches 12 meets Congolese 19
#ExploreUganda Defence Delegation

Address by H.E.
President Yoweri Kaguta
commissions ultra- Museveni at the
13
modern Helicopter 9th Ministerial 21
MRO facility Level Meeting of
the African Union
President Museveni Committee of 10 On
commissions Hoima 15 the Reform of UN
roads Security Council
 Editor’s Note

Dear Reader,
This is to present to you the January edition of our monthly e-magazine, The
Presidency. The objective of the magazine once again, is to bring the office and
residence of the President closer to the citizens and even to the international
community actors, for purposes of open, transparent and accountable governance.

In every edition, we try to incorporate the feedback we receive from the readers
and also, to make the magazine appealing to all our audiences, balancing both text
and pictorial. We also provide information that is both educative and informative.

As is the practice, we bring you His Excellency’s major speech of the month. In this
edition, we have annexed the President’s address to the 9th Ministerial level meeting
of the African Union Committee of 10 on the reform of the UN Security Council,
delivered on the 20th January, 2022, at the Commonwealth Resort, Munyonyo. The
committee of 10 includes; Senegal, Uganda, Algeria, Kenya and Zambia. Others are;
Congo, Libya, Namibia and Equatorial Guinea.

The President spent most of the month of January at his country home of Rwakitura
in Kiruhura District and at his ranch in Kisozi, Gomba District, holding small meetings
and tending to his cattle. Later, while commissioning a road in Hoima, the President
attributed this long rest to the honest and hardworking Prime Minister Robinah
Nabbanja, who is now steering most the Government work. Other engagements
of the President included; commissioning of the Helicopter Maintenance, Repair
and Overhaul facility in Nakasongola, National Defence College in Buikwe, etc.

We encourage the citizens to give us their feedback and suggestions about the
magazine through our platforms; email: citizen@gcic.go.ug, Whatsapp: 0414670288
or through our social media handles; GCICUganda. We also encourage the citizens
who have benefited from the different interventions, programmes and projects
commissioned by the President to send us their experiences in form of articles.
We shall publish them.

I now have the pleasure to present to you the eighth edition of The Presidency.

Marcella Karekye
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Communication & Director Government
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 Editorial Team

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Deputy Chief Editor Content Production Manager

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Communications Officer Production Officer

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 Quote of the Month

The problem of Africa as summarised by the African

Union was that Africans were producing what they
did not consume and consuming what they didn’t
produce. You find Africans producing cotton but
some of them are going naked without clothes”

President Y.K. Museveni

Nakasongola Airforce Base, 22nd January, 2022
 JAN
PRESIDENT GETS COVID-19
BOOSTER DOSE 04
My doctors, Dr Diana Atwiine and Dr “I really appeal to everybody to do the
Magooba, an army officer, have just given me needful. If you belong to this group of
a boost er dose. According to my statement 50+, get a booster dose. If 18 and above
during the New Year speech, I told you that get vaccinated fully. Dr. Atwiine brought
efforts we are going to rely on to open the another clan of doses and said clan mixing
economy were; full vaccination for people is good. Now, Atwiine has said that for
aged 18 years and above who are about the booster to work well, get another
22million, but also booster doses for the
clan. I was vaccinated two times with
3.3million people above the age of 50 years,
AstraZeneca, now I have got a Pfizer
a constituency where I very rightly fit. I am
booster dose. That, when you do that,
now 50+27 – 77 years. We said that this
you get more mobilisation of immunity
group should get a booster dose. But also, the
and resistance against the virus for the
ones below 50 but with problems like diabetes,
body. Please get the two vaccines if you
blood pressure, cancers, etc, those ones should
are 18 years and then the ones above 50
get a booster dose,” President Museveni
years or below 50 but with co morbidities
get a booster”, he said.
RWAKITURA, KIRUHURA DISTRICT:
President Yoweri Museveni received his The President said he has got reports that
booster dose against the COVID-19. even with new Omicron virus; people who
have been vaccinated two times quickly
“My doctors, Dr Diana Atwiine and Dr overcome it.
Magooba, an army officer, have just given
me a booster dose. According to my
statement during the New Year speech,
I told you that efforts we are going to
rely on to open the economy were; full
vaccination for people aged 18 years and
above who are about 22million, but also
booster doses for the 3.3million people
above the age of 50 years, a constituency
where I very rightly fit. I am now 50+27 – 77
years. We said that this group should get
a booster dose. But also, the ones below
50 but with problems like diabetes, blood
pressure, cancers, etc, those ones should President Museveni receives a Pfizer
get a booster dose,” he said shortly after booster dose at Rwakitura, Kiruhura
his vaccination. District

The President appealed to Ugandans to

get fully vaccinated to beat the virus and
reopen the economy fully.

The Presidency | January 2022 7

The President got his
Pfizer booster dose almost
ten months after his first
COVID-19 dose to improve
immunity, following the
outbreak of the fast-
spreading Omicron variant.
Research has shown that
after the first two doses,
the priority/special groups
including people aged 50 (COVID-19 mRNA vaccines)
years and above and those are preferred and can
with co-morbidities can be mixed. A three-dose
take a booster dose. course of AstraZeneca’s
(AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine
According to research, three
is effective against the
COVID-19 vaccines are now
rapidly-spreading Omicron
authorized or approved for
corona virus variant.
use to prevent COVID-19.
Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna

JAN
13
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI HAILS that facilitates instant cross-border
PAN-AFRICAN PAYMENTS payments in local currencies between
AND SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS countries, as a welcome development.

“I would like to commend you and your

I would like to commend you and your
team for successfully piloting the PAPSS
in the six countries that make up the West
African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) despite
its multi-currency and bi-lingual makeup.
I look forward to that time when traders
from the remaining parts of Africa will take
advantage of the platform to ease cross-
border transactions, reduce the dependency
on hard currencies for these transactions and
bring about a significant boost in intra-Africa
trade,” he said.
team for successfully piloting the PAPSS
in the six countries that make up the West
African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) despite
its multi-currency and bi-lingual makeup.
I look forward to that time when traders
from the remaining parts of Africa will
take advantage of the platform to ease
cross-border transactions, reduce the
dependency on hard currencies for these
transactions and bring about a significant
boost in intra-Africa trade,” he said.

In a statement read for him by the Minister

ACCRA, GHANA: President Yoweri Museveni of Finance, Planning and Economic
hailed the partnership between the African Development, Hon. Matia Kasaijja, the
Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and President apologised for his absence at
the Secretariat of African Continental the launch and delegated the Minister.
Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), in line with the
“This is an event that I would have liked
decisions of the 12th and 13th Extraordinary
to attend in person, but I am unable to do
Sessions of the Assembly of Heads of State
so due to prior domestic commitments.
and Government of the African Union, to
launch the Pan-African Payments and
Settlement Systems (PAPSS), a platform

8 The Presidency | January 2022

I have, however, delegated the Hon. Matia Godwin Emefiele, the Governor of the
Kasaija, Minister for Finance, Planning andCentral Bank of Nigeria (CBN), said the
Economic Development, to represent me Pan-African Payment and Settlement
at the launch. System (PAPSS) will simplify cross-border
transactions and reduce third currencies
The President was invited by H.E. Wamkele
for intra-African trade. The third currencies
Mene, the Secretary-General, Af rican
include dollars, pounds and euros for cross-
Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat
border transactions in Africa.
and Prof. Benedict Orama, President
and Chairman of the Board of Directors PAPPS will also provide alternative
of the African Export-Import Bank, to to current high-cost and lengthy
attend the commercial launch of the Pan- correspondent banking relationships
African Payment and Settlement System to facilitate trade and other economic
(PAPSS) that took place at the Kempinski activities among African countries through
Hotel, Gold Coast City in Accra, Ghana, on a simple, low-cost and risk-controlled
Thursday, 13th January 2022. payment clearing and settlement system.

The ceremony was held under the theme The benefits of PAPPS for cross-border
“Connecting Payments, Accelerating payments include cost reduction; reduction
Africa’s Trade”. in duration and time variability; decreasing
liquidity requirements of commercial
Ghana’s Vice President Mahamudu
banks; decreasing liquidity requirements
Bawumia said Africa’s new cross-border
of central banks for settlement as well
payment system will save the continent
as its own payments; and strengthening
billions of dollars in annual transaction
Central Banks’ oversight of cross-border
costs and bolster shipments in the world’s
payment systems.
largest free-trade zone.

The Presidency | January 2022 9

 JAN
19
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS
BRITAIN’S MINISTER FOR
AFRICA
There is a lot of misinformation; our whole
struggle for last 60 years has been about
human rights. But you get misinformation
from some of the groups who want to promote
anarchy and when you try to stop them, they
say you have violated their human rights.
I can assure you that we are very seasoned
people,” President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri
Museveni strongly defended Uganda’s
human rights record and said for the last
60 years, their struggle has been about
promoting and defending human rights.
President Museveni gestures to Ms. Vicky Ford during a meeting held at State House, Entebbe
10 The Presidency | January 2022
“There is a lot of misinformation; our whole
struggle for last 60 years has been about
human rights. But you get misinformation
from some of the groups who want to
promote anarchy and when you try to
stop them, they say you have violated their
human rights.
I can assure you that we are very seasoned
people,” he said.
The President was meeting Britain’s
Minister for Africa, Ford Vicky at State
House, Entebbe. The two leaders discussed
various issues including trade, investment,
human rights, regional peace and security,
among other things.
“Our army would not be in Somalia for On the issue of economic empowerment,
more than 13 years, a Muslim society and President Museveni said the challenge
yet majority of our people are not Muslims here is to deal with issue prosperity and
and they have been there peacefully. If how do you create wealth for our people
we didn’t know how to observe human by producing goods and services which
rights, that is an acid test of how disciplined they must sell.
we are. Yes, groups make mistakes and
“If you don’t sell, it will not become wealth,
we punish them. The problem would be
you will not get prosperity out of it”, he said.
impunity. We don’t have impunity here.
We have got full accountability,” he said. He said Ugandans are now waking up
and realizing that the Uganda market is
The President, however, acknowledged
not enough, and they now need the East
that they are still dealing with a pre-
African Market.
capitalist society, some of whom still have
traditional ideas like beating people. “That is why we say patriotism first, love
Uganda. Uganda is more important
“This one we are fighting it. This is part of
than tribes. We add Pan-Africanism and
the old system of police and society.
internationalism. For us what is more
On the issue of civil society organisations, important is interests,” he said.
President Museveni said the only idea
Minister Ford Vicky said she would want
about civil society is the issue of substance
to see what her government can do to
which they are discussing.
make our partnership and friendship even
“Our understanding of civil society is people stronger as we come out of COVID-19.
who are not making a living out of activism
but are concerned about the rights of the
people. But if you have foreign funding You have been such a wise person with
groups claiming to be fighting, when they some of the regional issues. I thank
are just paid like foreign agents, sometimes you for the leadership on South Sudan.
even paid by foreign governments who I want to hear your views about the
come to influence our future, it is a very
difficult situation in Ethiopia and
serious issue. Is an agent of a foreign
Government a civil society activist? That
Somalia”, Minister Ford said.
one, we are not convinced,” he said.
The President said he discussed with the
Ms. Ford said her government is very keen
Norwegian Ambassador and agreed that
to increase investment and trade between
the sovereignty of the country should give
our countries to build stronger economies
a no objection to all after deciding whether
and increase trade and investment to grow
it is a socio-economic issue or it is political
the economy.
interference.
She said the United Kingdom Government
“I don’t see why especially somebody who
through its department of Health has
wants democracy would want external
donated to Uganda one million extra doses
manipulation. The issue is not empowering
of the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccines that
women to grow vegetables, but if we
will be arriving in the country shortly.
should allow foreigners who oppose our
government, politically to determine our
destiny,” he said.

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 JAN
21
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
LAUNCHES #ExploreUganda
Uganda is a very nice place but needed a
group to inform the world and UTB group are
determined to talk about Uganda.” President
Museveni
KOLOLO CEREMONIAL GROUNDS:
President Museveni launched the newly-
developed destination brand campaign by
the Uganda Tourism Board called Explore
Uganda – the Pearl of Africa.
The new destination brand acknowledges
that given the depth and breadth of
Uganda’s tourism assets, the best way to
experience The Pearl of Africa is not to
rush it by just visiting but rather, allowing
more time to explore all the ‘Pearls’ it has
to offer.
In his address, the President said that
Uganda was very unique because of three
factors; terrain, culture. He urged Uganda
Tourism Board to emphasise to tourists
how Uganda was able to overcome health
challenges including Ebola and AIDS.
12 The Presidency | January 2022
“Uganda is a very nice place but needed a
group to inform the world and UTB group
are determined to talk about Uganda,”
said President Museveni.
The Chief Executive Officer of UTB, Ms.
Lilly Ajarova said that the newly-developed
destination brand was meant to harmonise
the message about marketing Uganda
while working with different stakeholders,
and to harness the 5A’s of tourism;
attraction, accessibility, accommodation,
amenities and awareness.
In his address, the Minister for Tourism,
Wildlife and Antiquities, Hon. Col. Tom
Butime, thanked the President for
successfully guiding the sector through
the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Your Excellency, we thank you for safely
guiding the tourism sector through the
pandemic and look forward to welcoming
visitors to Uganda now. We want to
increase the contribution of the sector
towards employment, GDP, income and
foreign exchange,” said the Minister.
Logo of the recently launched
destination brand – Explore
Uganda – the Pearl of Africa

PRESIDENT COMMISSIONS
ULTRA-MODERN HELICOPTER
MRO FACILITY
The problem of Africa as summarised by
the African Union was that Africans were
producing what they did not consume and
consuming what they didn’t produce. You find
Africans producing cotton but some of them
are going naked without clothes” President
Museveni
NAKASONGOLA AIRFORCE BASE:
President Yoweri Museveni who is also
the Commander-in-Chief of the UPDF
commissioned a helicopter maintenance,
repair and overhaul plant at the Nakasongola
Air Force Base, that will also in the future
upgrade chopper ware.
The MRO plant, the first of its kind in Sub-
Saharan Africa, is a joint venture by the
UPDF’s commercial arm, the National
Enterprise Corporation-NEC and Pro-heli
International, a Russian Company and will be
developed into a hub not only for the entire
East African Region including UN Missions
which use Russian helicopters but also for
the entire continent.
Speaking shortly after the off icial
commissioning, Gen. Museveni hailed the
Ministry of Defence for the initiative which
he said is an example of vertical integration
of the economy promised in the NRM’s
10-Point Programme.
Point Number 5 of the programme was
to build an independent, integrated, and
self-sustaining national economy, a point
he said is being fulfilled although some of
the people didn’t get it.
“The problem of Africa as summarised by
the African Union was that Africans were
producing what they did not consume and
consuming what they didn’t produce. You
JAN
22
find Africans producing cotton but some
of them are going naked without clothes,”
he said. The President compared this to
the Defence Service which he said uses
equipment which is not made here, just
like in almost 100 percent of the African
countries and added that the facility to
maintain, repair, overhaul and in the future
upgrade will go a long way in saving costs.
The President said the commissioning of the
plant is among the modest steps taken to
President Museveni unveils the stone
marking start of operations at the
Helicopter MRO facility in Nakasongola
solve what he termed as ‘irrationality’ which
is very costly.
“You’re talking of saving money. You’re using
imported helicopters which you don’t make
or even maintain and repair. This is very
serious,” Museveni said.
The Helicopter Maintenance, Repair and
Overhaul - MRO plant will help Uganda save
about 3.5 million US dollars that have been
spent on transportation and overhauling
one helicopter outside Uganda.
Maj. Gen. Sabiiti Muzeyi, the General
Manager, Luwero Industries, a subsidiary of
The Presidency | January 2022 13
National Enterprise Corporation (NEC), said
the facility with state-of-the-art equipment
is now fully operational.
“The UPDAF attached its technical personnel
to the facility (in the field of Mechanics-
Engine and Airf rame; Avionics-Radio/
Radar, Instruments and Electrical System,
Armament-Electrical and Mechanical
Systems, Ground Support Equipment and
in Quality Control and Quality Assurance).
The first batch of 15 is already deployed at
the facility and carrying out the overhaul
of the first Mi-24 under the supervision of
expatriates but in the long run, we shall
do all this work by ourselves. I thank the
Commander of Air force for all the support
he has given to this project,” he said.
Gen. Sabiiti said the Ministry will make huge
savings on costs of handling and freight.
“A huge saving will be made on the costs
currently incurred by the Ministry of Defence/
UPDF on clearing, handling and freight of
the helicopters to repair stations abroad
which is not less than USD $1,200,000 one
way, for each helicopter. For example, the
helicopter currently being worked on in
the hanger here was recently ferried to the
Nakasongola facility just on a low loader at
a cost of just USD 520 equivalent,” he said.
President Museveni (left) and other
dignitaries being conducted around the MRO
facility by Maj. Gen. Sabiiti Muzeyi (right)
14 The Presidency | January 2022
Mr. Valari Copcin, the Chief Executive Officer,
Pro-heli International Services, said the
facility will handle major repairs, service and
overhaul of Mi-18, Mi-9 and Mi-24 helicopters.
“This facility being commissioned today is
able to do major repairs, service and overhaul
of Mi-17 (Mi-8) and Mi-24 helicopters. This
in turn saves the country loss of money
in transportation and general turnaround
time,” he said.
According to the Commander UPDF
Airforce, Lt. Gen. Charles Lutaaya, Aircraft
maintenance is generally expensive but
with the commissioning of the MRO facility,
there will be on time repair of components
and reduced wastage to enhance air
force combat readiness and employment
capabilities.
“Assets will no longer be grounded for long
periods due to lack of spares and technical
expertise input as this can be now sourced
from the MRO expertise,” Lutaaya said.
The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Wilson
Mbasu Mbadi, said the facility will bring in
more revenue into the economy as aircrafts
from the region will be serviced here.
“I want therefore to thank your Excellency on
behalf of the UPDF for continuously guiding
us to help us build a formidable force in the
region,” Gen. Mbadi said.
The function was attended by among others;
the Minister of State for Defence and Veteran
Affairs, Hon. Huda Abason Oleru, Lt Gen.
Proscovia Nalweyiso, the General Manager
Uganda Air cargo - Lt General Nakibus
Lakara, the Chief of Military Intelligence –Maj.
Gen. Abel Kandiho, the Deputy Managing
Director, National Enterprise Corporation -
NEC Maj. General (Rtd) Innocent Oula, among
other dignitaries.
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
COMMISSIONS HOIMA
ROADS
I came here in a by-election. NRM people were
confused but Nabbanja was strong. I studied
her and discovered that she is hardworking,
patriotic, honest and straight forward. I am
now relaxed like any other old man while she
leads” President Museveni
HOIMA: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
commissioned the Hoima-Butiaba-
Wanseko road and the Kigumba-Bulima
road in Hoima district, roads that are
critical in the ongoing oil development
and production activities.
Hoima-Butiaba-Wanseko road. Photo credit: URA
President Museveni with Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Nabbanja (right) and
UNRA Executive Director, Allen Kagina at the commissioning of the roads
JAN
25
Both roads cut through the Kingfisher
and Tilenga oil projects.
Speaking at the event, President Museveni
said that the roads were part of the
Government’s 10-year rolling road sector
development programme aimed at
improving road access to socio-economic
facilities. In his address, the President
also praised the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon.
Robinah Nabbanja, who is also Woman
District Representative for Kakumiro
District, for being honest and patriotic.
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 JAN
26
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
LEADS NRM/A
CELEBRATIONS
On this day in 1986, the economy was
$1.5b and the population was 15m.
We shall have grown economically
to $44b by July with a population
of 44.2m & GDP per capita of $980
(short of the middle-income status)
which we would, by the way,
have achieved had it not been for President Museveni (extreme right) poses
COVID-19” President Museveni with a team of medallists from Soroti
Regional Referral Hospital
KOLOLO CEREMONIAL GROUNDS:
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni led
The Minister for Presidency, Hon. Milly
celebrations to mark the 36th anniversary
Babalanda, thanked the President for the
of the NRM/A victory day at Kololo
commitment and sacrifices he endured
ceremonial grounds. The anniversary
to liberate this country.
celebrated under the theme “Celebrating
the 36th NRM/A Victory Day: A Call to duty “Your Excellency, today, Ugandans are
for all Compatriots to contribute towards coming together to celebrate the events of
Uganda’s Socio-economic Transformation 26th January, 1986, when the determined
Journey”, was also graced by a delegation and brave fighters of NRA under your
from the Government of the Democratic able leadership captured Kampala and
Republic of Congo, led by Minister for entrenched peace and stability in the
Defence, Dr. Gilbert Kabanda. country,” said the Minister.

In his address, President Museveni During the celebrations, President

recounted the progress Uganda has
achieved since 1986, announcing that the
country’s GDP shall be $44 billion by July,
2022.
“On this day in 1986, the economy was
$1.5b and the population was 15m. We
shall have grown economically to $44b by
July with a population of 44.2m & GDP per
capita of $980 (short of the middle-income
status) which we would, by the way, have
achieved had it not been for COVID-19,”
said President Museveni
Museveni awarded 50 distinguished
Ugandans with different national medals
and honours. The medals and honours
were; 50th Independence medal (29),
Nalubale medal (01), Luwero medal (04)
and the Special Service Police medal (16).
Notable among the receivers of the medals
was the the Soroti Regional Referral
Hospital team led by Dr. Joseph Epodoi,
who successfully separated conjoined
twins at Soroti RRH, who received the
50th Independence medal.

16 The Presidency | January 2022

 JAN
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI COMMISSIONS
28 NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE
I congratulate the army on this National
Defence College, which is the apex, the
culmination of military learning. But as
Gen. Mbadi said, it is also good for civilians
to come here and learn about the strategic
defence and security of the country. How the
non-defence sectors contribute to the defence
of the country” President Museveni
BUIKWE: President Museveni
commissioned the National Defence
College in Buikwe District, which is the
apex of security and defence studies in the
world. At the same event, the President
inaugurated the governing council of the
college and the pioneer 18 participants
of the college who include; former SFC
Commander, Brig. Peter Chandia; former
Defence spokesperson, Brig. Flavia
Byekwaso; former Head of Anti-Corruption
Unit, Col. Edith Nakalema, among others.
The President said that the college will
later enrol civilian participants to teach
them how non-defence sectors contribute
to the defence capacity of the country.
“I congratulate the army on this National
Defence College, which is the apex, the
culmination of military learning. But as
Gen. Mbadi said, it is also good for civilians
to come here and learn about the strategic
defence and security of the country. How
the non-defence sectors contribute to
the defence of the country,” President
Museveni said.
The Minister for Defence and Veteran
Affairs, Hon. Vincent Ssempijja thanked
the President for his visionary leadership
that has transformed the army.
“Your Excellency, we thank you for your
stewardship and visionary leadership of
the country and the UPDF in particular,”
the Minister said.
On his part, the Chief of Defence Forces,
Gen. Wilson Mbadi, said the college
will save money the country has been
spending on training abroad.
“We are happy to commission the
college with the motto: Leadership with
Knowledge,” Gen. Mbadi
added.
The two-year standard
National Defence College
Course has been condensed
into 48 weeks and the pioneer
participants will graduate
with a post graduate diploma
at the end of the course.
President Museveni unveils
the plaque commissioning the
National Defence Colle-Uganda
The Presidency | January 2022 17
 JAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
MOURNS GOVERNOR
28 TUMUSIIME MUTEBILE
I am here to salute the contribution of
Mutebile as a person,” President Museveni
KOLOLO CEREMONIAL GROUNDS:
President Museveni paid his last respects
to the fallen Governor of Bank of Uganda,
Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, at
Kololo Ceremonial Grounds.
In a service celebrated by the Archbishop
of Uganda, the Most Reverend Stephen
Kaziimba Mugalu, President Museveni
saluted Prof. Mutebile for his contribution
to the growth of the economy of Uganda.
The President said that Mutebile had
reformed the economy by floating the
currency and through the privatisation
reforms.
President Museveni signs the condolence board at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds
18 The Presidency | January 2022
“I am here to salute the contribution of
Mutebile as a person,” said President
Museveni.
In his eulogy, the Minister for Finance,
Planning and Economic Department,
Hon. Matia Kasaija, said that Mutebile had
died when they were working hard to see
the country’s economy flourish after the
COVID-19 pandemic.
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, in a
message read by the Governor, Central
Bank of Kenya, praised Mutebile for
holding Uganda’s economy together when
the world was battling the pandemic.
The service was attended by Chief Justice
of Uganda, former prime ministers;
Ruhakana Rugunda and Amama Mbabazi,
and the Governor, Central Bank of South
Sudan, among other dignitaries.
 JAN
30
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
MEETS CONGOLESE DEFENCE
DELEGATION
We should really work together and finish this
problem. This was phase one. We are now
ready for phase two. It is very easy for us to
destroy those groups” President Museveni
STATE LODGE, NAKASERO: President
Yoweri Museveni assured the people of
Uganda and the Democratic republic
of Congo of total peace after the two
countries launched joint operations to
flush out the Allied Democratic Forces
from Eastern Congo.
The President was addressing a delegation
of security chiefs from the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC) led by their
Minister in charge of National Defence,
Dr. Gilbert Kabanda Kurhenga, at State
Lodge, Nakasero.
President Museveni (centre) posing for a photo with Congolese National Defence Minister,
Dr. Gilbert Kabanda (left) and the Ugandan Minister for Defence, Hon. Vincent Ssempijja
during a meeting at State Lodge, Nakasero.
“We should really work together and finish
this problem. This was phase one. We are
now ready for phase two. It is very easy for
us to destroy those groups,” Museveni said.
The Uganda Peoples Defence Forces
- UPDF and The Armed Forces of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo –
FARDC, the state institution responsible for
defending the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, launched joint operations against
ADF in Eastern Congo on November 30th
2021, with bombardment on four major
terrorist camps.
Since, the two forces have captured several
camps including the famous Kambi Ya
Yua and secured major routes in Eastern
Congo to enable ground battle teams to
pursue ADF rebels who have fled to the
thick forests.
The Presidency | January 2022 19
To avoid back and forth attacks between The Minister in charge of National Defence
the rebels and the joint forces, President of DRC, Dr. Gilbert Kabanda Kurhenga,
Museveni advised the Government of DRC thanked President Museveni for his role
to intensify regional and local security in ensuring peace in the region.
mechanisms to avoid further insurgencies
At the same meeting, Ugandan Minister
especially in areas already secured by the
for Defence and Veteran Affairs, Vincent
joint forces.
Bamulangaki Ssempijja and his DRC
“Our experience here is that, once you counterpart signed the bilateral general
attack concentrations of the terrorists and agreement on defence cooperation that
they see that you have the capacity, they will ensure joint operations between the
can’t challenge you army to army, they now armies of both countries.
go to pure terrorism. They break into small
The meeting was attended by among
groups and they go to attack villagers,”
others; Col. Alimasi Gwenda Nkoyo Cesar,
Museveni said.
Capt. Desire Mugula, Sgt Ilunga Ferdinand,
Museveni made mention of five elements Amb.Massala Jean Pierre, Mr Nicholas
needed to strengthen security which Kashando, Mrs Dorah Bahole, Namuhirwa
include using mobile forces, zonal forces, Zagabe and Mugeamboa Mandey Didier.
local defence units per village, strategic
The Ugandan delegation included among
forces (air forces, artillery) and to lesser
others; Minister Vincent Sempijja, Chief
extent, Special Forces.
of Defence Forces, Gen. Wilson Mbasu
He said these will later prevent pockets Mbadi, and Maj. Gen. Richard Prit Olum,
of terrorism where rebels return to who serves as Uganda’s military attaché
attack villagers and kill people ending up to Kinshasa.
discrediting Government.

“That’s why for us, we add the third force.

These are called local defence units per
village where there is a threat, and they
don’t have to be many. When the other
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ADDRESS BY H.E. YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI
AT THE 9TH MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING OF THE AFRICAN
UNION COMMITTEE OF 10 ON THE REFORM OF UN SECURITY
COUNCIL
Honourable Ministers,
Officials,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I welcome you, the Foreign
Ministers of the brother
African countries of the
Committee of 10 for the
reform of the UN Security
Council to your brother
country, Uganda. In order to
inform your brother people
of Uganda who may be
listening or watching this
function, the committee
of 10 is comprised of the
following brother African
countries: Senegal, Uganda,
Algeria, Kenya, Zambia,
Sierra Leone, Congo, Libya,
Namibia and Equatorial
Guinea.
In March, 2005, the African
Union (AU) appointed
members of the Committee
of Ten Heads of State and
Government (C-10) with
the mandate to advocate
and canvass for the African
Common Position on
the reform of the United
Nations Security Council
(UNSC).
JAN
20
Indeed, a consensus diluted. The UN Security
was reached at Ezulwini Council should have been
in Swaziland (Kingdom and must be reformed. This
of Eswatini), where the is not a favour by anybody
brother African countries but a right of all peoples
on the Committee agreed that inhabit the planet
as follows: earth. The international
arrangement that was
1. To promote Africa to be
arrived at in 1945, after
fully represented in all
the devastating inter-
UN organs, specifically
imperialist second World
the United Nations
War caused by the greed
Security Council;
of the imperialist countries
2. To have two permanent that were vying for colonial
seats with two veto possessions, fighting as to
rights and two more who should own us (the
non-permanent seats on Africans and the Asians),
the UN Security Council, having exterminated or
as Africa’s legitimate enslaved the Indigenous
right and aspiration to peoples of the Americas
correct the historical and Australia and New-
injustices endured by Zealand, was temporary
the continent; because many of us were
not in position to make
3. That the African Union
our own decisions. The
(AU) shall be responsible
Asians and the Africans
for the selection of
were in colonial bondage,
African representatives
although we had been
to the UN Security
used to fight and die in
Council.
those other people’s wars
These were very good of the Imperialists ─ the
principles and there is no first and the second World
useful reason as to why Wars. In the two World
they should be altered or Wars, more than 3.5million
The Presidency | January 2022 21
Af ricans and 6.5million
Asians (Indians, etc.), were
used in f ighting those
wars, which were not their
wars. Yet, no thought was
given to how they would
participate in international
decision-making. Was the
assumption that we would
never be free?
If that was the assumption,
then the assumers were
wrong. By both peaceful
and violent methods,
the countries of Asia and
Africa, are now free. Even
the indigenous peoples of
the Americas, Australia,
New- Zealand that
survived extermination,
are also beginning to assert
themselves as we have seen
in countries like Bolivia, etc.
It is, therefore, a circus to
waste time, year after year,
debating the obvious. We
demand our right of having
permanent seats, not the
seasonal ones allotted to
us by the present unfair
system, on the UN Security
Council. Every reasonable
man, as the lawyers say, I do
not want to bother myself
talking of fair-minded
man, should see that the
1.4billion Africans that will
be 2.5billion in the next
29 years and billions of
Asians, the former colonised
peoples, cannot be kept out
of that UN Security Council
on terms similar to the
22 The Presidency | January 2022
present five (USA, China, Nyerere, Zambia under
Russian, Britain, France) Mzee Kaunda, Botswana
that monopolise that body. under Mzee Khama, Algeria
under Bounedienne, Egypt
There are only a few factors
under Nasser and Guinea-
that are delaying that
Conakry under Seku-Toure,
process. Two of them are on
were able to support the
our side, the Africans that,
anti-colonial armed struggle
have decided to maintain
that defeated Portuguese
weakness in Africa even
colonialism in Mozambique,
after the decolonisation of
Angola, Guinnea-Bissau
our continent that started
and Sao Tome, the Ian
with the Independence of
Smith regime in Zimbabwe
the Sudan in 1955. Here
(Rhodesia as they were
in Uganda, we have been
calling it), Namibia and
battling against those
racist South Africa, working
internal weaknesses by
with the African Liberation
relying on the 4 principles
Movements of those
of: patriotism (down with
countries. This means, that
sectarianism and loving
the potential is there if we
act right and together. The
problem of Idi Amin and
The attack on Libya, for
such other problems, were
instance, is definitely behind
the chaos in Mali, Niger, Chad, similarly solved by the
Burkina Faso, Nigeria, etc. African actors. The present
Congo has been in successive chaos in some Af rican
problems in the last 60 years. countries, can be solved
if the different chapters
are able to act together.
There is no adversary that
Uganda), Pan-Africanism
we cannot defeat on the
(loving East Africa, loving
African continent if we act
Af rica and working for
together. By strengthening
their integration), social-
ourselves here in Africa, the
economic transformation
outsiders will more easily
and democracy. With these
accept not to interfere with
principles, we have been
our rights.
able to create a chapter
of some capacity. Similar We must be in that Security
chapters exist and have Council to ensure that it is
existed in Af rica since not used negatively against
independence. That is how, Africa and that it is, instead,
for instance, countries like used positively for Africa
Tanzania under Mwalimu and the rest of the World.
When has the UN system
been misused to commit
aggression against Africa?
I can, straight away, quote
two cases: the murder
of Patrice Lumumba in
1961 and the attack on
Libya. How much chaos
have these two mistakes
caused in Africa? Who is
answerable for these two
mistakes?
The attack on Libya, for
instance, is def initely
behind the chaos in Mali,
Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso,
Nigeria, etc. Congo has been
in successive problems in
the last 60 years.
The membership of African
countries on a permanent
basis would stop these
mistakes. How and who
should be the members
of this body? It is already
known that Africa should
have two members of
the Security Council on a
permanent basis, elected
may be every four years
by the African Union on a
rotational regional basis.
This would mean that for
four years, we would have
one country for North
Africa and one country for
West Africa. Then, for the Why ? We want
next four years’ cycle, we reconciliation and forget
would have one country past mistakes. Why do
from Central Africa and you continue to punish a
one country from Southern student of imperialism and
Africa. Then, in the next aggression when you have
four years’ cycle, we would never punished the teacher
have a country from Eastern - the actual imperialist
Africa and another turn countries as per (1900)?
for a different country The position of Germany
from North Africa. These and Japan was a question:
countries, would go to that “Why should UK, France,
Security Council as our Portugal, Belgium, etc.
delegates. They should only have colonies and we do
take the positions given to not have, yet we are now
them by the African Union, powerful countries?” It
not their own individual was also the shallowness
positions. If we had such and refusal of our Chiefs
arrangements, mistakes like to change that created the
what happened in Libya, internal weaknesses that
would not have happened. lured the wicked.
Trying to use the size of the
It is, therefore, high time
economy, etc., is not correct.
we forget all the mistakes
Germany’s economy is of the past and have a new
now bigger than either the dispensation of equality and
economy of UK or France. security.
What should we do now?
Should we remove those
countries f rom the UN
Security Council or what?
Finally, it is time to bring to
the high table the defeated
belligerents of the 2nd
World War - Germany and
Japan.
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Your Monthly Round-Up of State House News

 Highlights

President Museveni President Museveni

presides over the 07 Visits Dakar, Senegal 23
Final Investment
Decision into the oil
projects
President Museveni
meets US 29
President Museveni
Ambassador
writes about UK- 09
Africa Trade
President Museveni
meets State 31
President Museveni Secretary and
addresses 31st 14 Deputy Minister
Summit of the Africa of International
Peer Review Forum Development of the
Kingdom of Norway
President Museveni
Commissions 17
Uganda’s First Sugar
President Museveni
Refinery 33
attends Peace,
Security and
President Museveni Cooperation Summit
arrives in Republic of 19
in Kinshasa, DRC
Congo for a working
visit
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Headquarters, Mbuya, on 6th February, 2021.

The month of February had very significant developments for Uganda, starting
with the unveiling of the Final Investment Decision (FID) by Total Energies
Chairman and Chief Executive, Patrick Pouyanne, on behalf of Total Energies and
joint venture partners. This was witnessed by the President at Kololo. The Final
Investment Decision will inject USD 10 billion into the Lake Albert Development
Project; Tilenga, King Fisher and East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) Project,
creating jobs among other benefits. The President also addressed the 31st
Summit of the Africa Peer Review Forum.

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 Quote of the Month

When this oil project came, I was very happy to see

that it goes through Tanzania so that our Tanzanian
brothers and sisters also benefit something, given
their great contribution through Mwalimu Julius
Nyerere (RIP), to Uganda. Mwalimu Nyerere
supported Uganda and Africa as a whole. It is good
that his people will benefit from this pipeline.”

President Museveni presiding over the Final Investment Decision into the
oil projects, 1st February, 2022
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI PRESIDES OVER THE
FINAL INVESTMENT DECISION INTO THE OIL
PROJECTS
This project is a very important one for this
region. You hear that for the next few years,
Mr. Pouyanne (Total Energies Chief Executive)
and CNOOC people are going to put in US$10
billion in this effort. This money will boost our
economy,” President Museveni.
KOLOLO CEREMONIAL GROUNDS: President
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is optimistic that
Uganda’s oil and gas project will go a long
way in boosting the country’s economy.
This is after the French energy
conglomerate Total Energies and
the China National Offshore Oil
FEB
01
He later took it upon himself to train Ugandans
in petroleum and geology after Shell BP, a
British petroleum company, showed interest
in exploring Uganda’s oil at a time when no
Ugandan had knowledge about exploration.
“This was the decision I took because I did not
see how I could allow Uganda to be involved
in something like this with ignorant people on
my side,” the President said, before introducing
historicals in Uganda’s oil exploration journey
that included among others; Ernest Rubondo,
Executive Director - Petroleum Authority of
Uganda and former Permanent
secretaries - Ministry of Energy

Corporation - CNOOC reached a
deal with Uganda and Tanzania
to invest more than US$10
billion in developing crude oil
production between the two
East African countries.
“This project is a very important
one for this region. You hear
that for the next few years,
Mr. Pouyanne (Total Energies
“
and Mineral Development,
Mr Fred Kabagambe Kaliisa
and Robert Kasande, who he
Close to sponsored to train in oil studies.
160,000 jobs These together with oil
are expected
exploration companies like
to be created
Heritage and Tullow Oil later
during the
succeeded in their discovery
project’s
in 2006 but production has
development
been repeatedly delayed by
disagreements between the

Chief Executive) and CNOOC
people are going to put in US$10
billion in this effort. This money
will boost our economy,” the
President said.
According to the President, whereas Uganda
discovered crude oil reserves in 2006, oil
exploration efforts in Uganda date back as far
as 1920 by the British after seepage of oil was
discovered at a place called Kibiro near Lake
Albert. But their efforts to trace the origin of of other joint venture partners.
the seepage failed after 36 years of searching
between 1920 and 1956. He resurrected the
search for oil after taking power in 1986.
“When I came into the Government in 1986,
I read the file where a British Commissioner
of Geological Survey in 1956, wrote and said
- it seems the oil was there but it evaporated
and went away and closed the file. I wish that
file could be found and put in the museum,”
he said.
”
Government and oil firms.
Government geologists estimate
that the country’s gross reserves
stand at 6.5 billion barrels (1 =159
litres), while recoverable oil is seen at 1.4 billion
barrels.
The final investment decision was announced
by Total Energies Chairman and Chief
Executive, Patrick Pouyanne, in the presence
“In the name of the joint venture partners and
in the name of Total Energies, I declare the
final investment decision for the Lake Albert
Development Project; Tilenga, King Fisher
and East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP)
Project”, said Total Energies Chief Executive,
Patrick Pouyanne, at a ceremony also attended
by a delegation from the United Republic of
Tanzania, led by the Vice President, Philip
Isdor Mpango.
The Presidency | February 2022 7
 President Museveni (white shirt) with Ugandan, Tanzanian and Total Energies officials at the
announcement of FID at Kololo
H.E. Mpango said with the implementation
of this shared project, the two countries are
set to increase their foreign direct investment
flows in addition to the trade between the two
countries that more than tripled to over USD
260m in 2020 compared to the average for
the past 5 years.
“With this project, the two countries are
projected to realise their record level of foreign
direct investment flows to the tune of $3.5
billion over the period 2022 to 2025, which is an
increase of over 60% compared to the current
levels of foreign direct investment flows,” Mr.
Mpango said.
He reiterated commitment f rom the
Government of Tanzania to support the project
and urged the people of the two countries
to take ownership of the project by ensuring
security and safety of oil infrastructure.
President Museveni thanked the President of
the United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Samia
Suluhu Hassan, and his predecessor, H.E. John
Pombe Magufuli (RIP), for accepting to be part
of the project and buying 15% of the shares.
“When this oil project came, I was very happy
to see that it goes through Tanzania so that
our Tanzanian brothers and sisters also benefit
something, given their great contribution
through Mwalimu Julius Nyerere (RIP), to
Uganda. Mwalimu Nyerere supported Uganda
and Africa as a whole. It is good that his people
will benefit from this pipeline,” President
Museveni said.
8 The Presidency | February 2022
The agreement between the Government
of Uganda and Total Energies will cover the
development of oil fields, processing facilities
and a pipeline network in Uganda, plus an
export pipeline through Tanzania to carry
landlocked Uganda’s crude to a port on the
Indian Ocean.
Out of the $10 billion, $3.5 billion will be spent
constructing a heated pipeline linking oil fields
in western Uganda to the Indian Ocean port of
Tanga in Tanzania. At 897 miles, the pipeline
will be one of the world’s longest.
“This milestone puts us on the path to first
oil in 2025”, Minister of Energy and Mineral
Development, Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu,
said in a speech ahead of the signing adding
that close to 160,000 jobs are expected to be
created during the project’s development.
At the same ceremony, a Memorandum of
Understanding on Renewable Energy between
the Governmentof Uganda and Total Energies
EP Uganda was signed. Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa
signed the MoU with Philippe Groueix, General
Manager of Total Energies EP Uganda.
The ceremony in Kampala, marked by fanfare,
was also attended by the Vice President of
Uganda Maj (Rtd) Jessica Alupo, Ministers and
stakeholders in the oil and gas from Tanzania
and Uganda.
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2
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
WRITES ABOUT UK-AFRICA
TRADE

A UK-Africa trade deal could be

fair wind for African economic
unity,” Yoweri K. Museveni.

In Uganda, schools recently reopened to

face-to-face teaching for the first time in
24 months. Buying time through various
forms of lockdown, the vaccines we need
to safely reopen have begun to arrive in
recent months and we are on our way back
to the mend and to the growth that has
been constricted by the pandemic.
Amongst others, credit is due to the
African Union (AU) securing the doses for
equitable distribution across the continent.
It means today twenty percent of Uganda’s
46 million population – the majority of
adults – have at least one dose. Though
the battle before us remains uphill, these
achievements reveal both how Africa can
succeed through collective effort, and
how prospects for our 1.3 billion citizens
and our continent’s place in the world are
entwined.
As we meet virtually for the UK-Africa
summit, the United Kingdom too is alive
to the promise of African unity. Since the
inaugural event two years ago, the UK has
become the first non-African nation to sign
a Memorandum of Understanding with
the African Continental Free Trade Area
(AfCFTA). For the AU, it offers our continent
– a $3 trillion market – more bargaining
power with a developed country in the
global economy such as Britain, which
post-EU departure has revealed new-
found determination to build positive trade
relations back in Africa.
The inheritance of colonialism has meant
our countries do not trade as they should.
In the past, it has caused us to look
outwards alone. Our infrastructure is
geared toward extraction of commodities
and export, whilst our intra-continental
trade is the least developed in the world.
Moreover, given the position of each
country or even regional bloc, the power
differentials made any decent trade terms
impossible. Taken together, they are a
failure of our potential; shackling our
common prosperity across the continent
– a rising tide that could lift all nations
more than any single one could through
their own bilateral. In hindsight, former
deals may look short-sighted. But when
unfavourable terms are the only terms on
offer, there is little other choice.
Now there is another way: an economic
new deal for Africa founded on unity

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vested in AfCFTA. Countries will still try to development and electric vehicle
pick off trading partners to gain favourable production, Africa is proving itself the final
agreements. Preferential access for a few frontier for industrialisation. Any trade
agricultural goods to the markets of rich negotiations must consider how FDI into
economies may be threatened. In response, Africa will create additional jobs.
Africa nations must reject the short-term
Third, collective pressure should be
incentives and speak in one collective
brought to bear on western countries to
voice. Only then can it avoid the iniquitous
reconsider their blanket ban on fossil fuel
terms that have stifled the continent’s
investment in Africa. Ruling out funds for
development and industrialisation.
gas and carbon capture while encouraging
A UK-Africa Free Trade Deal could light the it in Europe smacks of double-standards.
path for others to follow. And once there It forces poverty on Africans whilst doing
is this first precedent, reversion to the old nothing to increase access to power, reduce
will become increasingly difficult. Already, electricity costs, or wean dependence from
the current United States administration heavy fuels such as diesel.
has now shown interest in negotiation with
Fourth, restrictions on visas for Africans
Africa as one – a stark change in direction
studying and seeking to do business in
from its predecessor.
the West must be on the table. When
But we should not simply wait for global citizens – particularly from Europe – are
powers or blocs to come with their own effectively free to roam and trade as they
agendas; Africa must proactively set out please in Africa, it is unacceptable that
its “red lines” for negotiations. African nations accept the highest hurdles
of entry into other countries both for goods
The first must be reciprocity. Attempts to
and people. Europe increasingly negotiates
cajole African nations into lopsided bilateral
for entry rights to non-EU countries for
trading terms must be rejected, like the
their citizens collectively. So should Africa
EU’s economic partnership agreements
for their own.
that required African countries to open
to Europe, but not the other way around. Protecting Africa’s citizens against Covid
These are not partnerships, but supply without easy access to vaccines and
contracts: Africa as a raw commodities medical supplies has come at enormous
producer, a role she has sadly played since social and economic cost. While the
1885, without the market access required beginnings of African unity predate the
to provide incentive to develop beyond. pandemic by decades, its potential power
has only been forged in this crisis. A UK-
Second must be job creation. Boosting
Africa trade deal would speed our recovery,
employment across the continent
chart the course for others to follow, and
requires not only the lowering of tariffs
be fair wind for consolidating African
on African raw commodities for export,
economic unity.
but also for processing and manufacturing.
From animal feeds to cement and steel, The writer is President of Uganda.
from mobile phones to mRNA vaccine

10 The Presidency | February 2022

 FEB PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
LAUNCHES NEW LAW YEAR
4 2022

HIGH COURT, KAMPALA: President that they legislate policies in favor of

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni launched the people.
the New Law Year 2022 at a colourful
“Myself I represent the f reedom
ceremony held at the High Court
fighters, and the Army, I also represent
Grounds in Kampala.
the population (Wanainch). Somehow,
Speaking at the function, President I also represent the private sector
Museveni congratulated the Judiciary (manufacturing and services).
and Law Society in general upon
These are the groups I came from to
completing the outgoing year and for
come to Government,” he said.
the great work done.
President Museveni re-echoed the
“I would like to use this
need for Judiciary to look
occasion to congratulate
into the issue of bailing
the Judiciary on the

beginning of the New Law
year. I want to thank you
for the great work you have
done for all the years in
spite of some challenges”,
President Museveni said.
“ Transforming the
“
out criminals with offenses
like rape, def ilement,
murder etc, saying this is a
The other thing
provocation to the people.
I must warn
you against is “I have been complaining
attacking the about the issue of bail. This
army.
bail is a provocation and
you would not want people

”
Judiciary”, President
Museveni said, is a very
good theme for this New
Year, adding that Judiciary
needs to transform so that the people
get the judicial services and eventually
justice.
“In this transformation, you should
not only transform the administration
but also you should reflect on the
what? What is the substance of this
judicial service? The judicial service
you are rendering must be for people,”
Museveni said.
The President said the primary task of
organically bringing together these
constituencies (the people) is primarily
with parliament, who must make sure
to kill themselves over it,”
President Museveni said.
The President explained the
crucial elements that the Judiciary
must look at keenly including;
protection of life with no extrajudicial
killing, protection of people’s property
and thirdly no raping women and
children.
“Protect our women. Anybody who
rapes a woman or defiles a girl must
die,” he said.
President Museveni added
embezzlement of Government money
and corruption, as another vice which
the Judiciary must fight.
The President also spoke against

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provocations from the sections of the The Chief Justice of Uganda, Hon.
public saying this must stop. Justice Alfonso Owiny Dollo, revealed
that in 2021, the Judiciary embarked on
“The Chief Justice was talking about
a grand agenda to transform the judicial
attacking the Judiciary. The other thing
landscape in Uganda by providing a
I must warn you against is attacking
meaningful access of justice to the
the army. The soldiers are people. So,
people of Uganda in fulfillment of their
for you to attack them and think things
aspirations and desire.
will remain the same, you are lying,”
the President warned. “This mission can only be realised when
there is equitable visible presence of
President Museveni pledged
a functional judiciary within reach of
Government commitment to increase
our people throughout the country,”
the budget for the Judiciary to enable
Justice Owiny Dollo said.
it transform better.

President Museveni is received by the Chief Justice, Deputy Chief Justice and Ag. Minister for
Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hon. Muruli Mukasa, at High Court Square in Kampala

12 The Presidency | February 2022

He also said, the Judiciary must be true
to its duty to do justice to all manner
of persons and lays emphasis on the
principles of integrity, impartiality, and
zero tolerance to any vice that negates
the requisite principles of justice.
The Chief Justice revealed that the
Judiciary has dedicated energies to
fighting delays in rendering justice,
notoriously known as case backlog
through bringing courts nearer to
the people, advancing ICT and other
technologies at all stages, enhancing
human resource capacity in terms
of numbers, skills, motivation and
commitment among others.
The acting Minister of Justice and
Constitutional Affairs who is also the
Minister of Public Service, Hon. Muruuli
Mukasa, commended the President
for always standing by and with the
Judiciary which has seen this arm of
government transform over the years.
“We need more financial support and
resources so that more judicial officers
are recruited,” the Minister said.
He appealed to the President to
approve the structure of the judiciary
to take care of the non-judicial staff in
the office of DPP, IGG etc, because they
too play a very important role.
The Attorney General of Uganda, Hon.
Kiryowa Kiwanuka commended the
Judiciary for a great job done even
during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He warned lawyers who fail to account
for their client’s money and those
involved in corruption in and outside
the judiciary.
“Some of you are involved in land fraud
transactions, corruption and even
failing to account for your client’s funds.
Please stop this unethical conduct,”
Kiwanuka said.
The President of Uganda Law Society,
Ms Phiona Nabasa Gladys Wall,
commended the President for the
financial support rendered to them
in building the Law Society House.
Ms Wall spoke against the recent
security brutality towards some
opposition politicians who were
allegedly beaten and tortured in the
hands of the security forces. She called
upon security officers to always respect
court orders.
“Thank you for setting the record
straight about torture when you spoke
against the vice during your recent
address. Unfortunately, security is not
listening. They are continuing to torture
people. They should respect the human
rights of the citizens of Uganda,” Ms
Phiona Wall said.
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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ADDRESSES 31ST SUMMIT OF
THE AFRICA PEER REVIEW FORUM
His Excellency, Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa,
Chairperson of the Forum;
Your Excellencies, Heads of State and
Government;
The APRM Focal Points;
The APR Panel of Eminent Persons;
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen.
At this 31st Summit of the African Peer
Review (APR) Forum, Uganda presents
its “Second Annual Progress Report on
the Implementation of the National
Programme of Action for the period July
2019 – June 2021”. This is in line with the
APRM objectives and processes. As we near
to mark the 20th anniversary next year, I
wish to congratulate all the 41 Members
Countries that have now assented to Africa’s
home-grown governance initiative.
President Museveni virtually addresses
the 31st APRM Forum from State House,
Entebbe
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During this period, Uganda is the second
African Union (AU) Member State, after
Kenya, to have completed a second
governance review under this mechanism
in 2018. The National Programme of Action
(NPOA) was developed that has mobilised
and guided actions of government and
other stakeholders towards improving good
governance. This Programme of Action
has been integrated in the Third National
Development Plan (NDPIII) 2020/21 – 2024/25
and budgeting framework to ensure its
implementation and monitoring.
Your Excellencies, Uganda remains
committed to the African Peer Review
Mechanism (APRM) process.
Your Excellencies, allow me to provide some
highlights on Uganda’s Second Annual
Progress Report on the Implementation of
the National Programme of Action for the
period July 2019 – June 2021. This report
documents the progress made towards
implementing the findings of the Country
Review Report 2018, identifies areas of
notable achievements, best practices
and highlights some of the remaining
governance challenges.
Below are highlights of some of the areas
where Uganda has registered progress
during the period under review presented
as per thematic area.
Thematic Area 1: Democracy and Political
Governance
• Uganda has continued to consolidate
and deepen constitutional democracy.
For example, the Country conducted
peaceful general elections, the COVID-19
Pandemic notwithstanding;
• Independence of the Judiciary has been
strengthened with the enactment of the
Administration Judiciary Bill in 2020;
• Promoting Pan-Africanism. Strengthening
relations with our neighbours including
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- joint efforts to eliminate the Allied
Democratic Forces (ADF); bilateral
relations with Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania
and South Sudan.
Recommendations to accelerate Progress
• Strengthen enforcement of laws and
implement the National Anti-corruption
Strategy (NACS), 2019/20 – 2023/24 to
effectively curb corruption.
• Prioritise establishment of a Constitutional
Review Commission.Government needs
to fast track formation of Constitutional
Review Commission to consider various
constitutional reforms.
Thematic Area 2: Economic Governance
and Management
• Maintained macroeconomic stability,
despite of the COVID-19 threat on the
operations of the national economy,
particularly on the disruptions of various
value chains. We have registered big
progress in terms of new innovations in
areas of import substitution and export
diversification during this period. Gold
exports alone have exceeded USD 1bn
annually. Coffee exports have increased
by 1.32 million 60kgs of coffee between
2018 and 2020;
• Uganda has made significant progress in
the Oil sector including the construction
of the Crude Oil Pipeline, the Oil refinery
and the airport, the final investment
decision has been reached;
• Introduction of the Parish Development
Model for ensuring balanced development
across the Country through inclusive
growth and hence, “no one is left behind”;
• Government established Small and
Medium Enterprises (SMEs) recovery
fund to help enterprises affected by the
COVID-19 containment measures;
• There have been improvements in
infrastructure provision in terms of the
total paved roads network as a percentage
of total national roads that has more than
doubled from 8% (1,000km) in 1986 to
21.1% (5,419 km) as of February 2021; rail
rehabilitation and power generation and
distribution.
Recommendations to accelerate Progress
• Deepen investments in the productive
sectors for jobs and wealth creation:
Commercial agriculture; Industrialisation;
Services; and Information and
Communications Technology (ICT);
• Increase capitalisation of the Uganda
Development Bank (UDB) to enable
investors in the productive sectors access
long term and low-interest loans;
• Government should continue pursuing
the ongoing efforts in rolling out the
Parish Development Model (PDM) to
further support the 39% homesteads in
subsistence farming to commercialise
and create wealth for themselves and
raise household incomes.
Thematic Area 3: Corporate Governance
• Uganda global ranking in the ease of
doing business has improved from 135th
to 116th out of 190 countries; the ease of
doing business index for Uganda also
improved to 60 from 56.94 in FY 2018/19;
• Uganda has made impressive
advancements in online services provision
with Uganda’s online index now standing
at 58 percent above the African average
of 34 percent;
• Amendment of several laws to aid
corporate governance.
Recommendations to accelerate Progress
• Further address the bottlenecks to
investment and doing business. For
instance, high cost of credit,electricity
and transport;
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• Strengthen enforcement and protection
of patent rights and industrial designs to
earn the confidence of potential investors.
Thematic Area 4: Socio-economic
Development
• Provision of equal opportunities amongst
women, youth, elderly and the disabled.
We now have more representation of
women in Parliament. The older persons
are also represented in the 11th Parliament
as a Special Interest Group;
• Progress on creating productive
employment and decent work for all,
particularly young people and women;
• Expansion of the scope and coverage
of social protection services to improve
the resilience and productive capacity of
vulnerable persons;
• Increased electricity access and utilization
now standing at 28 percent while unit
cost for ordinary consumers stood at 8.3
US cents from 13.8 US cents. Uganda’s
installed generation capacity was 1,252.4
MW, an increase from 984 MW in 2018
and 150MW in FY1986/87. In light of this,
electricity generation is no longer a
problem. However, the challenge remains
transmission, distribution and cost to
further increase access and utilisation.
There have also been achievements
in expanding the National Backbone
Infrastructure (NBI) that stands at 3,918
Km after the connection of an additional
524 km by June, 2021;
• Enhanced support to various research
and innovation projects that has led to
overall proportion of adopted prototypes
to increase from 11 percent between
FY2018/19 to 77.8 percent over the same
period.
Recommendations to accelerate Progress
• Government should continue with the
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) agenda
of increasing access to quality health
16 The Presidency | February 2022
care services. While there are several
achievements in health such as, reducing
the Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000
live births) from 506 in FY1986/87 to 336;
Life expectancy increasing to 63 years
from 43 years in 1995, expanding health
care access is important in the human
capital development agenda;
• Address the critical and systemic barriers
to youth employment. For instance,
further building demanddriven skills
interventions for young people so that
training is responsive and relevant to
market needs.
Your Excellencies, Uganda continues to
progress well in the implementation of the
Program of Action (POA). While there is
mixed progress due to the global COVID
19 challenges, the Country continued to
innovate and build resilient systems in the
implementation of the Program of Action
(POA).
The details of the progress on implementation
can be found in the copies of Uganda’s
Second Annual Progress Report that has
been distributed to you.
I pledge my government’s commitment to
ensure that issues identified in this report
are addressed within our existing legal
framework and available resources. We are
also keen to learn the best practices from
member Countries.
Finally, I would like to appreciate the Forum
for accepting to consider review of Countries
along the Strategic Bottlenecks hindering
effective socio-economic transformation
of the African Continent. Africa needs to
eliminate these bottlenecks.
I thank you.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
COMMISSIONS UGANDA’S FIRST
SUGAR REFINERY
KINYARA, MASINDI: President Yoweri
Kaguta Museveni said Uganda has been
losing US$50Million through importing
refined sugar that is used in factories for
production of soft drinks and medicines
among other uses and described Uganda’s
first Sugar Industrial plant at Kinyara Sugar
Ltd as a step in the right direction.
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The President is optimistic that once
production increases, Uganda’s refined
sugar will have a ready market both locally
and throughout East Africa whose demand
for industrial sugar is 150,000 metric tons.
“I will negotiate with these East African
countries to buy our industrial sugar. And
for us here we are going to put a tax as

President Museveni gestures to the proprietors of Kinyara refined sugar

factory during its commissioning
Sample of Kinyara refined sugar displayed during commissioning

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soon as possible on the imported industrial delivery. Relatedly, in addition to the 12,000
sugar,” Museveni said. directly and indirectly employed persons,
the refinery will provide an additional 150
President Museveni was commissioning
jobs.
a US$15 million Kinyara Industrial White
Sugar Refinery plant in Masindi District. The Minister of Trade, Industry and
Cooperatives, Hon. Francis Mwebesa,
The ref inery, the f irst in East Af rica
says his Ministry has licensed six other
constructed by Kinyara Sugar Ltd in
companies to produce refined industrial
Bujenje County, Masindi District, will
sugar and are at different stages of
produce 60,000 metric tons of industrial
implementation. They include Sugar
white sugar annually, consuming about
Corporation of Uganda, GM Sugar Ltd,
70,000 metric tons of mill brown sugar
Mayuge Sugar Industries, Kamuli Sugar
as raw material.
Ltd and Uganda Group of Industries Ltd.
However, this is still below the local
He however, decried the
demand for industrial sugar
unpredictability of the National
which ranges from 78,000
Sugar Policy of 2010 and the

“
metric tons to 90,000 metric
National Sugar Act of 2020
tons annually, according
which he said don’t bring
to the Minister of Trade,
I will negotiate enforcement of zoning, leaving
Industry and Cooperatives
with these farmers unsupported.
Francis Mwebesa.
East African
countries “To address this, my Ministry
Pre s i d e n t M u s eve n i
to buy our is drafting legislations to deal
assured Ugandans of the
industrial with registration of sugar
market for their surplus
sugar cane farmers and millers. This
sugar amounting to
will ensure the sector is well
220,000 metric tons out of

”
regulated,” Minister Mwebesa
the 600,000 metric tons
said.
produced annually yet local
consumption remains at The Board Chairman Kinyara
380,000 metric tons. Sugar Limited, Jaswant Singh Rai,
thanked the President for the vision and
“Our East African brothers can buy this
the guidance towards the tremendous
sugar because the deficit they have is
progress of the Ugandan sugar industry.
much bigger than this surplus. So, I am
He said the expansion and addition of
working with them, talking with H.E.
the new production line of refined sugar
Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, H.E. Samia
will not only increase production but also
Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania and now with
employment opportunities at the factory
Rwanda to solve this issue,” President
whose number of employees has increased
Museveni said.
from 4,000 to 12,000.
Consumers of industrial white sugar such
The function was attended by among
as beverage manufacturers, bakeries,
others; Members of Parliament from the
confectionaries, pharmaceuticals, etc,
region, Masindi District leaders, sugar cane
will be able to obtain white sugar due
out growers and religious leaders.
to the reduced time between order and

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ARRIVES FEB
IN REPUBLIC OF CONGO FOR A
WORKING VISIT
11
OYO-OLLOMBO, REPUBLIC OF CONGO: President Museveni and his delegation
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni arrived at Oyo-Ollombo International Airport.
in the Central town of Oyo-Ollombo in the
The two leaders later held a bilateral
Cuvette Region in the Republic of Congo,
meeting at the President Sassou Nguesso’s
on a working visit at the invitation of his
official residence in Oyo-Ollombo ahead
counter-part, Republic of Congo President,
of their formal delegations meeting the
H.E. Denis Sassou Nguesso.
following day.
H.E. Denis Sassou Nguesso received

President Denis Sassou Nguesso (blue suit) receives President Yoweri Museveni
at Oyo-Ollombo International Airport

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 FEB PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ATTENDS CONGO MINI-
12 SUMMIT ON REGIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY
The four Heads of State were delighted by the
success already realised by the Ugandan and
Congolese armed forces. While congratulating
one more time, the salutary initiative taken by
their peers from Uganda and the Democratic
Republic of Congo, the President of the
Togolese Republic and the President of the
Republic of Congo reiterated their full support
to the military joint operations engaged by the
two countries”, the Communiqué.
OYO, CONGO BRAZAVVILE: President
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni joined Heads of
State including President Felix Antoine
Tshisekedi Tshilombo of the Democratic
Republic of Congo, President Faure
Essozimna Gnassingbe of the Republic of
Togo and President Denis Sassou-Nguesso
of the Republic of Congo, the host, at
a mini-summit on Regional Peace and
Security in Oyo, Congo Brazzaville.
According to a final communiqué of the
Oyo Mini-Summit on Peace and Security
in Africa, the four Heads of State were
essentially focused on the evolution of
the political and security situation in the
Great Lakes Region, Central Africa and
Western Africa.
The Heads of State also referred to joint
operations carried out by Uganda and
the DRC’s armies in the Eastern part of
the latter, in order to eradicate rebels
belonging to Allied Democratic Forces
(ADF), Muslum Tabliq Movement (MTM)
and the other negative forces which are
threatening peace and stability in both
countries.
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“The four Heads of State were delighted
by the success already realised by the
Ugandan and Congolese armed forces.
While congratulating one more time, the
salutary initiative taken by their peers from
Uganda and the Democratic Republic
of Congo, the President of the Togolese
Republic and the President of the Republic
of Congo reiterated their full support to
the military joint operations engaged by
the two countries”, the communiqué said.
The Heads of State saluted and
encouraged the joint approach taken by
the Uganda and Rwandese Governments
for the effective opening of their common
boundaries.
On the situation in the Central African
Republic, the four Heads of State saluted
Angola, assuring the Presidency of the
International Conference on the Great
Lakes Region and mediation efforts of H.E
Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco.
They also talked with interest about
holding of the 10th Summit of the Heads of
State and Government of the Framework
Agreement for peace, security and
cooperation for the Republic of Congo and
the region scheduled on 24th February,
2022.
The four Heads of State reiterated their
total support to the Economic Community
of West Africa (ECOWAS) in the framework
of measures taken towards Mali, Guinea
and Burkina Faso.
 Heads of State: H.E. Yoweri Museveni (Uganda),
H.E. Denis Sassou Nguesso (Republic of Congo), H.E.
Faure Gnassingbe (Togo) and H.E. Felix Tshisekedi
(DRC) during a mini summit in Oyo, Congo

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 FEB PRESIDENT MUSEVENI VISITS
VALUE-ADDITION PROJECTS
12 IN CONGO
If you add value through making Congo is endowed with tropical rain
powdered milk, you can have a bigger forests and vast uncultivated arable land
market,” President Museveni accounting for around a third of its total
area.
OYO, REPUBLIC OF CONGO: President Later in the day, President Yoweri Museveni
Yoweri Museveni said they are looking and his host President Dennis Sassou
to boost trade cooperation through Nguesso were joined by President Felix
strong regional cooperation with Congo Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic
Brazzaville. of Congo and President Faure Essozimna
The President was speaking during a Gnassingbé Eyadéma of Togo for a mini
hectic tour of various projects in Oyo summit on peace and security.
where he was on a working tour at the
invitation of
H.E. Denis Sassou Nguesso, the President
of Republic of Congo.
President Museveni visited a bio-milk
processing unit, a large cattle ranch at
Ranchikila and an ostrich farm at Olenga.
The ranch has over 1,900 cattle and
employs over 200 people. The President
also visited the Bon Beeuf abattoir, which
adds value to the meat products.
President Museveni told his host that with
value addition on milk, they can have a
bigger market for their produce.
“If you add value through making
powdered milk, you can have a bigger
market,” President Museveni said.
Later, the two Heads of State held a
bilateral meeting where they discussed
various trade opportunities between the
two countries.
Congo Brazzavile is the fourth largest President Museveni tours the ostrich
Sub-Saharan oil producer, with an output farm at Olenga, Republic of Congo
of 360,000 barrels-per-day from reserve
estimates of around 1.6 billion barrels
according to reports. It produces around
240 million cubic feet of gas daily from
reserves estimated at 111 billion cubic feet.

22 The Presidency | February 2022

 FEB
14
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI VISITS
DAKAR, SENEGAL
DAKAR, SENEGAL: President Yoweri
Museveni arrived in the Senegalese Capital,
Dakar, on a two-day working visit at the
invitation of his counterpart, President
Macky Sall.
The President was received by his host
President Sall discussed a wide range
of continental issues of mutual interest
between the two countries of Uganda
and Senegal.
President Sall who is the current
Chairperson of the African Union also
discussed with his guest, President
Museveni, the security situation on
President Museveni (left) is received by H.E. Macky Sall, the President of Senegal at
Leopold Sedar Senghor Military Airbase, Dakar
the continent as well as the economic
development of the African countries.
President Museveni was received on arrival
at Leopold Sedar Senghor Military Airbase
in the Capital, Dakar, by his host President
Macky Sall.
Others at the Military Base to receive
President Museveni included the Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Aissata Tall Sall,
the Minister of Defence, Sidiki Kaba, the
Minister of Internal Affairs, Mr. Antoine
Felix Diome and the Governor of Dakar,
Alhsane Sall.
After their meetings, President Yoweri
Museveni was seen off by President of
the Republic of Senegal Sonore Macky
Sall at the Léopold Sédar Senghor Military
Airport, Dakar.
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 FEB
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MOURNS
15 EMORIMOR PAPA ITESO

KOLOLO CEREMONIAL GROUNDS, great with everything (rivers, forests, etc).

KAMPALA: President Yoweri Museveni led
Ugandans as chief mourner to celebrate
the life of His Highness Emorimor Papa
Iteso, Augustine Kadugala Osuban
Lemukol, who died on February 5, 2022,
from Mulago Hospital.
This was during an off icial requiem
mass held for the Emorimor at Kololo
Independence Grounds in Kampala.
Speaking during the ceremony,
President Museveni saluted the role of
Teso Cultural Institution in
particular and other cultural
institutions in Uganda for
promoting unity and culture
that has contributed to the
We are
development of Uganda. here to
The President, however,
appealed to the cultural
leaders to desist from forming
alternative governments in
their communities, noting
Therefore, the problem of Africa has just
been governance. “How are we managed
politically?” Is the question, he said.
The NRM, the President said, is a group
of people that came because of what
was going on at that time to change the
destiny of Uganda and Africa.
“We came here after a bit of study as a
student movement which made us to
embark on a serious long journey of trying
to change the destiny of Uganda and
also to change the destiny of
Africa,” Museveni said.
“ He pointed out the three
points they singled out
as their focus including;
prosperity, strategic security
celebrate
and brotherhood.
the life well
lived by the “How can the people of
Emorimor Uganda and Africa become
Papa Iteso prosperous in a modern way,
through production of goods

”
that they should instead play
and services and marketing
their role of adding value to
them? We realised that to
Uganda.
achieve number one and two,
“I am here to say goodbye to Mzee Osuban we must emphasise the brotherhood of
but most importantly, to bear testimony to African people,” he said.
his contribution which others can emulate.
He said that Uganda is on a long journey of
Do not form alternative government; your
development and whatever Government
role is to add value to Uganda which is
does is deliberate and well-thought out.
coming up,” President Museveni said.
“If you are going to help us in the three
He said that the problem of Africa has
areas, we are going to work with you.
never been anything else but, rather, poor
When we restored the cultural institutions,
governance.
our analysis was, if they are used properly
“Yesterday, I was coming from Dakar, they can play a contributory role,” he said.
Senegal. It took us seven hours and
seven minutes. This is Africa. It’s huge,

24 The Presidency | February 2022

The President saluted the cultural you have come here physically to honor
institutions for promoting culture and our leader. Thank you,” Alupo said.
language.
She added, “Papa Emorimor lived up to our
“These cultural institutions can help us expectations. He lived the aspiration of his
connect with our other people in different title. He united his people. He visited all his
countries. This is why we restored these people from all these countries around like
cultural institutions,” he said. South Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya,” Alupo,
herself hailing from Katakwi in Teso, said.
The President commended the late
Emorimor Osuban for uniting the people She appealed to cultural leaders to
of Teso in Uganda and others living in reciprocate on the affirmative support to
countries like Kenya, South Sudan and promote the Government’s socio-economic
Ethiopia. transformation programme.

“He played his roles very well. He united The Minister for Gender, Labor and Social
his people the Iteso, not only the Iteso of Development, Hon. Betty Amongi, thanked
Uganda but also the ones in Pallisa, Bukedi, Government for according Emorimor an
Tororo, and even in Kenya, Ethiopia, etc,” official burial.
the President said.
“Thank you for commiserating with the
On the issue of development, President people of Teso. We are paying tribute to
Museveni saluted the late Emorimor a person with a rich understanding of
for working towards developing his leadership, a custodian and promoter of
community in particular and Uganda in unity and the culture of the people of Teso,”
general. Amongi said.

“I have never heard that Mzee Osuban Amongi said that the late Emorimor
was meddling in these issues of politics, embraced the principle of inclusiveness
legislation, etc. I express my condolence and unity of his people.
to family, the Iteso community and all
“I call upon people especially the cultural
Ugandans and wish him eternal rest in the
leaders to emulate this noble role,” she
afterlife”, the President condoled.
added
He called for a policy to purchase new
The Prime Minister of Teso Cultural
vehicles for cultural leaders every five years
Institution, Mr. Omare Augustine Okurut,
instead of depending on donations.
thanked President Museveni and his
The Vice President, Rtd. Major Jesca Alupo, Government for the support, both moral
thanked the President for attending the and financial, given to the late Emorimor
official funeral in person and commended during the time he was sick in hospital
him for restoring the cultural institutions until he breathed his last.
which have played a big development role.
“We are here to celebrate the life well-lived
“You deliberately revived the cultural by the Emorimor Papa Iteso. Thank you,
institutions and ensured that matters of Your Excellency, for the support during the
cultural institutions are enshrined in the time he was in hospital and also according
Constitution. Your being here confirms him an official burial,” Omare said.
that you are a man of your word because

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Born on the August 12, 1934, to the late
Isirairi Okalebo, the late Emorimor Papa
Iteso Lemukol was a retired professional
Agricultural Specialist with vast experience
in Agronomy, Agricultural policy and
Agricultural institutions.
In 1998, Lemukol was elected unopposed
by over 2,000 delegates from Teso- Uganda
and Teso Kenya during a delegates
conference held in Soroti, to become
Emorimor Papa Iteso, a position he has
held till death.
Emorimor is a traditional cultural office
which has been in existence amongst the
Iteso from time immemorial. The main
responsibility of Emorimor is to nurture
all Iteso to ensure that the value system
they observe is protected and promoted.
The holder of the revered portfolio ensures
that unity and harmony prevail amongst
the Iteso and their neighbours.

President Museveni pays his last respects to the late Emorimor at Kololo Independence Grounds

26 The Presidency | February 2022

 FEB PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
WELCOMES NEW ORTHODOX
18 ARCHBISHOP
I am very happy to meet you and
definitely we shall support you,”
President Museveni.
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni reiterated
his commitment to support the
developmental and humanitarian efforts
of the Orthodox Church in Uganda.
The President was meeting a 22-member
delegation of Uganda Orthodox Church at
State House, Entebbe, where he welcomed
His Eminence Metropolitan Jeronymos
Muzeeyi, the new Archbishop of the
Metropolis of Kampala.
Metropolitan Muzeeyi was recently
appointed to replace the late Metropolitan
President Museveni bids farewell to the Orthodox delegation led by Metropolitan
Jeronymos Muzeeyi, after a meeting at State House, Entebbe
Jonah Lwanga who passed away in
September 2021.
Metropolitan Jeronymos was introduced
by His Eminence Metropolitan Tillyrides
Andreas Makarios, the Archbishop of
Nairobi and Representative of the Patriarch
of Alexandria who urged the President to
support him as he graciously supported
his predecessor, the late Metropolitan
Yonah Lwanga.
“Your Excellency, today, I have the joy
on behalf of our Pope and Patriarch, to
present to you the new Metropolitan of
Kampala and all Uganda, His Eminence
Jeronymos Muzeeyi. He is an outstanding
theologian and an accomplished Canonist
The Presidency | February 2022 27
of the Church. I am confident that with
your support and that of the Orthodox
f raternity of Uganda, His Eminence
Jeronymos has the potential to steer
his church to greater spiritual heights,”
Metropolitan Makarios said.
Makarios expressed gratitude for the
reception and assistance accorded to him
when he was sent as the caretaker of the
Archdiocese of Kampala following the
repose of his co-celebrant Metropolitan
Jonah Lwanga and the generous
hospitality during the visit of the Pope
and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa,
Theodore II, which “made us feel at home
and greatly cemented further relations of
the State and the Orthodox Church here
in Uganda. On behalf of the Pope and
Patriarch, accept our heartfelt gratitude,”
he said.
On his part, the new Archbishop of the
Metropolis of Kampala, His Eminence
Metropolitan Jeronymos Muzeeyi, thanked
the President for his support to the
Orthodox Church and its previous leaders
and pledged to work with his Government.
“As we assume the leadership of Uganda
Orthodox Church, we commit to support
and work with you and your Government to
improve the quality of life of all Ugandans
and to support you in all your development
programs for the betterment of our
Uganda as a country. We shall continue
to pray for your good health and long
life so that as a country, we continue to
reap the fruits of your good leadership,”
Jeronymos Muzeeyi said.
President Museveni welcomed the new
Bishop and pledged full support.
“I am very happy to meet you and definitely
we shall support you,” President Museveni
said.
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The President promised to mobilise more
resources from his Orthodox friends in
countries like Russia and Egypt, to boost
the on-going projects like the construction
of the Uganda Orthodox Cathedral at
Lubya Hill, in Rubaga Division in Kampala.
In May 2019, President Museveni donated
Uganda shillings 300 million towards the
same project.
He also asked the Orthodox Church to
identify Orthodox founded education
institutions like primary schools, secondary
and technical institutions especially in
areas where Government has no school so
that they can be supported as requested
by the head of development commission
and head of the laity in Uganda Orthodox
Church, Hon. Theodore Ssekikubo.
“If the school is in an area where there is
no Government school, we shall take it
over to become a Government school but
Church founded as a foundation body. We
normally have that formula,” President
Museveni said.
The Government policy is to have one
Government primary school per parish,
one secondary school per sub-county and
a technical school per constituency.
The meeting was also attended by His
Eminence Metropolitan Innocentios
Byakatonda, the Archbishop of Burundi
and Rwanda, His Grace Bishop Silvestros
Kisitu of the new Diocese of Jinja and His
Grace Bishop Nektarios Kabuye, the new
Bishop of Gulu among others.
His Eminence Metropolitan Jeronymos
Muzeeyi was born on March 18, 1962 in
Bulopa, Kamuli District, Uganda into
an Orthodox family of Mr. Augustinos
Kakombe and Mrs Agnes Biribawa. He is
the first born among the four children of
the couple.
 FEB
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS
22 US AMBASSADOR
We said 22million people should either have
gotten 2 doses of the other vaccines or one of
Johnson and Johnson. Then, a booster for those
of my constituency of 50 years and above. In
my constituency, there are about 3.5million,
plus security personnel, teachers, health
workers, boda bodas, bar maids/workers etc.
This comes to over six million people for the
booster. Let the people know,”
President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President
Yoweri Museveni called on the Ministry
of Health to provide informed sensitisation
messages to the public and encourage
mass vaccination in the fight against
COVID-19 and a fully reopened economy.
“We said 22million people should either
have gotten 2 doses of the other vaccines
or one of Johnson and Johnson. Then, a
booster for those of my constituency of
50 years and above. In my constituency,
there are about 3.5million, plus security
personnel, teachers, health workers, boda
bodas, bar maids/workers etc. This comes
to over six million people for the booster.
Let the people know,” the President said.
The President also said the message about
children aged 12 years and above (about
6million) who are eligible for vaccination
should be emphasised.
The President was speaking at a meeting
with the USA Ambassador to Uganda
H.E. Natalie Brown during which she
announced a USA financial support of US$
27million to Uganda’s vaccination efforts.
“I thank the USA Government for this
contribution. The USA is a friendly country.
Our relatives (the Black people) in the
USA now are about 45million there. The
American Government works with us in
many areas. We share the same position
against terrorism because of our own
experience here. We are a frontline state
against organic terrorism. I am very happy
that they have made this contribution,”
the President said.
H.E. Natalie Brown said they aim to increase
vaccination efforts globally to at least have
70 percent of the countries’ populations
vaccinated by end of December this year
“The initial effort, there are 11 countries
in sub-Saharan Africa where the United
States of America is focusing its attention
including Uganda. The initiative of global
Vax goal is to have 70 percent vaccinated
by end of September. We have launched
this in eleven countries in sub-Saharan
Africa including Uganda were we have
donated over 12million vaccine doses in
addition to support in terms of oxygen,
outfitting emergency centres and funding
public health fellows,” she said.
Amb. Brown said Uganda was chosen
following its very successful vaccination
awareness campaign.
“After the Delta variant, working together,
we re-invigorated efforts to get people
vaccinated and raise awareness. This made
quite a difference and that is why Uganda
was chosen for this initiative. The success
of that effort made us realise that if we
intensify what we are doing, we can reach
that target by September. We have a total
of US$ 27million and we are already in
discussions with the Ministry of Health to
see what is needed in terms of logistics
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and all it takes to get shots into the arms
of Ugandans so that people can go back
to activities and engagements that we
enjoyed before the pandemic that has
affected us all,” she said.
The State Minister for Health in charge
of General Duties, Hon. Anifa Kawooya
Bangirana, said in 2021 the Ministry set a
target of having 22 million Ugandans fully
vaccinated against COVID19.
30 The Presidency | February 2022
So far 13.5million have got the first dose
and while 7.4million are fully vaccinated.
“We still have over 8.7million people who
are not yet vaccinated and 6.1million who
are partially vaccinated. We welcome the
support from the American Government
which is our biggest vaccine donor and
urge them to align their funding with
Government’s vaccination plan of 2022 for
a successful exercise,” she said.
President Museveni (left) posing for a photo
with US Ambassador to Uganda, H.E.
Natalie Brown after a meeting at State
House, Entebbe
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS STATE SECRETARY
AND DEPUTY MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY
If you can help us with the European market;
remove the distortion that was introduced by
the European Union when they introduced
European Agriculture Policy where you
maintain artificial farmers in Europe with
subsidies. Here, we don’t need subsidies. I
am a farmer, I have never got any subsidies
from anybody and I produce food cheaply for
Ugandans. You wonder why the Europeans
could not get cheap food from here instead of
having that distortion,” President Museveni
President Museveni bids farewell to H.E. Bjorg Sandkjaer, the State Secretary and Deputy Minister
of International Development of the Kingdom of Norway after a meeting at State House, Entebbe
FEB
22
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri
Museveni called on the European Union
to open up its market to Africa’s food
products and improve farmers’ incomes for
sustained food security on the continent.
“If you can help us with the European
market; remove the distortion that was
introduced by the European Union when
they introduced European Agriculture
Policy where you maintain artif icial
farmers in Europe with subsidies. Here,
we don’t need subsidies.
The Presidency | February 2022 31
I am a farmer, I have never got any
subsidies from anybody and I produce
food cheaply for Ugandans. You wonder
why the Europeans could not get cheap
food from here instead of having that
distortion,” the President said.
The President was meeting H.E. Bjorg
Sandkjaer, the State Secretary and Deputy
Minister of International Development
from the Kingdom of Norway at State
House Entebbe. The two leaders discussed
various issues pertaining to food security,
income generation and social economic
transformation among other things.
Minister Sandkjaer hailed Uganda’s efforts
to ensure that people have food and said
Uganda is doing this very well.
“It would be fantastic if that distortion
was removed. In 1955 when I was in grade
three at school, I was educated that the
biggest producer of wheat and beef in the
world was Argentina. By 1900 Argentina
was the 10th richest country in the world,
but now it is in a very bad situation. The
main reason was the EU market. When
Argentina, Australia and New Zealand
had their products blocked from the EU
Market, that is how Argentina declined.
Australia maneuvered and diversified,”
he said.
The President said Europe and Africa
would greatly benefit if the market is
opened up.
“If you are to link Europe and Africa on
issue of food, you will be well off. Africa
would be well off and Europe would get
cheap food. In Uganda, we do things
easily. Right now, we are in a little war
with Kenya; the war of eggs and chicken.
32 The Presidency | February 2022
Our chicken when it goes to Kenya, it is
cheaper and better so our people under-
sell the Kenyans. In order to have eggs,
you need maize for chicken feed. Uganda
produces maize cheaply. Kenya farmers are
now crying and using non-tariff barriers”,
the President said.
The President said with two rainy seasons
a year, even without irrigation, Uganda
grows food twice a year which is quite
unique.
“Even a culture like my group, there is
obugyegashe, a small harvest in June. You
plant in March and harvest in June with
the rain only, without irrigation. Then the
big harvest is the one of August. We plant
in September Nyakanga (a month that you
must not see seeds in the house. They must
have been planted by September) and
harvest is in January. That is why January
in our language biruru (the month when
people are making alarms to chase birds
from eating the millet,” he said, adding
that with a bit of mobilisation, people have
been waking up to commercial agriculture.
“Ugandans like sleeping. They have been
producing food for eating but since some
time now, we have been waking them
up to produce food for eating and for the
pocket. This is the big war,” he said.
President Museveni said in terms of food
production, especially if we add irrigation
even now, Uganda has surplus of maize,
milk, sugar, etc.
“We are one of the biggest producers of
bananas in the world, have surplus milk,
everything is surplus, including beef and
sugar. The problem is the market,” he said.
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ATTENDS PEACE,
SECURITY AND COOPERATION SUMMIT
IN KINSHASA, DRC
If we cooperate, there is no security
problem we cannot defeat. I am telling
you this because I know it,”
President Museveni
KINSHASA, DRC: President Yoweri
Museveni said that the Regional Oversight
Mechanism of the Peace, Security, and
Cooperation Framework has not worked
well to deal with the growing security
threats in the Great Lakes Region.
“I want to inform you that the mechanism
has not worked well for 4 reasons,”
President Museveni said, identifying
the four (4) reasons as being; the
imported pseudo-ideology of exclusion
and sectarianism, handling of security
in the region, lack of cooperation, poor
infrastructure and lack of social economic
transformation among others.
The President was addressing the 10th
Heads of State Summit of the Regional
Oversight Mechanism of the Addis Ababa
Framework Agreement in the Democratic
Republic of Congo’s Capital, Kinshasa.
President Museveni who took pride in
being among one of the most indigenous
groups in the Great Lakes, termed as
“ideological bankruptcy” the thinking that
the groups causing insecurity in the region
don’t belong here.
“In the Great Lakes, we know the people
who live there since time immemorial.
The ones who live in the grasslands, in
the mountains and forest regions, but
some have been promoting a pseudo
ideology of exclusion. This is what caused
big problems in Rwanda and Burundi and
other parts.
FEB
24
President Museveni, who was also the
outgoing Chairman of the Summit, said
this has led to mishandling of security
issues causing suffering and displacements
“We are very rich in refugees. We (Uganda)
have got 1.7 million refugees. These
refugees are not coming from the moon
but from the Great Lakes Region, caused
by insecurity and attacks by criminal
groups,” President Museveni said.
According to the President however, the
groups causing insecurity in the Great
Lakes Region can all be defeated from
what he has observed in the 60 years.
“This problem of insecurity in Africa which
is becoming bigger and bigger can be
defeated. Our elders like Mwalimu Nyerere
(Tanzania), Kenneth Kaunda (Zambia) and
others with friendly fighters from Angola,
Mozambique, South Africa, Zimbabwe,
defeated bigger problems. We were able
to defeat the Whites in Southern Africa
and Namibia. How can we fail to defeat
these reluctant groups? That means there
is something that is missing which our
elders did and we are not doing,” the
President said, adding that there is now
more capacity than Tanzania, Botswana
and Zambia had in 1974 when the African
armies defeated the Portuguese Army in
Africa.
The President saluted President Felix
Tshisekedi of the DRC for cooperating to
eliminate the rebels of Allied Democratic
Forces - ADF
“I can tell you, if we cooperate, there is
no security problem we cannot defeat in
Africa. I am telling you this because I know
it,” President Museveni stressed.
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At the same summit, Uganda’s President
Museveni handed over Chairmanship
of the Mechanism to the Democratic
Republic of Congo’s Felix Tshisekedi
Tshilombo.
Tshisekedi saluted President Museveni
and that of Rwanda Paul Kagame for the
successful reopening of Katuna-Gatuna
border for the smooth flow of business
in the region.
The two-day meeting at State House
Kinshasa, attracted Heads of State and
representatives from the 13 countries
under the Great Lakes Region including
Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Congo Brazzaville, Ethiopia, Gabon,
South Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,
Rwanda, Zambia, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Heads of State and Government pose for a photo during the Peace, Security and
Cooperation Summit in Kinshasa, DRC
34 The Presidency | February 2022
In attendance were among others;
Republic of Congo Brazzaville President
Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Ali Bongo Odimba
(Gabon)
President of Angola Jose Eduardos Santos,
that of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa,
Évariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi and
Jean-Pierre Lacroix - UN Under secretary
on Peace operations.
The Regional Oversight Mechanism of
the Peace, Security, and Cooperation
Framework is a structure formed with a
determination to end the cycles of conflict
and violence that had characterised
Africa’s Great Lakes region.
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Dear Reader,
This is to present to you the March edition
of our monthly e-magazine, The Presidency.
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the Government closer to the citizens. The
monthly e-publication highlights the major
engagements of His Excellency the President for the month.

In every edition, we try as much as possible to include the feedback received

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As is the practice, we bring you His Excellency’s major speech of the month.
In this edition, we have annexed the President’s address to the nation on the
occasion of marking the International Women’s Day, delivered on 8th March,
2022, at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds.

The month of March was very busy for His Excellency the President. He increased
his upcountry engagements with launch of cattle compensation programme
for Northern Uganda, in Soroti. He launched the Alumni Public Library and
E-learning Centre at Teso College, Aloet, in Soroti, and addressed the newly
accredited Ambassadors and Heads of Missions at National Leadership Institute,
Kyankwanzi. On a more important note, the Asian Business Leadership Forum
(ABLF), Asia’s most influential leadership platform honoured President Yoweri
Museveni with a Statesman Award in recognition of his achievements and
contributions to the economic, political and cultural developments in Uganda.
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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI Talk properly; look for MAR
MEETS UTB, PRIVATE TOUR people who can add value
01
OPERATORS on what you’re doing.
Harmonise!”

President Yoweri Museveni told officials
from the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and
Antiquities, the Uganda Tourism Board and
Tourism Sector Stakeholders who met him at
State House, Entebbe.
The President was meeting the officials
over several contentious issues including
Government handling of investment in
marketing tourism, which markets to focus
on, marketing initiatives, the Pearl of Africa
Tourism Expo brand and the Dubai expo,
skilling and capacity building and conservation
initiatives, and agreed to a request by tour
operators to visit one of the National Parks
as part of Government efforts to promote
tourism.
The private tour operators also want inclusion
on the board of Uganda Airlines, Uganda
Tourism Board, Uganda Investment Authority,
Export Promotions Board and the Petroleum
Authority of Uganda among others.
Civy Tumusiime of Acacia Safaris, the Board
Chair of the Association of Tour Operators
urged the President to intervene among
the communities living in the National
Parks including fishermen, pastoralists and
agriculturalists who are in constant conflict
with wildlife.
Tumusiime called for an aggressive marketing
strategy and proper coordination and
strengthening of the private sector.
She later requested the President to meet
and address the private sector players in the
industry with over 3,800 hotels, 600 tour
operators and over 700 tour guides, most of
whom are young people, a request he granted
with a visit to one of the parks post COVID-19.
The President also directed that the
stakeholders meet and come up with an
agreed position in three weeks’ time ahead
of another meeting.

“The Ministry should work with the private

tour operators and harmonise. You all have
good ideas, look at all of them, and involve
all stakeholders. If they want to be included
on the boards, there is no problem with that,”
the President said.

The meeting was attended by among

others; State Minister for Tourism, Wildlife
and Antiquities; Martin Mugarra Bahinduka,
the Permanent Secretary; Doreen Katusiime,
Chairman of UTB; Daudi Migereko, UTB CEO;
Lilly Ajarova and the leaders of the Uganda
Hotel Owners Association (UHOA) and of the
Association of Uganda Tour Operators (AUTO).

Tourism is Uganda’s biggest export,

contributing US$1.6billion to Uganda’s GDP
President Museveni poses for a photo with
and accounts for over 660,000 jobs as of 2019.
UTB and Private Tour Operators after a
The sector was however seriously affected
meeting at State House, Entebbe
by the COVID-19 pandemic with the airport
closure and lockdown.

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 MAR PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO
03 UGANDA

STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: Ambassador Vladlen Semivolos

was accompanied by Dr. Evgeny
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
Kalashnikov, the Ideology Head of
held a bilateral meeting with the
Mission of the Russian Federation,
Ambassador of the Russian Federation,
Uganda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs,
H.E. Vladlen Semivolos, during which
Gen Abubaker Jeje Odongo and
they discussed matters of mutual
Ambassador Arthur Kafeero.
interest between the two countries.

President Museveni meeting H.E. Vladlen Semivolos at State House, Entebbe

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 MAR PRESIDENT MUSEVENI PASSES OUT 2,018
04 PRISON WARDERS AND WARDRESSES

“I tell my colleagues that; can’t a poor man engineers,” he noted.

guard his house? The problem is a failure of
analysis. We had problems from all over the
place but we defended Uganda by ourselves.”
President Museveni
The President and Commander in Chief
of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces
(UPDF), Gen. Yoweri Museveni, urged the
management of Uganda Prisons and
Police Forces to emulate the UPDF in the
bid to secure the welfare and the future of
the security personnel using cost-effective
methods.
Gen. Museveni made the remarks at Kololo
ceremonial grounds while officiating at
the pass out ceremony of 2,018 prisons
warders and wardresses that comprised
554 females and 1,464 males who have
been undergoing an eleven months
training course at the Prisons Academy
and Training School.
H.E. Museveni was responding to a
call by the Commissioner General of
Prisons, Dr. Johnson Byabasaija, for more
accommodation for both staff and inmates
in prisons, among other concerns.
He also advised the prisons service to build
primary and secondary schools as well as
medical facilities for the biological children
of the prisons officers where they can
study free of charge and the Government
pays salaries of the teachers, and also
receive medical attention.
He pointed out that this will offset
challenges faced by security officers of
paying school fees for their children as
well as medical care yet their salaries are
inadequate.
H.E. Museveni, however, commended
the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the
Prisons service for reinforcing the force
with more human resource. He noted that
the problem in many African countries
has been conceptual pointing out that
NRA/UPDF overcame that challenge by
prioritising ideology. He added that with a
small economy, UPDF managed to defend
the country from retrogressive forces and
has never called the United Nations (UN)
to defend Uganda.

The President noted that during a visit

to Luzira prison last year, he had seen I tell my colleagues that;
some good structures constructed by the
can’t a poor man guard
prisons construction unit and called on
them to utilise the same unit for putting
his house? The problem is
up facilities across the country for the staff a failure of analysis. We
and inmates. had problems from all over
“If you can build houses, why can’t you the place but we defended
build more prisons? Let’s stop the issue Uganda by ourselves.
of crying for houses and buildings. The
only demand should be for construction
materials and may be recruiting more

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Gen. Museveni expressed his gratitude
and satisfaction with the exemplary
standard exhibited by the graduands
whom he equally praised for being very
smart in the parade. He congratulated the
leadership of the prisons service and the
commandant of the Prisons Academy and
Training School, Assistant Commissioner
of Prisons Brenda Sana, for churning out
good products.
He further called on the prisons and
police services to emulate the concept
he used for the UPDF, a formidable force
today that was built from zero to now an
international force that has contributed
to the restoration of peace and stability
in several countries in Africa.
“I appeal to you to learn my technique;
how I built an army that defeated many
retrogressive forces and is now an
international army that has contributed
to the restoration of peace and stability
in African countries. Listen to the success
story and use it. I am telling you what I did
in person,” he counseled.
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The Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon. Maj.
Gen. Kahinda Otafiire, welcomed the
graduands into the prisons service noting
that prisons today are a correctional center
and not a place for punishment.
“I want you to treat these inmates as
human beings and concentrate on
behavioural change and lay emphasis
on skills that can help prisoners after their
term of incarceration,” he pointed out.
Hon. Otafiire also called for the increase
in the budget for ICT use in the hearing of
cases to lessen the burden of transporting
inmates to court.
The Commissioner General of Prisons, Dr.
Johnson Byabashaija, thanked President
Museveni, for giving the green light for
increasing the human resource in the
prisons service.
He raised concern over the congestion of
inmates in prisons noting that it increases
the risk of the spread of various diseases
and also strains the logistics of the prisons
service.
Dr. Byabashaija assured the President that
the growing of the cotton project to meet
the target of one million bales is ongoing
and will be achieved as more land is under
acquisition in several parts of the country.
“With your help, Your Excellency, I am sure
we shall meet the target of one million
bales of cotton,” he stressed.
Addressing the graduands, he urged them
to be disciplined. He also assured the
President that the officers of the prisons
services are very loyal and will always
support Government’s efforts to elevate
Uganda into a middle income country.
He urged graduands to be disciplined and
to be ambassadors of the Prisons Service.
The Commandant of the Prisons Academy
and Training School, the first female
Commandant ever at the academy,
Assistant Commissioner of Prisons
Brenda Sana, expressed optimism that
the graduands will ably handle inmates
professionally in whichever prisons they
will be posted to in the country, and will
churn out well rehabilitated prisoners
upon release.
“They will handle inmates professionally
while placing human rights at the center
of whatever they do. I can comfortably
say they are ready for the task ahead of
them,” she said.
She congratulated graduands upon
successfully completing their course and
encouraged them to be disciplined.
The best warders and wardresses during
the eleven months training course received
gifts for their excellent performance. They
included Aryong Marshal Jude who was
the overall best student while the best
student in academics in the male category
was Wolwenje Fred. Chemutai Flomena
led in the female category.
The best male student in parade was
Nyanga Eric Disi while the best female
student was Christine Gassi.
With your help, Your
Excellency, I am sure
we shall meet the target
of one million bales of
cotton”
Dr. Johnson Byabashaija
Commissioner General of
Prisons
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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MAR
WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD 7
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: The Minister of Finance Planning and
Economic Development Hon. Matia Kasaija
The Asian Business Leadership Forum
and the Government Chief Whip, Hon.
(ABLF), Asia’s most influential leadership
Thomas Tayebwa, picked the award on
platform honoured President Yoweri
behalf of the President.
Museveni with a Statesman Award in
recognition of his achievements and “It was so gratifying to see our Head of
contributions to the economic, political State being chosen by the Asian Business
and cultural developments in Uganda. Leaders Forum in United Arab Emirates,
to be the first statesman outside Asia
“It is with great happiness that I write to
to receive this prestigious award. The
you with the news that the ABLF Executive
kind comments towards his precious
Council and Grand Jury would like to
contribution on the transformation of
honour you with the ABLF Statesperson
Africa by business leaders at the event
Award - the highest award category
made me feel proud as a Ugandan,” Hon.
of the platform in recognition of your
Thomas Tayebwa, the Government Chief
incredible achievements and contributions
Whip who received the award alongside
to the economic, political and cultural
the Minister of Finance, Planning and
development of Uganda,” said Ms. Malini N.
Economic Development, Matia Kasaija, on
Menon, Co-Founder and President, ABLF
behalf of President Museveni said during
and Permanent Member, ABLF Executive
the ceremony at the on-going Dubai Expo.
Council in a letter to President Museveni.
According to Hon. Tayebwa, the business
The ABLF Awards is the recognition
community at the expo was eager to exploit
platform of the ABLF Series that has
business and investment opportunities in
promoted the values of integrity,
Uganda due to the country’s stability and
excellence, commitment and innovation
visionary leadership. “Uganda now is their
in leadership. In 2022, the Awards, themed
number one choice of FID in Africa, thanks
“Resilience Rising: The Great Reset,” aim to
to the stable leadership of H.E. Yoweri
recognise the spirit of resilience, a defining
Kaguta Museveni,” he said.
narrative in the post-pandemic world,
across all the distinctive ABLF Award The President was awarded alongside
categories. Asian global leaders including former UN
Secretary General. H.E. Ban Ki Moon, H.E.
“Your Excellency, your commitment to
Mahinda Rajapaksa, H.E. Lyonpo Loknath
the cause of Pan-African unity, focus on
Sharma, among other leaders who were
healthcare and education, and vision
honoured by H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak
for sustainable development has put
Al Nahayan. The Guest of Honour was H.H.
Uganda on the path of growth for the
Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum,
past several decades. The prestigious ABLF
Chief Executive Officer of Emirates Group.
Statesperson Award is in recognition of
your achievements,” Ms. Malini N. Menon
said.

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Hon. Matia Kasaija (holding award) and Hon. Thomas Tayebwa (extreme right) at the awards
ceremony in United Arab Emirates

Established in 2007,
the ABLF has always
engaged with luminaries
in the field of business,
politics, academia and
social change through
its various initiatives that
aim to foster intra-Asia
ties. During the past two
years of the pandemic,
the ABLF, through its
groundbreaking monthly
leadership series titled
‘ABLF Talks’ that aligned
closely with the vision of the
UAE leadership, continued
to engage with global
leaders bringing them
together in conversations
and collaborations, thus
showcasing the nation
as a symbol of hope
and resilience in these
uncertain times.
The ABLF awards are always
held under the patronage
and in the presence of H.H.
Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak
Al Nahayan, the Minister for
Tolerance and Coexistence
and in association with the
UAE Ministry of Economy.

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS
A DELEGATION OF TURKISH
INVESTORS
“Uganda will be hosting the Uganda-Turkey
Investment Summit in Kampala this May and
we request the President to be the official guest”
Hon. Evelyn Anite
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni said Uganda
has great potential in mineral exploration
and development and only needs investors
they can partner with to refine and add
value for export.
“We are very interested in mineral
development. On the gold, we have our
own but also because of the security
exports have gone up in the region. We
have removed all taxes on refined minerals.
If we can refine gold here, our people
can benefit through making jewelry,” the
President said.
President Museveni posing for a photo with the Turkish delegation after the meeting at State
House, Entebbe
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MAR
09
The President said other priority minerals
include industrial steel, phosphates,
copper, tin, pharmaceuticals and agro-
processing.
“We have got high grade iron-ore and we
need an integrated steel industry. We are
now importing steel from China which is
very expensive. We have some steel mills
using recycled steel which is low quality.
But we need strong steel for railways,
dams, etc,” he said.
The President was meeting Turkish
investors introduced by the Turkish
Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Fikret
Kerem Alp, and included the Dog-Yap
Insaat Tur.Energi Ur, a subsidiary of the
Doganlar Yatirim Holding company led by
the Vice President and Chairman of the
DEIL Business Council, Dogan Ali Dogan.
The Company deals in retail, energy,
construction and furniture and is already
involved in the construction of Uganda’s
national industrial and business parks and
agro-industrial business parks.
The company has already signed a letter
of intent with Government to explore
investment opportunities in Uganda with
an estimated value of US$125,000,000.
“Turkish companies can partner with us
and process 100% and link with industries.
The areas for investment opportunities are
endless,” the President said.
Turkish Ambassador to Uganda Fikret
Kerem Alp said Turkish investors are
MAR
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS
09 CHINESE INVESTORS
“Power should go directly from generation
to the consumer, especially the industrial
consumer. We should amend the law. I will talk
to the Speaker,” President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni said he will
engage the Speaker of Parliament to
fast-track the amendment of the UMEME
Act and ensure that electricity goes
directly from generation to the industrial
consumer to spur economic growth
through industrialisation.
“Power should go directly from generation
to the consumer, especially the industrial
consumer. We should amend the law. I will
talk to the Speaker,” the President said
during a meeting with Chinese investors
from the Mbale Industrial Park who
protested their omission from the direct
power consumption despite having a
interested in agro-industrial business
including fruit and vegetable processing,
cold stores, training centres and agro-
industrial schools.
Uganda’s exports to Turkey increased by
30% in the first 9 months of 2021, according
to Amb. Fikret Kerem Alp.
The Minister of State for Finance in
charge of Investment and Privatisation,
Hon. Evelyne Anite, said Uganda will be
hosting the Uganda-Turkey Investment
Summit in Kampala this May and request
the President to be the official guest.
bigger industrial park than MMP Industrial
Park in Buwampa, Buikwe district.
MMP Industrial Park and Kapeeka
Industrial Park are on a pilot trial for
direct power consumption pending
the amendment of the law to allow all
industrial parks to access direct power
affordably.
The meeting was attended by Ms.
Zhang Zhichum; CEO Tang Group, Wang
Wentong; General Manager Tian Tang
Group, Li Wenchao; Deputy General
Manager Mbale Industrial Park, Ming Qian
Sun, an investor and Yang Li, an Investor.
During the meeting, a power investor, Mr.
Ming Qian Sun of Zhurong Hydropower
Consumption Park also presented a
proposal for a Power Purchase Agreement
guaranteeing 300MW of power supply at
a tariff of US$ 3.5cents and 15 acres of land
close to Karuma Hydro Power Plant.
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 President Museveni gifts a Chinese investor a copy of his autobiography; Sowing
the Mustard Seed, during the meeting at State House, Entebbe
Zhurong Hydropower is
interested in bulk power
purchase, potentially being
the largest power off-taker
in Uganda.
“Once we reach full
capacity, power bills paid by
us alone will equate to 2% of
the Government spending.
We connect directly to
Karuma substation at
142kV, no other off taker in
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Uganda at a voltage higher first year and subsequently
than 33kV. We will build grow it to US$20 million in
our own substation which the second year.
will be transferred to the
The meeting was also
ownership of UETCL, thus
attended by the Minister
significantly reducing the
of State for Finance in
upfront investment needed
charge of Privatisation,
from the public sector to
Hon. Evelyne Anite,
facilitate the project,” Ming
Minister of State for Mineral
Qian Sun said.
Development, Hon. Peter
Ming Qian Sun said they are Lokeris, and the Minister
also interested in investing of State for Energy Hon.
in a Crypto-currency Sidronius Okaasai Opolot.
industrial park with an
initial US$15million in the
 MAR PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ATTENDS MINISTRY OF
11 DEFENCE/UPDF THANKSGIVING BREAKFAST

“Yes, the soldiers may be getting small salaries
but let their children study free in Government
army schools. Because the Government
can build army schools, have teachers and
pay them. Maybe the parents can only buy
uniforms and books. Why should the soldiers
have to bear the burden of educational costs
for their biological children?” President
Museveni
KOLOLO CEREMONIAL GROUNDS:
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who
is also the Commander in Chief (C-i-C) of
the Armed forces reminded the Ministry
of Defence and Veteran Affairs and the
UPDF of his advice to improve the welfare
of soldiers and their families, including
providing free education for the children
of the soldiers until they finish secondary
level. He says this has been his wish since
1986.
“Yes, the soldiers may be getting small
salaries but let their children study free
in Government army schools. Because
the Government can build army schools,
have teachers and pay them. Maybe the
parents can only buy uniforms and books.
Why should the soldiers have to bear
the burden of educational costs for their
biological children?” the President said.
He said this was earlier sabotaged by
acts of indiscipline where soldiers would
bring their relatives to flood army schools
that were set up in different parts of the
country.
The President was speaking at the 11th
Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs -
MODVA/UPDF thanksgiving breakfast at
Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala,
where he also revealed his intentions of
setting up an Armed Forces University
to continue offering free education with
specialised courses.
“We shall go for the basic courses;
medicine, science, chemistry, biology,
mathematics and languages. We can
educate these children for free as long as
they are doing those courses. So that the
children of the veterans, whether living or
dead, can be supported to have something
for their families,” he stressed.
On free healthcare, the President said,
“there’s no reason why soldiers should be
going to private clinics.”
About thanksgiving, Museveni whose
message rotated around the book of
Genesis- “to establish dominion over
nature,” urged Ugandans to use God-given
talents to get good results as has been
exhibited by the Uganda Peoples Defence
Forces since they took over power in the
many battles they have fought and won.
He gave an example of the ongoing
operation in the Democratic Republic of
Congo to flush out the ADF rebels that
started in November last year, which he
said has gone very well.
“It’s now almost 5 months, total success,
we have demolished the terrorists in that
area and we have lost only three soldiers
in all this time. And that was because of
the good training of the soldiers involved
and the good commands given to them,”
Museveni said, quoting a Luganda saying;
“Lubaale mbeera nga n’embiro kwotadde,”
loosely translated as “pray as you work.”

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 President Museveni reads the prayer book during the UPDF thanksgiving breakfast at Kololo
Gen. Museveni also concurred with the
day’s preacher Bishop Joshua Lwere to
meet religious leaders about the emerging
sentiment of tribalism in the country and
the need for National dialogue.
“We want this spirit of nationalism and
patriotism to be built. And if you can allow
us as religious leaders that we can join
together to diffuse that spirit. And we think
that a national dialogue will be a very good
idea and we can spearhead it as you have
always suggested, we still hope and pray
that you consider it,” Bishop Lwere said,
prompting a positive response from the
President.
“I will be very happy to meet them
(religious leaders) and we will discuss it,”
Museveni assured.
President Museveni also commented on
the rising prices of commodities, saying
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some of them are caused by the ongoing
conflicts in Europe, specifically the tensions
between Russia and Ukraine. He gave an
example of wheat whose prices are likely
to go up because Russia and Ukraine are
the biggest producers.
The Minister of Defence and Veteran
Affairs, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja,
acknowledged the protection, wisdom and
courage given to the 27 men who launched
the liberation struggle on 6th February,
1981, paying tribute to the militant veterans
who he said are the special stakeholders
for this year’s prayer breakfast.
“We recognise the commanders of
missions, we recognise the widows of
the revolution, we recognise the children
of the fallen soldiers, we recognise the
soldiers with disability, we recognise the
spouses of soldiers, we recognise the
serving officers, staff and men of UPDF
and the children of our soldiers,” Minister
Sempijja said, adding that those who want
to understand the great contribution of
the veterans should think about where
Uganda was before 1986 and where it is
now.
This was earlier re-echoed by the
Permanent Secretary Ministry of
Defense and Veteran Affairs, Mrs. Rosette
Byengoma, whose speech rotated around
the day’s theme: “I shall not die, but I shall
live and recount the deeds of the Lord”
Psalms 118:17.
“Permit me Your Excellency, on behalf of
this great congregation, to pay enormous
tribute to your statesmanship and wise
leadership and also giving special status
to our veterans by domiciling them under
this Ministry of Défense where we’re able
to continue taking charge of their welfare
and that of their families,” Mrs Byengoma
said.
Some of the veterans pray during the thanksgiving breakfast at Kololo
The thanksgiving breakfast was attended
by the top leadership of the Ministry of
Defense and Veteran Affairs and the
Uganda Peoples Defense Forces who
included Ministers; Hon. Huda Abason
Oleru, the Minister of State for Defence
and Veteran Affairs (Veteran Affairs); the
State Minister of Defence (General Duties)
Jacob Oboth-Oboth and the Deputy Chief
of Defence Forces Lt. Gen Peter Elweru.
Others were; Hon Milly Babirye Babalanda,
the Minister for Presidency; Hon. Lt. Col
(Rtd) Bright Kanyontore Rwamirama, the
Minister for Animal Industry; the Minister
of State, Gender, Labour and Social
Development in charge of Elderly, Dominic
Gidudu Mafabi; Members of Parliament
and the veterans.
The 41st UPDF Tarehe Sita Anniversary and
Defence Forces Week activities were held
in Bugisu and Sebei subregions of Eastern
Uganda in February this year.
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 GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS
SILKWORM FARMING IN UGANDA
At a distance, they look like
tiny strips of white thread.
But up close, you see some
forward movements as
the silkworms measuring
about 35cm nibble at green
mulberry leaves. The silkworm
looks nothing like silk. Where
the fabric is light, lustrous and
delicate, the caterpillar is fat
and grayish. A few metres
away from a writhing mass
of these worms, you can
hear them joyfully devouring
leaves in what sounds like a
light rainfall on an old tinned
roof.
Michael Wekhola, a 23-year
old silkworm specialist in
Namasumbi in Mukono
district has been attending
to these caterpillars for close
to three years now and has
watched them feed countless
times every day. It is from
these worms that he has
been getting his bread and
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By Fred Nangoli
butter as the worms give rise
to cocoons, the much needed
raw materials for the beautiful
silk garments, desired by
millions of people across the
globe.
In the adjacent room, another
young man, Oscar Biiyi 25
is busy harvesting cocoons
and placing them in baskets.
His face is beaming with
excitement as he counts
the benefit of a successful
harvest.
“The process of breeding
silkworms from the beginning
to and after the cocoon is
woven and harvested is very
interesting and spectacular,”
he says with another wide
smile.
“We have to ensure that we
harvest most of these cocoons
today because any slight
delay means that the cocoons
will turn into butterflies and
all the long efforts we have
put in will be a total waste,”
he reveals stressing that no
silk materials can be realised
once the cocoons develop
into butterflies.
According to Biiya, putting
silkworms in a two-story
wooden structure, feeding
them with mulberry leaves,
and weaving cocoons around
the worms takes some time.
“But the end product of all
these efforts is a master piece
of textile,” Wekhola chips in
as he joins Biiyi in harvesting
cocoons.
Despite their small size,
silkworms have played a
significant role in shaping
cultures across the world
as silk, which is possibly the
most beautiful; most delicate
and most lustrous material
ever discovered by mankind
continues to rule the garment
industry as the “queen of
textiles.”
Sheen, light weight, soft touch
and high durability makes
silk the most elegant textile.
In Mukono, like many other
areas in Uganda, silk farming
is increasingly becoming a
central source of income for
hundreds of families. One such
organisation that is taking
a leading role in promoting
and engaging hundreds of
households into silk farming
is the Tropical Institute of
Development Innovations
(TRIDI) based in Namasumbi
in Mukono. The innovation
firm which has kick started
silkworm farming activities in
over 18 districts in Uganda is
currently employing over 900
Ugandans in the silk industry
as mulberry cultivators, leaf
harvesters, silk worm rearing,
reeling, twisting and weaving
among others.
The project is one of the
Presidential initiatives to
transform Uganda f rom
subsistence economy to an
industrialised nation.
Michael Wekhola (L) and Clet Masiga (R) harvesting
silkworm cocoons at Namasumbi in Mukono recently
It is also one of the countries
efforts in implementing textile
and industrial policies for
export promotion and import
substitution.
And indeed with support from
the Government of Uganda,
TRIDI has also assembled
two silk making factories in
Sheema and Kween districts
and will soon be producing
and unveiling its f irst silk
fabrics onto the local and
international market once
installation of the machines
is complete.
Dr. Clet Wandui Masiga,
the Principal Investigator at
TRIDI says sericulture or silk
farming is an eco-friendly
agro based labour intensive
and commercially attractive
economic activity falling
under cottage and small scale
sectors. He says sericulture is
a long chain industry from
mulberry cultivation to fabric
making and is also the only
cash crop which provides
f requent and attractive
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returns all year round.
He says in a move to enhance
commercial production of
silk across the country, the
organisation has established
over 627 acres of mulberry
plantations and productions
at 25 stations spread across
18 districts in the different
regions of Uganda. He says
silkworm rearing in particular
is going on in Sheema,
Mukono, Kamuli, Pallisa,
Iganga and Kayunga and
cocoons from these areas are
being collected in one central
area in preparation for mass
silk production when the
newly installed machines in
Sheema and Kween become
operational.
Masiga recently displayed
TRIDI’s innovations at the
just concluded Science
and Innovation show at
Kololo where he attracted
the attention of President
Museveni who raised a
number of questions on the
progress of the silk project.
The President also noted
that he was impressed with
the direction the country’s
Science, Technology and
Innovation portfolio was
taking adding that he would
do everything in his power to
ensure the sector is funded.
“I am determined to make
sure scientists working for
the Government are well paid
and all positive efforts and
innovations of our scientists
will be funded either by
the Government directly or
through Uganda Development
21
Bank,” the President stressed
as he interacted with the
innovators.

But while industrialisation

is one of the key areas that
the National Resistance
Movement (NRM) Government
is focusing on to transform
Uganda’s economy and push
the country into the middle-
income status, one wonders
what Government has done
for TRIDI and its ongoing silk
innovations.

Masiga says during the

2017/2018 f inancial year,
Government set up an
innovation fund and TRIDI Clet Masiga displays samples of the silkworm
was among the 17 innovators ready to start making cocoons
that were selected to benefit
from the fund. That financial creating employment
year, TRIDI received sh1.5billion opportunities for people in
By scanning the places we had established in.
from Government which was
environment with We demonstrated that more
used to set up experimental
technology, we were also jobs would be created as the
fields in Sheema district where
able to identify which kind project expanded to many
they also set up mulberry
of production models would other parts of the country,
plantations to feed the
be used to produce the best not forgetting those who will
silkworms.
mulberry needed for feeding be working in the processing
“We identified Sheema as the silk worms plants,” he explains further.
a very conducive area for
silkworm farming while using According to Masiga, the
the GPS technologies that innovation f irm used this
During the 2019/2020 financial
we employed in mapping second batch of funds to place
year, the silk innovators
out areas which are suitable an order for the purchase of
received their second batch
for mulberry production and two silk processing machines
of financial support of sh5bn
silkworm farming across from Hangzhou City in China.
from the Government through
the country. That is how we They made a down payment of
the Ministry of Science,
identified Sheema in the first 30% of the funds towards the
Technology and Innovation.
place before identifying other machines. And indeed during
“These funds came after
areas later on,” reveals Masiga the financial year 2020/2021,
Government had evaluated
who is also participating in the innovation firm received
our progress on the ground.
the feeding and harvesting of another batch of Shs.10billion
We proved that this was an
ready cocoons at their farm in shillings from Government
income generating activity
Namasumbi today. which was used to pay for
which was increasingly

22 The Presidency | March 2022

the remaining balances to
machine manufacturers
in China. On completing
payment, he says the
machines were shipped and
delivered to TRIDI. One set of
the machines was installed
in Sheema District while the
second one was installed in
Kween.
Today, Masiga says they have
received a total of 21billion
shillings f rom the NRM
Government which has greatly
boosted their efforts to set up
several investments in the silk
industry including setting up
the two factories in Sheema
and Kween districts besides
expanding their activities in
18 of the targeted 50 districts
they have identified.
Presently TRIDI is carrying
out silkworm farming in 24
of the 50 targeted districts
in Uganda. These include
among others Mukono,
Nakaseke, Kayunga, Luwero,
Kamuli, Iganga, Pallisa,
Busia, Bukedea, Bulambuli,
Lira, Otuke, Amorater, Padel,
Agago, Nakasongola and
Kitagata.
Masiga says Government
has decided to invest in silk
because its value is 20 times
more than cotton disclosing
that the global demand of
silk fabrics is far more than
its supply.
“Globally, China produces 75%
of the world’s silk followed by
India at 20% while the other 5%
is shared by all the other silk
producing countries including
Uganda.”
Today, he says they need a
minimum of 50,000 acres of
land under mulberry to be
able to feed the silkworm and
produce enough silk yarn. He
revealed that already they
have received requests from
global brands like Marks &
Spencer of UK, Pierre Cardin
from France to supply them
with about 200 tons of silk
yarn every month.
According to Masiga, more
than a million jobs will also
be created as TRIDI continues
to extend silk farming to many
other districts of Uganda in
her bid to meet the high
demand. But to accomplish
this investment, he says
it requires approximately
Shs.700bn saying out of that
investment, they will have
an output of at least US$100
million annually.
“Our projection is US$300m
which will bring us to almost
one trillion shillings through
the export of silk yarn every
year. And if we go into making
the final clothes of which
equipment we have already
secured, we will be making
about sh3 trillion per year,” he
explains.
Silkworm eggs are lemon
yellow when laid, but turn
white or black within a few
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days. White eggs are infertile
and black eggs are fertile.
Once laid, eggs typically
hatch in about 2 weeks,
but the incubation period
is temperature dependent.
Freshly-hatched caterpillars
(larvae), also called silkworms,
look like small black strings.
Once hatched, silkworm larvae
normally eat only mulberry
leaves. The caterpillars molt
4 times passing through 5
larval instars (an instar is the
stage between molts) over a
period of 23 to 28 days. After
the 4th molt, the caterpillar
begins to secrete a single,
continuous silk fiber through
its salivary gland. The strand
of silk produced by a silkworm
is usually about 1.5kms long.
Presently Masiga says using
the bivoltine cocoons, one
kilogram of silk yarn is
equivalent to 6kgs of cocoons.
He says from just one acre
of mulberry per year, they
are able to harvest 1,080kgs
of cocoons from six cycles of
silkworm rearing which will
result in 180kgs of silk yarn
produced per year using the
current innovations. He says
this will earn them up to sh33.7
million from every single acre
of mulberry annually.
The writer is an Information
Officer at State House
23
 MAR PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS
15 NARO OFFICIALS
“In 1966, Uganda had a population of only
7,000,000 cows. In 1986 when NRM came,
it had only 3,000,000 cattle. Today, it has
approximately 16,000,000 cows. So, really the
issue is not on the size (number) of cattle and
not the rate of body built. Those cows, you can
take them for Olympics and they win medals
because they spend a lot of time walking. And
if other cows are walking like these ones, they
can’t put on that weight” President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni urged National
Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO)
to sensitise farmers against nomadic
farming and instead adopt zero grazing
to let the cows gain weight necessary for
modernising beef production for trade.
He said nomadic farming makes cows use
a lot of energy, which can affect the rate
of buildup of its flesh.
“In 1966, Uganda had a population of only
7,000,000 cows. In 1986 when NRM came,
it had only 3,000,000 cattle. Today, it has
approximately 16,000,000 cows. So, really
the issue is not on the size (number) of
cattle and not the rate of body built. Those
cows, you can take them for Olympics and
they win medals because they spend a
lot of time walking. And if other cows are
walking like these ones, they can’t put on
that weight,” the President said.
The President was meeting technocrats
f rom NARO over modernising beef
research, production and improving
trade. The meeting was attended by
Dr. Nassan Mutembeya Tandekwire, Dr.
Ambrose Agona - Director General; Dr.
Yona Baguma - Deputy Director Research
coordination, Professor Justus Rutaisire
24 The Presidency | March 2022
- Director Corporate Services; Dr. Swidiq
Mugerwa - Director Livestock Research;
Mr. Abasi Kigozi - Senior Research Officer
Livestock; and Mr. Hussein Kato Walusimbi
- Senior Research Officer Livestock.
The former Prime Minister who is now the
President’s Special Envoy to South Sudan
and Ethiopia and Chairman African Global
Security Foundation, Amama Mbabazi and
Ambassador Dr. Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu
in charge of seven countries including
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar,
Bahrain, Oman and Yemen also attended
the meeting.
The President urged NARO to promote
breeding cows for both beef and milk.
“In 1950s, we had a Chief in Rukungiri area
who was against nomadic pastoralism. The
chief accused us of being local because we
were seen roaming in the bush with cows.
He advised us to have few cows, build
them a shed and feed them obuhaturo
(banana peelings). The chief’s cattle were
very fat,” he said.
He advised NARO to solve the issue of
pasture through sensitising agriculturalists
to adopt the idea of planting grass, clearing
bushes and liberate the grass from the
shadow.
On the issue of ant-tick vaccine, the
President pledged to support NARO in
the development of vaccines.
Dr. Ambrose Agona, Director General
NARO said in order to contribute to public
sector’s capacity to conduct research, there
is need to establish and operationalise a
state of the art beef and science research
centre of excellence at NARO’s research
institute at Maruzi.
He said NARO needs funding of US$
300 million in order to enhance national
capacity to undertake beef production.
The project needs a systematic
production system including the National
Beef Research Centre, National Halal
Laboratory, Forage/ Feed production
centres, a National Beef Breeder and
conservation centre, commercial cow-
calf farms, Commercial Goat Stocker
Farms, Commercial Beef Feedlot Farms,
5 Commercial Goat Feedlot Farms,
Commercial Abattoirs, meat processing
centres and Community Agro-Resources
centers.
President Museveni posing for a photo with NARO officials at State House, Entebbe
Dr. Ambrose Agona said they developed
four novel anti-tick vaccines and are
constructing a UGX 20 billion state of
the art vaccine research and production
complex at Nakyesasa.
He urged the President to support funding
under the Beef Research and Agribusiness
Project (BRAP) from the Government of
Qatar, which is part of the special Emir
Fund for investment in specific countries
in Africa.
He said the funding would finance the
establishment of a fully-fledged research
centre of excellence at Maruzi.
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 Mr. Odrek Rwabwogo (standing) speaks during the meeting at State House, Entebbe

MAR PRESIDENT MUSEVENI COMMISSIONS THE

PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EXPORTS
16 AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

STATE LODGE, NAKASERO: The President was commissioning the

Presidential Advisory Committee on
President Yoweri Museveni said there
Exports and Industrial Development
is a need to sort out the business roles
(PACEID) intended to generate the
between the Uganda National Chamber
necessary consensus across key
of Commerce and Industry (UNCCI) and
Government institutions, the private
KACITA, a business support association
sector, exporters, producers, lawmakers,
in Uganda in order to promote trade and
technical staff and all categories of leaders
development.
on deliberate actions to make exports a
“KACITA is a business group. They buy key growth weapon.
from others and bring here. Ours is to
“I will also support and boost the Uganda
do production ourselves, do import
Air Cargo Corporation to transport our
substitution and export promotion for
exports in the region and beyond,” the
tangible economic transformation,” he
President said.
said.

26 The Presidency | March 2022

Uganda Air Cargo is Africa’s biggest
C-130 operator and second to none on
the African continent and offers reliable,
high quality cargo service to regional and
international partners.
The President commended what he
described as volunteers and patriotic
Ugandans who agreed to come in and
fill the gaps, a responsibility
which should have been done
by the Ministry of Trade.
The Presidential Advisor for Special Duties,
Odrek Rwabwogo said, while Government’s
strategic initiatives including Plan for
the Modernisation of Agriculture (PMA),
OWC, NAADS etc, have led to increased
agricultural and industrial production,
its presence in regional and international
markets shares is still limited.
“The establishment of the
PACEID does not create a

“It’s good that the

“
I will also
new institution but is using
administrative interventions
to revitalise institutions
stakeholders are getting
support already in existence which
engaged. Once something is
and boost may be underperforming for
built by stakeholders, you are
the Uganda various reasons,” he added.
surer,” he said. Using a local Air Cargo
saying, the President said Corporation Rwabwogo said the
if the owner of a cow does to transport committee will act as a Think
not know what to do about our exports Tank to advise the President
in the region
his cow, the vet wastes his on strategic and systematic
and beyond
time. “We now have both interventions aimed at
the vets and the owners,” accelerating exports growth
the President said referring
to the newly-commissioned
committee that is focused on doubling
” and industrial development
for national transformation.

The meeting was attended by the Minister

Uganda’s total exports from the current
of Agriculture, Animal Industry and
USD$6.6298bn to US$12bn by 2026.
Fisheries Frank Tumwebaze and Minister of
The Committee has stakeholders from State for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives,
the private sector dealing in beef, cement, David Bahati, among others.
grains and pulses, flowers and plants,
fish, coffee, steel, animal feeds, tourism,
bananas, poultry, sugar etc. It also includes
members of the public sector technical
support team.

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 MAR
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS NRM CAUCUS
16
KOLOLO CEREMONIAL GROUNDS: He assured the NRM Parliamentary caucus
that the operation in Congo is moving on
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who
well.
is also the National Chairman of the
National Resistance Movement (NRM) The President used the same occasion to
briefed the party caucus about the caution Members of Parliament against
ongoing Operation Shujaa which is being interfering in the work of fighting crime
implemented following a Memorandum of saying the people mandated to fight crime
Understanding between the Governments constitutionally are the security forces
of Uganda and the DRC to conduct joint who later brief the Ministries concerned.
operations for the eradication of ADF and
“The anti-crime warriors for the country are
other foreign armed groups in the eastern
well-known, supervised by DPC, RPC, and
part of DRC.
RDC in a district. Let them do their work.
During the meeting held at In case it is judged necessary
Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, by the Central Government to
the President said they did
not come to Parliament
before the operation not
“
The anti-crime
dispatch people to reassure
the population, it should be
for a limited period so that
because they did not know warriors for they do not distract the
that it was necessary, but the country are anti-crime fighters, but also
that Security in Africa is a well known, with a briefing from those
big problem because many supervised responsible for f ighting
people do not know what by DPC, RPC, crime,” he said.
and RDC in a
to do and the situation is
district. President Museveni said
complicated by foreigners
that Uganda is one of the
who cause endless suffering

”
few countries in Africa that
of the African people.
is peaceful and added that
“We did not come to under the NRM, Uganda has
Parliament because that never needed security support
operation had to be agreed upon by the of UN etc.
Governments of Congo and Uganda. That’s
“The NRM has been able to achieve
why we decided to first dialogue with our
this through patriotism of UPDF/NRA.
Congolese brothers,” he said. The President
We have tried to spread to the other
said insecurity in Africa is caused by bad
security agencies like the police etc. We
politics and armies.
have achieved peace with a low budget.
“Our army is built on the four principles Handling crime is a technical matter
of Patriotism, Pan-Af ricanism, Social and all actors must follow protocol if the
economic transformation and Democracy,” country is to win the war against crime,”
he said. he said.

28 The Presidency | March 2022

The President commended Parliament for “We have processed 9 bills out of the 16
the great work done especially in handling presented to the house. I thank you all
the Oil Bill. members for making sure assignments are
handled on time. We have surpassed the
“I am very happy with the work being
legislation performance,” Hon. Tayebwa
done by Parliament and the NRM caucus.
said.
Because, as the Bible says, we shall know
them by their fruits. One in particular Hon. Tayebwa commended the President
was the one of the Oil Bill. It was needed for always guiding the caucus and
urgently for the pipeline to move very promised that Parliament will handle the
well. You behaved and supported it and Electricity Bill within two weeks.
we moved,” he said.
“I want to congratulate you on the launch
The President also urged the caucus to of Parish Development Model but we need
handle the issue of the Electricity Bill very to sensitise the population and I request
quickly to enable industrialisation so that the caucus to sit another time specifically
our country grows. for this. We also promise you to expedite
the Electricity Bill in two weeks,” Tayebwa
The NRM Parliamentary Caucus
said.
Chairperson and the Government Chief
Whip, Hon. Thomas Tayebwa, said they The caucus agreed to convene at its
have made a lot of strides with 9 bills earliest to discuss the issues of the
processed out of the 16 presented in the rising commodity prices and the Parish
House. Development Model. The caucus also
tasked the Security Ministry to officially
brief Parliament about the operation in
Congo.

President is received by Government and Party officials at Kololo ahead of the NRM Caucus meeting

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 MAR PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS
SUDAN’S TRANSITIONAL
17 COUNCIL LEADER

STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Al – Burhan, the

President Yoweri Museveni said fair
elections where political actors rely on
numbers and not tribes forces them to
form alliances to get the numbers and
helps bring unity. He said during civil wars,
tribal wars sometimes occur.
“What is important is to have fair elections.
Elections force people to unite to get
numbers. Holding elections disciplines
politicians; they are forced to make
alliances to win elections since there is no
tribe which has got more than 40 percent
to win elections. It is also important to
have a neutral interim Government,” the
President said.
President Yoweri Museveni was holding
bilateral talks with His Excellency General
Chairman of the Transitional Sovereignty
Council of the Republic of the Sudan.
Gen. Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Al-Burhan
was in Uganda on a one-day official visit
at the invitation of President Yoweri
Museveni. He was accompanied by a high-
level delegation of Ministers and other
Senior Government Officials.
On the bilateral relationship, President
Museveni said the best thing is for the
Joint Permanent Commission to meet and
agree on what to do to improve trade be
between the two countries.
“We can export tea, coffee etc. We now
have a direct airline that can promote
trade,” he said.

President Museveni and Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Al-Burhan in a tete-a-tete at

State House, Entebbe

30 The Presidency | March 2022

They agreed to reactivate the meetings
of the Joint Ministerial Commission and
Joint Political Consultative Committee
and directed the Ministers responsible for
Foreign Affairs to convene the 7th Session
of the Joint Ministerial Commission; and
the 5th Session of the Joint Political
Consultations Committee, as soon as
possible, with the view to taking stock of,
and exploring, new areas of cooperation
between the two countries and ensure
the implementation of all outstanding
Decisions, Agreements and MoUs.
On the regional issues, particularly the
relationship between Ethiopia and Sudan,
President Museveni said if there is peace in
Africa, the problem of fighting over water
would be solved saying the continent is
gifted with large water sources including
the Congo River. Each second, the Congo
River pours 1,200,000 cubic feet (34,000
cubic meters) of water into the Atlantic
Ocean compared to Ethiopia’s Blue Nile
waters which flow at an annual 3.85 billion
cubic meters from Lake Tana that can
be exploited. He said they had proposed
an IGAD summit to handle these issues
including South Sudan.
President Museveni congratulated H.E.
Gen. Al – Burhan, for his efforts towards
ensuring peace and stability in the region
and working towards a broad-based and
inclusive governance architecture in the
Sudan.
Gen. Al - Burhan congratulated President
Museveni upon his successful re-election
as the President of the Republic of Uganda,
and commended him for his outstanding
leadership on matters of peace, security
and stability in the region, and the socio-
economic transformation of Uganda.
“We wanted to update you on the current
situation in Sudan and consult with you on
prospects and way forward using a chain
of bilateral and multilateral relationships.
You are very respected by the people of
Sudan and appreciated for the leadership
of your people. You have managed to lead
your country and develop it,” he said.
Gen. Al – Burhan extended an invitation
to the Ministry of Defence of Uganda
to cooperate with their counterparts in
Sudan.
The two Heads of State discussed current
situation in Sudan. They also exchanged
views on the security situation in the Great
Lakes Region and underscored the need
to maintain peace, security and stability,
inclusive and sustainable development
and socio- economic transformation of
the region and Africa.
They reviewed the state of bilateral
relations and observed that although a
number of Agreements and Memoranda
of Understanding had previously been
concluded between the two countries,
their implementation had not been
satisfactory largely due to the COVID-19
pandemic.
Gen. Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Al –
Burhan, expressed his gratitude and
appreciation to President Museveni,
the Government and the peoples of
the Republic of Uganda for the warm
hospitality accorded to him and his
delegation during the visit. He invited
President Museveni to visit the Sudan in
the near future and the invitation was
gladly accepted.
The meeting was also attended by the
Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs;
Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja, Hon.
John Mulimba; Uganda’s Minister of State
for Foreign Affairs in-Charge of Regional
Cooperation and other Government
officials.
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 MAR
UGANDA BIDS TO HOST THE
17 AFRICAN MEDICINES AGENCY
“For us, we are moving on with what we call
the pathogenic economy. The issue is whether
Africa will move with us. We started long time
ago with AIDS drugs. Why should foreigners
make money out of our sicknesses and not us”
President Museveni
STATE HOUSE ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni said that
Uganda is aggressively investing in the
pathogenic economy and is building on
its experience in manufacturing AIDS
drugs for the last ten years through the
Quality Chemicals Industry, adding that
the industry has grown to produce other
drugs including anti malaria, antibiotics
and anti-tuberculosis drugs among others.
“For us, we are moving on with what we
call the pathogenic economy. The issue
is whether Africa will move with us. We
started long time ago with AIDS drugs.
Why should foreigners make money out
of our sicknesses and not us,” he said.
The President was addressing a team
of nine African Union members on a
verification mission of countries bidding
to host the African Medicine Agency (AMA)
Headquarters at a meeting held at State
House, Entebbe.
The African Union Assessment team
was led by Prof. Aggrey John Douglas
Ambali from the AU Development Agency
(AUDA-NEPAD), Mr. Samory Badona
Monteiro; Office of Legal Counsel, Mr. Marie
Madeleine Goungoulou; Management of
Information Services, Mr. Michael PAYE
Gonqoi; Finance Directorate, Mr.Mahamat
Zene Moussa; Safety and Security Services,
Mr. Ewnetu Ferede Yitbarek; Facilities
32 The Presidency | March 2022
Management Services, Mr. Stepples
Muchimba; Protocol, Dr. Margaret; Health,
Humanitarian Affairs and Mrs. Hiliana
Wassihun Meseret; Health, Humanitarian
Affairs.
On 1st November, 2021, the Republic of
Uganda became the 26th African Union
(AU) member state to sign the Treaty for
the establishment of the African Medicines
Agency (AMA) at the AU Commission in
Addis Ababa
Uganda is among the eight Af rican
countries including Rwanda, Tanzania,
Zimbabwe, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia and
Morocco bidding to host the Agency. The
new agency will provide a streamlined
regulatory authority that would improve
quality medicines access, and combat
substandard imports according to reports.
AMA will also guide the regulation of
medicines, and facilitate access to quality
medicines on the continent.
The AMA Treaty was adopted by Heads
of States and Government during their
32nd Ordinary Session of the Assembly
on 11th February, 2019 in Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia. The African Medicines Agency
aspires to enhance capacity of State
Parties and AU recognised Regional
Economic Communities (RECs) to regulate
medical products in order to improve
access to quality, safe and efficacious
medical products on the continent. AMA
shall build on the efforts of the African
Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation
(AMRH) Initiative (2009), which is led by the
Africa Union Development Agency - the
New Partnership for Africa’s Development
(AUDA-NEPAD). The AMRH Initiative
provides guidance to AU recognised
Regional Economic Communities (RECs)
and Regional Health Organisations (RHOs),
to facilitate harmonisation of regulatory
requirements and practice among the
national medicines authorities (NMRAs)
of the AU Member States. AMA will be the
second specialised health agency of the
African Union after the Africa Centre for
Disease Control and Prevention (Africa
CDC).
The President said Uganda has invested
heavily in the medical industry with several
more infrastructure coming up, given its
history with HIV/AIDS, Ebola, Marburg and
now CORONA pandemic.
“We have dealt with all these epidemics
and now our people have the capacity.
They are highly educated and qualified
President Museveni posing for a photo with the African Union team after a meeting at
State House, Entebbe
human resource. Uganda is now at stage
six in two of the vaccine developments.
We are moving and we shall continue
moving,” he said.
President Museveni called for Africa
to work in a more collaborative way to
produce a vaccine.
“We are already in advanced stages in what
we are doing. For example, the Uganda
Virus Institute was actually the one which
worked on the vaccine for Ebola. We would
want our brothers to work with us. If one
produces this reagent, others can produce
a different one. There are also special mice
which are used in experiments which
need to be worked on. We can work in a
collaborative way depending on who can
do what best. East Africa should work as
a team because it’s a big effort,” he said.
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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SPEAKS TO THE NEWLY
APPOINTED ENVOYS
“We want these 39% of the people who are
still working for the stomach to get out and
also work for the pockets. They must get out.
Everybody must work for the benefit of his
family”
NALI, KYANKWANZI:
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said
that the Government is now focusing
on getting all Ugandans out of poverty
through the Parish Development Model.
“We want these 39% of the people who are
still working for the stomach to get out and
also work for the pockets. They must get
out. Everybody must work for the benefit
of his family,” President Museveni said.
The President was speaking at the National
President Museveni on arrival at NALI, Kyankwanzi for the meeting
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Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi District
while closing a week-long orientation
retreat of Uganda’s Ambassadors and High
Commissioners.
In February 2022, Government of Uganda
launched the Parish Development Model
(PDM) in Kibuku district to lift the 39% of
Uganda’s population from the subsistence
to money economy.
Areas of focus include agriculture,
livestock, poultry and fish farming among
others. Government intends to inject
Uganda shillings 100 million per Parish
to implement the model which will focus
on production, storage, processing and
marketing. It will also include infrastructure
and economic services, financial inclusion,
social services, mindset change and parish
based management information system,
governance and administration.
Museveni said after solving this internal
problem and paying scientists better, the
Government will then consider effectively
supporting its foreign missions.
“Then if there’s some money remaining
we can see how to support other sectors
including Foreign Affairs. It is not that we
don’t want, but we can’t do everything
at a go. That’s the issue,” the President
stressed.
This was after the Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Gen. Abubakar Jeje Odongo,
informed the President that the Ministry
continues to face severe funding
constraints, which makes it difficult to
deliver on its mandate. Gen. Odongo
said for example the country is now
unable to attend meetings of the Joint
Permanent Commissions with their
African counterparts which provide a
unique forum to among other things
negotiate for a greater market access for
our goods and services.
“The Ministry of foreign Affairs is
contributing in a tangible way to the
economic development of our country.
It is my humble view that it deserves
reclassification,” Gen. Odongo said.
The President reminded the Ambassadors
about the story of the National Resistance
Movement which he said “is a mission-
oriented story,” anchored on three points
of; creating prosperity for the people of
Uganda, creating strategic security and
fraternity among the African people.
“There’s no way Uganda can be alright
if the rest of Africa is not alright. The
work of the Ambassadors should be part
and parcel of the four (4) principles of
the NRM,” which are; patriotism, pan-
africanism, socio-economic transformation
and democracy,” he said.
On strategic security, President Museveni
gave an example of Uganda’s deployment
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
which he said was done in the spirit of
Pan Africanism to bring about peace in
the region.
“Africa cannot be secure if we cannot work
together. We in the NRM, we have always
emphasised the oneness of Africa,” he said.
Hon. Jeje Odongo informed the President
that Uganda was in February elected to
the African Union Peace and Security
Council for a two-year term.
“Our election was a recognition of our Pan
African credentials and also the important
contribution that Uganda has played and
continues to play in regional peace and
stability,” Gen. Jeje Odongo said.
The Director NALI, Brig. Gen. Charles
Kisembo, said the retreat enhanced the
synergies and cohesion required for
“significant effect as they pursue political,
commercial and economic diplomacy.”
According to the Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vincent Bagiire,
the Ambassadors and High Commissioners
were equipped with knowledge in
different areas that include; ideology
and leadership philosophy, civil military
relations, the harnessing of resources for
empowerment and prosperity, logic as
a tool for understanding reality, tourism
opportunities in the country, commercial
and economic diplomacy, the NRM
Manifesto, National Development Plan III,
investment opportunities in the country,
digital and cyber diplomacy and the role of
foreign service in maintenance of stability
in the face of terrorism.
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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI LAUNCHES MAR
LIVESTOCK COMPENSATION IN
NORTHERN UGANDA
27
SOROTI CITY: The President reminded the people of the
three regions to concentrate on intensive
President Yoweri Museveni launched the
farming with enterprises that have high
livestock compensation payments for
returns and leave extensive agriculture
claimants and beneficiaries from Acholi,
to farmers with huge chunks of land. He
Lango and Teso sub-regions with a strong
reminded the people of the region to grow
call on them to use the money for wealth
on one acre of land fruits then coffee for
creation at house-hold levels by engaging
those who can grow the crop, then on the
in modern commercial and calculated
third acre grow pasture for zero grazing
agriculture.
and on the 4th acre food crops like cassava.
“If you get compensated, use the funds
President Museveni particularly advised
for modern commercial calculated
the people of Teso and Lango sub-regions
agriculture. The only way to get out of
to use the edges of swamps to open up
poverty is through modern agriculture,”
ponds for fish farming instead of growing
he emphasised.
rice that destroys the water bodies.
The ceremony took place at Soroti
On the issue of cattle rustlers f rom
University where Government, political,
Karamoja sub-region, President Museveni
religious and cultural leaders from the
assured the people affected by the vice to
three regions gathered to witness the
remain calm as the Government is soon
launching of the program.
going to resolve that problem.
A total of 25,000 claimants in the first
He however, expressed his sympathies
group from the 29 districts in the three
and condolences to families who lost their
regions will receive their payments as each
loved ones to the rustlers.
district will have funds for its beneficiaries.
“I am very sorry about the people who
President Museveni attributed the delay
have died because of these avoidable
of the compensation exercise to dishonest
problems,” he said.
people who were giving false information
to the verification and validation teams The Vice President Hon Jessica Alupo
about the animals lost. extended her sincere heartfelt condolences
to the people of Acholi sub-region upon
He however, assured the remaining
the loss of the Right Hon. Jacob Oulanyah
benef iciaries that they will be paid
gradually in the subsequent financial “He was a national leader to us all the
years. people of Uganda,” she said.

President Museveni strongly encouraged The Minister of Justice and Constitutional

the beneficiaries of the compensation to
properly utilise the money for eradication
of poverty. He stressed the importance of
following the NRM counsel of embracing
modern commercial and calculated
agriculture according to the 4-acre model.
Affairs, Hon. Muruli Mukasa, thanked
President Museveni and all the
stakeholders for making the exercise a
success.

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The Deputy Attorney General, Jackson
Karugaba Kafuuzi, said an Inter-Ministerial
Verification Committee was constituted
to verify, evaluate and confirm claims of
genuine livestock claimants/beneficiaries
from the affected sub-regions.
He said the Committee, in conjunction
with the Local Government authorities,
conducted a verification exercise in 2016
and a report was submitted to the Office
of the President.
“The report submitted had claimants/
beneficiaries from the three sub-regions
including; Acholi sub-region 16,946, Lango
sub-region 42,042 and Teso sub-region
33,664, totaling to 92,652 beneficiaries,”
he said.
In the FY 2021/2022, MOJCA budgeted
for and received UGX Shs 50billion in
respect of compensation for the war debt
claimants from the sub-regions of Acholi,
Lango and Teso. The Sub-regions comprise
of 29 districts.
A total number of the submissions from
the districts received to date by the
Ministry stands at over 25,000 claimants/
beneficiaries.
President Museveni hands over a dummy cheque to one of the beneficiaries at
the ceremony
Kafuuzi thanked the Vice President, Hon.
Jessica Alupo, as well as the Speaker of
Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Anita Among,
and other stakeholders for supporting
the programme.
The Minister of State for Teso Affairs, Hon.
Kenneth Obote Ongalo, described the day
as a big one for the people of the three
sub-regions as the long awaited exercise
of compensation was finally kick started
by President Museveni.
He thanked President Museveni for
supporting the people of Teso when they
lost their Cultural Leader Papa Emorimor
Augustine Osuban.
The LC 1 Chairperson of University
Cell, Charles Oluka, thanked President
Museveni for the University and reported
that his area was peaceful as manifested
by the development activities now taking
place.
President Museveni later handed out
dummy cheques to the first beneficiaries;
one from each of the three sub-regions of
Acholi, Lango and Teso.
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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI COMMISSIONS
E-LEARNING CENTRE AT TESO COLLEGE – ALOET
“Let us plan, prioritise and resolve the issue
of constructing simple and cost effective
schools that will cover everybody instead of
building storied flats that are very expensive”
President Museveni
TESO COLLEGE, SOROTI CITY:
President Yoweri Museveni called
for the construction of simple, cost
effective structures at the institutions
of learning that will leave room for the
expansion and accommodate more
students.
“Let us plan, prioritise and resolve
the issue of constructing simple and
cost effective schools that will cover
everybody instead of building storied
flats that are very expensive,” he said.
The President made his remarks while
officiating at the commissioning of the
Alumni Library and E-Learning Centre
at Teso College - Aloet West Wing near
Soroti City.
The Alumni of Teso College Aloet, the
school that was founded in 1954, pooled
resources and constructed the state of
the art facility at the cost of over UGX
700 million.
President Museveni launched the
construction of the Alumni Library on
the 26th July 2015 and commissioned
the structure on 26th March, 2022.
The President who thanked the
Alumni of Teso College Aloet for
their initiative observed that the
old schools though founded along
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denominational lines and later taken
over by the Government, played a big
role in producing resourceful persons
as was seen by the alumni present at
the function.
“Modern education was initially
spearheaded by churches supported
by colonial Governments like Buddo,
Kisubi, Mwiri and Nyakasura were all
church founded. In the East there was
St. Peters Tororo, Ngora High School
and others,” he said.
The President further gave an account
of the old schools that were founded
by Government and were very few like
Teso College Aloet, Sir Samuel Baker,
Ntare and Butobere.
He pointed out the NRM strategy of
constructing a secondary school at
every sub-county and added that the
old schools that played a big role in the
education sector had to be refurbished.
“Along the way we saw that old schools
needed attention one of them was
Masaba SSS,” he said.
President Museveni said following the
fund raising drive organised by the
management of Masaba SSS, he noted
that the rehabilitation exercise would
not go far and proposed to develop
a programme that would see the old
schools in the country rehabilitated
and expanded at the cost of UGX 500
million that was required at Masaba
SSS.
 Let us plan,
prioritise and
resolve the issue of
constructing simple
and cost effective
schools that will
cover everybody
instead of building
storied flats that
are very expensive

Students of Teso College-Aloet cheer President Museveni during his visit to the school

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He however, attributed the delay of
the rehabilitation of the old schools to
poor planning by the Commissioners in
the Education ministry who preferred
to build expensive storied structures.
He therefore, called on all concerned
to plan for simple structures that can
be spread all over the country and are
cost-effective.
The President later pledged to provide
computers to the Alumni library of Teso
College Aloet.
Awards were given to some of the
Alumni of Teso College Aloet for their
distinguished service to the nation
and among them the recipients was
the Principal Private Secretary to the
President, Dr. Kenneth Omona.
The Vice President Hon. Jessica Alupo
pointed out that it was during her time
of stewardship in the Education and
Sports Ministry that President Museveni
mooted the idea of refurbishing old
schools in the country and Teso College
Aloet was one of the beneficiaries.
She appreciated Mrs. Janet Museveni for
continuing with the project of building
the human resource by constructing
more schools in the country.
The Minister of Education and Sports
Mrs. Janet Museveni in her message
presented by the State Minister for
Sports, Hon Dennis Obua, thanked
the President for the construction of
117 seed secondary schools spread
throughout the country and of which
seven are in Teso sub-region.
She also thanked President Museveni
for appointing the daughter of the
soil, Rtd. Maj. Jessica Alupo, as the Vice
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President and congratulated the Rt.
Hon. Anita Among for her election as
the new Speaker of Parliament.
The First Lady also extended her
condolences to the family, Members of
Parliament and to all people of Uganda
upon the demise of the Speaker of
Parliament Jacob Oulanyah.
“We join the people of Uganda in
mourning the late Oulanyah,” she said.
The President of Teso College Aloet
Alumni, Professor Godfrey Akileng,
thanked President Museveni for
honoring their invitation adding that
the Alumni was founded in 2014 and has
since supported the college in various
areas including the construction of the
Alumni library.
He said the College has produced
prominent people now serving in the
Government that include the Rt. Hon.
Deputy Prime Minister; Moses Ali, the
PPS to the President; Dr. Kenneth
Omona, Medical Doctors, Military
personnel, the former Commissioner
General Uganda Revenue Authority;
Besweri Akabwai, Professor Pius
Okong, the Secretary to the treasury
Mr. Ocailap among many others.
The Head Teacher of the School West
Wing Mr. Opasso Julius thanked
President Museveni for supporting
Teso College Aloet and conveyed his
appreciation to the Alumni of teso
College Aloet for the great support
they continue to offer to the College.
Present was the newly elected Speaker
of Parliament the Rt. Hon. Anita Among.
STATE HOUSE COMPTROLLER MEETS TOORO MAR
LEADERS OVER PRESIDENTIAL INDUSTRIAL
HUBS
27
KYENJOJO DISTRICT: The Presidential Industrial Hubs managed
under State House are set to revolutionise
The Tooro Presidential Industrial Hub will
youth empowerment and drive to promote
train youth in different skills including
social transformation of the Ugandan
bakery, block making and stone cutting,
society from a predominant peasant and
shoe making, tailoring and knitting,
low-income economy to a competitive
coffee and maize processing, welding,
middle-income economy.
hair dressing and others through common
user facilities to empower them to join She however warned leaders against
the money economy, the State House any form of corruption in selecting the
Comptroller Jane Barekye said. beneficiaries that may fail this program.
Ms Barekye was meeting district leaders Eng. Kamugisha Raymond, the Head of
from Rwenzori sub-region on Saturday the Presidential Industrial Hubs applauded
at Kijwiga Village, Kyenjojo District, said President Museveni for initiative aimed at
that the programme intends to assist the empowering youth into money economy.
youth who have not had a chance to go
Eng. Kamugisha said that training will be
to school but can get skills which will
conducted in the local languages so that
help them earn some money and join the
everyone is able to understand.
money economy.
“There will be no use of English in order
The Tooro Presidential Industrial Hub,
not to leave anybody behind since the
one of the 21 Presidential Industrial
programme is targeting the youth who
Hubs around the country, is one of the
have not had a chance to go to school,”
President’s initiatives to skill Ugandan
he said.
youth and can accommodate up to 300
students per semester. He said that the youth who will be studying
from the Presidential Industrial Hubs will
The leaders at the meeting included
also have a chance to go through exercises
RDCs, LCV Chairpersons and District NRM
and drills (Kyakamukyaka) to keep them
Chairmen, from the districts of Kabarole,
fit and healthy and will be assisted by the
Kyenjojo, Kyegegwa, Kasese, Bundibugyo,
UPDF.
Kamwenge and Kitagwenda.
John Nyakahuma, the Chief Administrative
The meeting was held to explain to the
officer (CAO) of Kyenjojo District, hailed
leaders the benefits and the guidelines of
Government for giving a chance to
the regional Presidential Industrial Hubs as
uneducated youth to get skills that enable
they prepare to officially commission them
them to fight poverty in their villages.
and start using them to skill the youth.
Gilbert Rubaihayo, Chairman LCV Kyenjojo
“No student will pay any school fees,
District, thanked the President for fulfilling
Government will cater for the welfare of the
his pledge of setting up skills training
students and therefore they’re required to
industrial hubs for the needy people and
only report at the industrial hub after going
trusting the local leaders to be part of the
through all other necessary processes and
project.
they will be fed and taught at the industrial
hub for six months and graduate with
certificates,” she said.

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 MAR
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS
29 FRENCH DELEGATION

“There are bad roads inside Congo which

the Government of Uganda is working
on. It would be good if your Government
supported this” President Museveni
The President and his guests discussed
various issues on strengthening Uganda’s
cooperation with France.

Using his local situation as an example,

STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni said that for the
last 600 years Africa has developed many
linkages with Europe through sharing
various things including governance,
democracy, multi-party politics and even
speak the same language like English
and differ on some issues like gay rights
because “we still think it’s not a normal
way” of life.
He however, said the weakness in Europe
is its deficiency in following up ideas of
accumulating wealth through socio-
economic transformation.
“They don’t have spectacles to see
opportunities and utilise them effectively,”
he said.
He cited an example of opportunities in
Uganda which aren’t seen by the Europeans
but Chinese who are awake come and
immediately identify the opportunities in
infrastructure development, trade, mineral
development, etc.
He noted that there is under-utilisation of
resources in Africa because of sectarianism
and promoting identity instead of interests
of the people.
The President was presenting a lecture
of opportunity to a delegation from
France led by Mr. Remy Rioux, the Chief
Executive Officer of the Agence Française
de Développement Group of France and
Mr. Hatem Chakroun, Directeur-French
Agency of Development in Uganda at
State House, Entebbe.
the President said people from his home
area are cattle keepers, produce milk, beef
and matooke.
“They don’t buy their products because
they have similar goods but instead their
products are bought by the people in
Kampala and they too buy goods from
Kampala such as clothes etc,” he said.
He said promoting one’s identity over
interests hinders wealth creation as there
would be lack of markets for their products.
The President said Uganda has surplus
production of maize, sugar, etc, which
are consumed by other countries thus
creating wealth through exportation.
Regarding the security situation, the
President said Uganda has played a big
role in fighting terrorists in the region
and is also promoting regional trade by
building roads in other countries like the
Democratic Republic of Congo.
President said Uganda is investing in
maintaining peace and promoting trade
and has built hard surface roads to the
borders of DR Congo, South Sudan, etc.
“There are bad roads inside Congo which
the Government of Uganda is working
on. It would be good if your Government
supported this,” he said.
On Environmental conservation, President
Museveni urged the French Government
to support Uganda’s conservation efforts
by training farmers against farming in
swamps.

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Mr. Hatem Chakroun, Directeur-French
Agency of Development appreciated
the President for the good lecture and
called for strengthening of the bilateral
relationship between Uganda and France.
He said France is working on the problem
of environment degradation practiced by
rice farmers in the valley of the Senegal
River which has led to soil exhaustion and
said Uganda has a similar problem which
can be handled.
Mr. Hatem said they are on a regional
mission and asked the President for
guidance on regional integration in the
Great Lakes regions.
In response, the President cited blocks
like the Common Market for Eastern and
Southern Africa (COMESA), Southern
African Development Community (SADC),
Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS) and EAC that are key.
He also cited Continental Free Trade Area
(CFTA).
President Museveni speaks to the French delegation at State House, Entebbe
Other leaders of the delegation included
H.E Jules-Armand Aniambossou; the
Ambassador of France to Uganda, Mr.
Tristan Mouline; Chief of Staff, French
Agency of Development, Mrs Cynthia
Fleury; Professor of the “Humanities and
Health” Chair at the Conservatoire National
des Arts et Metiers, Mrs Helene Ngarnim;
the Regional Director for East Africa-
French Agency of Development, Mr. Hatem
Chakroun Directeur; French Agency of
Development, Mr Jeremy Pellet; Director
General-Expertise France, Mrs Anais
Rieu Communication Officer; Expertise
France, Mr Jean-Francois HASPERUE; First
Counsellor, Uganda’s Minister of Energy
and Mineral Development; Hon. Ruth
Nankabirwa and Andrew Mwenda; the
Executive Director of The Independent
news magazine.
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 MAR PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ATTENDS THE EAC
29 HEADS OF STATE SUMMIT

“I have been involved in these efforts for

almost 60 years and this is really very
pleasant that DRC has finally reconnected
formally. What we call DRC now was part
of Great Lakes. We were connected before
colonialism. But when colonialism came
we got disconnected. It is good we are
assembling. In 1960, towards the end, even
Zambia and Somalia had applied to join
the Community,” Museveni said.

STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Museveni addresses the 19th

East African Heads of State officially
admitted the Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC) into the East African
Community effectively making it the latest
and largest member of the trading block.
During the EAC Heads of State 19th
Extra-Ordinary Summit held virtually,
the summit considered the report of the
Council of Ministers on the negotiations
between the East African Community
(EAC) and the Democratic Republic of
the Congo (DRC) on admission of DRC
into the EAC.
EAC Heads of State officially admitted the
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
into the East African Community.
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta, Chair
of the Summit of EAC Heads of States
announced the admission of DRC to the
East African Community during the 19th
Extra-Ordinary Summit of EAC Heads of
State.
President Uhuru Kenyatta said DRC was
first assessed by a council of the EAC
ministers who concluded that the DRC is
eligible to join the EAC, adding, that the
aim of regional integration blocks is to
strengthen our relationship, expand our
markets for goods and services, create
Extraordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of
State Summit
wealth, create more opportunities for
investment and services across without
hindrance, and for easy movement of
goods and services in the EAC.
“Today, EAC Heads of State by show
of hands adopted the agenda and
unanimously seconded the programme
of integrating DRC in the EAC region,”
he said.
President Yoweri Museveni described the
joining of EAC by DRC as a big event of
great significance.
“I have been involved in these efforts for
almost 60 years and this is really very
pleasant that DRC has finally reconnected
formally. What we call DRC now was part
of Great Lakes. We were connected before
colonialism. But when colonialism came
we got disconnected. It is good we are
assembling. In 1960, towards the end, even
Zambia and Somalia had applied to join
the Community,” Museveni said.
Museveni said DRC’s coming is very crucial
and that, “it is good it has happened when
I am alive.”

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“This means this part of the world is
connected to coast. For people looking
for prosperity, this is good contribution.
Prosperity means we produce and sell.
The more buyers you have, the better. On
behalf of the people of Uganda, I welcome
H.E. Tshisekedi and DRC in joining us,” he
said.
The President said they now need to work
on issue of peace in Eastern DRC.
“That area has been disturbed for a long
time by different groups. If we work
together, that problem can be resolved.
I thank President Uhuru for chairing
the Summit and thank everybody for
supporting the reassembling of the African
people,” he said.
President Museveni urged all the Heads
of State of the EAC to work on the issue
of peace collectively.
Rwanda’s President , H.E. Paul Kagame
also congratulated DRC on joining the
block and pledged to always play its role
in the EAC.
The President of Tanzania, H.E. Samia
Suluhu Hassan, welcomed DRC to the
EAC and urged the new entrant to take
advantage of broader market for goods
and services, security, peace and trade.
“The United Republic of Tanzania heartily
welcomes DRC into the bloc. KAZI
IENDELEE!” H.E Samia Suluhu- President,
United Republic of Tanzania said.
The Vice President of Burundi, H.E Prosper
Bazombanza who represented President
H.E. Evariste Ndayishimiye, thanked the
Almighty God who okayed the great event
to take place today.
He welcomed DRC on board and said they
are now convinced that the integration
agenda will be achieved and promised
to contribute to peace, stability and
development of the EAC.
South Sudan also welcomed the DRC to
the community and said they look forward
to consolidating peace and security.
Hon. Bernaba Marial Benjamin, the
Minister of Presidential Affairs of South
Sudan, who represented President Salva
Kiir Mayardit.
congratulated DRC and revealed that
they are looking forward to consolidating
peace in South Sudan and he promised to
continue working with the EAC.
“The Republic of South Sudan openly
welcomes DRC into the region. The
admission of DRC strengthens the bloc,”
Hon. Barnaba Marial said.
The First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda
and Minister for East African Community
Affairs, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga, said the
Democratic Republic of Congo will be
expected to sign the deed of Accession to
the Treaty with H.E Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta,
Chair of the Summit by the I4th April
2022. Thereafter, the DRC will handle
internal processes leading to deposit of
instruments of ratification.
Dr. Peter Mutuku Mathuki, the Secretary
General of EAC on behalf of other Heads
of State of EAC first consoled H.E. Yoweri
Kaguta Museveni, and Uganda for the
demise of a National Speaker, Rt. Hon.
Jacob Oulanyah.
He read the meeting resolutions and
thanked the Excellencies for the profound
support to the integration process.
Trade in Eastern Africa is set for a boost
after officially welcoming the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC), into the East
Africa Community (EAC).
The DRC is the largest and most populous
country to join the EAC, bringing a market
of 90 million people and immediately
upgrading the region’s GDP from $193
billion to $240 billion, according to reports.
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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI RECEIVES CREDENTIALS
31 FROM 8 NEW ENVOYS
“Elections are good medicine for politics
if it is free and everybody participates, it
disciplines leaders. Leaders learn how to
be careful with the people. If not careful,
they can’t elect you” Museveni said.
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE:
President Yoweri Museveni received
credentials f rom 8 new envoys
including; the Republic of Cuba,
People’s Democratic Republic of
Algeria, Republic of South Korea, the
State of Libya, the Republic of Colombia,
the Republic of Sierra Leone, the State
of Israel and the Kingdom of Thailand.
During his meeting with the new
Cuban envoy to Uganda, Mrs. Tania
Pérez Xiqués, the President said he
is looking forward to strengthening
the bilateral relationship between
their two countries. H.E. Amb. Xiqués
relayed greetings f rom President
Miguel Díaz-Canel of Cuba to President
Museveni and also briefed him about
the situation in Cuba. She said her
country is recovering well from the
COVID-19 pandemic.
President Museveni also welcomed the
new Algerian Ambassador to Uganda,
H.E. Cherif Oualid, with whom they
discussed various issues including
the situation in Western Sahara,
regional security and the economic
transformation.
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Amb. Cherif Oualid relayed greetings
from President Abdelmadjid Tebboune
of the Democratic Republic of Algeria
and also delivered condolence message
to the President and the people of
Uganda upon the death of the Speaker
of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah.
“The security situation in Algeria is
much better now, our next battle is
economic recovery,” he said.
While meeting the new South Korean
Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Park
Sung-Soo, President Museveni called
for unity between South and North
Korea, saying a united Korea can be a
very strong power centre. He welcomed
the Ambassador to Uganda.
Amb. Park Sung-Soo relayed warm
greetings from the President of the
Republic of South Korea, H.E. Moon
Jae-in, to President Museveni and the
people of Uganda. He also briefed the
President about the situation in South
Korea.
President Museveni later met the new
Ambassador of the State of Libya to
Uganda H.E. Ibrahim Ahmed Sultan,
with whom they discussed the situation
in Libya.
President Museveni said elections are
good medicine for politics if it is free
and everybody participates.
“It disciplines leaders. Leaders learn
how to be careful with the people. If
not careful, they can’t elect you,” he
said. He called on the leaders to ensure
that all parties participate without any
exclusion.
Amb. Ibrahim Ahmed Sultan delivered
greetings from the Chairman of the
Presidential Council of the State of
Libya, H.E. Mohamed al-Menf i to
President Museveni and thanked him
for being a great friend of the people
of Libya.
“Libya has suffered a lot for many years.
We got to know our true friends like
Uganda who opened their doors and
welcomed us,” he said.
In a meeting with the new Ambassador
of Colombia to Uganda H.E. Monica
De Greiff Lindo, President Museveni
welcomed her to Uganda and
encouraged her to exploit the rich
natural resources that the two countries
compete with to promote their mutual
relationship.
Amb. De Greiff relayed greetings
from the President of the Republic of
Colombia H.E. Iván Duque Márquez,
to President Museveni and said she
looked forward to working with him
in Uganda.
President Museveni also met the new
Sierra Leone High Commissioner
to Uganda, H.E. Isatu A. Bundu, a
daughter to current Speaker of the
Sierra Leone Parliament and former
commonwealth observer in the 1980
elections in Uganda.
Ms Bundu relayed greetings from the
President of the Republic of Sierra
Leone, H.E. Julius Maada Wonie Bio.
Later, the President met the new Israel
Envoy to Uganda H.E. Micheal Lotem,
who briefed him about the situation
in Israel. He also delivered greetings
from the Prime Minister of the State of
Israel, H.E. Naftali Bennett to President
Museveni.
The President called for the
implementation of a two-state solution
and also called on the African Union
to let Israel be an observer at the
African Union. He also called for Israel
to establish an Embassy in Kampala.
The President met the new Thailand
Ambassador to Uganda Mrs. Sasirit
Tangulrat who relayed greetings from
the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of
Thailand, General Prayuth Chan-o-cha
(Ret), to President Museveni.
She congratulated President Museveni
upon his recent election victory and
commended Uganda’s efforts in the
fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
She said despite her country’s economy
being affected by the COVID 19
pandemic, it is recovering gradually
with support from the export sector.
She said her country was now open
for business without any COVID-19
restrictions.
The meeting was attended by among
others; Hon. John Mulimba; Minister
of State for Foreign Affairs in charge of
Regional Coorporation, Vincent Waiswa
Bagiire; the Permanent Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador
Julius Kivuna; Head for Regional Peace
and Security Department, Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, Mrs Joyce Onek; Head
of the Department of International
Economic Cooperation.
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 MAR SPEECH BY PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ON THE OCCASION
TO MARK THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY,
31 DELIVERED AT KOLOLO CEREMONIAL GROUNDS ON
8th MARCH, 2022
Your Excellency the Vice President;
Your Lordship the Chief Justice;
The Right Honorable Prime Minister;
Rt. Honorable Deputy Prime Ministers;
Hon. Ministers;
Honorable Members of Parliament;
Your Excellencies the Ambassadors and High
Commissioners;
Your Royal Highnesses the Cultural and Traditional
Leaders;
Religious Leaders;
Development Partners;
Ladies and Gentlemen.
I salute all Ugandans on this occasion to
commemorate the International Women’s Day.
Since 1991 when this day was gazetted as a
national day and a public holiday, the National
Resistance Movement (NRM) Government has
been able to demonstrate its commitment to
achieve women’s social, economic and political
emancipation. This has been achieved through
a supportive legal and policy framework as
well as programmes that provide women and
all community members with the required
services for improved livelihoods and well-
being.
On this day, we remember all women of
Uganda for their contribution to national
development in different ways. The majority
of women till the land to sustain their families
or work as labourers in commercial agriculture
and in the informal sector. Women are
providing care for the sick in health units
and at home, they are selling produce in the
markets, teaching the young ones, serving in
the Armed Forces and many other professional
fields. Today, we recognise all of them for
their contribution towards our achievement
as a country.
I am, therefore, pleased that the theme
selected for commemorating this year’s
International Women’s Day: “Gender Equality
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Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow” stresses the
fact that what we achieved in gender equality
and women’s empowerment is the basis for
securing sustainable development and hence
a sustainable future. Sustainable development
refers to the ability to meet the needs of the
present generation without compromising
the ability of the future generation to meet
their own needs.
This, therefore, enables us to use the
experience of the past and present to guide
the goals for the future. At the center of
sustainable development is the need to ably
address climate change and environmental
degradation, the effects of which have come
in the form of draught, floods, and other
natural disasters that affect the productivity
and livelihoods of communities.
Our focus now is to take advantage of the
gains in women’s empowerment to strengthen
the efforts for tackling and mitigating the
impact of climate change and environmental
degradation.
The National Resistance Movement (NRM)
Government placed the emancipation of
women at the forefront of its agenda and the
benefits of the supportive policies and laws
are evident today. One of the key milestones
of this Government was the promulgation
of the 1995 Constitution which ushered in
provisions for women’s increased participation
in political leadership and recognition of their
roles in social economic development.
Some of the recognisable indicators of the
progress in the status of women are in the
following areas:
Education and literacy:
Presently, most of our children are in school.
More girls than before are attending schooling.
For example, girl’s enrollment in Primary school
was at 24.6 % in 2001 and rose to the current
49.9%. Uganda has attained
gender parity in Primary
Education. Literacy rates of
females have improved from
70% in 2012 to 71% in 2020. The
Literacy rate for females now
stands at 72% (UBOS 2019/20),
an improvement from 68% in
2002. This is still lower than
literacy rate for men at 81%.
Skilling Uganda in Business,
Technical, Vocational
Education and Training
(BTVET): Reforms in this
sub-sector have contributed
to increased enrolment of
females in this area, from
28.5% in 2007 to 34.6% in
2016 (MoES Factsheet). These
efforts will lead to increased
participation of women in
the Manufacturing and ICT
Sectors.
Health:
Health services have improved
and the maternal mortality
rate has progressively
declined to 336 deaths per
100,000 live births from 438
in 2011. 73% of births are
delivered in a health facility,
an increase from 57% in 2011.
Nine in every ten persons
(91%) can access health care
within a 5 km radius. This is a
good indication of progress
in the provision of health
services to the population.
Access to clean water and
sanitation:
Nationally, there is an increase
in the households using
improved water sources
which stands at 80% and
83% of households using
pit latrines. Overall, 79% of
households have access to
improved source of drinking
water and 96% are within
30 km of the main drinking
water source.
Increased power generation
and expansion of electricity:
Access to grid electricity
among Uganda’s households
has increased from 14% in
2012/13 to 24% in 2020. The
national electricity access rate
comprising both grid and off-
grid connections, stands at
57% (UBOS 2020). The target
is to ensure that 60% of the
population have access to
electricity by 2025.
Infrastructure:
Government’s increased
investment in infrastructure
has facilitated production,
trade including movement
of goods, value addition
and access to services.
These investments
include construction and
maintenance of national,
district and community
roads. There has been an
increase in ICT infrastructure
development and uptake of
services by the population.
As of 2020, 74 percent of
households owned a mobile
phone and 84% are connected
to internet services which is
used for social networking.
Political Participation:
In Cabinet, women Ministers
are currently 36 percent. In
the Parliamentary Elections,
175 Women were elected as
Members of Parliament. Of
these, 146 are District/City
Women Representatives,
13 are representatives of
Special Interest Groups and
16 are directly elected. This
gives us a percentage of
34% which is still above the
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global target set for 30%
representation of women in
the national legislature. It is
also a significant increase
from 18% in 1996.
In addition to political
participation, we have
prioritised the participation
of women in our development
agenda that will guarantee
a sustainable future for our
country. Our Vision 2040
is a transformed society
from a peasant to a modern
and prosperous country,
where men and women are
accorded opportunity to
participate as equal partners
in development. It will be
paramount for us to reduce
gender inequalities as a
prerequisite for accelerating
and sustaining socio-
economic transformation.
Uganda, under the NRM
Government, will continue
to treat women and
men as equal partners in
development right f rom
household to national level.
These areas of progress for
women set a firm foundation
for ensuring a sustainable
future, hence Government’s
priority programmes and
inter ventions provide
opportunities for women
to consolidate the gains so
far achieved. The areas of
Government’s focus are the
following:
Economic growth:
A growing GDP is vital for
sustainable development.
Uganda’s GDP now at 6.5%
per annum is projected to
increase with good prospects
of transforming Uganda into
a modern, industrial and
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prosperous nation. The role
of women is critical here, as
producers, traders, marketers
and promoters of value
addition.
Overall, poverty levels have
remained the same since last
year but the overall population
in poverty is slightly low at
20.3%, a decrease from 21.4%
in 2017.
Most importantly, the Parish
Development Model which I
launched last week is a game
changer because it focuses on
family enterprises for poverty
eradication and is available to
all parishes in Uganda. Under
the specialised pillars of the
programme, duplication will
be avoided and available
resources will be utilised
efficiently. Mobilisation of
SACCOs is already ongoing
and this will facilitate
organised production and
marketing.
Modernising agriculture;
The Agriculture sector is
the largest employer with
females at 73.1 % and males
at 63.0 %. The predominant
rain fed agriculture is not
sustainable especially in
areas prone to drought.
Government has introduced
irrigation systems to support
food production and security.
The Government will provide
direct support to 68% of the
population to get out of
subsistence farming. Our
focus is to get every woman
and man out of poverty
through commercialisation
of agriculture, value
addition, marketing and
industrialisation. Partnerships
through SACCOs are an
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important mechanism
adopted by the NRM
government to achieve this.
Conserving biodiversity:
Expanding the forest cover
through forestation and
re-afforestation of timber
and fruit trees is one of the
aspects of conserving bio
diversity. Women are key
players in this area because of
their indigenous knowledge
and constant relationship
with the environment as they
play their day to day roles of
production.
Water conservation:
Women are the primary
users of water because
of their caring roles that
involve fetching and using
water for cooking, washing
and cleaning. Whereas
Government has embarked
on increasing water coverage,
our scientists must develop
and disseminate appropriate
technologies for conserving
the water.
Industrialisation:
The NRM Government has
identified the necessity to
involve the private sector in
expanding non-traditional
exports, focusing on
expanding external markets
and providing incentives for
most efficient small firms
to grow. We have also
focused on reducing the
costs of production such as
electricity and allocating
more credit (working capital)
to manufacturing. Our aim
is to satisfy the local market
while expanding the exports,
to ensure, “not working for
the stomach alone.”
Expanding markets for
goods and products: The
NRM government has
put attention on wealth
creation at household
and community levels as
a prerequisite for overall
national transformation. To
this end, the Wealth Creation
Model and now the PDM are
geared towards enhancing
household income. The
national coverage of these
programmes is ultimately
meant to ensure that every
Ugandan is on board.
The progress notwithstanding,
there are some challenges
that we still have to tackle
within the current situation
of the COVID-19 pandemic.
I commend Ugandans
for their cooperation with
Government to implement
the measures that were put
in place to contain the spread
of COVID-19. The measures led
to success in controlling the
spread of the virus, morbidity
was reduced to manageable
levels by the health care
system and mortality rates
remained relatively low as
compared to other counties
around the world.
Having persevered through
the worst periods of the
pandemic, I now call on
Ugandans to intensify their
livelihood activities in order
to revitalise the economy
and move towards our
goal for social economic
transformation. This will only
be achieved when all of us
continue to observe the SOPs
and to take the COVID 19
vaccines which are available
throughout the country.

The 2020 Mastercard
Index of Women
Entrepreneurs (MIWE)
ranked Uganda as one of
the top three economies
having the most women
business enterprises
owners at 39.6%. Most of
these businesses are still
micro in nature.
This year 2022, Uganda will mark 60 years
of Independence. As we reach yet another
milestone, it is necessary for us to reflect on
the progress and achievements made for
women over the last 60 years. We have had to
struggle against cultural bottlenecks, poverty,
illiteracy and negative perceptions to bring the
women to the level where they are right now.
In achieving all this, Government has worked
with other stakeholders including Civil Society,
Faith-Based Organisations, Traditional and
Cultural Institutions, the Academia, the Private
Sector etc. In addition, the partnership we have
at regional level through the various Regional
Economic Communities (RECs) under the
African region as well as at the United Nations
and other global forums has supported the
national efforts.
I applaud this unity and commend the spirit of
partnership that you have exhibited through
the collaboration on women’s empowerment.
In this respect my Government appreciates the
partnership with our Development Partners,
the UN Agencies and other well-intentioned
actors.
The NRM Government has put in place
programmes which provide avenues for
women, the youth, Persons with Disability,
older persons and other marginalized groups
to liberate themselves from poverty and
engage meaningfully on social economic
transformation.
Last month, on 26th February, I launched the
Parish Development Model as the “vehicle”
that will deliver social economic transformation
to all communities in Uganda. As with all other
Government initiatives, women who constitute
51% of the population are at the center of the
7 pillars of the PDM which include support
to Emyooga and support to Production,
storage, Processing and Marketing. 100 million
shillings will be available in each of the 10,
475 parishes across the Country. 30 percent
of this has been earmarked for women. This
translates into Ush.30 million per parish per
year for women. This means that there will
be money for women enterprises revolving
in the parishes annually.
The PDM is, therefore, an opportunity for
women, youth and other interest groups to
consolidate the gains so far achieved under
the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship
Programme (UWEP); the Youth Livelihood
Programme (YLP) and Operation Wealth
Creation (OWC).
I now call upon the women to embrace the
services that Government is providing as active
participants under the PDM so as to be able
to obtain its benefits.
I wish to also take this opportunity to
emphasise the importance of appreciating
the critical role that men play in the process
of attaining gender equality and women’s
empowerment. Experience from our journey
as the NRM Government shows us that it is
only through working together as men and
women, girls and boys, young and old that
we reach greater heights.
Looking forward to the future, I would like to
reiterate the Government’s commitment to
fulfilling the promises that it has made to the
people of Uganda. These include; better access
to education, better infrastructure, improved
health services, clean water and sanitation
facilities for all, as well as the means to create
wealth within each household.
I wish all of you and your families joyful
celebrations as we remember the
achievements attained for the women of
Uganda and look forward to a sustainable
future of prosperity.
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Quote of the Month

To be prosperous
in a modern way,
you must produce a
good (coffee, maize)
or a service (hotel,
transport) which you
sell and get money
and develop yourself

President Museveni
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS
DELEGATION FROM DULUTI COMMAND
AND STAFF COLLEGE
“Where I come from, they are cattle
keepers. They produce milk, beef and
matooke. They cannot sell their products
to themselves since they produce similar
items. This presents the first wealth
creation principle of patriotism. This gives
them room to sell their products to the
people in Kampala and other parts of the
Country. Then the money they get they
use it to buy other items they need like
clothes from Kampala and other regions
in Uganda.”
President Museveni.
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri
Museveni said that in order for the region to
deal with emerging security threats, it must
strengthen its economies and empower its
people.
President Museveni poses for a photo with a delegation from Command and Staff College, Duluti,
Arusha, Tanzania, at State House, Entebbe
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“You cannot deal with security threats unless
you also deal with the economy. The economy
must be strong,” he said.
The President was giving an opportunity
lecture to a delegation from the Command
and Staff College, Duluti, Arusha, Tanzania.
The team comprised of 48 participants
among them; 11 Senior Directing Staff (DS)
and 34 students. The participants are from
09 different countries including Tanzania,
Burundi, Kenya, Bangladesh, Kingdom of
Eswatini, Egypt, Malawi, Mozambique and
Zimbabwe.
The President gave the delegation a brief
history of Uganda’s liberation story and urged
them to borrow a leaf.
“We took a holistic picture and you must have
known that Uganda had become a failed state
just like Somalia and other failed states. And
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the security situation was very bad. That is why He said the third principle is socio-economic
there were so many refugees from Uganda. transformation.

By 1986, we had more than half a million
Ugandans as refugees in South Sudan and in
Congo. However, the situation was reversed”,
he said.
The President cautioned against
the issue of promoting identity
“Here Africans are tasked to run away from
staying in grass-thatched houses, stop using
muscle power. This is done through sensitising
them on how to change to modern agro-
production,” he said.
On the principle of Democracy,

including that of religion, tribe
and gender as opposed to
interests.
The f ragmentation was on
the question of emphasising
identity of tribe, religion and
gender instead of interests.
President Museveni said it is
important to ensure that people
live a prosperous life in a modern
way by having enough food,
clothing, good houses, good
education, good health, etc.
“In order to do that, you need
money. And to get money,
you need to engage in the
production of goods and
“
the President said this allows all
political parties to get involved
in free and fair elections and by
so doing, a political leader will
It is important to
serve the people and there will
ensure that people
live a prosperous life be unity and prosperity for all
in a modern way. In since they look for votes from
order to do that, you all people irrespective of their
need money. And identity such.
to get money, you
need to engage in the The team leader and College
production of goods Commandant Brig. Gen. SD
and services. If you Ghuliku said their tour is under
don’t get money the theme; “Regional blocs,
through production, combined combat readiness
the alternative is to handle emerging security
to beg money from
threats” and they selected
other people
Uganda as their case study.

”
Brig. Gen. SD Ghuliku said the
services. If you don’t get
wisdom imparted in them will
money through production, the
go a long way in their military
alternative is to beg money from
career and after retirement.
other people,” he said.
Brig. Ghuliku said they are indebted to the East
President Museveni said Uganda had a big
Africa Community (EAC) and other regional
problem of subsistence farming where people
blocs where each one from the group belong,
would produce for ‘eating’ and forget about
to safeguard the peace and security of own
production for the ‘pocket’ money.
people and be at the forefront in the military
“Where I come from, they are cattle keepers. cooperation and integration of their countries
They produce milk, beef and matooke. They as they will be directed by their leaders so as to
cannot sell their products to themselves since be able to mitigate or eradicate the emerging
they produce similar items. This presents the security threats within their communities.
first wealth creation principle of patriotism.
The delegation later presented gifts to
This gives them room to sell their products to
President Museveni as a sign of appreciation
the people in Kampala and other parts of the
for the warm welcome to Uganda.
Country. Then the money they get they use it
to buy other items they need like clothes from
Kampala and other regions in Uganda,” he said.

The President said with surplus production

comes the principle of Pan-Africanism where
surplus goods are sold to other countries.

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS
SAUDI ARABIAN AMBASSADOR
Our political movement started in the 1960s
as a student movement. Our line was non-
sectarianism. We don’t accept politics of
identity. We emphasised interest because
our interests are similar. A Christian and
a Moslem, a pagan all have hunger, all fall
sick, all have thirst, if it’s cold, all feel cold. So
this business of identity of religion, of tribe or
gender is useless,”
President Museveni.
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President
Museveni received a special gift from the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, presented by the
Ambassador, H.E. Jamal Al-Madani, who led
a delegation to State House, Entebbe. The
gift was in recognition of the President’s
efforts in strengthening bilateral relations
between the two countries. H.E. Museveni
and the delegation held bilateral
discussions on various issues.
During their discussions, President
Museveni narrated to the group, facts on
Uganda’s journey to success.
“Our political movement started in the
1960s as a student movement. Our line
was non-sectarianism. We don’t accept
politics of identity. We emphasised
interest because our interests are similar.
A Christian and a Moslem, a pagan all
have hunger, all fall sick, all have thirst, if
it’s cold, all feel cold. So this business of
identity of religion, of tribe or gender is
useless,” President Museveni said.
H.E. Museveni said that in 1989 when Gen.
Omar al- Bashir, the former President
of Sudan came into Government, he
warned him not to accept sectarianism
and advised him to focus on the interests
of all people of Sudan, but he refused.
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“And this is the problem disturbing Sudan
and Yemen. I advise them to borrow a leaf
from Uganda,” the President said.
The President said that sectarianism is a
political problem which can be handled.
“You fight it by rejecting it. Yes, there some
people who oppose but we have defeated
them with logic, through reasoning
showing that their ideology is a pseudo
(false) ideology,” he added.
“In case I have malaria and the doctor says
I have been “bewitched”, this is a false
diagnosis. So, if you do a wrong diagnosis
I cannot get cured. Therefore, if somebody
says prosperity comes from identity, it’s
wrong.”
The President mentioned that he has been
in the struggle for more than 60 years with
enough experience and so promised to
invite the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia to
discuss important issues on development.
He asked the Ambassador to inform the
Prince about his invitation.
In response, H.E. Al-Madani thanked the
president for hosting his delegation.
He presented to the President a letter from
the Government of Saudi Arabia to Uganda
indicating that they officially submitted
their candidacy to host Expo 2030 in the
city of Riyadh under the theme “The Era
of Change: Leading the Planet towards a
foresighted tomorrow”. He requested for
Uganda’s support. The President promised
to study the request and see how to handle
it.
The Saudi Ambassador revealed to the
President a planned visit of a special envoy
from the King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin
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Abdulaziz Al Saud, on May 23rd, 2022. The Joint Technical Committee to review this
President approved it. agreement which is expiring in December
this year as well as tackle the issues
The Ambassador described the terrible
surrounding migrant workers to Saudi
state in Yemen, about terrorist attacks both
Arabia.
in civil and economic areas and appreciated
Uganda’s support to combatting the vice. The Ambassador revealed that there are
150,000 Ugandan workers in Saudi Arabia
He said Uganda and Saudi Arabia had
that resulted into transferring one billion
signed four agreements. Two were
U.S dollars to Uganda last year.
concluded during the visit of the Minister
of State for Africa State Affairs in October In conclusion, he reported to President
2021 and witnessed by H.E. the President. Museveni the seven pending agreements
with Uganda due to bureaucracy.
He said the Bilateral Services Agreement
(BASA) was initiated on October 22nd, 2015 In response, President Museveni instructed
and plans are underway for final signing. Uganda’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, H.E
Beatrice Pachunega, to resolve the issue
H.E. Al-Madani said Saudi Airlines
in two weeks’ time.
commenced flights to Uganda on February
1st, 2022, while Uganda Airlines has been Other dignitaries who attended the
granted rights to fly to Riyadh and Tushd meeting included members of the
whereas the Ugandan authorities are in diplomatic staff at the Saudi Arabia
the process of granting Flynas, a second embassy namely; Mrs. Najah Sadik K.
Saudi Airline, rights to fly to Uganda. Altunessi, Mr.Khashram Abdullah H.Alsheri,
Mr.Wyman Exam A.Halwany and Mr.Hamza
He quoted the Memorandum of
Abdul Malik Loire.
Understanding (MOU) on Recruitment
and Employment of Ugandan migrant The delegation also expressed deepest
workers of December 27th, 2017, which condolences to the Government and people
amended the 2015 agreement. of Uganda for the loss of the Speaker of
Parliament, Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanya, and
He said during the last visit of the Minister
wished the soul of the departed eternal
of Gender, Labour and Social Development,
rest.
Hon. Betty Amongi, to Riyadh in January
this year, the two sides agreed to form a

President Museveni meets the Saudi Arabia Embassy Delegation at State House, Entebbe

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 APR PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
MOURNS RT. HON. JACOB
6 OULANYAH

KOLOLO CEREMONIAL GROUNDS: for Oulanyah at Kololo Ceremonial

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
assured the family of the late Speaker
of Parliament, Rt. Hon Jacob Oulanyah,
that Government would support them
to continue the work that the late
Speaker had started.
“We shall support you so that you
continue the good work of Oulanyah,”
Museveni said.
The President was speaking to
mourners at a state funeral service
Grounds, led by the Archbishop of
the Church of Uganda, The Most Rev.
Stephen Kazimba Mugalu.
The President commended the late
Omoro County MP for having used
his talents well while on earth and
promised to support Jacob Oulanyah
Education Trust Fund that has been
set up to educate the former Speaker’s
children and others who depended on
him.

President Museveni lays a wreath at the casket containing remains of former

Speaker, Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah

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“Government will contribute to that
Fund so that the family continues,” the
President said.
Earlier, the Speaker of Parliament, Rt.
Hon. Anita Annet Among, informed
the President that during a special
session to honour the works of the
late Speaker, Parliament resolved to
contribute 554 million shillings to
the Oulanyah Education Fund and
designated March 24th of every year
to have a Jacob Oulanyah Memorial
Lecture.
as it seems he had created in the short
time he was there. I need to salute
Oulanyah and commend him as an
example to you people,” he noted.
The President blasted opportunists
who think Oulanyah was speaker
of Northern Uganda alone and not
the whole Uganda despite the
overwhelming support given to him
by the National Resistance Movement
(NRM) party.
“Oulanyah was not a Speaker of the
North. He was a Speaker of

“Your Excellency, Sir, we
want to promise you, I and
my Deputy Speaker, we
know you had a lot of hopes
in the 11th Parliament. We
will not disappoint you. We
will work and finish the
mission that Rt. Hon. Jacob
Oulanyah has left behind,”
Speaker Among said.
According to President
Museveni, among the many
good things Oulanyah did
was to unite the people of
Northern Uganda which
had been messed up by
“
Uganda. NRM supported
him because he was a good
cadre. We supported him
Oulanyah was because of his Patriotism
not a Speaker and Pan Africanism not
of the North. He because of clans,” he said.
was a Speaker
of Uganda. NRM H.E. Museveni called upon
supported him Ugandans to take good
because he was a care of themselves because
good cadre. We “health is wealth but also a
supported him weapon of struggle”.
because of his
Patriotism and He described Oulanyah’s
Pan Africanism death as a big loss to the
not because of
nation saying he was a
clans
rising star and the country

”
was going to benefit a lot
bad politics that prevailed
from him.
in the region since 1966,
created by leaders “I extend condolences to
themselves despite efforts by the NRM the family of the late Jacob Oulanyah
to unite Ugandans. and to all Ugandans.”

He said this led to depopulating West
Nile region where about 500,000
people fled to Congo and South Sudan.
“However, recently when Oulanyah
became NRM Vice Chairperson, in
a very short time, he seems to have
deepened this unity in the North which
we had tried but not achieved as much
The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo
appealed to Ugandans to disclose to
the right people whenever they fall sick
so that they are helped where possible.
“If my brother had been more open
with his malady, maybe, maybe, we
would not be gathered here today. It is
very human to be sick. Once we know
we have these ailments, the right thing

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to do is submit ourselves to the people became critical.
who treat us,” he said.
“Though overwhelmed and grieved, I
He thanked President Museveni for request that you join us, not to mourn
swiftly swinging into action to try and but to celebrate a man whose life was
save the life of the fallen Speaker. dedicated to his family, community,
party, country and his God”, said
The Minister of Health, Hon. Jane Ruth
Andrew Ojok, Oulanyah’s son.
Aceng, revealed that the immediate
cause of death of the former Speaker The service was attended by the Vice
was multiple organ failure. President, H.E Rtd Maj. Jessica Alupo,
Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Robinah
“The heart, lungs, liver and kidney all
Nabbanja, senior Government officials
failed,” she said, adding that there were
and the top leadership of the NRM
also other contributory conditions
party, Members of Parliament and
which included lymphatic system
invited Guests from within and outside
depletion.
the country.
The Minister for the Presidency, Hon.
Rt. Hon. Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah, the
Milly Babalanda, urged the new
56-year-old former Speaker of the 11th
Speaker, Rt. Hon. Among, to uphold the
Parliament, died in the United States
legacy which Oulanyah left. Babalanda
on March 20, 2022.
said that when Oulanyah crossed from
UPC to NRM, he did not look behind He was also Omoro County MP, between
and did it with one heart. 2001-2006 and 2011 till his death. He
was laid to rest at his ancestral home
Oulanyah’s children, on behalf of the
at Lalogi village in Omoro district on
family, appreciated the President and
April 8th,2022 which was observed as
Mama Janet Museveni for supporting
a public holiday countrywide.
their father not only in his political
aspirations but also when his health

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 APR PRESIDENT MUSEVENI HOSTS EU SPECIAL
REPRESENTATIVE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
7
If we can handle the problem of
terrorists, then this one is simpler. We
know what we are doing. We were able
to build an army with villagers because
we have the techniques of building our
people from traditional to semi-modern
society. And to know how serious we are,
our army has been in Somalia for ten
years now and still has good relations
with the public yet the Somalis are
Moslems and our army is composed of
Christians,”
President Museveni.
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE; President Yoweri
Museveni hosted and held discussions
with the European Union (EU) Special
Envoy for Human Rights, H.E. Gilmore, at
State House, Nakasero. The issue of torture
was the centerpiece of the discussions.
During the meeting, President Museveni
told his guest that the problem with
Western Europe and the United States
is their superficial approach of handling
issues.
“You know me I am an old-time freedom
fighter. There is very little I don’t know here
in Africa and other parts of the world,” he
said.
He recounted that torture has four sources
including; the traditional source where
many parts of Africa are pre-capitalist
and they do not understand the liberal
values of society which were part of the
1789 French Revolution in Europe.
“We have got a traditional society to which
we are introducing ideas of democracy
which they accept because it helps them to
deal with extreme pressure from the rulers.
If the rulers are very bad, then they can
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react,” Museveni elaborated. He revealed
that in part of the tradition, a wrongdoer is
beaten. The President accused the British
to be the second source of torture because
while they were here, they demonstrated
torture through their colonial system.
“This act also existed in Europe. They
were caning children and giving corporal
punishments in schools and it was
introduced here by the British,” he said.
The President told his host of a local
proverb “Akabwa akabbi kasasula
mugongo” meaning that a stealing dog
pays with its back. “If you find a dog
stealing your food, you beat it. Therefore,
beating thieves, wrongdoers, is traditional
culture. Note that these soldiers and police
men are from that society,” he added.
He gave two reasons for the traditional
source of torture namely; to make the
culprit confess and to punish the culprit
for committing crime. Here, he said that
the perpetrators of torture are the judges,
the arrestors, the investigators and the
prosecutors.
Thirdly, the President said that the
unresponsive judicial system which
is copied from the Western world is
responsible for torture. He gave an
example of many European countries
which abolished a death sentence but
our people here cannot agree with it. He
elaborated that when one suspected to
have killed or raped someone, and is given
court bail and is seen walking, that’s a
provocation to the people.
“The suspect is automatically attacked
by the mob and killed claiming that the
judicial system is useless. It is better they
 H.E. Gilmore (second left) during the meeting at State House, Entebbe
take the law in their own hands. We
also don’t agree with your practices like
abortion, and homosexuality.”
The President said the fourth source is
using traditional justice where one applies
the Law of Moses - the law of revenge.
“For them, it’s an eye for an eye. If you kill
my brother, I must kill you, or if I don’t kill
you, I will kill the one near you.”
“This is called “okuhoora” in one of our
traditional languages. If your group doesn’t
want to be attacked, it must approach
the King and it’s asked to pay a number
of cows to the family of the deceased,” he
explained.
The President then assured his guest
that Government has embarked on
mechanisms to curb torture including;
political methods - where they sensitise,
educate and introduce the “policeman of
the mind” to deal with the mind before
emphasising the “policeman of the body”-
that is accountability, meaning punishing
the one who made a mistake.
The other is administrative method
where the culprit is punished after being
sensitised and educated. He cited an
example on the November 18th and 20th,
2020, just before the General Elections
when there were riots in Kampala and a
few other places.
“They were suppressed by the police,
but also some elements of the army
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and commandos who entered the riots.
We noticed some mistakes and I called
conferences of police officers, the army
and the commandos and sensitised them
and they must have captured the concept.”
cooperation they have received from
the Government of Uganda and the
willingness of Uganda’s ministers and
officials to enable them discuss important
issues on human rights.

He relayed another method of restorative He said visiting the country is part of the
justice by compensating the wronged regular visits he undertakes to countries
persons and also reconciliation of the in all parts of the world to discuss with
wronged with the one who Governments and civil society

“
wronged them. issues of human rights.

The President added that He said that they were in the

once the offender refuses United States the previous
to change, he is executed For them, week and will be in Egypt the
like some soldiers who were it’s an eye following week.
for an eye. If
executed for killing people.
you kill my He was impressed on
“If we can handle the brother, I the techniques President
problem of terrorists, then must kill you, Museveni had applied to
or if I don’t
this one is simpler. We know eliminate torture more so in
kill you, I will
what we are doing. We were kill the one the prisons and detention
able to build an army with near you. centres.
villagers because we have

”
The EU Representative
the techniques of building
applauded the President
our people from traditional
for introducing Universal
to semi-modern society. And
Primary Education (UPE),
to know how serious we are,
Universal Secondary Education (USE) and,
our army has been in Somalia for ten years
most importantly, accepting pregnant girls
now and still has good relations with the
and those with kids to go back to school
public yet the Somalis are Moslems and
after COVID- 19 lockdown.
our army is composed of Christians,” the
President said. Other dignitaries in attendance were the
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; Hon.
In reply, H.E Gilmore first extended his
Okello Oryem, the EU Head of Delegation;
sympathy and that of the EU to the
Amb. Pacific Atillio, Ms Greenhill Eva Main
President and people of Uganda for the
Catherina, Mr. Gilbert Cathal, Ms. Merrifield
untimely death of the Rt. Hon. Jacob
Anna Magdalena and Mr. Fred Moses
L’Okori Oulanyah, the former Speaker
Mukhooli.
of Parliament, who was Member of
Parliament (MP) representing Omoro
County in Omoro district and the National
Resistance Movement (NRM) Vice
Chairman for Northern Uganda.

H.E. Gilmore expressed appreciation to

the President for the answers and the

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
HOSTS UNFPA DELEGATION
In 1969, people were working for the
stomach. For instance, in Ntungamo,
no one was earning cash except four
Indians, two Arabs in the trading center
and one individual who was selling mad
fish. We discovered the problem and
worked on changing the mindset through
sensitisation and now people are working
for both the stomach and money,”
President Museveni.
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President
Museveni hosted a delegation of United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) from
Eastern and Southern Africa led by Dr.
Bannet Ndyanabangi, the UNFPA Regional
Director for Eastern and Southern Africa,
who was accompanied by the UNFPA
President Museveni posing for a photo with the UNFPA delegation at State House, Entebbe
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resident representative in Uganda, Dr.
Mary Otieno, at State House, Entebbe.
The President and his guests discussed
Uganda’s demography.
Speaking to the delegation, the President
assured them that Uganda has a different
concept from them concerning what
needs to be done when handling under-
developed countries. He explained that
UNFPA and other donors emphasise
consumption, spending especially on
social services. “They have adequate
budgets for health, education whereas
we, the Batembuzi, (people who go to
unchartered territories and clear them),
the Pioneers, our system here is to clear
the bush. The Baganda call it “ettale”
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and you start making a garden that is
“okutembula”. In case you dig on a piece
of land which was cultivated before called
“ekisambu”, it’s called “okutabira”. Put
more emphasis on production so that
tomorrow you have more potential of the
economy converted to wealth which can
again help you to sustainably support
social services,” he said.
The President told the delegation that
because of their approach to health,
education, before generating their own
money enough to do whatever they want
to do in the end; they end up with the
donors. He said it’s the reason he doesn’t
accept their mechanism.
He asked them to bear in mind that when
the Uganda Government spends on
construction of roads, electricity, railways,
Uganda Development Bank (UDB), it’s
because they want to lower the cost of
doing business to attract more businesses
so that the economy is widened and
employs more people, and in the end get
more money to support health sustainably.
“In 1969, people were working for the
stomach. For instance, in Ntungamo,
no one was earning cash except four
Indians, two Arabs in the trading center
and one individual who was selling mad
fish. We discovered the problem and
worked on changing the mindset through
sensitisation and now people are working
for both the stomach and money,” he said.
He advised the donors to stop wasting
time and focus on Wealth Creation
because it’s the bone marrow of prosperity,
by practicing commercial agriculture,
artisanal skills, industrial skills, production,
and services like hotels, transport, tourism,
innovation and technology.
In the same meeting, Hon. Amos
Lugoloobi, the Minister of State for
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Planning, informed the delegation that
since the early 1990s, Uganda put in place
policies and programmes to address the
population situation in the country and, as
a result, Uganda has experienced progress
in its demography.
The Minister cited some few examples;
Uganda’s population has grown from 16.7
million in 1991 to 42.8 million in 2021 and
its projected to reach 103 million by 2050;
Low Mortality rate, for instance, infantry
mortality declined from 122 deaths to 1000
live births in 1991 to 43 deaths.
“We are experiencing a slow growth
fertility rate which was over 7 children for
a long time. It declined from 7.4% children
per woman in 1991 to 5.4% in 2016 and we
want to push it further down.
Life expectancy has risen from 43 years
in 1991 to 63 years in 2014 which is a great
stride. HIV/ AIDS prevalence has declined
from 18.4% in 1990 to only 5.4% in 2020 and
literacy rate increased from 54% in 1990
to 72% in 2016,” Lugoloobi said.
He said despite this progress, there have
been some challenges like the high
dependency burden, the population
age structure that’s not favourable for
development, the issue of skills that
has not been given enough support in
addressing this problem, etc.
In response, President Museveni asked
the Minister to do more sensitisation with
other leaders through the media and
going to the ground and illustrate to the
people what’s supposed to be done.
The Minister said the planned national
census will be in 2023 using electronic
devices which will enable real time
transmission of data from the field. He
elaborated that UNFPA will provide the
technical assistance especially in the use
of digital technology. The census will cost
10% of the budget.
Regarding the United Nations Commission
on Population and Development on
April 23, 2022, the Minister will be
leading the Uganda delegation to New
York to participate in 56th session of
the Commission in Population and
Development. The theme for the session is
“Population in Sustainable Development in
Particular Sustaining Increasing Economic
Growth”.
During the session, Uganda will present a
national effort on the progress made in the
implementation of the Uganda National
Conference on Population Development
commitments. The Ugandan delegation
is expected to meet with the UNFPA
Executive Director, Dr. Natalia Kanem.
During the meeting, Dr. Ndyanabangi,
thanked the President for granting them
audience and extended warm greetings
from Dr. Natalia.
He commended the President for the
impressive achievements which were
outlined by the Minister which focus on
Socioeconomic Transformation and his
efforts in gender equality and women
empowerment which are recognised
worldwide and his edifying lecture which
he confirmed to utilise.
Dr. Ndyanabangi told the President, his
mission to Uganda is to support Dr. Otieno
to see the progress of their partnership,
see how to enhance the partnership and,
also seek permission from the President to
allow UNFPA to focus on averting mobility
and mortality especially of young women
and girls and improve the quality of life
and the well-being of Ugandans and Great
Lakes region.
In reply, President Museveni advised them
to focus on Wealth Creation because you
can’t improve a girl’s welfare when her
parents are poor.
He said they believe that people who
are healthy are able to work, improve
themselves, be productive, improve their
families, improve themselves and their
communities, and are able to contribute
to the development of the nation.
Other dignitaries present in the meeting
were: Amb. Beatrice Pachunega, Dr.
Jotham Musinguzi, Dr. Chris Ndatira
Mukiza, and Mr. Daniel Alemu.
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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI HOSTS
BURUNDI NATIONAL DEFENCE SENIOR
COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE
In Uganda, if you start using
sectarianism, you cannot get enough
support in the country to win an election
simply because there is no religion which
can go beyond 40% of the population of
the country, and there is no tribe which
can go beyond 17% of the population of the
country,”
President Museveni.
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri
Museveni who is also the Commander-
in-Chief (C-I-C) of the Uganda People’s
Defence Forces (UPDF), delivered a
lecture of opportunity to the delegation
from Burundi National Defence Senior
Command and Staff College at State
House, Entebbe.
The regional trip of the Burundi National
Defence Senior Command and Staff
College was themed; “Conf ronting
Emerging Threats to National security
and National Development”.
H.E. Gen. Museveni told the delegation
that talking about the emerging security
threats will not be enough without talking
about the old ones when we are still
dealing with them. He suggested that
these are talked about.
He gave an example of Uganda being good
in dealing with security threats because
it had become a failed state in the past.
He added, “Uganda had become a failed
state because of the wrong ideology where
leaders were using sectarianism for power.
“They wanted power, but they couldn’t
bring good reasons why they wanted
power so they started using sectarianism
of religion, tribes, and gender,” he said.
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“By 1962 when we got independence, there
were three political parties; one political
party was for the Catholics, another for the
Protestants, and another for the Baganda.
“In Uganda, if you start using sectarianism,
you cannot get enough support in the
country to win an election simply because
there is no religion which can go beyond
40% of the population of the country, and
there is no tribe which can go beyond 17%
of the population of the country,” he noted.
The President said the first challenge
was failing to get enough support and
therefore, in 1962, two groups had to form
a coalition called “Omukago” (alliance).
He revealed this was between the party
of the Protestants, the Uganda People’s
Congress (UPC) of Milton Obote, and the
party of the Baganda - Kabaka Yekka.
They formed the alliance in order to get
numbers but that alliance was short lived
because it was based on opportunism and
it collapsed by 1964.
H.E. the President further said that the
second danger of sectarianism is that
forming national institutions like the army
is not easy.
“If you start talking about tribes then you
will have either the army to be divided
because of the tribes or to have one of the
tribes dominating the army and excluding
the others.”
He said, “When that happens, the danger
is that if there is no threat from outside,
maybe you may survive with your small
tribe dominating the army but if you get
an external challenge to fight a big war you
will not manage. You will collapse. That’s
what happened with Idi Amin.”
 President Museveni poses for a photo with a delegation from Burundi National Defence Senior
Command and Staff College, at State House, Entebbe
He explained that Idi Amin had built a
small army of 20,000 soldiers mainly from
his home area and they were the ones
keeping him in power for eight years.
“However, when he provoked a war with
Tanzania in 1978 and the Tanzania army
supported us (the anti-Amin group), he
could not mobilise enough man power
because he had a narrow base and we
came with a force of 54,000 comprising
44,000 Tanzanians and 11,000 Ugandans.
And Amin couldn’t manage us,” he said.
He gave another example of Somalia.
Somalis are very good fighters but the
problem is that they organise based on
clans. So, even when we train their soldiers
when they get back they go to their clan
armies.
The President said that the third problem
of sectarianism is diverting people from
their own interests from knowing what’s
crucial for them.
“In modern society, you need prosperity
of the people in a modern way. It means
that you produce a good or a service and
sell it and then use the money to solve
your problems like building a better house,
supporting your family and so on,” he said.
He stressed that by so doing, you sell your
goods and services to people not from
your region who produce similar goods.
He cited an example of the Masai in Kenya
are cattle keepers. They produce milk and
beef so they cannot sell their products to
themselves since they have similar goods
and so their market is other people of other
tribes in Kenya. The President said by such
exchanges, it brings about unity hence
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Patriotism which is the first principle of
prosperity and peace.
He said surplus goods are then sold to
other Africans resulting in Pan-Africanism
which is a second principle of prosperity
and securing peace.
He said that the third principle is
socioeconomic transformation where
people stop using firewood for cooking
and instead use electricity, they stop
using candles for lighting and instead
use electricity bulbs; people stop carrying
babies at the back and instead use baby
carriers, stop fetching water in jerricans
and instead use water pipes, name them.
He said the final principle is democracy
where all people from different parties
are accepted to participate in free and
fair elections.
After the President’s lecture, the
commandant of the college, Brig. Gen.
Cassien Ntacebera, on behalf of the
delegation gave gifts to him as a token
of appreciation for offering them such an
edifying lecture.
He told the President that they will
abandon sectarianism and also deal with
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both old and emerging threats.
Matthew Gureme, the Chief of Training
and Recruitment at Burundi National
Defence Senior Command and Staff
College informed Gen. Museveni that he
lectured a delegation of 45 students on
Course number 6/2021/ 2022.
He gave details that the delegation was
comprised of 26 students from four
countries; 20 students are Burundi, 2 from
the Kenya National Defence Force, 2 from
Tanzania People’s Defence Forces and the
other 2 from UPDF.
He added that also in the delegation
are 19 members of the faculty from four
countries; 16 from Burundi, 1 directive staff
from Kenya Navy, 1 from the Tanzania, and
1 from Uganda People’s Defence Air Force.
He told the President that they came into
the country on the 3rd of April 2022 and
had so far visited the Ministry of Defence
and UPDF headquarters, the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs headquarters, the Joint
Clinic Research Centre, Quality Chemical
Industries, Uganda Industrial Research
Centre, National Enterprise Cooperation
(NEC) and the Ministry of Agriculture
Animal Industry and Fisheries.
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ATTENDS
DRC ACCESSION TREATY
CEREMONY IN KENYA
“If you want prosperity in Africa, the way
forward is markets, to be able to negotiate for
bigger markets in Africa and in East Africa. If
I am a business man or business woman and I
produce a product or service, how many people
will buy from me,” President Museveni
NAIROBI, KENYA: President Yoweri
Museveni said that to realise meaning
full integration of East Africa Community,
there is need to prioritise prosperity,
markets and security.
The President was speaking at the signing
of the accession treaty by the Democratic
Republic of Congo to the East African
Community, which took place at State
House, Nairobi.
Heads of State of the East African Community unveil the new map of the
community in Nairobi, Kenya
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The East African Community is a regional
integration of now seven member states
namely; Uganda, South Sudan, Rwanda,
Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya and the new
entrant, the Democratic Republic of
Congo.
President Museveni said that prosperity,
security and market go hand in hand with
integration.
“If you want prosperity in Africa, the way
forward is markets, to be able to negotiate
for bigger markets in Africa and in East
Africa. If I am a business man or business
woman and I produce a product or service,
how many people will buy from me,” he
said.
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Mr. Museveni reiterated the need for
strategic security calling on member states
for a united effort in ensuring security in
the region.
“If there is terrorism in Somalia, it affects
Kenya. If there is a problem in Uganda, it
affects Kenya, yet we don’t work together
to solve it. The problems are Pan African,
they are global yet we act parochially,”
he said.
President Museveni supported President
Uhuru’s suggestion to have Swahili as a
common language for East Africa saying
that this will go a long way in uniting the
people of the region who already share a
lot of similarities in language and culture.
President Uhuru Kenyatta, the current chair
of the East African community welcomed
DRC to the East African community and
thanked the Heads of State of member
countries for their commitment, guidance
and support to realise the vision of the
community.
“To get to this commitment, it has taken
strong leadership and commitment to
the ideals of the East African Community
mission agenda and a clear understanding
on the shared benefits that come from
working together,” he said.
Relatedly he paid glowing tribute to
President Museveni for the zeal with which
he galvanised support for the DRC to join
the East African community.
President Uhuru said that the region has
already started realising the promise of
the East African Community, evident in
the free movement of people, goods and
services across the region. He said that
this will lead to harnessing of business
opportunities, strengthen economic
muscle in the region and improve
competitiveness of each member state
for the benefit of all.
24 The Presidency | April 2022
He welcomed President Tshisekedi and
the people of DRC to the East African
community customs union and the East
African community common market
which are the signature pillars of the union
and the foundation on which the political,
social, trade, investment and economic
interests stand.
He pledged full cooperation with the new
entrant to realise the mission of the East
African Community.
President Felix Tshisekedi on his part
thanked Heads of member states for
expediting the vetting and negotiation
since he applied to join the community
and promised to fulfill all the requirements
of the accession.
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda
welcomed the signing of the accession
treaty for DRC saying that for long there
has been a lot of talking but it’s now time
to work.
“We have made many speeches but now
we must get down to work to put in action
the statements we have made,” he said
The East African Heads of State also
unveiled the new map of the East African
community showing the seven member
countries.
“DRC shares borders with Tanzania,
Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and South
Sudan. Her accession to the East African
Community which has been hitherto been
on bilateral level will now be cemented
with the hope of maximising exploitation
of both natural and human resources in
the region,” President Tshisekedi said.
Among those who attended were
Members of Parliament, EALA members,
members of the diplomatic corp, and
Government officials.
 APR PRESIDENT MUSEVENI PASSES
OUT LOCAL DEFENCE PERSONNEL
8
In accordance with the Constitution of the into the army because many are educated
Republic of Uganda and the laws that govern and have acquired knowledge on how to
the armed forces of Uganda, it is my pleasure, use modern weapons very quickly.
having seen the reports of the Commandant
The group comprises 168 degree holders,
and the demonstrations which were shown
318 diploma holders and 1, 277 with
to me and the parade, to pass out the 6,237
certificates in various disciplines. The
recruits who were presented to me”
rest have Uganda Advanced Certificate
President Museveni
of Education (UACE) and below.
NAKASEKE: President Museveni, who is The President encouraged the new recruits
also the Commander in Chief (C-I-C) of the to maintain discipline and ensure good
Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) health at all times.
said that the country is safe and stable
“You should, therefore, not endanger your
save for a few pockets of insecurity that
health with risky behaviour like alcohol.
are being handled.
Once you keep your health and follow the
“The security situation in the country is regulations of the army and you train, the
good. There are a few little things which future is very bright for you,” the President
are easy to deal with, like the cattle rustling noted.
in Karamoja, that will be dealt with. Then
Earlier, the President commissioned water
for the ADF in Congo, your colleagues are
works to serve Kaweweta Recruits Training
dealing with that,” the President said.
School, Fort Samora Machel Special Forces
Gen. Museveni was speaking at the pass School and Oliver Reginald Tambo School
out of the 4th intake of 6,237 Local Defence of Leadership and Pan-African Centre of
Personnel who underwent a 6 months Excellence all in the same vicinity.
basic military training at Oliver Tambo
He also commissioned the new road
Military Training School in Kaweweta,
network connecting all the institutions
Nakaseke District.
at Kaweweta. A total of 10 out of the 17kms
“In accordance with the Constitution of have already been tarmacked.
the Republic of Uganda and the laws that
The President sounded a stern warning
govern the armed forces of Uganda, it is
to all those encroaching on the army land
my pleasure, having seen the reports of
to vacate immediately after reports that
the Commandant and the demonstrations
officials at the training institute are finding
which were shown to me and the parade,
challenges of widening the training
to pass out the 6,237 recruits who were
ground due to encroachment.
presented to me,” Museveni said.
According to the Chief of Defence Forces
He congratulated the new soldiers for
(CDF), Gen. Wilson Mbasu Mbadi, the
persevering through the 6 months training
recruits should brace themselves for more
to finish the course, and noted that these
training in the specialised units where they
will serve as Local Defence personnel for
will be deployed for better results.
a short time and will later be integrated

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 President Museveni commissions the road network connecting Kaweweta Recruits Training
School, Fort Samora Machel Special Forces School and Oliver Reginald Tambo School of
Leadership and Pan-African Centre of Excellence

“To the formations and the units that are
taking these brand new soldiers, make
sure you continue to skill them and mission
train them to enable them to become
more proficient,” Gen. Mbadi said, adding
that in all specialised formations, they have
revamped the training schools.
The Camp Commandant, Brig. Gen. John
Bosco Ruhesi, said the objective of the
course was to train selected patriotic young
Ugandan men and women and prepare
them into combat worthy, disciplined,
robust and progressive members of the
defence forces and this has been well
achieved.
ideological subjects that were mentally
and physically demanding”, Brig. Gen.
Ruhesi said.
He noted that the recruits received
packages on different topics that include;
attitude change for socio-economic
transformation, patriotism for socio-
economic transformation, retirement
sensitisation, gender equity in the UPDF,
the importance of ideological training and
the role of UPDF in the security of Uganda.
The recruits demonstrated to the President
skills in self defence, short- and long-range
shooting among others. They also swore
the oath of allegiance to serve and defend
the sovereignty of Uganda.

“The course covered both military and

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 APR PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
RECONCILES MUSLIM FACTIONS
12
I am happy because we as NRM
discovered long time ago that unity is
strength. We have always preached
against disunity. I want to thank you for
reaching this unity,”
President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri
Kaguta Museveni said that the National
Resistance Movement (NRM) has since
time immemorial preached unity among
the people because it discovered that unity
is strength. The President said this while
commending the Muslim community and
leaders for uniting.
“I am happy because we as NRM discovered
long time ago that unity is strength. We
have always preached against disunity. I
want to thank you for reaching this unity,”
the President said.
He made the remarks while meeting
Muslim leaders from all sects of Old
Kampala, Kibuli and Nakasero who called
on him at State House, Entebbe.
The delegation headed by the Mufti
of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Ramathan
Mubajje was at State House to brief the
President about an agreement reached
among the factions and uniting as one
body.
According to Sheikh Mubajje, they signed
a Unity Agreement among Uganda Muslim
Supreme Council (UMSC), the Kibuli group
and the Nakasero group to unite as one
body at a function held at Gaddafi National
Mosque in Kampala.
President Museveni commended the
Muslim groups for this action and noted
that different people have different talents
and abilities which are useful only when
they come together.
“The eight years I spent fighting Amin, I
was actually helped by Muslims like Abbas
Kibazo of Kibuli, Zubair Bakali, among
others. So uniting with all groups including
Muslims helped us win because unity is
power,” the President emphasised.
Responding to the Muslim leaders
appreciation for the appointments of
Muslims in key Government positions,
the President said, “for us, we are looking
for good people from wherever they are
found”.
He promised to support upcoming
activities of Muslims that include, the
Annual General Assembly (AGM) where
they will elect new leaders and collecting
ideas from around the country for their
Constitutional review process.
President Museveni asked the Muslims
to actualise the idea of constructing a
seminary that will help to train Muslim
leaders here in Uganda.
Mufti Mubajje thanked the President
for sparing time to meet them and
commended him for his tireless efforts
to unite all Muslims in Uganda that has
in the end yielded good results.
“Thank you, Your Excellency for your efforts
of uniting all Muslims in Uganda. Thank
you also for trying to unite the region and
Africa.”
He revealed the genesis of their conflicts
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that started when a Muslim property at
William Street was sold to local business
man, Drake Lubega, until President
Museveni intervened and rescued the
property back to Muslims.
The Mufti added, “We have sat down on
both sides to forge a way of uniting and
talking to each other. We now confirm
that we have reconciled and that’s why
we are here all together to inform you of
this development.”
“We signed a document agreeing to unite.
We even left Old Kampala together. We are
now all together as the Uganda Muslim
Community,” Sheikh Mubajje said.
He revealed that as they plan a
Constitutional review, at the same time
they are organising for the upcoming
general assembly that will lead to elections
of new leaders.
“I want, once again, to thank you for
appointing our people in key Government
positions in the recent deployments and
appointments. I want to assure you that
this time Muslims are happy and content”,
he assured the President.
The delegation that met and confirmed
this development to the President
included Sheikh Obeid Kamulegeya,
Sheikh Muhammed Yunusu Kamoga,
Sheikh Muhamood Kibaate, Sheikh Kasule
Ndilangwa and Sheikh Hamid Umar
Kateregga.
Others were Hajji Ramanthan Mugalu,
Hajji Faruk Kamulegeya and Masaba
Muhamood.

President Museveni poses for a photo with Muslim leaders after a meeting
at State House, Entebbe

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 APR PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS
CHURCH OF UGANDA LEADERS
13
It’s a good idea you are proposing and we
shall support you. The site is strategically
well-placed because it is near South
Sudan, so you can have people as far as
South Sudan coming,”
President Museveni.
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President
Museveni met with Church of Uganda
leaders led by the Archbishop of the
Church of Uganda, the Most Reverend
Dr. Samuel Kazimba Mugalu.
The meeting that was attended by the
President Museveni meeting Church leaders at State House, Entebbe
Bishop of Kitgum Diocese discussed the
development of Janan Luwum site at
Mucwini in Kitgum district.
The Church of Uganda is planning to build
St. Janan Luwum Memorial Stadium in
memory of the late Janan Luwum, the 3rd
Archbishop of Uganda who was killed by
the former President of Uganda; Idi Amin
Dada.
Speaking to the delegation, President
Museveni welcomed the idea of the
memorial stadium saying it will promote
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religion and tourism in the area.
“It’s a good idea you are proposing and we
shall support you. The site is strategically
well placed because it is near South Sudan,
so you can have people as far as South
Sudan coming”, President Museveni said.
Mr. Museveni advised the Church to expand
the idea and integrate the sports sector
so that the site can also make
Hon. Okello Oryem, who is coordinating
the Committee to realise the Janan
Luwum Memorial Stadium revealed that
the project will cost a total of 78.69 billion.
Hon. Okello Oryem revealed that they are
aiming to start the project immediately
so that by the 50th commemoration, it
is ready.
“We are here to inform you

“
money through events like that the leadership of Kitgum
sports competitions, music Diocese is ready to start. Land
concerts, political gatherings is there. The committee is
etc. Let us capture being formed to kick start
the whole the works. We are ready to
“Let us integrate the idea of
spectrum. Fine- go. Our aim is to start the
sports in your project. I am tune the concept project immediately,” Hon.
looking at Namboole as a and then we
Oryem said. He added that
key study because we use it are good to
go. Ministry by 16th February, 2027 they
for big events at a fee. I was
of Finance will expect to have completed
thinking that if we could have
coordinate the this project.
it even for all kinds of sports,
finances
it can generate income for The Archbishop of Uganda,

”
you,” Mr. Museveni said. the Most Reverend Dr.
Stephen Kazimba Mugalu,
Faith-based tourism, the
thanked the President for
President said; for example,
encouraging the church to
the Tomb of the late Janan Luwum, the
start the project of Janan Luwum Memorial
Statue, etc, will capture believers but also
Stadium which will help promote faith-
it will capture all other events e.g. church
based tourism.
gatherings, sports, cultural and political
gatherings. The meeting was attended by, the Minister
of Energy and Mineral Development; Hon.
“Let us capture the whole spectrum. Fine-
Ruth Nankabirwa, Minister of Finance; Hon.
tune the concept and then we are good
Matia Kasaija, the Permanent Secretary
to go. Ministry of Finance will coordinate
Ministry of Finance; Mr. Ramathan Ggoobi,
the finances,” President Museveni assured
the Bishop of Kitgum Diocese; Rev. Wilson
them.
Kitara, among others.
The Minister of Finance, Planning and
Economic Development, Hon. Matia
Kasaija assured the church delegation that
Government will budget for the Luwum
Memorial Stadium in the 2023/2024
Financial Year.

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,

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 APR
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS UPDF HIGH COMMAND
14
“I congratulate you for going through
the Corona pandemic. Thank you for
doing your part of enforcement. Many
countries like U.S.A lost many people,
over one million, but because of our
correct line and guidance, we only lost
about 3,000 people,”
Gen. Museveni said.
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President
Museveni who is also the Commander in
Chief (CIC) of the Uganda Peoples Defence
Forces (UPDF) met with the country’s
Security High Command during which
they discussed the country’s successful
handling of several pandemics including
COVID 19, Locusts, Operation Shujaa and
the security situation in the Karamoja
region.
He commended the UPDF for their efforts
in enforcing COVID-19 Standard Operating
Procedures (SOPs) when the pandemic
was at its peak.
“I congratulate you for going through the
Corona pandemic. Thank you for doing
your part of enforcement. Many countries
like U.S.A lost many people, over one
million, but because of our correct line
and guidance, we only lost about 3,000
people,” Gen. Museveni said.
The President added that if it weren’t for
the indiscipline of some opposition groups
during campaigns that led to the second
wave of the virus, Uganda would have lost
very few people.
President Museveni also hailed the UPDF
for fighting the locusts and more recently
detecting elements that wanted to make
Uganda ungovernable during the recently
concluded presidential elections.
“I salute you for your contribution. Thank
you for f ighting the locusts and for
stopping the insecurity that was posed
by some wrong elements during elections
with the aim of making the country
ungovernable,” he said.
The President briefed the High Command
about the progress of the Operation
Shujaa in Congo and assured them that
the operation is moving well and soon
ADF will be no more.
“The operation in Congo has gone very
well and we are now in phase three of
sweeping all the camps of the enemy.
We have only lost 3 soldiers and two of
them died from an accident caused by
themselves,” he said.
Mr. Museveni said that this was all because
of the good planning and strategies of the
Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF).
Operation Shujaa is being implemented
following a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Government
of Uganda and the DRC to conduct joint
operations for the eradication of ADF and
other foreign-armed groups in the eastern
part of DRC.
On the issue of cattle rustling in Karamoja,
President Museveni said that there should
be no cow stolen from anyone and that
Government is going to work on the
security roads in the region to facilitate
the swift security operations.
“The cattle rustlers are not a big problem.
Nobody should be stealing cows. I want
us to make a law criminalising cattle-
rustling,” he said.
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During the same meeting, President The officers commissioned include; O/CDT
Museveni commissioned 5 junior officers Agaba Junior who has been studying in
at the ranks of Lieutenant and Second Jamaica for one year, 2LT. Edgar Koojo who
Lieutenant who have been undergoing has been studying from Sandhurst school,
Basic Military Training Cadet Courses in United Kingdom for one year.
Kenya, United Kingdom, and Jamaica
Others were Lt. Andrew Mwebembezi, Lt.
respectively.
Alfred Blac Mulabi and Lt. Allan Akampulira
“I Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President who were all on a three year course in
of the Republic Uganda and Commander Kenya.
in Chief of the Armed Forces, by the virtue
The meeting was attended by the Minister
of the authority entrusted to me by the
of Defence; Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki
constitution of the Republic of Uganda and
Ssempijja, State Minister for Defence;
the law governing the Defence Forces of
Hon. Jacob Oboth Oboth, the CDF Gen.
Uganda, do hereby commission you to be
Wilson Mbadi, the Coordinator Operation
officers of Uganda People’s Defence Forces
Wealth creation; Gen. Salim Saleh, Senior
at the ranks of Lieutenant and Second
Presidential Advisor on Peace and Security;
Lieutenant. May God help you,” President
Lt. Gen. Proscovia Nalweyiso and officers
Museveni said during the commissioning.
of the High Command among others.

Officers of UPDF salute President Museveni during the meeting at State House, Entebbe

32 The Presidency | April 2022

 APR
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS OMORO
19 LEADERS AND NRM ASPIRANTS

If Oulanyah had not died, we would
not have elections in that area until
2026. So, I think the decent thing to do
is to support his son to complete the
father’s term,”
President Museveni.
If there is a sentiment that one of the
children of Oulanyah stands in for him
and for us, I think it is really decent. It is
decent to say let the boy go. If he is given
a chance and he doesn’t perform we shall
see,” he said.

RWAKITURA, KIRUHURA: President

Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who is also the President Museveni commended the
National Chairman of National Resistance 4 aspirants for putting the party first
Movement (NRM) commended leaders before self and agreeing to step aside for
f rom Omoro district for mediating a smooth process.
between the aspirants and also thanked
“I am happy to hear from you
the aspirants for listening to

their leaders on the need for
a smooth transition for the
NRM seat for Omoro County.
The Omoro County
Constituency Parliamentary
seat fell vacant following the
death of the former Member
of Parliament and former
Speaker of Parliament,
the Rt. Hon. Jacob L’Okori
Oulanyah.
“If Oulanyah had not died,
“
yourselves. You can come and
compete with the boy in 2026
if he doesn’t perform. I am
If Oulanyah very glad to hear this, thank
had not died, you,” the President said.
we would not
The President was meeting
have elections
in that area leaders from Omoro District
until 2026. So, I over the Omoro County
think the decent constituency by-elections
thing to do is to due on 26th May 2022, at his
support his son country home in Rwakitura.
to complete the
father’s term The meeting was organised
by the NRM Secretary General,

”
we would not have elections
Hon. Richard Todwong, and
in that area until 2026. So,
was attended by the Omoro
I think the decent thing to
District Executive Committee,
do is to support his son to
the aspirants, cultural leaders, religious
complete the father’s term,” he said.
leaders and opinion leaders.
President Museveni said that it is a matter
During the meeting, all the 5 aspirants
of decency but also avoiding wastage of
were given an opportunity to present their
time, adding that if Ojok Andrew Oulanyah
candidature to the leaders who attended.
does not perform in the remaining 3 years,
They included Ojok Andrew Oulanyah (son
then they could come back and compete
to the late Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah), Okello
with him in the next elections.
Douglas Peter (current LCV Chairperson),
“People get tired of endless elections. Olal Obong, Acellam Ben, and Okello

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 President Museveni addresses Omoro District leaders
during a meeting at Rwakitura, Kiruhura

Francis. “We should not allow destruction of forests

for industrial parks. Please don’t talk about
In the meeting, all the five NRM aspirants
interfering with forests. Where shall we
for Omoro County agreed to step down
get rain if we cut down forests?” he asked.
for Ojok Andrew Oulanyah, for continuity
of his father’s term in the August House. In a Memorandum of Understanding read
to the President by the Woman MP Omoro
Responding to their concerns as Omoro
district, Hon. Catherine Lamwaka, leaders
district leaders, like the road that connects
in Omoro commended President Museveni
Acholi from Omoro to Moroto in Karamoja,
for the support he gave to Jacob Oulanyah
President Museveni assured them that
before, during and after his death.
Government will tarmac the road. He says
that Government has done so many roads “We want to thank you for your support for
and so it can’t fail to tarmac this one. Omoro district. Thank you for the support
you gave to Oulanyah during his time
“The road I know it, and we shall work on
while alive and for the decent send off.
it. We have worked on so many of them
Thank you for always standing with us as
so this one we can’t fail,” he said.
Omoro district,” Hon. Lamwaka said.
President Museveni who promised to
The meeting was also attended by Rwot
support the Oulanyah foundation, and the
Ochan, Jimmy Lumala, Bishop Godfrey
completion of Omoro district headquarters,
Loum, RDC Onyuk Andrew, NRM Electoral
cautioned leaders against going for forests
Commission Chairman; Tanga Odoi among
in the name of constructing an industrial
others.
park.

34 The Presidency | April 2022

 APR
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS TANZANIAN
20 NATIONAL DEFENCE COLLEGE OFFICERS

I welcome you to Uganda. To get a endless coups. The political governance

good picture of Uganda, I need to
inform you that Uganda had become
a failed state. It had collapsed. This
was because of the endless coups. The
political governance was collapsing but
also the economy and social services
had collapsed,”
Museveni said.
RWAKITURA, KIRUHURA DISTRICT:
President Yoweri Museveni has
emphasised that as freedom fighters,
promoting prosperity for the people and
building strategic security are at the heart
of their mission for Uganda
and Africa.
was collapsing but also the economy and
social services had collapsed,” Museveni
said.
Museveni said that after analysing this
whole chaos as freedom fighters, they
formed two missions; one of building
prosperity and secondly building strategic
security.
“When we analysed the reasons for
all these conflicts, we came up with
two missions that would be assisted
with 4 principles. Our group soon after
independence detached itself and formed
the students’ movement,

“
which eventually rescued
The President, who is also the Uganda. That student
Commander in Chief (CIC) of movement identified two
the UPDF, was delivering a To be missions; how do we build
lecture of opportunity to the prosperous prosperity on the African
Tanzanian National Defence in a modern continent but also how do we
College Officers who were way, you must build strategic security that
produce a covers all situations,” he said.
on a tour of duty in Uganda.
good (coffee,
The opportunity lecture maize) or a The President said people
took place at the President’s service (hotel, would talk about sectarian
country home in Rwakitura, transport) politics of religion, tribe etc.,
Kiruhura District. which you sell
which could not solve the
and get money
Pr e s i d e n t Museveni and develop problem of prosperity and
welcomed them to Uganda yourself strategic security.
and gave them a brief history

”
of Uganda which he said
had collapsed completely
politically and economically,
until it was rescued by the freedom
fighters in 1986.
“I welcome you to Uganda. To get a good
picture of Uganda, I need to inform you
that Uganda had become a failed state.
It had collapsed. This was because of the
“For us we asked that if
Uganda is to prosper in a
modern way, what will it
need and what will families
do to have prosperity? To be prosperous
in a modern way, you must produce a
good (coffee, maize) or a service (hotel,
transport) which you sell and get money
and develop yourself,” he said.

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Stressing his point, the President said that
when you have a producer and a consumer
then you will need infrastructure like
roads, electricity, etc., to enable products
reach the consumer.
“For example, here in Kiruhura, people
produce milk, beef, grow some bananas
etc., so they will need to transport them to
Kampala. That is where the infrastructure
will be needed to take the products to
Kampala. I am prosperous not because
of my tribe or religion but because of the
market of Uganda,” he said.
To achieve our prosperity, the President
said, that, NRM Government set out four
principles of Patriotism, Pan-Africanism,
Socio-economic transformation and
Democracy.
President Museveni chats with a delegation from National Defence
College of Tanzania at Rwakitura, Kiruhura
36 The Presidency | April 2022
“Part of the problem of Uganda, about 8
years ago, was the 68% of Ugandans who
were still doing subsistence farming. But
we have woken them up and now they
are producing a bit and have discovered
that the internal market is not enough,”
he said.
Mr. Museveni emphasised that Uganda and
Africa must change from the traditional
ways of creating wealth to modern ways
of using machine power and science.
“USA is one of the richest countries in the
world because if its market, that’s why we
need an African market for our prosperity.
This will enable our people to move away
from traditional way of doing things to
modern ways,” he added.
The sectors to drive socio-economic
transformation include commercial
agriculture with a calculation (Kibalo),
industries (both big and small), services
and ICT.
“The market is needed within the country
(when there is political unity), in the region
(with integration), on the continent and
internationally. This Pan-Af ricanism
is important for prosperity but also for
strategic security,” he said.
Responding to their question and
concerns of the conflicts in the Great
Lakes region, President Museveni said that
these conflicts are mainly sectarianism
and manipulation from foreigners in the
world. “It is both internal sectarianism and
external manipulation,” he said.
handled our visit was excellent. We need
regionalism to expand the market where
to sell our products. Your Excellency, you
are a very important leader in Africa and
we need to treasure you. From outside we
see this and appreciate it,” he said.
The team later gave gifts to President
Museveni and First Lady Maama Janet
Museveni as a sign of remembrance for
this historical lecture.
The delegation f rom the National
Defence College of Tanzania that visited
Uganda had participants from Tanzania,
Bangladesh, Rwanda and Malawi.

On the issue of East African Integration,

President Museveni revealed that it is
moving well and that the EAC market
is growing after Democratic Republic of
Congo joining the Community recently.

The Head of the delegation, Brig. Gen.

Nkangaa Juma Sipe, thanked the President
for accepting their visit and allowing to
deliver a lecture of opportunity to his
delegation.

“On behalf of the College Commandant,

and on my own behalf, I want to sincerely
thank you for accepting our visit. You gave
us a very special treatment while here.
Thank you for your wonderful time and
lecture,” he said.

Brig. Gen. Nkangaa Sipe commended

the UPDF for coordinating their visit and
said that the continent needs regionalism
to expand the market where to sell our
products.

“We thank the entire UPDF team for

coordinating this visit and how they

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS FORT PORTAL
DIOCESE DELEGATION
The tractors, I will give you three and
one lorry. Please, now focus more on
mobilising your people to move from
subsistence farming to modern ways of
creating wealth,”
the President said.
RWAKITURA, KIRUHURA: President
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni met and held
discussions with leaders from Kabarole
led by the Minister of Tourism, Wildlife
and Antiquities, Hon. Col. Tom Butime,
and the Bishop of Fort Portal Diocese, Rt.
Rev. Robert Muhiirwa.
The meeting took place at the President’s
country home in Rwakitura, Kiruhura
District.
President Museveni and the delegation
from Kabarole discussed the upcoming
Uganda Martyrs day celebrations to be
President Museveni addresses the Fort Portal Diocese delegation at Rwakitura, Kiruhura
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held on June 3rd, 2022 and other issues
concerning the Diocese.
The Uganda Episcopal Conference selected
Fort Portal Diocese to spearhead the
preparations for this year’s Martyrs Day.
Fort portal Diocese last led the celebrations
25 years ago.
According to Bishop Muhiirwa, the
Diocese came up with a working budget
of approximately UGX 1 billion to prepare
for the celebrations.
“As a custom, the celebration of this
noble event is preceded by numerous
preparations with spiritual and material
mobilisation. Due to the uncertainty of
the COVID-19 pandemic, we received the
communication about leading the Martyrs
Day celebrations late, so, Your Excellency,
we need your support,” Bishop Muhiirwa
said. The other pertinent issue, he said,
was the cathedral’s roof, which requires
renovation. He added that the roof of
the cathedral has in the last two years
developed serious leakages that it can no
longer be used during rainy season.
“Whereas the entire community was
mobilised to support this campaign, the
UGX 2 billion required to renovate the roof
cannot be raised easily moreover, with the
current effects of the pandemic,” Bishop
Muhiirwa appealed.
Speaking to the delegation and
responding to their concerns, President
Museveni pledged UGX 1 billion towards
preparations for Martyrs Day and roofing
of the cathedral.
“I am going to give you UGX 1 billion for
the two; the cathedral roof and Martyrs
day preparations,” he said.
Addressing their concern of enabling them
grow more tea and coffee in the area,
President Museveni promised to buy for
them three tractors and one truck so that
they can mobilise people to enter into the
money economy.
“The tractors, I will give you three and one
lorry. Please, now focus more on mobilising
your people to move from subsistence
farming to modern ways of creating
wealth,” the President said.
Hon. Col. Butime, revealed that
Namugongo Catholic and Protestant
shrines are big tourist sites that need
support and promotion to be able to attract
both local, regional and international
tourists.
“Thank you for accepting to host us here
at your country home in Rwakitura. As the
Minister of tourism, Namugongo church,
is a big project for tourism. The last two
years we have not been there. Now that
you have opened, people are coming in
big numbers. It is faith- based tourism that
will need to support,” Hon. Butime said.
Hon. Butime revealed that these places
have the potential to compete with
places like Vatican and Mecca if they are
supported and promoted well.
Bishop Muhiirwa took this opportunity
to invite President Museveni be the
Chief Guest for this year’s Martyrs Day
celebration at Namugongo, which
invitation the President accepted.
The Bishop commended the President
and the Government for the tremendous
programmes aimed at helping Ugandans
improve their household incomes, like
the Emyooga Programme and Parish
Development Model (PDM).
“Mr. President, the Emyooga programme
that has been running as well as the Parish
Development Model that was launched
this year in February, are so much crucial
to halt and reverse the trend of poverty
and to help Uganda become united,
and a democratic society, committed
to making the basic needs affordable,”
Bishop Muhiirwa said.
He added, “as a Diocese, we are fully in
support of all these programmes. I wish
to use this opportunity to thank you
for your leadership as you continue to
transform Uganda from a low-income
country to middle-income status. Fort
Portal Diocese has been keenly following
and participating in your development
plans,” Bishop Muhiirwa told the President.
The meeting was attended by Hon. Frank
Tumwebaze; the Minister of Agriculture,
Animal Industry and Fisheries, the MP Fort
Portal West Division; Hon. Alex Ruhunda
and Monsignor Isaiah Mayombo among
others.
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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ATTENDS THE SECOND
HEADS OF STATE CONCLAVE ON DRC IN
NAIROBI KENYA
COMMUNIQUE
THE SECOND HEADS OF STATE
CONCLAVE ON THE DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF CONGO
The Second Regional Heads of State
Conclave on the Democratic Republic
of Congo convened in Nairobi, Kenya on
21stApril, 2022. The Conclave, hosted by
His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, President
of the Republic of Kenya, was attended by
His Excellency Félix Antoine TSHISEKEDI
Tshilombo, President of the Democratic
Republic of Congo; His Excellency Évariste
NDAYISHIMIYE, President of the Republic of
Burundi; His Excellency Yoweri MUSEVENI,
President of the Republic of Uganda, and
His Excellency Paul KAGAME, President of
the Republic of Rwanda represented by
the Rwandan Foreign Minister.
The leaders took note of the situation
in eastern DRC and of neighbouring
countries. After fruitful discussions, held
in a frank and cordial environment, and
in order to promote peace, stability and
development in the eastern DRC and the
greater East African Region, the leaders
also agreed as follows:
1. To INVITE the other leaders of the East
African Community to join the conclave
and to engage them in future sittings.
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2. To WELCOME the participation, in an
observer status, of a representative of
the United Nations Secretary General,
the Chairperson of the African Union
Commission, Secretary General of the
ICGLR, the Secretary General of the East
African Community, as and when called
upon to participate by the DRC.
3. To also WELCOME bilateral interlocutors
such the United States and France in an
observer status.
4. That a Secretariat be formed to OVERSEE
the implementation of the agreements
arrived at the meeting. The Secretariat
will be administered by the Special Envoy
in the Office of the President of the DRC,
and the Special Envoy in the Office of the
President of Kenya (the Principal Secretary
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya is
designated to play this role ad interim) with
the participation of representatives from
the Executive Offices of the other Heads
of State of the East African Community.
5. FURTHER, the leaders committed to
progress the work of the meeting along
two tracks;
a) The Political Track – The meeting
agreed that a political process be
commenced under the leadership of
President Uhuru KENYATTA of Kenya to
facilitate consultations to be undertaken
between the DRC and local armed groups
in the DRC.
FURTHER to the outcome of the first
Heads of State Conclave, the meeting
recalled that a consultative dialogue
between the President of the DRC and
the representatives of local armed groups
in the DRC is to take place at the earliest by the region.
possible time.
c) THAT the establishment of the regional
CONSEQUENTLY, the meeting was force to fight the negative forces should
informed that the President of the DRC commence immediately under the
will chair such a consultative meeting leadership of the DRC.
on Friday, 22ndApril, 2022. President
8. The leaders RESOLVED to meet within
Uhuru KENYATTA graciously agreed to
one month to evaluate progress on the
host and provide logistical support for
implementation of work.
the consultations in Nairobi. The meeting
further AGREED that the President of 9. The leaders THANKED President Uhuru
the DRC would subsequently inform KENYATTA for his convening and hosting
his colleagues of the outcome of the of the second Conclave.
consultations at the next sitting. 10. ADOPTED on 21stApril, 2022, Nairobi,
b) The Military/Security Enforcement Kenya
Track - Pursuant to an AGREEMENT
following the first Heads of State Conclave
to accelerate the establishment of a
regional force to help contain and, where
necessary, fight the negative forces,
the meeting DIRECTED the urgent
deployment of such a force.

6. Towards this end, the meeting directed

that planning for such a force commence
with immediate effect with the full
consultation of relevant authorities in the
region.

7. To FACILITATE the implementation

of the political and military/ security
enforcement tracks the leaders also
directed the following;

a) THAT all armed groups in the DRC

participate unconditionally in the political
process to resolve their grievances. That
failure to do so, all Congolese Armed
groups would be considered as negative
forces and handled militarily by the region.

b) THAT all foreign armed groups

in the DRC must disarm and return
unconditionally and immediately to their
respective countries of origin. That failure
President Museveni is received by
to do so these groups would be considered
President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya at
as negative forces and handled militarily
State House, Nairobi

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MOURNS LATE FORMER
PRESIDENT MWAI KIBAKI
Mzee Mwai Kibaki was a
transformational leader and a true
Pan-Africanist. While at the helm
of Kenya’s leadership, he played a
fundamental role in achieving socio-
economic transformation and prosperity
for Kenyan people. He was active in
deepening the roots of African unity and
cooperation for peace, development and
security. As he rests from his earthly
responsibilities, let the young generation
study his exemplary deeds and emulate
this Great Son of Africa,”
President Museveni.
KAMPALA: President Yoweri Museveni
condoled with the people of Kenya upon
the passing of former President Emilio
Mwai Kibaki.
“This afternoon, I have received sad news,
announcing the death of H.E. Hon. Emilio
Mwai Kibaki, the third President of the
Republic of Kenya. This is a sorrowful
moment for the people of Kenya, the
East African Community and the African
Continent.
I extend, on behalf of the people of
Uganda, heartfelt sympathies to the
family of the late President, H.E. Uhuru
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Kenyatta, President of the Republic of
Kenya and all Kenyans, upon the loss of a
Great Statesman,” he said in a condolence
message.
President Museveni described Mzee
Mwai Kibaki as a transformational leader
and a true Pan-Africanist who played
a fundamental role in achieving socio-
economic transformation and prosperity
for the Kenyan people.
“Mzee Mwai Kibaki was a transformational
leader and a true Pan-Africanist. While at
the helm of Kenya’s leadership, he played
a fundamental role in achieving socio-
economic transformation and prosperity
for Kenyan people. He was active in
deepening the roots of African unity and
cooperation for peace, development and
security.
As he rests from his earthly responsibilities,
let the young generation study his
exemplary deeds and emulate this Great
Son of Africa,” he said.
President Museveni said Mzee Kibaki
will be remembered for his faithful and
excellent service to his motherland and
Africa.
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI HOSTS BIRTHDAY
DINNER FOR GEN. MUHOOZI
Many countries in Africa have got security
problems because of the structure of their
armies. People like Muhoozi joined the
army not because of a job but because of his
passion. That’s why Muhoozi has made some
contribution to the building of the UPDF,”
President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri
Kaguta Museveni together with the First
Lady and Minister of Education and Sports,
Hon. Janet Museveni, and the President of
Rwanda, H.E. Gen. Paul Kagame, graced
a dinner in honour of Lt. Gen. Muhoozi
Kainerugaba.
L-R: President Paul Kagame, Lt. Gen. Kainerugaba, First Lady Janet Museveni and
President Museveni during the dinner at State House, Entebbe
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The dinner was hosted by President
Museveni and First Lady Janet Museveni
in honor of Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s
48th birthday celebrations that took place
at State House Entebbe.
Earlier on arrival at State House Entebbe,
President Paul Kagame who was on a
private visit to Uganda was received by
President Yoweri Museveni, First Lady
Janet Kataaha Museveni and the first
son who is also the Commander of Land
Forces, Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
Later the two Heads of State went for a
bilateral meeting where they discussed
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regional security and stability in a meeting
that was also attended by the Security
Minister, Hon. Jim Muhwezi, First Lady
Janet Museveni and Commander of Land
Forces, Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
At the dinner reception, it was fanfare
and celebrations with great performances
from traditional performers from Rwanda
and Uganda.
Speaking at the dinner, President Museveni
who welcomed his Rwandan counterpart
to Uganda after a long time gave a brief
history of their relationship with President
Kagame and the people of Rwanda since
the times of NRA.
“We are very happy that you came. Thank
you for responding positively to Muhoozi’s
invitation and you came. President
Kagame is an old friend since way back in
1979. Kagame was among the group with
whom I attacked Kabamba. When you
hear about the 27 guns we started with,
there was Fred Rwigyema, Paul Kagame
and others. That time Muhoozi was only
5 years old,” President Museveni narrated.
Mr. Museveni congratulated Gen. Muhoozi
on his 48th birthday and revealed that his
birth was a gift to the freedom fighters
during their early days of the struggle.
“I want to congratulate you on your 48
years. Thank you, friends, of Muhoozi for
organising all these events. Muhoozi was a
gift for us in our young days of the struggle
because on 24th April 1974 is when he was
born,” President Museveni said.
President Museveni saluted the First Lady
for looking after their children who have
turned out to be very responsible citizens
since the time they were in exile. He added
that he advised Muhoozi to join the army
immediately after university so that he can
build his character with the army.
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“I want to thank Maama for looking after
the children when they were in exile. When
he finished University, I told him that he
should first join the army because it will
build his character,” he said.
The President emphasised that part of
the problems we experience in Africa are
structural and the effect of weak armies.
“Many countries in Africa have got security
problems because of the structure of their
armies. People like Muhoozi joined the
army not because of a job but because of
his passion. That’s why Muhoozi has made
some contribution to the building of the
UPDF,” Gen. Museveni said.
Uganda, President Museveni said, had
become a failed state but was restored
by the NRA/NRM Government through
the four principles of Patriotism,
Pan-Af ricanism, Socio-economic
Transformation and Democracy.
“Ugandans saw something new in the
NRM but would have achieved more if we
had more committed cadres, with passion
about development of their country.
Finally, there is something positive about
his tweets, because he tweets about his
passion, on this and that. But the problem
is that you should not externalise your
passion. Work on the issues of the tweets
and the surroundings of the tweets,” he
counseled
Speaking to a cheering audience,
President Paul Kagame congratulated
Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba for clocking
48 years and commended him for all the
achievements registered during this period
of time. He added that they have a lot of
expectations in him.
“48 years means he has been here for
some time but also means he is still very
young. The question is how has he lived
his time and how he intends to use his
remaining time? There is no doubt, that
many more years that are ahead, he will
use them even better.
I want also to say to Gen. Muhoozi that
there are a lot of expectations that you
continue that path you have taken. Thank
you for inviting me to be here for your
birthday,” President Paul Kagame said.
President Paul Kagame said, he was here
to celebrate with Muhoozi’s parents and
friends but also happy to be here again
after 4-5 years.
“I had not been coming to Uganda and
the expectation I talked about earlier is
based on the history we share together.
There have been difficulties between our
two countries, but I was convinced that
these were going to be temporary. The
ties that bind us together are strong and
big,” he said.
President Kagame said that when he
received Gen. Muhoozi in Rwanda recently,
he knew that the President of Uganda was
behind his visit and the message.
“When we talked, the conversation was
for peace for our countries. I am convinced
that great generals are not only those who
fight and win battles but also those who
fight and win peace,” he said.
On a lighter note, President Kagame
offered to edit Muhoozi’s twitter account.
“Gen. Muhoozi, I want to offer a service
to you. I want to start editing your twitter
account,” he said.
The First Lady and Minister of Education
and Sports, Hon. Janet Kataaha Museveni,
praised and thanked God for His provision
and protection of their family that has
enabled them see their son clocking 48
years while still alive.
“I want to thank God because he has been
great to us as a family. In June this year, I
will be 74 years, and today my first-born
son is 48. We are both here alive with my
husband to witness. There is a reason to
thank God,” she said.
The First lady spoke highly about her
son as a God-fearing person, honest and
humble.
“From his love for God, that’s how he
is honest and humble. I want to say to
Muhoozi today at 48, God will never leave
us nor forsake us. Please strive in all u do
to love God with all your heart and serve
Him because he has used you, and served
your country with dedication. I want to
wish you a very happy birthday. I wish you
many, many more years,” Maama Janet
Museveni said.
Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba thanked God
for giving him life this far and commended
his parents, for raising him and his siblings
and providing for them in everything.
“I want to thank God for letting me live
up to 48 years and taking me through all
has taken me through. I want to thank my
parents, President Museveni and Maama
Janet for raising us the way they did and
educating us and mentoring us. All the
good fruits are because of them. They did
this under difficult circumstances,” Gen.
Muhoozi said.
In a special way, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba
saluted President Paul Kagame for gracing
the function physically and personally.
“I want to thank in a very special way Your
Excellency Paul Kagame for honoring my
invitation to come and grace this occasion.
We know it is the beginning of many more
good things to come. President Kagame is
a very open and honest man. He is honest
and straight forward,” he said.
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Gen. Muhoozi added that that he thinks
that an honest interaction with President
Kagame is what has helped Uganda
and Rwanda negotiate a path back to
friendship.
The Joint Chief of Staff for UPDF, Maj. Gen.
Leopold Kyanda, who spoke on behalf
of friends of Muhoozi, described Gen.
Muhoozi as a diligent listener, humble,
respectful and a Pan-Africanist.
“He is a humble man and respects
both his seniors and subordinates. He
introduced a leadership conference,
which brings together all commanders
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to discuss solutions. He is a peacemaker.
He is a patriot. He is a Pan-Africanist.
He is a diplomat. He is a hard-working,
dependable, loyal and consistent
commander,” Maj. Gen. Kyanda said.
Present at the function were; the Vice
President of Uganda; H.E. Jesca Alupo,
Speaker of Parliament; Rt. Hon. Anita
Among, Prime Minister of Uganda; Hon.
Robinah Nabbanja, NRM National Vice
Chairman; Alhaji Moses Kigogo, the
Kyabazinga of Busoga; William Wilberforce
Gabula Nadiope, the NRM Secretary
General; Hon. Richard Todwong, Service
Chiefs, Ministers and MPs among others.
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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI RECEIVES PRESIDENT
27 FILIPE JACINTO NYUSI OF MOZAMBIQUE

ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: for bilateral talks.

His Excellency Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, This is President Nyusi’s return visit
President of the Republic of Mozambique, following President Yoweri Museveni’s
arrived in Uganda on a three-day state three-day visit to Mozambique in May 2018,
visit at the invitation of his counterpart, during which he visited the legendary
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Montepuez Barracks where he led 28
FRONASA youth in training in 1976.
Mr Nyusi, accompanied by the First Lady
of Mozambique, Dr. Isaura Nyusi, touched Museveni’s trip to Mozambique was partly
down at Entebbe International Airport on to thank the Mozambique Liberation Front
Wednesday 27th April, 2022 at 11am. (FRELIMO) for their role in the liberation
movements across the continent.
At the Airport VVIP terminal, President
Filipe Jacinto Nyusi was received by Hon. President Nyusi is the current leader of
Odongo Jeje Abubakhar, Minister of FRELIMO, the party that has governed
Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda, Mozambique since its independence from
H.E. Verónica Nataniel Macamo, the Portugal in 1975.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic
President Filipe Nyusi and his wife Isaura
of Mozambique, among other officials of
Nyusi will visit several places of mutual
the visiting delegation.
interest before returning home.
H.E. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi and First Lady
Isaura Nyusi later proceeded to State
House Entebbe where they were received
by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
and First Lady Janet Museveni in the
company of Ministers and other officials
from Uganda and the visiting delegation
from Mozambique.

On Ugandan side were ministers; Ruth

Nankabirwa of Energy and Mineral
Development, Vincent Bamulangaki
Ssempijja of Defence and Veteran Affairs,
Jeje Odongo Abubaker of Foreign Affairs,
Col (Rtd) Charles Engola of Employment
and Industrial Relations (State), Mrs. Lucy
Nakyobe Mbonye; Head of Public Service,
among others.

The visiting President H.E. Filipe Jacinto

Nyusi of Mozambique was treated by a 21-
gun salute and later, the two President’s President Museveni welcomes President
together with their delegations proceeded Filipe Jacinto Nyusi at State House, Entebbe

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27 NYUSI OF MOZAMBIQUE

I had an idea which I proposed to His
Excellency which was to start a wealth
creation association of veterans or their
children, so that they produce wealth
for families but also for their country. It
was to show Uganda’s gratitude to the
people of Mozambique for their role in the
liberation of Uganda,”
President Museveni.
STATE HOUSE ENTEBBE: President Yoweri
Kaguta Museveni and his Mozambican
counterpart, President Filipe Jacinto
Nyusi, held discussions on strengthening
historical ties, political, economic, social
and cultural co-operation between the
two countries.
The two Heads of State reiterated their
commitments made in May 2018 in Maputo,
Mozambique, to strengthen further
the existing ties and review new areas
of cooperation particularly, in the fields
of; Defence and Security, Immigration,
Agriculture, Energy, Petroleum and Mineral
Development, Works and Transport,
Trade and Investment, Tourism, Youth
and Culture, Labour and Employment,
Environment, Education and Sports,
among others.
for families but also for their country,”
Museveni said, adding that, “It was to
show Uganda’s gratitude to the people of
Mozambique for their role in the liberation
of Uganda.”
According to President Yoweri Museveni,
28 of the soldiers who formed the Front for
National Salvation, which later became the
National Resistance Army before it became
the Uganda People’s Defence Force, were
trained at Montepuez, the second largest
city in the province of Cabo Delgado, in
Mozambique.
President Museveni however, noted that
since 2018, little has been done partly due
to the insecurity in the area.
“I advised that why don’t you add a force
to guard the activities, then we also
contribute to the security in the area,”
President Museveni said.
The President also offered to train
Mozambique nationals (Scientists) in
wildlife conservation and protection to also
reap from the huge benefits of tourism
like Uganda.

While addressing the media, President

Museveni referred to his earlier visit to
Mozambique in 2018, where he visited
their old base in Montepuez, and met the
war veterans whom together with the
Government of Mozambique, have been
supporting.

“I had an idea which I proposed to His

Excellency which was to start a wealth
creation association of veterans or their President Museveni and President Nyusi
children, so that they produce wealth in a tete-a-tete at State House, Entebbe

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“Before COVID19, we were getting 1.6
billion dollars each year from tourism
and we were getting 1.5 million visitors.
Tourism in Uganda has recovered, it had
collapsed during President Idi Amin’s time
because animals had been poached but
when we took over power, we stabilised
everything. For us we are ready as Uganda
Government to train any Mozambican
who you will send here for wildlife course
especially university graduates who should
be scientists,” President Museveni said.
He said these will be conservationists and
others protection forces to contribute to
the security in the parks.
On his part, President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi,
of the Republic of Mozambique, expressed
gratitude to President Museveni, for
accepting to support them in maintaining
security and stability in Mozambique.
“We took some time discussing security
matters given that ever since 1982, there
are a lot of security issues to settle in there
and to also support the war veterans,” Mr
Nyusi said, adding that a meeting with
the war veterans was held and shared
experiences on how to support them.
He also revealed that his coming to Uganda
was to establish how Uganda can invest in
agriculture, citrus production and animal
rearing in Mozambique given that Uganda
has a lot of experience in that field.
President Museveni revealed that in
May, a team led by Lt. Gen. Ivan Koreta,
who is among the 28 soldiers who were
trained at Montepuez under the Front for
National Salvation, which later became
the National Resistance Army, before it
became the Uganda People’s Defence
Forces, will lead a delegation of Ugandan
agricultural scientists and Defence
officials, to establish how best Uganda
can support Mozambique.
His Excellency President Filipe Jacinto
Nyusi and First Lady H.E. Dr. Isaura Gonçalo
Ferrão Nyusi and other Senior Government
Officials of the Republic of Mozambique
who were in Uganda on a three-day
State Visit, were received at State House,
Entebbe with full ceremonial honors by
their hosts His Excellency President Yoweri
Kaguta Museveni and First Lady Janet
Museveni.
According to the Joint communique,
the two Heads of State reaffirmed the
importance of the Joint Permanent
Commission (JPC) as a framework for
deepening bilateral relations between
the two countries and reiterated their
directive to their respective Ministries of
Foreign Affairs to convene the next Session
of the JPC in Kampala in 2022, on dates to
be mutually agreed through the normal
diplomatic channels.
They also directed their respective
Ministers to work on a mechanism to
facilitate the waiving of visas for Diplomatic
and Service passport holders.
Mr. Museveni expressed his gratitude to
His Excellency President Filipe Jacinto
Nyusi for honoring his invitation and for
the fruitful discussions they held. He
later hosted the visiting delegation to a
luncheon.
During his stay, H.E. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi
visited and toured Luweero Industries
Limited and Kawumu Presidential
Demonstration Farm.
Mozambique and Uganda have enjoyed
good relations of friendship and solidarity
since the national liberation struggle
stemming from the 1970s during the days
of FRELIMO, as the country fought for
independence.
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 APR
PRESIDENT NYUSI VISITS FORMER LUWERO TRIANGLE
28
NAKASEKE DISTRICT: The President of the welcomed by among others; Gen Salim
Republic of Mozambique, His Excellency Saleh who is the Chairman Operation
Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, called upon the people Wealth Creation and Special Presidential
of Nakaseke to make good use of Kapeeka Advisor on Defence and Security, the
Industrial Park to empower themselves Minister of Foreign Affairs; Gen Jeje Odongo
and develop their country. Abubaker, the Minister for Security; Gen
Jim Muhwezi, the State Minister for Internal
“One advantage is that this land which
Affairs; Gen. David Muhoozi, the Minister
was in the past the birth of liberation
for Energy and Mineral Development;
is now the birth of development, so, it’s
Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of State
important to say that we will empower
for Defence and Veteran Affairs; Hon. Huda
our people for development. This is a place
Abason Oleru, and the Minister of State for
where employment is generated and by
Luwero Triangle; Hon. Alice Kaboyo.
doing so, we can empower ourselves and
develop,” President Filipe said. Speaking at the function, Gen. Salim Saleh
who is among the ‘veterans of the armed
President Filipe was speaking to the
struggles that have been on the continent
gathering at Kapeeka Industrial Park, also
expressed gratitude to H.E. Nyusi, for
known as Liao Shen Industrial Park in
finding time to visit Namunkekeera Rural
Nakaseke District, after a guided tour of
Industrial Centre.
the different projects and their production
chains. Good Will Uganda Ceramic Gen. Saleh recalled the time he and 27
Company Ltd that manufactures tiles was other soldiers were training in Montepuez
among those President Filipe toured. between 1976 and 1978 where they used to
read only two books that were in the library
Mr Filipe noted that Mozambique will
titled, “The Long March” by Chairman Mao
send a team of experts to acquire more
Zedong and the other about “How Europe
knowledge on setting up Industrial parks
Underdeveloped Africa”, a 1972 book
which they have also started back home.
written by Walter Rodney that describes
“Our visit was not in vain. We are happy how Africa was deliberately exploited and
to see industrial parks such as these in underdeveloped by European colonial
Uganda. We did not bring our businessmen regimes.
this time but we will certainly do so and
“So since that time, me and my colleagues
build up economic firms so that we can
have been obsessed with this idea of how
do things such as these as an example.
Europe underdeveloped Africa. That’s
One of the companies investing in these
why we are lucky to have the Chinese
projects will, starting from this year
here. We don’t know whether they will
operate in Mozambique,” he said, adding
develop us or under-develop us like the
that this will also contribute to the well-
Europeans underdeveloped us but so far
being of veterans in Mozambique through
so good. Because they have turned soil
engaging in productive work.
into products, they have created jobs,” Gen
At Kapeeka Industrial Park, H.E. Filipe was Saleh said, adding that, “we hope that the

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Chinese will not under-develop us.” Secretary, Ms. Hope Nyakairu and were
taken around on a guided tour of the
The ceremony was also attended by
different projects undertaken at the farm
the Commissioner General of Prisons;
that included among others fish farming,
Canon Johnson Byabashaija, the Deputy
poultry, coffee plantation, banana farming
Inspector General of Police; Maj. Gen.
and rabbit farming (Cuniculture)
Geoffrey Tumusiime Katsigazi, the Chief
Political Commissar (CPC) of the UPDF; Kawumu Presidential Demonstration
Maj. Gen. Henry Matsiko and the veterans Farm located in Luwero district was
from Luwero Triangle. commissioned in November 2016 by H.E.
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, with the primary
Before heading to Kapeeka Industrial
objective of promoting the 4-acre farming
Park, Mozambique President, Filipe Nyusi
model and teaching farmers to adopt good
and delegates earlier visited Kawumu
farming innovativeness to create wealth.
Presidential Demonstration farm and
were received by the State House Under-

State House Under Secretary, Ms. Hope Nyakairu, shows President Nyusi, pineapples
grown at the Presidential farm in Kawumu

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 APR MOZAMBIQUE FIRST LADY VISITS
28 MULAGO HOSPITAL
I commend the Government of Uganda
for respecting the health of the women
and children and other unprivileged
persons through providing them with the
improved health services. We have learnt
a lot from the visit and will definitely
borrow a leaf for sustainable health
development,”
Dr. Isaura Ferrao Nyusi.
MULAGO HOSPITAL, KAMPALA: H.E. Dr.
Isaura Ferrao Nyusi, the First Lady of
Mozambique, visited Mulago Specialised
Women and Neonatal Hospital (MSWNH)
and commended the Government of
Uganda for its efforts in improving the
health of women and children.
“I commend the Government of Uganda
for respecting the health of the women
and children and other unprivileged
persons through providing them with the
improved health services. We have learnt a
lot from the visit and will definitely borrow
a leaf for sustainable health development,”
she said.
Mrs. Nyusi is the patron of the Model
Maternity and Wards certification in
Mozambique, an initiative of the Ministry
of Health of Mozambique.
Dr. Isaura Ferrao Nyusi who was received
by the Minister of Health Hon. Dr. Jane
Ruth Aceng and Dr. Evelyn Nabunya -
Executive Director, Mulago Women
Hospital and her medical staff was guided
on a tour of the Radiology Department,
Laboratory and Diagnostic area and the
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
While at Intensive Care Unit for premature
babies, Mrs. Nyusi was shown how the
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premature babies are catered for and
Kangaroo style (where mothers put their
premature babies in the chest for better
growth and protection).
She was further led to a ‘Wall of Hope’
displaying pictures of babies who were
born premature and now are living
examples including quadruplets.
During the tour, Dr. Evelyn Nabunya,
informed Mrs. Nyusi that the hospital offers
different specialised services including;
Antenatal Clinic, Benign Gynaecology, Uro-
gynaecology, Gyn-oncolgy, Physiotherapy,
Radiology, Fluoroscopy, Mamography,
Ultrasound, Family planning, Kangaroo
follow-up clinic, Cervical Cancer Screening,
Immunisation, Postnatal Clinic, Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit, Kangaroo Mother Care,
Operation theatres, Intensive Care Unit,
High Dependence Unit, Labour Suites,
among others.
Earlier, Dr. Isaura Ferrao Nyusi held a
bilateral meeting with the First Lady and
Minister of Education and Sports, Hon.
Janet Kataaha Museveni, at State House
Entebbe, during which they discussed
various issues in the sectors of education,
health and environmental conservation.
She appreciated President Museveni
and his wife Janet Kataaha Museveni
for the opportunity to visit the hospital
and Kalangala Islands and for warmly
welcoming them in Uganda.
Hon. Jane Ruth Jane Aceng, the Minister
of Health said they are honoured that
during their short visit to Uganda, H.E
Dr. Isaura Ferrao Nyusi, chose to visit the
health sector and appreciated her for that
decision.
She said that the maternal mortality of
Uganda is still high at 336 per 100,000 live
births, but it has come down from a hike of
cover 500 per 100,000. She said their vision
is to bring it to a target of sustainable
development goals. She revealed this year,
they set a target of 120 per 100,000.
Present at the guided tour were; Hon.
Grace Freedom Kwiyucwiny; Minister
of State Northern Uganda, Dr. Henry G.
Mwebesa; Director General Ministry of
Health, Dr. Charles Olaro; represented
Chairperson Board Mulago Specialised
Women and Neonatal Hospital and Dr.
Evelyn Nabunya- Executive Director
Mulago Women Hospital. The delegation
from Mozambique included; Hon. Josefina
Mpelo; Minister for Combatants, among
others.

H.E. Dr. Isaura Ferrao Nyusi (left) visits the Wall of Hope at Mulago Specialised
Women and Neonatal Hospital

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 APR
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI HOSTS
30 ANNUAL IFTAR DINNER

First of all, I congratulate our Muslim
people for approaching the end of
fasting. Fasting is a good discipline,
it’s a good practice and people need to
know that we don’t live to eat but we
eat to live,”
President Museveni.
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President
Yoweri Museveni said bad politicians who
sabotage Government programmes aimed
at empowering Ugandans are partly to
blame for the rising prices of commodities.
“The problem is our people who do not
listen; they are always sabotaging our
programmes. When political leaders fight
Government programs, it’s the people who
suffer,” the President said.
President Museveni appealed to the
religious leaders to expose and fight
bad politicians who have made it a habit
to fight Government’s developmental
programmes.
“Religious leaders, please help me to
expose bad politicians because they are
causing problems to all of us,” he said.
The President was hosting Muslims for
the annual Iftar dinner at State House,
Entebbe. The Mufti of Uganda, His
Eminence Sheikh Shaban Ramathan
Mubajje, led the Muslims to the dinner.
Addressing Muslims at the dinner and
those at home via live television and radio,
President Museveni who congratulated
Muslims of Uganda and around the
world for completing the holy month
of Ramadan, said that fasting is good

Muslims led by Sheikh Shaban Ramathan Mubajje pray

during Iftar dinner at State House, Entebbe

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discipline which should be emulated even
by non-Muslims.
“First of all, I congratulate our Muslim
people for approaching the end of fasting.
Fasting is a good discipline, it’s a good
practice and people need to know that we
don’t live to eat but we eat to live,” he said.
The President encouraged Muslims and
Ugandans in general to work hard for both
the stomach and pocket and appealed to
the people to follow the NRM teachings
of wealth creation in their homesteads.
“Even in the Bible, St. Paul said that if you
don’t work, you do not also eat. I want
to inform you that this time, we are very
serious about people who are not working
for the pocket,” he said.
The President revealed that because of
the Government’s efforts, many families
have now started waking up, taking down
the percentage of those working for the
stomach only from 68% to now 39%.
“If 5 million families with land were to
create only 5 jobs, we shall be creating
almost 50 million jobs. All these families
must get involved in producing for the
stomach and pocket,” he said.
President Museveni commended the
Muslims for uniting, adding that he is
always for the unity of all people in Uganda
and Africa.
The President promised to fulfill the
pledges made to Muslims when he
recently met with a delegation of Muslims
led by the Mufti of Uganda.
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Anita
Annet Among, commended President
Museveni for uniting the country and
its people. She appealed to Muslims to
emulate the President on unity.
“Dear Muslim brothers and sisters, as you
fulfill this pillar of fasting, I want you to
create unity amongst yourselves. When
we have unity in the community, we shall
have development,” she said.
She appealed to the Muslim community to
embrace the wealth creation programmes.
“I congratulate the Muslims of Uganda
and of the world for completing the holy
month of Ramadan,” Among said.
The Third Deputy Prime Minister, Hon.
Hajati Rukia Nakadama, thanked the
President and First Lady for always hosting
Muslims for the annual Iftar dinner at State
House. She commended them for their
generosity.
“I want to congratulate you for ending the
month of Ramadan that we have gone
through and pray to the almighty Allah to
accept our fasting. On behalf of the people
of Uganda and the Muslim community,
we thank you Mr. President for this Iftar
dinner. We are grateful to you and Maama
for the Ramadan charity,” she said.
Mufti Mubajje said that fasting is a pillar
of Islam and that the benefits of fasting
include, helping the believer to take self-
control and also have spiritual purification.
Mufti Mubajje, thanked the President for
holding this country together during the
Corona pandemic and also his effort in
uniting all Muslims in Uganda.
“As you did to fight HIV in Uganda, you
also fought COVID-19. May Allah continue
to guide you so that Uganda is stable
and peaceful. On behalf of the Muslims
in Uganda, we thank you for intervening
in creating unity among Muslims. It is a
good gesture to the Muslim community. I
encourage Muslims to maintain this unity,”
Sheikh Shaban Mubajje said
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CONDOLENCE MESSAGE BY PRESIDENT
MUSEVENI AT THE BURIAL OF THE LATE RT.
HON. JACOB L. OULANYAH, FORMER SPEAKER
OF THE 11TH PARLIAMENT OF UGANDA
Countrymen and Country Women,
I, again, convey the condolence of all
the Ugandans, the NRM fraternity, the
Government and my own family, to the
family of the Late Rt. Hon. Jacob Oulanyah,
the former Speaker of Parliament and
Vice-Chairman for the NRM for Northern
Uganda.
As I said at Kololo, the coming up of people
like the Rt. Hon, Oulanyah to high-level of
leadership of the country, number 3 in the
constitutional hierarchy of the country, is a
direct result of the historic road- junction
(masanganzira) Uganda experienced in
1965.
Prior to 1965, Uganda’s political Parties
had been based on the politics of identity.
Identity of religion and also identity of
tribes and gender-chauvinism (looking
down or marginalising women). Hence,
you had DP as a Party for Catholics, UPC
a Party for Protestants and KY a Party
for Baganda Protestants. Although a
Protestant, I had been a Member of DP on
account of another strand of sectarianism
in the Ankole area of that time.
The marginalisation of women could be
seen by the fact that in the Parliament of
91 Members of Parliament (including the
9 Specially Elected), I can only remember
two women – Florence Lubega and an
Indian Lady, Visram.
On account of exposure to World historical
events through the studies in Schools but
also examining the phenomena in our
villages, by 1965, some youth elements
in those sectarian political parties, had
started seeing that the logic of politics
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of identity was pseudo-ideology - a false
diagnosis of the problems our societies
faced. Abroad, we had been exposed
to the phenomena of the class politics
of Europe such as the phenomenon of
the great French Revolution that saw
capitalism triumph over feudalism for
the first time but also the unification of
Germany (1871) and Italy (1860) from the
smaller kingdoms of the Germanic and
Latin Peoples, (respectively). Locally, we
could see that hunger, thirst, poverty, lack
of roads, lack of schools, diseases etc. were
common to all and affecting everybody.
You do not have Catholic, Protestant or
Moslem Malaria or female or male Malaria.
You do not have Banyankore, Baganda
or Acholi Malaria. Malaria is Malaria
regardless of religion, tribes or gender. If
the needs of these people are similar, why,
then, do you divide them? Why do you
not unite them so that they can, together,
tackle their common problems – common
needs?
After thorough analysis, we came up with
the four NRM principles that you are now
familiar with: Patriotism (mwoyo gwa
Uganda, love the whole of Uganda because
you need it for your prosperity, uzalendo);
Pan-Africanism (mwoyo gwa Africa, love
the whole of Africa, because you need it
for your prosperity and security); Socio-
economic transformation; and Democracy.
By the time we formed Fronasa in
1971 to fight Idi Amin, these were our
guiding principles. We did not look at
people’s identity but at their capability
and contribution. We did not look at
tribes, religions or whether one was a
woman or man. What is your ideology
(political beliefs); your capability and
your contribution? That is how Kategaya
and myself came here in Omoro in 1973,
January and linked up with Jacob Okello
who used to work with UDC.
Jacob Okello linked us to 82 Acholi ex-
soldiers and police that were around a
village to the right of Awere bridge as
you face East, led by a former Uganda
Army Sergeant Lino Okuya. I have been
in touch with his family. This group had
been introduced to Eriya Kategaya by
Engineer Akena Pajok of UEB who had also
linked us with the Atiak group of Maama
Kinyera, my late Deputy Resident District
Commissioner.
The guns we had infiltrated into the
country before the mistake of September,
17th, 1972 disrupted us, had been dispersed
to different parts of Uganda. 20 of them
had been brought by Akena Pajok to Atiak.
Hence, in our meeting with Lino Okuya
in the village near Awere bridge, we had
arranged for those guns to be transferred
from Atiak to the Awere area to arm the
82 ex-serviceman.
Unfortunately, Lino Okuya, against my
express advice, revealed our plan to one
Latigo, a former Obote’s General Service
(Intelligence) person, who had been
briefly with us in Dar-es-salaam and,
apparently, had come back. That is how
Obwona and Labeja of Atiak and Awere
respectively, were arrested with the guns
while transferring them. Also arrested
with them was David Kangire, a former
Butobere Secondary School Student that
we had attached to the Acholi group.
Labeja and Obwona were part of the group
of 12 that were publicly executed by Idi
Amin as follows:
1. Labeja and Obwona in Gulu;
2. Some 2 thieves in Kampala that had
nothing to do with us;
3. Kasolo and Abwoli Malibo in Fort
Portal;
4. Ntale and Nkoko in Jinja;
5. Namirundu and Masaba in Mbale;
6. The Kyambogo Mathematics
Teacher, Karuhanga (Omuharabu
because of his brown colour) in
Mbarara;
7. Bitwaari, Karambuzi and Kangire in
Kabale.
Most of these were our members except
the thieves in Kampala. Kategaya, Jacob
Okello and myself, also had a narrow
escape when our Renault car knocked a
sheep at Palenga Primary School and had
its radiator damaged. It is that sheep that
saved Kategaya because he did not arrive
back at his Bat Valley Flats Residence
when Amin’s operatives came with torches
looking for his car which at that time,
about 22:00 hours (10 p.m.), was safely
parked behind the Teachers’ house at
Palenga, damaged by the sheep and at
that very hour our party was departing
Gulu in a hired mini-bus for Kampala.
It is that ideology of the four principles:
Patriotism, Pan-Af ricanism, Social-
economic transformation and Democracy,
that we introduced to the whole of
Uganda when we won the civil war in 1986.
Ekitetekatekyirwe, embwa ekahuunga
omukaro. “Surprise caused a dog to run
away from the spitted and dried meat,
thinking somebody had thrown a stone
at it.” However, after running away for
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a short distance, the dog stopped and 1980 (UPC revenging on the West Nilers
started getting the scent of the delicious on account of Amin’s mistakes) and 1985
meat and came back to enjoy the mukaro (Okello Lutwa and Bazilio against Obote).
(the spitted and dried meat). Similarly, The NRM had healed the bad feelings
visionary young people in the North, with created in 1966 by the conflict between
time, started noticing the attractiveness Obote and Mutesa.
of the correct principles of the NRM and
We have, therefore, lost a great asset.
joining. In return, the NRM also noticed the
Get us a good replacement. We shall
talents of these young people – starting
stand with Oulanyah’s children and
with the Deputy Speaker Betty Okwir,
continue to support the development
Beatrice Lagada, Salim Bachou etc. Jacob
and transformation of Northern Uganda,
Oulanyah, was one of them.
just as we do for the rest of the country.
On the Military/Police side, people like
The outpouring of grief by all Ugandans
Otema, Oketta, Odwe; Akullo, Lokech etc.,
towards Oulanyah’s death, shows that the
came up. Since the NRM is always after
NRM strategy of uniting all Ugandans has
qualities and Oulanyah had a bunch of
succeeded. If you are good, the Ugandans
them, such as a sharp analytical brain,
will appreciate you.
dedication, oratory, etc., NRM supported
him for the position of Deputy Speaker in May his Soul rest in Eternal Peace.
the years 2011 to 2021. Yoweri K. Museveni
Last year, 2021, the NRM forwarded his PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN NRM
name to the Parliament as a sole candidate
for Speakership having ruled out the
other contenders. In the vote, NRM gave
Oulanyah 310 votes against Maama Kadaga
who had stood as an Independent. Maama
Kadaga got 197 votes. In the same way,
many other young and old cadres are
coming up backed by progressive forces
of the NRM.

Oulanyah, in Parliament, was strictly

following the Constitution and avoiding
non-legal actions. The new Speaker and
Deputy Speaker have seen Oulanyah’s
example although a brief one.

The people of Omoro, give us another

good NRM.

I salute Oulanyah, using the lessons he had

learnt from the NRM of non-sectarianism,
as Vice Chairperson NRM, united the
peoples of Lango, Acholi and West Nile
who had been wrongly polarised in 1971
(Amin against the Acholis and Langis), in

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women could be seen by the President
fact that in the Parliament of Museveni
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 Contents
MUSEVENI DECORATES LIBERATION WAR HEROINE WHO HOUSED FIGHTERS����������������������������������������������������������������������������7

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS MEMBERS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION��������������������������������������������������������������������9

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI PASSES OUT 2610 LOCAL DEFENSE PERSONNEL����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 11

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI GRACES ‘LIGHT UP LUWERO FOR JESUS MISSION’ CEREMONY��������������������������������������������������������� 13

TALKS WITH A DELEGATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY�������������������������������������������������������������� 15

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI, UKS MINISTER FOR ARMED FORCES DISCUSS SECURITY���������������������������������������������������������������������� 17

PRESIDENT SULUHU CONCLUDES TWO-DAY STATE VISIT TO UGANDA�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 19

MUSEVENI RECEIVES SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM ANGOLA’S LOURENÇO����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 20

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS PROSPECTIVE AUTOMOBILE INVESTOR������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 21

DELEGATION OF INDIAN INVESTORS, ADVOCATES FOR SMART INVESTMENTS���������������������������������������������������������������������������22

UGANDA TANZANIA TO COLLABORATE ON VACCINE DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY ON EACOP�������������������������������������������� 24

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI GRACES THE UGANDA – TURKEY INVESTMENT SUMMIT�������������������������������������������������������������������������25

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI, TURKISH TRADE MINISTER DISCUSS INVESTMENTS�������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 27

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI COMMISSIONS KIRYANDONGO CREST SUGAR FACTORY���������������������������������������������������������������������� 28

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI CONDOLES WITH UAE OVER THE DEMISE OF PRESIDENT KHALIFA���������������������������������������������� 30

LECTURE: GRADUATES FROM KYANKWANZI & KAWEWETA OLIVER TAMBO TRAINING SCHOOLS���������������������������������� 31

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI PASSES OUT 33 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS OFFICERS���������������������������������������������������������������������������33

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS RUSSIA’S ORTHODOX NEW AFRICA EXARCHATE����������������������������������������������������������������������� 36

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS KENYAN OPPOSITION LEADER RAILA ODINGA��������������������������������������������������������������������������� 37

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personnel and spoke to both
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security and the economic
welfare.
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When we came to government,
Uganda was generating 60
megawatts and selling 30 to
Kenya. I proposed to have more
power dams, but parliament
that time blocked it. This was a
betrayal of that Parliament.”

President Museveni
MUSEVENI DECORATES LIBERATION WAR
HEROINE WHO HOUSED FIGHTERS
At Kijaguzo we met Maama Anna who
handed us to Senkaali (we nick named
‘Lt. Col.’ Senkaali. They played a big role
in directing us hidden paths while we
trekked at night dodging police officers in
the town,”
President Museveni.
NAKASEKE: Maama Anna Maria
Mukaluyinda Nakampi of Kijaguzo
Parish, Semuto in Nakaseke district was
awarded with a Luwero triangle medal in
appreciation of support and contribution
to the NRA liberation struggle by President
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
Speaking shortly after the Thanksgiving
Mass to celebrate the life and works of
Maama Maria Nakampi at St. Mary’s
Catholic Parish-Kijaguzo in Nakaseke
district, President Museveni congratulated
the celebrant for making 80 years and also
thanked the Almighty God for giving her
the gift of a long life.
Museveni, who was accompanied by
the First Daughter Natasha Museveni
Karugire, gave a brief history of the
struggle in the jungles of Luwero, said
Nakampi and her connections played an
important role in housing, feeding and
doing reconnaissance for the then NRA
combatants enabling them to trek at night
to avoid police.
“At Kijaguzo we met Maama Anna who
handed us to Senkaali (we nick named
‘Lt. Col.’ Senkaali. They played a big role
in directing us hidden paths while we
trekked at night dodging police officers
in the town,” he said.
President Museveni also said that while
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at Kijaguzo they were given assistance
in terms of housing, feeding, and doing
reconnaissance for them and directing
them to hidden routes among others. He
appreciated them for their tremendous
contribution and commended the
residents of Kijaguzo for contributing
towards the liberation struggle.
On his arrival, the President was first taken
around St. Mary’s Catholic Parish-Kijaguzo
next to the residence of Maama Maria
Mukaluyinda Nakampi where they held a
private meeting with the celebrant.
In 1981 the church housed (yamubudamya)
H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his
mother Ms Esteri Kokundeka Nganzi, Hajji
Moses Kigongo, Salim Saleh, Tumwine and
other combatants.
Maama Anna Maria Mukaluyinda Nakampi
gifted the President with a shield, an arrow
and his portrait in remembrance of the
liberation struggle while in Kijaguzo Parish.
President Museveni pledged a bus for
St. Denis S.S Kijaguzo and also pledged
to tarmac more roads he also gave three
SACCOs Shs. 20m each and urged the
people to embrace the Parish Development
Model which will improve the standard of
living for households.
Museveni cautioned Ugandans against
destroying swamps and wetlands which
he said, help in keeping water and sieving/
filtering the water. He instructed the
Sub county chiefs, Parish Chiefs, Chief
Accounting Officers (CAO) and Resident
District Commissioners (RDC) to guide the
people and protect the wetlands.
On the issue of land wrangles in Buganda
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and the Church land, the President
pledged to ensure that it is settled.
In her written speech Mzee Maria
Mukaluyinda Nakampi urged Christians
to serve God well when given a chance
for He knows the right time to reward you.
She said you can’t escape God’s plan and
she advised people to be obedient to God’s
call.
“Serving God is greater than all riches on
the earth and I am a witness,” she said.
Celebration Mass was conducted by
Msgr. Francis Xavier Mpanga the Diocese
Administrator Kasana Luweero Diocese
accompanied by Rev. Fr. Achilles K.
Ssemakula, Rev. Fr. Francis Kasule and
others.
Present at the event were; Hon. Alice
Kaboyo Minister of State for Luwero
triangle, Hon Lutamaguzi Ssemakula
Paul MP Nakaseke South Constituency,
Hon. Sarah Najjuma Woman MP Nakaseke
district, Cpt. Kakooza Yahaya, RDC
Nakaseke district, Muyambi Joseph Deputy
RDC Nakaseke district among others.

Maama Anna Maria Mukaluyinda Nakampi gifts President Museveni with a shield
and a spear in remembrance of the liberation struggle while in Kijaguzo Parish

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS MEMBERS OF
THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION
When you have a leadership role you are
a trustee, so you should know that the
country does not belong to members of
Parliament. It belongs to the people and
other workers of the country,”
President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President
Museveni met with the Parliamentary
Commission led by the Speaker of
Parliament, the Rt. Hon. Anita Annette
Among and the Deputy Speaker Hon.
Thomas Tayebwa at State Lodge Nakasero.
Addressing the Parliamentary
Commissioners, the President counseled
that the country does not belong to leaders
but to the people of Uganda.
“When you have a leadership role you are
a trustee, so you should know that the
country does not belong to members of
Parliament. It belongs to the people and
other workers of the country,” President
Museveni said.
President Yoweri Museveni also said
that when all the arms of government
(Executive, Parliament, and Judiciary) work
together, they yield good results for the
country.
Using the crisis of load-shedding in 2005
as an example, the President said that
electricity shortage was caused by the
Parliament at the time, which blocked
major projects of dams construction.
“When we came to government, Uganda
was generating 60 megawatts and selling
30 to Kenya. I proposed to have more power
dams, but parliament that time blocked
it. This was a betrayal of that Parliament,”
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the President said adding, “When we won
in 2006, I came back and met the cabinet.
This time, I was ready for a showdown. I
told them that I beg you, we must put
more money in two areas of roads and
electricity. Cabinet agreed and called the
caucus and they agreed. That’s how you
can see all these roads constructed and
we got out of that problem caused by the
misuse of Parliament. I am very glad that
this Parliament has moved well. I want to
congratulate you,” he said.
On the issue of the Parliamentary
budget, President Museveni appealed to
Parliament not to misuse the committees
of Parliament and said that committees
should be funded but with small numbers.
He lauded Parliament’s decision of allowing
to give the Constituency Development
Fund to the Parish Development Model
to run it, saying it’s a wise decision.
“I am glad you have brought back the
constituency development money back
to Parish Development Model,” he said.
On the issue of increasing salaries for the
Parliamentary staff, the President said that
they can wait for now, but that does not
mean that they are not thought about.
“Also the armed forces, teachers, medical
workers are all getting low salaries. So be
careful with these budgets. The bases of
the state are the armed forces, teachers
and health workers. We should always
look into their welfare first before others,”
he said.
The President commended the 11th
Parliament for a good start and handling
of government business in a mature way.
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This way, he said, complements the NRA/ “We have also passed 64 resolutions out of
NRM line of liberating Ugandans from 78 and presented 31 committee reports,”
poverty. she said.

“I want to thank Parliament; you have Rt. Hon. Among revealed that they have
started well. I thank the entire leadership had 83 plenary sittings. According to the
of Parliament for the good way you have Speaker, the commission has decided to
started and working well as a government; take the constituency fund to be run under
the executive, legislature and judiciary,” the Parish Development Model. She added
Mr Museveni said. that there is a need for Parliament to build
its own space for MPs offices instead of
He appealed to Parliament to complement
renting.
the historical mission of NRA/NRM to
liberate the people from poverty. ‘We spend over Shs 20 billion for rent per
year for MPs. We should instead use the
“In the past, people used Parliament
money to build our own accommodation
to set up parallel authorities to fight
and save the government this money,”
government programmes. I have seen
Among said.
that this Parliament is not involved in
those mistakes,” he said. The meeting was attended by the Prime
Minister of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Robinah
He supported the commission’s proposal of
Nabbanja, the Minister of Finance, Hon.
building their own offices for the Members
Matia Kasaijja, Clerk to Parliament, Hon.
of Parliament instead of renting which is
Adolf Mwesigye and Parliamentary
costly.
Commissioners among others.
The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Anita
Annet Among commended President
Museveni for the support he has always
given to Parliament and its leadership.

“We wish to extend our sincere thanks for

your continued support. Thanks for the
support for our late Speaker. Your personal
interest in the leadership of parliament
has not been in vain and we shall never
disappoint you. We shall work together to
ensure good governance,” Among said.

The Speaker outlined some of the

achievements registered by this parliament
in the last 11 months that include passing
of 12 bills out of the 20 presented.

Rt. Hon. Among said they had passed

12 bills including; the NSSF Bill, Oil bill,
President Museveni addressing the Speaker of
Income tax Bill, Finance Management Bill,
Parliament and members of the Parliamentary
Succession Bill, Market Bill, Mining and
Commission on Budget during a meeting at State
Minerals bill, Electricity bill, etc.
House Nakasero

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI PASSES OUT 2610 LOCAL
DEFENSE PERSONNEL
We had removed the 5th division for training
and they took advantage of that. But now we
have brought it back. It will help make the
rustlers lose appetite for the gun,”
President Museveni
LABWORDONG, AGAGO DISTRICT:
President Yoweri Museveni has vowed
to make the cattle rustlers in Karamoja
‘lose appetite’ for the gun by building
and equipping a stronger guard force at
Labwordong in Agago district.
Speaking shortly after passing out 2610
Local Defence
Personnel intake 06/21-22 that had been
undergoing training at the Labwordwong
Training School in Agago district, President
Museveni said the cattle rustling that has
re-emerged in the region will stop.
“We had removed the 5th division for
training and they took advantage of that.
But now we have brought it back. It will
help make the rustlers lose appetite for
the gun,” he said.
President Museveni who is also the
Commander-in-Chief of the UPDF had
earlier, despite a heavy downpour,
witnessed field craft and shooting range
demonstrations by the new recruits before
inspecting a guard of honour and a match
past by the new recruits.
“I am very happy to come here in
Labwordong. I was here long time ago
when fight Karimojong. I thank you for
remembering to turn it into training wing.
I am also happy that the leaders here and
elders gave land to army to train. We shall
compensate you for the land don’t worry.
We need to use the land for training. The
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training security wing here; it’s good for
the army and it’s also good for security,”
he said.
The President said with the big number
of trainers, the school now
needs a guard force. “Once you have got
a big number of people here, those who
disturb security will not come. We need
a guard force to contribute to security
of this area. It will also contribute to the
economy of the area. These people are
here, government buys food for them,
they get salary and go to shop for other
essentials here. The community benefits,”
he said.
The President commended the army
leadership for setting up the training
school and pledged to support the facility
in the construction of new classrooms,
instructors’ houses and improving
the shooting range. According to the
Labwordong Training School Commandant
Lt. Col. George Stephen Eyoku, the 2657
trainees including 516 females were
voluntarily mobilised by the national
recruitment team of the UPDF in October
2021 for 24 weeks. 47 trainers however
failed to finish the course.
“Our objective is to train young energetic
Ugandans with values, norms and
ideological orientation of the national
army. The development of character
mentally and physically is key. They are
trained to serve their country diligently.
The Army wants a fit you rather than a
sick you,” he said.
The Deputy Chief of Defence Forces Lt Gen
Peter Elwelu commended the training
school instructors for a job well done and
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welcomed the trainees to UPDF.
“You are welcome to the UPDF family. Here
the army is not a job, it’s about service
to our people. It is important to look at
it from that angle otherwise you will be
disappointed. If you are to stay in the
UPDF, do your work and do it well. It is not
about pay but service,” he said.

President Museveni inspecting a guard of honor and matching past by the new recruits

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 MAY
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI GRACES ‘LIGHT UP
09 LUWERO FOR JESUS MISSION’ CEREMONY

Luwero has a special place in the nation
and in my heart. We all know that the
Luwero triangle was the place that
nurtured the revolutionary movement
that ushered in freedom and liberty to
Uganda,”
Janet Museveni
LUWERO: Speaking during the closing
ceremony of the ‘Light up Luwero for
Jesus Mission’ where he was chief guest
President Museveni said, “We started
the war from here. The people of Luwero
received us and embraced the revolution.
They sacrificed their lives, food, security
and others to liberate this nation. They
gave us the wisdom and grace to work
with them through to accomplish this
mission. With undeniable support and
blessings, we succeeded to win the war
and started laying the foundation for the
long-term transformation of the country,”
he said.
Museveni who was in Luwero at the
invitation of his daughter Pastor Patience
Rwabwogo of the Covenant Nations
Church Luzira, said during the struggle
many fighters died of AIDS and other
causes and the leaders who took over
from them where negligent.
“The leaders who took over stopped the
good ground work and the connectivity
we had in this area. Some of our support
did not reach you as planned. There
was relaxation, negligence and lack of
dividends on the part of the team of
leaders we trusted with the resources to
develop this area. Also, the leaders you
elected because you had the power, let us
down. As a result, many of our grassroot
supporters have become disgruntled,
angry and often have a wrong perception
that we just use them and drop them
which is not true,” Museveni said.
He asked to be pardoned by God and the
residents of Luwero triangle and move
forward together in developing the region.
On the issue of environmental degradation,
Museveni warned the residents against
occupying wetlands and directed the
Resident District Commissioners (RDCs),
Chief Administrative Officers (CAO), and
other leaders to follow-up and preserve
the environment or else their jobs will be
at stake.
On their arrival at New Hope Academy
playground at Kasana Kiwoko, Nakaseke
district, Museveni, accompanied by First
Lady Janet, were welcomed by Patience
Rwabwogo and her husband Odrek, the
Minister of State for Luwero- Rwenzori
Triangle Alice Kaboyo, the Director of New
Hope Uganda Pastor Jonnes Twebaze
Bakimi, General overseer of Born-Again
Pentecostal Churches Bishop Joshua
Lwere among others. They planted three
trees as a sign of peace and later held
repentance prayers for Luwero triangle
led by Bishop Lwere assisted by Pastor
Patience Rwabwogo and other religious
leaders.
Religious leaders f rom Luweero,
Nakasongola, Nakaseke led by Bishop
Lwere and on behalf of residents of Luwero
triangle accepted the President’s plea
and also asked for pardon from him,
the government of Uganda and God for
holding grudges against the government,
disobeying God, being negligent, lazy,
and deterring their area from developing.

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For her part, Janet Museveni said she was
overjoyed to be in Luwero.
“When my daughter invited us to be
present, I knew that it was an appointment
I couldn’t miss. This is because Luwero
has a special place in the nation and in
my heart. We all know that the Luwero
triangle was the place that nurtured the
revolutionary movement that ushered in
freedom and liberty to Uganda,” she said.
Museveni said the bush war that was
fought here brought freedom to Uganda,
but it also brought a lot of pain to the
people of the land who paid a very high
price. “There was a lot of bloodshed during
the years of war and when it finally came
to an end, Luwero was like the valley of
dry bones spoken of in Ezekiel chapter 37.
When I came to Luwero in 1986 after the
war, my heart was broken by the many
skulls and bones that littered the land. The
bones were so many that they were piled
up in different areas as memorials to those
President Museveni flanked by First Lady Janet Museveni speaks in Luwero
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who had lost their lives as a result of the
war. The war also created many orphans
as children were left alone without the
protection of their parents,” she said.
She added that since the war ended,
the journey has not been an easy one
for Luwero to come out of the spiritual,
emotional and physical trauma of those
years.
“Even when development has surged
through the rest of the country, it has
been a slow and painful journey here. That
is why I am very thankful to God because
he always has his appointed time. I believe
this is his appointed time to visit Luwero
in a special way. It is only God who can
bring the spiritual healing and restoration
to the hearts and minds of people so that
they can move on with their lives. We as
people can partner with God through
repentance, a spirit of brokenness and
forgiveness towards others,” she said.
 MAY PRESIDENT MUSEVENI HOLDS TALKS
WITH A DELEGATION FROM THE
10 INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY

STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri said, adding, that the reason Uganda is
Kaguta Museveni met with a delegation going for nuclear energy is because the
from the International Atomic Energy hydropower sources are not sufficient.
Agency, led by the Director, Division of
Ms. Aline Des Cloizeaux, the Director,
Nuclear Power for Africa, Ms. Aline Des
Division of Nuclear Power for Africa,
Cloizeaux who was accompanied by
handed over to the President a mission
Mikhail Chudakov the Deputy Director
report on the Integrated Nuclear
General and Head of the Department of
Infrastructure Review (INIR), phase one.
Nuclear Energy and Mehmet Ceyhan from
the same Agency. Ms. Aline Des Cloizeaux thanked President
Museveni for finding time
During the meeting, the
under his busy schedule to
President pointed out that

“
meet them and discuss the
Uganda and Africa in general
Mission report for phase one.
is interested in nuclear power
(electricity) and not nuclear “Thank you for welcoming
For us, we
weapons. us to present the report of
want that
power for phase one despite your busy
“For us, we want that power
electricity, for schedule. We commend
for electricity, for agriculture
agriculture Uganda’s cooperation
and not for nuclear weapons,” and not for throughout the first phase,”
he said. nuclear Ms. Aline said
weapons,”
The meeting which was
Ms. Aline said that the
attended by the State President
Museveni International Atomic Energy
Minister for Energy Hon.
Agency (IAEA) has come up

”
Okasai Sidronius Opolot
with recommendations, for
took place, Monday 09th
Uganda to start building and
May 20122 at State House
production of nuclear power.
Entebbe.
“The first phase, we have
According to a brief to the
concluded that Uganda is
President, Uganda has so far trained 22
ready for the plant. We in the agency,
people at the level of Master’s degree in
we are ready for all the support through
Nuclear Science.
training etc. so that the project becomes
President Museveni said that the country reality,” she said.
would soon start a school that will train the
Ms. Aline commended Uganda’s
lower cadres in the field of atomic energy
commitment to building and producing
and thereafter embark on building the
nuclear power. Their mission, she said, is
first ever Atomic Energy plant in Uganda.
to help and enable the member countries
“I am glad that you are satisfied, that we to have a safe and secure plant.
are doing what is required,” Mr. Museveni

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The Minister of State for Energy, Hon.
Okasai Sidronius Opolot said that
through the technical cooperation with
the International Atomic Energy Agency,
Uganda adopted the IAEA milestone
phased approach for the development of
national infrastructure for nuclear power.
“This approach considers three phases;
Phase one: understanding commitments,
obligations and resource requirements
before embarking on nuclear power
project, Phase two: building specialised
nuclear institutions and preparatory work
towards construction, and Phase three:
managing construction and preparing
for commissioning and operation,” Hon.
Okasai.
Hon. Okasai revealed that the Nuclear
Power Plant (NPP) site has already been
identified including acquisition of land to
host the 2000 MW nuclear power plant
capacity.
Cabinet in April 2015 approved the Nuclear
Power Roadmap Development strategy
2014-2016 to guide the development of
the nuclear infrastructure in Uganda. The
strategy established the Nuclear Energy
Program Implementing Organisation
(NEPIO), which makes use of the existing
expertise within government Ministries,
Departments and Agencies.
The meeting was attended by; Mr.
Mehmet Ceyhan, INIR Team Leader,
Hon. Dr. Emmanuel Otala, Chairperson
Environment and Natural Resources
Committee of Parliament, Ms. Irene
Bateeta, PS Ministry of Energy and
Mineral development, Dr. Akisophel Kisolo,
Chairman, Atomic Energy Council among
others.

President Museveni receives a mission report on the Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review
(INIR) from the Director, Division of Nuclear Power for Africa, Ms. Aline Des Cloizeaux

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MAY PRESIDENT MUSEVENI, UKS MINISTER
FOR ARMED FORCES DISCUSS SECURITY
11

Our question to our people was, do you
like prosperity or not? The answer was
yes. Where will you get prosperity from?
Through begging or through producing of
a good or service and selling it? Yes, we
must produce and sell, but who will buy
what you are selling? Tribes do not trade
within themselves but between themselves
and among others for prosperity,”
President Museveni.
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni met Mr. James
Stephen Heappey the United Kingdom
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
(Minister for the Armed Forces). Minister
Heappey is responsible for armed forces
activity including operations, operational
legal matters, force generation and
international defence engagement.

President Museveni poses for a photo with the UK Minister for the Armed Forces and
Ugandan and UK Government officials

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During the meeting, President Museveni
said that the security challenges in Africa
are first and foremost ideological because,
‘you cannot have an army without a good
or bad cause’ but you must have a cause.
The President who gave an in-depth
background of ancient armies including
the British Imperial army said the problem
with some places is having armies without
a cause.
“The problem we have with some of these
places is that these armies have no cause.
Here we had to struggle to crystalise and
distil core principles around which we
could build institutions including the
army. That’s how we came up with idea
of patriotism. You must have a cause! In
Somalia, the causes which are there are
wrong, they are clan-based loyalties. In
Uganda we had the same problem of
sectarianism but we had to defeat them
by logic,” Museveni said.
President Museveni said complementarity
in trade between groups rather than within
groups is where prosperity comes from.
“Our question to our people was, do you
like prosperity or not? The answer was
yes. Where will you get prosperity from?
Through begging or through producing
of a good or service and selling it? Yes,
we must produce and sell, but who will
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buy what you are selling? Tribes do not
trade within themselves but between
themselves and among others for
prosperity,” he said.
Using his own experience, President
Museveni said as a cattle keeper who
produces milk and beef, his tribemates
do not buy from him because they have
the same products, but his prosperity is
from the people in Kampala who buy his
products.
“I am from the cattle tribe; I produce milk
and beef. My tribe don’t buy from me
because they have similar products. Those
who buy my products are in Kampala. My
prosperity is based on their pockets. When
somebody preaches tribalism, I tell them
to go to hell. Its inter-dependency within
Uganda. Even Uganda is not enough, that’s
why we say Pan-Africanism,” he said.
Minister James Stephen Heappey was
happy to visit Uganda and said he looked
forward to supporting partners with
security challenges in the region.
“My first visit, I looked out the window, the
lake was still, calm and beautiful. The hills
rolling and green and the sun was shining
I was jealous to not call this place home,
its beautiful!” he said.
 MAY PRESIDENT SULUHU CONCLUDES TWO-DAY
STATE VISIT TO UGANDA
11
I have had a fruitful visit to Uganda and
I believe this will smoothen the way we
do business and what we should do,”
H.E Samia Suluhu Hassan
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President of the
United Republic of Tanzania H.E Samia
Suluhu Hassan concluded her two-day
state visit to Uganda with a tour of the
Roofings Limited Factory in Namanve
Industrial Park.
President Suluhu had earlier addressed
a business meeting organised by the
Private Sector Foundation at Serena Hotel
in Kampala.
President Suluhu thanked President
Museveni for hosting her and her
delegation saying that she had a fruitful
President Museveni seeing off President Samia Suluhu Hassan after her
two-day state visit to Uganda
and positive visit.
“I have had a fruitful visit to Uganda and I
believe this will smoothen the way we do
business and what we should do,” she said.
President Museveni on his part thanked
President Suluhu for accepting his
invitation to come to Uganda. He
took her through Uganda’s economic
transformation, a process he said has seen
majority Ugandans from predominantly
peasant to money economy.
At State House Entebbe to see off President
Suluhu was Lucia Isanga Nakadama, the
third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister
without Portfolio and the State Minister
for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem among
others.
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 MAY MUSEVENI RECEIVES SPECIAL MESSAGE
FROM ANGOLA’S LOURENÇO
11

It is good that the Extraordinary
Summit on Terrorism and
Unconstitutional Change of Regime
in Africa is being organised to discuss
both terrorism and unconstitutional
changes in Africa. Therefore, we
support the meeting,”
President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri
Museveni received a special message from
Angola’s President João Manuel Gonçalves
Lourenço which was delivered by his
special envoy Amb. Leovigido da Costa
Silva.
President João Manuel Gonçalves
Lourenço, who is also the Chairperson
of the International Conference on the
Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), briefed
the President about the Extraordinary
Summit on Terrorism and Unconstitutional
Changes of Government, scheduled to take
place in May 2022 in Malabo, Equatorial
Guinea.
“It is good that this meeting is being
organised to discuss both terrorism
and unconstitutional changes in Africa.
Therefore, we support the meeting,” he
said.
In a meeting that took place at State
House Entebbe, President Museveni
and the visiting envoy discussed other
regional issues concerning security and
development.
The meeting was attended by Uganda’s
Defense Minister Vincent Bamulangaki
Sembijja and Hon. John Mulimba, Minister
of State for Foreign Affairs in charge of
Regional Affairs.
The Angolan envoy was accompanied by
Mr. Esteveao Conselheiro Jal, Mr. Damingos
Mazala, Head of Office Angola Liaison
Office in Kampala, among others.

The African Union, in its 35th Ordinary

Session held in February 2022 in
Addis Ababa, decided to convene an
Extraordinary Summit on Terrorism and
Unconstitutional Change of Regime
in Africa on 28th May 2022 in Malabo
with the objective of evaluating the two
phenomena and finding formulas to help
address solutions on the basis of which
their resurgence can be halted. The AU
Peace and Security Council will reflect
on the phenomenon of unconstitutional
changes of government in Africa with the President Museveni meeting Amb Leovigido
aim of proffering enduring solutions to da Costa Silva
the problem.

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 APR PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS
PROSPECTIVE AUTOMOBILE INVESTOR
12
Our skilled youthful Ugandan employees
are going to make cars affordable so
that many people manage to buy them to
replace used cars,”
Mr Liu Qingshan Chairman Automobile
Group (U) Co. Ltd
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri
Museveni met and held a discussion with
China-based Automobile investors who
have already established operations at
the Namanve Industrial Park in Uganda.
UAG whose official name is Automobile
Group (U) Co. Ltd and the authorised
Manufacturer and dealer of FAW and JMC
is interested in setting up a car assembling
plant in Namanve.
During the meeting that took place at State
House Entebbe, the group’s chairman Mr
Liu Qingshan, appreciated the President
for sparing time to meet them as well as
the investment atmosphere that allows
the company to thrive.
investors and assured them of the
government’s support to see that the
industry takes off.
Mr Qingshan presented two samples of
what they have already assembled adding
that with the total investment of 70 million
US dollars, the company already spent 12
million US dollars in the first stage.
Auto Mobile Group (UMG) is an Auto
research and development manufacturer
with more than 20 years of experience
of overseas marketing development
and investment in China. Their products
include saloon cars, Buses, Vans, pickups,
Suvs, Truck series among others.
The meeting was attended by Uganda’s
State Minister of Finance for Investment
and Privatisation Hon. Evelyn Anite among
others.

He said that they are ready to assemble

cars in Uganda.

Mr. Lui Qingshan who is also one of

the surviving founding members of
the Chinese Automobile Industry noted
that with the company’s experience and
availabille capital, the project will lead
to the development of the Automobile
industry in Uganda.

“Our Ugandan youth took only 2 weeks to

train and they’re already doing a good job.
They are going to make the cars affordable
so that many people manage to buy them
President Museveni poses for a photo
to replace used cars,” he said.
with China-based Automobile investors
President Museveni welcomed the

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 MAY PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS DELEGATION
OF INDIAN INVESTORS, ADVOCATES FOR
12 SMART INVESTMENTS
We want to make in Uganda, make for
Uganda and export for Uganda,”
Mr. Nilesh Jetpariya Director Keravit Group
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri
Kaguta Museveni met and held talks with
a group of India based-entrepreneurs
and discussed investment plans that will
position Uganda as a gateway to Africa
through investments in environmentally-
friendly Industrial Parks.
He expressed his support to investments
in Uganda that do not only boost the local
economy but also strongly protect the
environment and minimises waste.
During the meeting that took place at
State House Entebbe, the India delegation
led by the Director of the companies
Keravit Group, Mr Mr. Nilesh Jetpariya,
informed the President that the group
comprised experts in using by-products
of oil and clay among other materials.
The India entrepreneurs that met the
president included; the Director Keravit
Group and Senior Vice Chairman Capexil
under Ministry of Commerce, Government
of India and Mr. Vishal Acharya, Founder
& Director, Rising Venture Services,
supported by the team of Directors of
Spike Holdings Uganda Ltd. They informed
President Museveni that their target is to
come and establish their industry as a base
in Uganda with a mission of supplying the
entire Africa.
“We want to make in Uganda, make for
Uganda and export for Uganda,” Mr Nilesh
said. The multi-sectorial investment has
potential to the tune of USD 60 million to
22 The Presidency | May 2022
build industrial clusters in Uganda.
The President directed the Minister Evelyn
Anite to offer all the support required
for Keravit Team to do their business in
Uganda in a cost effective manner and to
set up the manufacturing in cognisance
with the environmental protection laws
in Uganda.
He was happy to know that the sectors
being targeted are zero waste and some
even use the pollutants like plastic as one
of the raw materials for the manufacturing
which will end up reducing the pollution
in Uganda.
Honourable Evelyn Anite, State Minister
for Investment and Privatisation said
the investment which is to be done in
various phases namely; Ceramic tiles, Poly
packs (packaging), Paper mill, wooden
ply and wall clocks. The plan is to bring 15
companies from India to set up production
facilities here and to create employment
for the locals especially women in many
cases to support the local economy.
Earlier, President Museveni met a group
of investors under their company Simi
Mobile Uganda Ltd who briefed him about
their operations and progress registered
since they started their work in Uganda
in 2019. The President directed that their
operational issues be addressed for
smooth running of the company.
The meeting was also attended by Nusura
Tiperu Uganda’s Ambassador to Ankara
among others.
 A delegation of Indian investors alongside Ugandan Government
officials in a meeting with President Museveni

President Museveni poses for a photo with a delegation from Burundi National
Defence Senior Command and Staff College, at State House, Entebbe

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UGANDA TANZANIA TO COLLABORATE ON
VACCINE DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY ON EACOP
You are most welcome to Uganda. We
are very happy to receive President
Suluhu here and she has come with a
very powerful delegation. Thank you
for accepting my invitation,”
President Museveni
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: Uganda and
Tanzania agreed on exploitation of
the pathogenic economy, specifically
collaboration on the development of
vaccines between the two countries. They
also agreed that the United Republic of
Tanzania will buy Anti-Retroviral (ARVs)
Drugs from Uganda.
This was revealed by President Yoweri
Kaguta Museveni and his counterpart
President Samia Suluhu Hassan shortly
after a bilateral meeting they held at State
House, Entebbe.
TThe President of the United Republic
of Tanzania H.E Samia Suluhu Hassan
was in Uganda for a two-day State visit at
the invitation of President Yoweri Kaguta
Museveni.
In a communique that was issued shortly
after the meeting, their Excellencies were
further briefed on the joint cooperation
on security for the East African Crude Oil
Pipe Line.
It was also agreed that Tanzania shall
charge 10 Dollars per 100 Kilometers per
truck from Mutukula to Dar-es-salaam
starting Financial Year 2022/2023 effective
1st July 2022. It was further agreed that
Uganda shall supply 10,000 tonnes to cover
the sugar gap in the United Republic of
Tanzania.
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On education, it was agreed that Uganda
shall identify a sister school in the Republic
of Uganda to partner with the school in the
United Republic of Tanzania, Nyabirenzi,
Chato.
Speaking shortly after the bilateral
meeting, President Yoweri Kaguta
Museveni welcomed H.E Samia Suluhu
Hassan to Uganda and her powerful
delegation. The President was happy that
President Suluhu accepted her invitation
to visit Uganda.
“You are most welcome to Uganda.
We are very happy to receive President
Suluhu here and she has come with a
very powerful delegation. Thank you
for accepting my invitation,” President
Museveni said.
Earlier at Entebbe International Airport
VVIP terminal, the Tanzanian President
was received by Hon. Rukia Nakadama
Isanga, the Third Deputy Prime Minister
and Minister without portfolio together
with the State Minister of Foreign affairs,
Hon. Okello Oryem.
President Museveni poses for a photo with
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI GRACES THE
UGANDA – TURKEY INVESTMENT SUMMIT
“When NRM took power in 1986, it identified 4
principles namely; Patriotism, Pan Africanism,
Socioeconomic Transformation and Democracy
as the main channel of ensuring progress in
Uganda. While practicing patriotism, one must
love Uganda. While we progress with work we
must think about the whole of Africa,”
President Museveni
Commonwealth Resort, Munyonyo:
Speaking during the official opening of
the two-day Uganda - Turkey Investment,
Trade and Tourism summit 2022 at the
Commonwealth Resort in Munyonyo,
President Museveni said that the NRM
identified four principles that would
enable Uganda to prosper and improve
the welfare of Ugandans.
President Museveni poses for a photo with Turkish and Ugandan government
officials during the Uganda - Turkey Investment Summit
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“When NRM took power in 1986,
it identif ied 4 principles, namely;
Patriotism, Pan Africanism, Socioeonomic
transformation, and Democracy as the
main channel of ensuring progress in
Uganda. While practicing patriotism, one
must love Uganda. While we progress with
work we must think about the whole of
Africa,” he said.
The Investment summit was organised
under the President’s guidance as part
of efforts to boost economic ventures
between Uganda and Turkey. President
Erdogan of Turkey was represented by the
Deputy Minister of Trade of Turkey Mr. Riza
Tuna Turagay. A delegation of 94 investors
from Turkey attended the summit held
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under the theme: Accelerating Investment,
Trade, Industry and Tourism between
Uganda and Turkey in a post-Covid era.
President Museveni toured an exhibition
that was staged by both Uganda and
Turkey, with the main focus on agro-
processing, industries and the service
sector. The President observed that
business has been slow partly because
of the traditional set up where families
have been practicing subsistence agro-
production. He said that subsistence
has been a big challenge for Africa’s
development.
He noted that Uganda has began
to transform production since the
Government has encouraged families living
in rural areas to engage in commercial
agriculture.
He was pleased to note that the national
literacy rate has increased to 77%. He
assured the investors of masking profits
when they invest in Uganda.
President Museveni said that one needs
to produce goods and services in order to
do business and that the Government has
gone a long way in providing infrastructure,
which is crucial in promoting agro-
production.
He urged the investors to engage in
value addition with particular reference
to agro-processing which he described
as profitable. He also informed them
about the abundant opportunities in the
processing of iron ore, phosphates, gold,
copper and lithium. He also assured them
of the huge market for their goods in
Africa and the United States of America
where Uganda enjoys tax and quota free
business facilities.
He reiterated that the production of goods
and services is very easy because of the
abundant resources available. He said
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that the Government has made a lot of
progress in building roads, providing
electricity, railway and telephone services.
The local investors led by the Maganjo
Grain Millers pledged to do good work
with the investors from Turkey.
The Deputy Minister of Trade of Turkey
Mr. Riza Turagay said that his country has
specialised in the production of textiles
and industrial products. He said that they
are currently enjoying a trade volume of
US $ 70 million with Uganda. He said that
they generate a total of US $ 225 billion
per annum from its global exports.
He informed President Museveni that they
value Uganda’s potential adding that this
was the reason for them to have over 90
companies represented at the event. He
described Uganda as the rising star in
Africa.
The State Minister for Investment Evelyne
Anite saluted President Museveni for
maintaining peace and security in the
country. She further thanked him for
initiating the summit.
She introduced Uganda’s former Vice
President Edward Sekandi and saluted
him for transforming from politics and
engaging in investment. She introduced
a range of Turkey investors who gave
testimony over their successful ventures
in Uganda.
She said that 25 industrial parks have
already been marked, noting that Turkey
would utilise one of them in Nakasongola.
The Board Chairman of Uganda Investment
Authority, Morisson Rwakakamba revealed
that the Turkey Industrial Park would be
launched on Friday, 13th May 2022.
The Uganda Ambassador to Turkey,
Stephen Mubiru said that Turkey extended
300 scholarships to Uganda recently.
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI, TURKISH TRADE
MINISTER DISCUSS INVESTMENTS
For us we don’t insist on ownership of
factories, what is important is investing
here. I don’t care if they are owned by
Turkey or they are ours. These companies
create value for the locally produced
products, they use our electricity, water
and create employment,”
President Museveni.
COMMONWEALTH RESORT, MUNYONYO:
President Yoweri Museveni met and held
talks with the Deputy Minister of Trade
of Turkey Mr. Riza Tuna Turagay with
whom they discussed a range of business
opportunities between the two countries
at the sidelines of the Uganda-Turkey
Investment, Trade and Tourism summit
in Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort.
President Museveni informed the visiting
Turkish Trade Minister that Ugandans
are waking up and engaging in agro
production, the reason he wants more
factories for value addition.
“For us we don’t insist on ownership of
factories, what is important is investing
here. I don’t care if they are owned by
Turkey or they are ours. These companies
create value for the locally-produced
products, they use our electricity, water
and create employment,” he said.
The President appreciated the Turkey
government for expressing interest in
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investing in Uganda adding that the
concerned Ministries should speed up
the process of signing a memorandum
of understanding concerning economic
transformation, protecting and promoting
investment among others.
Minister Turagay said that his country is
interested in investing in Uganda given
its potential, adding, that Turkey has
specialised in the production of textiles
and industrial products.
He said that they are currently enjoying
a trade volume of US $ 70 million with
Uganda and that they generate a total of
US $ 225 billion per annum from its global
exports.
Over 90 Turkish companies were present
at the summit.
The President later met a number of
Turkey-based entrepreneurs especially
who expressed interest in coming to
Uganda to invest in the construction
industry and technology among others.
The meeting was attended by the Turkish
Ambassador to Uganda, H.E Karem Alp,
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
Okello Oryem, that of Investment and
Privatisation, Hon. Evelyn Anite among
others.
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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI COMMISSIONS
KIRYANDONGO CREST SUGAR FACTORY
Sarrai Group proprietors are focused
on innovation in investment. They gave
me an idea that the surplus power can
be utilised at the cost of three cents and
pump water from water reservoirs for
irrigation at night and be switched off
in the morning. I am going to take it up.
Irrigation idea is a wonderful idea for
agro production,”
President Museveni.
KIRYANDONGO DISTRICT: President
Yoweri Kaguta Museveni commissioned a
new Sugar Factory, the Kiryandongo Crest
Sugar. The factory, located in Kimogora ,
Kakwonkwo Parish, Mutunda sub County,
Kibanda North constituency, Kiryandongo
district seats on 13,000 acres of land and
started a sugar cane plantation in 2018.
It currently has maximum processed
sugar capacity of 4000 tonnes per day
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and employs about 5000 people and
projecting to employ up to 8000 workers
as the production increases in future. The
sugar product is branded ‘Kiryandongo
Crest sugar’ for sweet satisfaction.
Speaking at the Commissioning ceremony,
the President assured Ugandans that there
is a lot of surplus electric power yet to
be consumed in many strategic areas of
investment particularly industrialisation.
The added that the current surplus power
including solar power can be enhanced
and be used for pumping water for
irrigation for agro-production when the
rains are not sustainable.
“Sarrai Group proprietors are focused on
innovation in investment. They gave me an
idea that the surplus power can be utilised
at the cost of three cents and pump water

President Museveni commissions $ 60 million dollar sugar factory in Kiryandongo district

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from water reservoirs for irrigation at night
and be switched off in the morning. I am
going to take it up. Irrigation idea is a
wonderful idea for agro production,” the
President said.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony
attended by cabinet Ministers; Hon. Matia
Kasaija, the Minister of Finance, Planning
and Economic Development, Hon. David
Bahati, the Minister of State for Trade, Hon.
Jennifer Namuyangu Minister of State
in-charge of Bunyoro Affairs, area MPs,
the Prime Minister of Bunyoro Kingdom
Andrew Kirungi Byakutaga Omucwezi
among others, the President assured the
nation that the government will continue
supporting industrialisation policy of the
country.
“We want to support industries
because they develop other fields like
road infrastructure,” he said adding,
“Government programmes like Parish
Development Model, Emyoga…the
money injected in them originates from
investors’ taxes and revenue paid to the
government.”
President Museveni observed that
development is like a chain link. “Industries
provide employment to the citizens who
then access cash for family economic
empowerment; transport system enables
government to collect taxes through fuel
consumption. The core of development
has also arrived here in Kiryandongo and
to the grassroot Mutunda area,” he said.
The President also told them that
the government will coordinate the
programme of connecting electricity to
area, build a seed school, and a health
centre for the increasing population to
access services.
He tasked the Prime Minister of Bunyoro
Kingdom Andrew Kirungi Byakutaga to
continue uniting the people of greater
Bunyoro being the area that hosts many
tribes.
He thanked the people of Kiryandongo
for supporting development. “This sugar
factory will promote further development
in the area. I congratulate the people of
the area and the entire Uganda upon this
milestone,” he said.
The Minister of Trade, Industry and
Cooperatives, Francis Mwebesa,
commended the President’s initiative for
marketing local sugar as a good to other
countries including Tanzania and Turkey.
Mwebesa said commissioning another
sugar factory was another important
historic event for the country appealing
to the investors to work closely with the
local people and district administration
to protect and promote the investment.
The Chairman of Kiryandongo Sugar
Factory Sarbjit Singh Rai commended
government support towards the
establishment of factory adding to number
of factories existing in the country.
“The management of the factory thank the
government for supporting the investment
and making it a reality promoting
industrialisation of the country. The total
amount of monies into the investment is
US $ 60 million dollars,” he said.
Chairman Sarbjit Singh further informed
the President that the company has
trained about 150 local farmers as about
the best practiced techniques to achieve
higher yield of sugar canes growing.
Bunyoro Kingdom, government officials
together with the entire population in
the area observed that the factory has
been built in an area which used to be
a forest into a commercial project with
infrastructure development.
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 MAY PRESIDENT MUSEVENI CONDOLES WITH UAE
OVER THE DEMISE OF PRESIDENT KHALIFA
17
I extend the condolences of the people of
Uganda and my own, on the death of H.E
Khalifa, President of UAE. Our relations
with the UAE have been growing and will
continue to grow.”
President Museveni.
NAKASERO, KAMPALA: President Yoweri
Kaguta Museveni paid his respects and
sent condolences to the people of United
Arab Emirates upon the demise of their
former leader, President Khalifa bin Zayed
Al Nahyan.
President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-
Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates, died
on May 13th, 2022 at the age of 73. He was
President of the UAE since 2004. As well
as being president of the UAE, Sheikh
Khalifa was also the ruler of Abu Dhabi,
the oil-rich capital of the seven emirates
which comprise the United Arab Emirates.
is now President. I congratulate him and
wish him success. May the Almighty God
rest the soul of H.E Khalifa in eternal
peace,” he said.
President Museveni said that Uganda’s
relations with UAE has been growing over
the years adding that they will continue
to grow for the benefit of their people.
He appreciated the relationship that exist
between Uganda and UAE and noted that
UAE is in the right and able hands of the
former Crown Prince who is now President.
He congratulated and wished him success.
The signing was witnessed by the UAE
Ambassador to Uganda H.E Abdalla
Hassan Obaid Hassan Alshamsi and the
State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon.
Okello Oryem and the embassy staff
among others.

Sheikh Khalifa took over as the UAE’s

second president in November 2004,
succeeding his father as the 16th ruler of
Abu Dhabi.

Speaking shortly after signing the

condolence book at the UAE Embassy
in Kampala this afternoon, President
Museveni expressed his sympathy
describing the loss of Khalifa as sad and
regrettable.

“I extend the condolences of the people

of Uganda and my own, on the death of
H.E Khalifa, President of UAE. Our relations
with the UAE have been growing and will
continue to grow. It is sad that the late
President died when he still had capacity
to contribute to his country at the age of President Museveni signs the official
73. Nevertheless, the UAE is in the capable condolence book and pays his last respects to
hands of the former Crown Prince who the late President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

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 MAY PRESIDENT MUSEVENI DELIVERS LECTURE OF
OPPORTUNITY TO GRADUATES FROM KYANKWANZI
17 AND KAWEWETA OLIVER TAMBO TRAINING SCHOOLS

As cadres, you should be strict in enlightening
the masses on factors that can bring about
sustainable prosperity and instill in them
the need to become a modern society based
on science and technology. Anybody talking
against this strategy should be treated as an
enemy of the people,”
President Museveni.
KOLOLO CEREMONIAL GROUNDS:
President Yoweri Museveni delivered a
moving opportunity lecture to 282 Political
Commissars drawn from the joint security
forces that comprise UPDF, Police and
Prisons at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds.
The President urged political commissars
in the Uganda security forces to prioritise
sesitisation of the development and
adoption of science and technology as
prima for social change in society.
“Wherever you are, insist on the
development and adoption of science
and technology for social change,” he said.
128 officers attended the ideological
course at the National Leadership Institute
Kyankwanzi in Kiboga district while 154
participants attended a similar training
at Oliver Tambo Leadership School in
Kaweweta in Nakaseke district.

President Yoweri Museveni poses for a photo with some of the Army Officers
next to a dummy Oliver Tambo Magazine that he had just launched.

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President Museveni who thanked
the leadership of the 2 institutions for
maintaining the effort of ideological
training described ideology as very
crucial and can provide solutions to social
challenges.
He said that the ideology of NRM is based
on the 4 principles of Patriotism, Pan
Africanism, Social and Economic change
as well as Democracy that are all tailored
to achieve sustainable prosperity that
emanates from goods and services that
must have a market.
On Pan Africanism, the President said once
Ugandans wake up and produce more, the
national market will not be enough, there
will be need to have a bigger market that
will absorb all the products otherwise
there will be a glut, citing sugar whose
surplus will soon be 320,000 tons.
“As cadres, you should be strict in
enlightening the masses on factors that
can bring about sustainable prosperity
and instill in them the need to become
a modern society based on science and
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technology. Anybody talking against this
strategy should be treated as an enemy
of the people,” he said.
The President told political commissars
that the 3 God-given characteristics to
the human being of a superior brain, the
2 legs and the hands should be used to
tame nature to create wealth.
The Commandant of Oliver Tambo
Leadership School Col. Justus Rukundo
gave an overview of the training and
courses run at the institute and disclosed
that the participants were extremely
impressed by what they saw at Kawumu
Presidential Demonstration Farm that
clearly manifests that modern agriculture
is a reality and can be achieved in a bid to
help wanainchi to get out of poverty.
The Director of NALI Brigadier Charles
Kisembo also gave a brief history and
overview on what is being done at NALI
adding that the training will enhance the
performance of the participants at their
duty stations.
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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS OFFICERS
“But if you are just there flat – lukewarm,
ndi mukozi wa government without
conviction, you are a mukozi of nothing.
Just parasite! It is my duty to pass you
out and commission you. Go and start
working. Don’t let your country down”
President Museveni.
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri
Museveni passed out 33 probational police
constables all in their mid- 20s under the
Criminal Investigations Department from
who have been undergoing training in
Criminal law and Investigations at Kasenyi
Training School.
During the pass out ceremony, President
Yoweri Museveni took the chance to
counsel the young political and public
servants whom he urged to know the
story of what the people lack and need
for social economic transformation and
prosperity.
“When we say, I want to be a political
leader in Uganda or a public servant for
the people of Uganda, you must know
this story; the story of what your people
lack and need. And when you are a police
officer, you should protect this. In order to
be prosperous, we must produce goods
and services; In order for goods and
services be produced we must sustainably
talk the language of patriotism, talk the
language of Pan-Africanism, the language
of socioeconomic transformation and
democracy,” he said.
The Deputy SFC Commander Brig. Charity
Bainababo said the police constables were
taken through; Criminal Investigations
induction, Crime detection and
prosecution, and Ideological orientation,
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among others.
“Talk the language of honesty. I don’t want
to produce my wealth and then somebody
steals it, robes or embezzles the money if
working on my farm. In order to defend
prosperity of your people you must know
this package. For people to be alright this
formular must not be interfered with by
ideological confusion or political confusion
of crime. To kill me because you want to
steal what I have sweated for!”
President Yoweri Museveni said the
development of science and technological
is the primer for social economic
development for Uganda.
“If you look at gun, the bullet…it has got
three parts; once you fire – projectile, the
cartridge propellant, there is a detonator
and a needle that pricks bottom of bullet to
fly. That pin is called a primer – the initiator
of whole process. The beginner! The
primer of social change is development
of science and technology and that is
what has made societies change. Once
these changes happen, they affect the
way people produce wealth and live. That
is how NRM comes in and says we have
lagged behind for a long time! We need
prosperity and also security,” he said.
Mr. Museveni said modern prosperity
comes from producing goods and services
sustainably and sell it.
“In order to support prosperity, you
discover that there is complementarity.
Most of the time, the buyers of what they
produce are from another tribe. In the
1950s while growing up, the people who
bought our products in Ntungamo were
Walusimbi Mpanga and Bukenya in who
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bought our cows in bulk. Also a white “Patriotism, love Uganda! Even if you love
man in Ishaka buying cows and taking Uganda, Uganda may not be enough to
them to Kilembe mines and enabled me support our prosperity. Once people wake
to go to school. The people who bought up and produce goods and services on
our cows were not banyankore, the ones big scale, the internal market will not be
who helped get money to pay school fees enough. When people started producing
are the Baganda and the white man. If like sugar cane, we had 380,000 tonnes
you talk of prosperity, confront those who now Uganda produces 700,000 tonnes
promote tribes. That creates a problem with a surplus of 380,000 tonnes. Problem
for the people who push sectarianism,” is where do we sell this sugar?
he said.
But patriotism not enough and internal
President Museveni warned against market not enough! That is why as NRM we
what he described as obscurantism, by say think about Africa! Think about Pan-
people who claim tribe is important, Africanism which will give you a bigger
blood is thicker than water. “This is an market. Either we do this or stagnate,” he
obscurantist line for our prosperity. We said.
should not talk about tribes. Down with
The President urged leaders to sensitise the
sectarianism, long live patriotism,” he said,
people to go from old science to modern
instead emphasising the principles of
new science through formal and informal
patriotism, Pan Africanism, Socioeconomic
and also doing business in new ways not
Transformation and Democracy

President Museveni poses for a photo with probationary police constables that had been
undergoing training in Criminal law and Investigations.

34 The Presidency | May 2022

only working for the stomach but for the my duty to pass you out and commission
pocket as well. you. Go and start working. Don’t let your
country down,” he said.
The President said the police must deal
with crime and the vanguard are the CID The trainees gained f rom the vast
who must detect and get the uniform experience of one of Uganda’s four
people to arrest. surviving Police pioneer investigators SP
Pauline Maniraguha Bangirana
“When we were fighting Amin, we had
no supervisor. We were young people N0.74921 PPC Najjemba Christine, a
like you. We would go to Tanzania and graduate of Bachelor’s Degree in Science
Nyerere would give me assignments. We and Qualitative Economics said Afande
came through borders, come here do work Pauline Bangirana took them through
and go back. Why were we doing this crime investigations, collecting and
risky work but doing it devotedly? It was presenting evidence.
because of this conviction. No way our
“I am ready to do my work as a patriotic
people can be alright if we don’t do these
Ugandan and criminal investigator,” she
things. Apart from the law, you need a
said.
policeman with a mind! In your own mind,
you need to be convinced that this is very N0. 74117 PPC Namulondo Joanita said
crucial for you and your sisters and brothers doing good for the force is doing good for
that you defend this line and not tolerate the country.
anybody to do these things. But if you are “This is not just for us but for our country.
just there flat – lukewarm, ndi mukozi wa When you do good for your country, it
government without conviction, you are trickles down to the grassroots,” she said.
a mukozi of nothing. Just parasite! It is

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PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS RUSSIA’S
ORTHODOX NEW AFRICA EXARCHATE
I follow Christ, so anyone who says he or she is
a Christian, I support them,”
President Museveni.
STATE HOUSE: President Yoweri Kaguta
Museveni met Russia’s Orthodox Church’s
New Africa Exarchate Metropolitan Leonid
Gorbachev of Klin who was in Africa on
his maiden visit.
The President welcomed the Orthodox
Church of Russia and promised to support
them in preaching the word of God saying
he follows Christ and works with anyone
who is a Christian.
“Me, I follow Christ, so anyone who says
he or she is a Christian, I support them,”
he said. He quoted the story of the good
Samaritan in the bible as the principle of
setting up their Church in Uganda and
said they will be known by their deeds.
He urged them to promote education
and health alongside their religion for
socioeconomic transformation of the
people.
President Museveni meets with The head of the Patriarchal Exarchate of the Russian
Orthodox Church in Africa, Metropolitan Leonid (Gorbachev)
36 The Presidency | May 2022
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Metropolitan Leonid of Klin and his team
briefed President Museveni about their
religion and their development projects
on the continent.
“The Orthodox Church of Russia made
a decision to come into Africa to spread
the gospel and improve relations with the
continent,” the Metropolitan Leonid said
adding. “We have come with good goals,
bringing peace and development to the
continent.”
On December 29, 2021, the Holy Synod of
the Russian Orthodox Church at its session
made the decision to form a Patriarchate
Exarchate of Africa. Metropolitan Leond
(Gorbachev) was appointed as Patriarchal
Exarch with the title “of Klin”.
On 7 January 2022, in the Cathedral of
Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Patriarch
Kirill of Moscow and All Russia elevated
him to the rank of Metropolitan.
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS KENYAN MAY
OPPOSITION LEADER RAILA ODINGA
20
STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri Raila Odinga last visited Uganda in
Kaguta Museveni met Kenya’s opposition September 2019 and paid President
leader and Presidential aspirant Raila Museveni a courtesy call during which they
Amolo Odinga at State House Entebbe. discussed socio-economic and political
developments in their respective countries.
The two leaders held a closed-door meeting
and later revealed they had a pleasant
discussion on regional issues concerning
strengthening the relationships between
the two countries.

President Museveni holding talks with Kenyan Opposition Leader Raila Odinga

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