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They know that the concept of Qawmiyyah is breaking apart, so they are planning new strategies to keep Muslims from uniting: ❝ The Middle East, there is no Middle East, you know that. There's tribes, there's villages. The nation-state was created by the British and the French in 1916. The Sykes-Picot said: okay, we're going to take what was the Ottoman Empire and we're going to draw straight lines around it and we're going to call these nation-states. But the Middle East doesn't work that way. It starts with an individual, then family nation is. So when I say it's an illusion, to think that somehow we're going to get 27 different nations that have 110 different ethnic groups to align with political concepts, what will they align with? — "Make my life and my children's life better." ❞

A group of Members of Parliament from the Democratic Republic of Congo who represent areas of Bunya, Aru, Mahagi, Irumu and Mambasa paid me a visit in Kyankwanzi today. Among other things, to bring acknowledgement and thanks from the people that they represent, the good work done by the UPDF in their part of operation and to thank the people of Uganda for always exhibiting good neighborliness whenever there is need. This is on account of our ideology, which H.E Tshisekedi has supported. In that regard, we have discussed proposals to strengthen business, trade, security and diplomatic ties, including opening consulates in Bunya and Arua.