President Yoweri Museveni has strongly urged the people of Tororo District in particular and Uganda in general to cherish unity by embracing the first principle of NRM, which is patriotism.

“It is not good to celebrate NRM Day without understanding NRM principles. NRM members of Tororo District you need to pull up your socks on Principle One of NRM, Patriotism,” he stressed.

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND: President Yoweri Museveni has said the Africa continent is facing a new healthier conflict in terms of population growth now at 1.3 billion people, adding that the growing number of youth are not being accommodated by the economies.

“We need to address these issues; tackle social economic issues and avoid the usual conflicts that are mainly ideological,” he said.

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND: President Museveni has today held bilateral meetings with Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi, and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. 

He also met the Belgium Prime Minister Charles Michel and Estonia's Prime Minister and head of government Juri Ratas. 

The closed meetings took place on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum at the Congress Building in Davos Switzerland.

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND: President Yoweri Museveni has called on the Netherlands government to support Uganda scientists in the areas of agri-technologies especially in beef and milk to boost production.

“The Netherlands has high technology in animal production and agriculture. We want to send our scientists to learn these technologies in support of agriculture,” he said.

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND: President Yoweri Museveni has told the World Food Programme to empower refugees with vocational skills than can help them get employment in the urban areas rather than support them to go into production which is a potential area of conflict with host communities.

President Yoweri Museveni has said government and business leaders must have a win-win formula devoid of exploitation of the local people to avoid grievances between locals and foreign investors.

“We had issues of people cheating our taxes and under declaring calls. We bought our own machines and were able to see all this. It is important that you float shares on the local stock exchange to allow for local ownership now that the license has been renewed,” he said.

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND:  President Yoweri Museveni has said building strong internal middle class systems pushes for great dynamism for goods and services that build strong integration blocks and ultimately improve economic development and transformation.

The President was today meeting the OXFAM INTERNATION Executive Director Winnie Nyanyima who paid a courtesy call on him at Hotel Grischa Monta, in Davos.

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND:  President Yoweri Museveni has said while the world is now focusing on the fourth industrial revolution, it should not rule out the second and third revolutions which had serious gaps especially for Africa that still needs to grapple with challenges such as infrastructure development, ICT, human resource development etc.

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND: President Yoweri Museveni has said a universal dimension approach should not be used to shape Africa’s future adding that such a concept may have worked in the 1950s when the universal emphasis was on education which helped countries such as South Korea to develop and transform, but added that many other countries did not succeed.

President Yoweri Museveni has today arrived in Davos, a small town in the Swiss Alps, a popular ski resort that hosts the annual world economic forum for a three-day working visit.