Media Releases

SOMALIA PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN UGANDA AHEAD OF EAC SUMMIT

The President of Somalia, H.E Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has this evening arrived in Uganda to attend the East African Community (EAC) summit slated for tomorrow 15th December 2023 at State House, Entebbe. 

On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, the President was received by the Minister of State for Defence, Hon. Jacob Oboth Oboth, the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Director of Personnel and Administration, Brig Gen. Julius Bagonza and the Deputy Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons Service, Mr. Samuel Akena. 

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI RECEIVES CREDENTIALS FROM 7 NEW ENVOYS TO UGANDA

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has received credentials from seven Ambassadors and High Commissioners, newly accredited to Uganda.

The Ambassadors presented their credentials today 14th December, 2023 at State House, Entebbe.

They included H.E. Mohamed Khelifi - Algeria, H.E Simone Knapp- Austria, H.E Pavel Vziatkin- Belarus, H.E Mathews Jere- Zambia, H.E. Nayef Hapes Al-Otaibi- Kuwait, H.E. Tareque Muhammad- Bangladesh and H.E. Andrew Onalenna- Botswana.

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI AND NIGERIAN TRADITIONAL RULER DISCUSS OIL, AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni today 12th December 2023 met and held discussions with His Majesty Ogiame Atuwatse III, a Nigerian traditional ruler of the Kingdom of Warri in the Delta State, who called on him at State Lodge, Nakasero.

During the meeting, President Museveni and King Ogiame Atuwatse III, together with his delegation mainly discussed oil exploration and Agricultural processing. 

“MARKET ACCESS IS TO EVERYONE'S ADVANTAGE,” SAYS PRESIDENT MUSEVENI

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reiterated his position on access to markets, stressing that it is to everyone's advantage and beneficial to all countries trading together. 

“Now after the liberation of Africa, what we need is economic development and transformation. Here we need four factors. Human resource development, infrastructure development, investment and the production of goods and services as well as markets,” he noted. 

SPOUSES OF SFC SOLDIERS TIPPED ON GENERATING OWN INCOME TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES

The State House Under Secretary, Ms. Hope Nyakairu yesterday 1st December, 2023 urged the spouses of Special Forces Command (SFC) soldiers to focus on generating their own sources of income in order to improve the welfare of their families. 

Ms. Nyakairu made the appeal while representing the State House Comptroller, Ms. Jane Barekye during a graduation ceremony of 208 spouses of SFC soldiers at Marine Battalion  Headquarters in Entebbe. 

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS VENEZUELAN ENVOYS

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday 2nd November 2023 met and held discussions with the Venezuelan Envoys at State Lodge- Nakasero. 

The envoys included H.E Yvan Gil Pinto, the Minister of People’s Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and Hon. Yuri Pimentel Moura, the Vice Minister for Africa in the Ministry of People's Power for Foreign Affairs of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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