H.E Gen. Yoweri Museveni, who is also the Commander-In-Chief (C-I-C) of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) has commissioned the first National Defense College (NDC) in Uganda located at Naminya, Njeru Town Council in Buikwe district.

Museveni also commissioned the college governing council and opened the inaugural course 1/2022 with an enrollment of 18 participants drawn from UPDF.

Uganda will in March this year host Heads-of-State under the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in Kampala to find lasting solutions to the security challenges affecting the eight-country bloc in Africa.

President Yoweri Museveni gave the greenlight to the summit in a meeting he held with the Executive Secretary of IGAD, Dr. Workneh Gebeheyu, who paid a courtesy call on him at State House, Entebbe, today.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has assured the country that Uganda will achieve Middle Income status by 2026.

Speaking at the 36th NRM/NRA Victory Day celebrations at Kololo independence grounds today, Museveni said the economy of Uganda will be 44 billion dollars in July this year compared to 1.5 billion dollars when NRM/NRA came into power in 1986.

President Yoweri Museveni has strongly advised the people of Bunyoro on individual and family household income as a route to community as well as national transformation.

President Museveni tasked leaders at all levels to strategically sensitise the masses on household incomes if they are to defeat poverty.

NAKASONGOLA AIRFORCE BASE: President Yoweri Museveni who is also the commander in Chief of the UPDF has today commissioned a helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul plant at the Nakasongola Air Force Base that will also in the future upgrade chopper ware. 

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today officially launched Destination Uganda brand #ExploreUganda" aimed at promoting Uganda, the Pearl of Africa, as a competitive tourism destination.

While unveiling the brand at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala, the President urged the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities together with Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) to put more emphasis on community and cultural tourism.

ADDRESS

BY

H.E. YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI

PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA

AT

THE 9TH MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING OF THE AFRICAN UNION COMMITTEE OF 10 ON THE REFORM OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL

20TH JANUARY, 2022

SPEKE RESORT - MUNYONYO

STATE HOUSE, ENTEBBE: President Yoweri Museveni has strongly defended Uganda’s human rights record and said for the last 60 years, their struggle has been about promoting and defending Human Rights.

ACCRA, GHANA: President Yoweri Museveni has hailed the partnership between the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Secretariat of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), in line with the decisions of the 12th and 13th Extraordinary Sessions of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, to launch the Pan-African Payments and Settlement Systems (PAPSS), a platform that facilitates instant cross-border payments in local currencies between countries is a welcome development.

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