Ruta Sara

FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY 🇺🇬😍🙏 🇺🇬. (I lost my old account 😞)

[Ruta Sara @Rutashine]

@TodwongR @NRMOnline You guys saying ‘he’s sick blah blah blah…’ forget one thing 🤭besides being a candidate, he’s still the President of Uganda 🇺🇬. The man has official duties to handle too!
#ProtectingTheGains .

[Sandor Lyle @sandorwalusimbi]

Wealth & Privilege are not the greatest inheritance but the values we pass on and the willingness to dedicate ourselves to something greater than ourselves. #Service2Uganda 🇺🇬
📸@Rutashine

[Owente. K @k_owente]

A Three-Generation Legacy ❤️🔥
📸 @Rutashine

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

Today, I joined the people of Buyende for the Thanksgiving of Hon. Milly Babalanda. I congratulated her and the leaders of Busoga for their work and thanked the Seventh-day Adventist Church for its continued support.

I reminded the people of Busoga that the key to overcoming household poverty is wealth creation. They should use their land according to its size and embrace enterprises such as dairy farming, poultry, fish farming and other productive activities, while making proper use of PDM funds.

We must move from subsistence to commercial production. The opportunities are there in agriculture, services, ICT and manufacturing.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

By following the correct line, our economy is projected to grow by 10.4% this year. As the Bible says, you reap what you sow.
We must now build on this progress by intensifying commercial agriculture, industry, ICT and services.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

I officiated at the International Day of the Older Persons at State House Entebbe, where I urged the elderly to modernise and learn to preserve their wealth. Many older people start fragmenting their wealth to distribute it to their children instead of using modern inheritance methods such as shareholding.

Our aim as government is to ensure that wealthy older people maintain their wealth, while those who have none are supported to obtain it through available government programmes. Therefore, we shall tailor a PDM programme for the elderly after concluding our financial engagements in the AFCON, which has taken a lot of money.

Another issue facing older people is that they are most affected by medical conditions and expenses. It is, therefore, my view that the government should sponsor and recruit a geriatrician in each district to offer free and consistent medical support to the elderly.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

I concluded the five-day East African Revival Ankole Convention today at St. John’s Cathedral, Ruharo, in Mbarara. I conveyed greetings from Maama Janet and thanked the Bishops of Ankole for remembering this important anniversary.

I thank the Lord because He has really favoured me. I first came to the church compound in 1949 as a small boy, and returned in 1953 and 1959. To come back after 77 years is a great blessing. Praise be to the Lord.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

The Revival played an important role in transforming Ankole, helping our people move away from alcoholism, tobacco, adultery, dishonesty and superstition, while promoting education, hygiene and family values. I was pleased to see the Church continuing to contribute to socio-economic transformation, including through coffee growing and environmental protection.

I will also take up the proposal to construct a Revival Museum. We should preserve this history because it is part of our contribution to the civilisation of our people and to humanity.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

I congratulate the Rt. Hon. Speaker Jacob Oboth Oboth and Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa and thank the MPs for carrying out their mandate of voting, peacefully and transparently.

The NRM candidates obtained more votes than the NRM members in the House, and I note the votes our ally Mao took away. We shall address this because we want a united Parliament that serves our people better.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

Mr. Andile Ramaphosa and his team paid me a courtesy call this afternoon at Nakasero State Lodge. They presented proposals for collaboration with NAGRC and the Regional Service Centre Initiative at Namunkekera Farm aimed at strengthening the regulated breeding, harvesting and export of Ankole cattle genetics to the SADC region and beyond.

They also shared a proposal to establish a B.O.T. laboratory to help address the challenge of counterfeit agro-inputs in the country. I welcome these ideas, I thank them for their initiative. The Government will study the proposals and support initiatives that advance Uganda’s socio-economic transformation.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

I welcomed Hon. Beccy Cooper MP, Chair of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health.

We discussed strengthening Uganda-UK collaboration in healthcare, particularly in medical training, skills transfer, and improving health service delivery. I also briefed her on Uganda’s successful defeat of the recent Ebola outbreak, which demonstrated the dedication of our health workers and the effectiveness of our response systems.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

I concluded my day at State House Entebbe by welcoming H.E. Dr. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, President of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
We discussed regional peace, security, and cooperation ahead of tomorrow’s Extraordinary Summit of the Troop Contributing Countries to the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). I reaffirmed Uganda’s commitment to supporting a stable, united, and prosperous Somalia because peace in Somalia is important for the stability of our region.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

Today, at Speke Resort Munyonyo, I chaired the 2nd Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Troop-Contributing Countries to the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). I pointed out that Uganda’s involvement in Somalia was never because we share a border, but out of principle and strategy. We rejected the extremism that seeks to impose itself on African societies and stood in solidarity with our brothers and sisters.

Africa has a rich history of respecting one another’s identity, and I remain confident that, through our collective efforts, we shall continue supporting Somalia’s journey towards lasting peace and stability. I thank the Troop-Contributing Countries and their leaders for their commitment and sacrifice in the pursuit of a peaceful and stable Somalia.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

I have arrived in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, at the invitation of H.E. Dr. @SuluhuSamia Hassan for a two-day working visit.
Uganda and Tanzania have enjoyed excellent relations over the years, founded on our common history, Pan-African ideals, and commitment to regional integration. I look forward to productive engagements that will further strengthen our cooperation for the prosperity of our two countries and the East African region.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

This partnership builds on the success of EACOP and will strengthen regional energy security, industrialisation and trade. The Tanga Hub, together with Uganda’s Hoima Refinery, will ensure that our petroleum resources create more value through refining, storage, logistics and manufacturing instead of exporting raw materials. This is the Pan-African approach, working together to create prosperity for our people.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

Today in Dar es Salaam, together with H.E. Dr. Samia Suluhu Hassan, I witnessed the signing of an MoU between Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), the Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC) and Vitol Bahrain E.C. to develop the Tanga Regional Energy Hub.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

Today, I officiated at the grand inauguration and key handover ceremony of the Kampala Marriott Hotel and Marriott Executive Apartments in Nsambya.

I congratulate Mr. Posiano Ngabirano for growing his business from a small grocery shop in Nakasero into this major investment. This is the kind of transformation we want to see, from importing to producing and creating wealth here in Uganda.

Our development must be driven by the four sectors of commercial agriculture, manufacturing, services and ICT. I am also pleased that this investment is creating jobs for Ugandans and supporting local suppliers.

I thank our elder His Eminence Cardinal Wamala for offering the land, the Marriott International, NSSF and all those who contributed to this investment. I welcome more investors to Uganda.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

Fortunately, in a telephone call, Her Royal Highness Kemigisa, told me that H.H. Oyo left a young boy heir that will be introduced to the public at the right time.

H.H. Oyo worked well with the Central Government, thereby avoiding the mistake of trying to use the Cultural Institutions that were restored by the NRM to promote sectarianism. It would be good if all the Cultural leaders understood the importance of this.

I direct that H.H. Oyo be given an official burial and, for three days, all the flags fly at half-mast. The three days are: the day of the burial, the day before and the day after. May his soul rest in eternal peace.

Signed:

Yoweri K. Museveni
President of the Republic of Uganda

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

Fellow Ugandans, especially the Bazzukulu,

It is with a lot of sadness that, on the behalf of all Ugandans, Maama Janet and myself, I extend our most heart-felt condolences to the Royal Family of Tooro and to all Ugandans on account of the death of the prominent Muzzukulu, His Highness Oyo, the King of Tooro at such a young age of 34. How unfair life can be!! He was orphaned while still young and he has died young.

In the short life on earth, he had shown that he had potential of working well with the Central and Local Governments to develop Tooro. What a loss to Tooro and Uganda.

Some months back, Her Royal Highness Kemigisa, Nyinomukama, came to tell me that the Muzzukulu Oyo had cancer that was very aggressive. The Government supported them to go to Germany and, then, the USA where he died.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

Today at Kisozi Farm, I met H.E. Téte António, Angola’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, who delivered a special message from H.E. President João Lourenço. We discussed matters of mutual interest, including Angola’s candidature of Josefa Sacko for the position of FAO Director-General.
We shall support Angola’s candidature because African solidarity is crucial in advancing our shared interests. Africans must continue standing together and supporting one another on issues of strategic importance to our continent.

[Yoweri K Museveni @KagutaMuseveni]

This morning at Kisozi Farm, I bid farewell to H.E. Frederieke Quispel, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Uganda, who has concluded her tour of duty.

I thanked her for her contribution to strengthening Uganda-Netherlands relations, particularly the shift from traditional aid to trade and investment. I also encouraged her to continue mobilising more investors from the Netherlands and the European Union to take advantage of Uganda’s many opportunities.
I wish her good luck & God’s blessings in her future endeavours.