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The Pioneers of the Ugandan Foreign Service by Mr. Sam Baingana Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Dilemma of Responsibility to Protect in the Great Lakes Region by Ms. Ruth Bolline Aluoch

Exclusive Interview with the Executive Secretary of IGAD FOOTMARKS – Scaling Heights Conversations with women of in Uganda

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CONTENTS...

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07 08 Foreword........................................ 2 Foreword ....................................... 2 Editorial.......................................... 3 Editorial.......................................... 3 Welcoming Remarks:..................... 5 About the Ministry of Foreign Affairs About the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 4 (MoFA) ...........................................

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Continental Economic Issues ........45 Historical Note: The Pioneers of Interview: Mrs. Romina Wilke the Ugandan Foreign Service by Mr. Köhler, Honorary Consul of Sam Baingana Switzerland to Former UgandaPermanent .................. 8 Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Interview: Amb. Patrick Mugoya, 5 .......................................................

Permanent Secretary - MoFA ...... 11 The Implications of COVID-19 on Uganda’s Role in Regional Peace International Peace and Economic and Security................................. 12 Development..................................

8 Role of Infrastructure Dev’t ...... 15 Uganda’s Response tointhe Covid-19 Pandemic and International Cooperation................................... 11

15 11 Exclusive Interview with Hon. Sam A Woman’s Worth: A CommunityKutesa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Based Organisation Working with the Republic of Uganda ................ 18 Women in Business in Jinja......... 18 Intergovernmentional Organisation Interview: Ms Lilly Ajarova, CEO on Development (IGAD) – Promoting Uganda Tourism Board ................ 21 Regional Integration - Special Feature .........................................

The Janzi Instrument: Promoting 20 Unique Ugandan Culture and About the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Innovation .................................... 25 (MoFA)........................................... 25 Fairway Hotel Celebrates its Golden Jubilee 29 Uganda.........................................

Government Achievements in Foreign Policy and Economic Book Review: 70 Years a Witness Growth........................................... 28

by Matthew Rukikaire .................. 32 How EU Support of the African Foreign Missions in Uganda ........ 33 Peace and Security Architecture Impacts Democracy Buildinginand International Organisations Human Security, Kenneth Mpyisi... 37 36 Uganda ........................................

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FOREWORD FROM THE MINISTER I take this opportunity to on again welcome you to an Edition of the Diplomat Magazine. Firstly, I wish to convey the sincere gratitude of the Government of Uganda to all our International Partners and well wishers for their generous in support in our fight against the dangerous COVID -19 pandemic. As highlighted in the this Edition, the government strategy has been systematic with the overall objective of keeping all Ugandans safe and healthy. As the pandemic rages and the virus mutates, it is important that we remain relentless in our efforts to curb its spread. Ugandans by nature are resilient and in spite of the devastating nature of the pandemic have continued to persevere and confront the odds.

The people of Uganda have successfully conducted a general election which has given the National Resistance Movement (NRM) a renewed mandate of another 5 years. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to pursue its key policies of good neighbourliness, regional integration and the pursuance of peace and stability on the African Continent and beyond.

Uganda’s journey towards its production and export of its oil reserves has taken a major step towards reality due to the landmark Agreements signed with all our key partners. Our Indian brothers and sisters are in the 100 years celebration of the Indian Association and we salute their contribution to all aspects of life in Uganda as well as the strong bilateral relations between Uganda and India. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development ( IGAD) is now establishing a Permanent Mission in Uganda and we also welcome this decision as a way forward of further strengthening regional integration.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is honoured that a former Permanent Secretary Mr. Sam Baingaina has shared with our us the history of the pioneers of the Ministry. A member of the pioneer group, Amb. Paul Etiang sadly departed and I take this opportunity to salute him and all of our departed colleagues over the past who have diligently served their country.

Hon.Sam Kutesa, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda

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WELCOME

REMARKS BY THE PATRON, MR. ARVIND PATEL It is with great pleasure that I welcome readers to the May 2021 Edition of the Diplomat Magazine.

The magazine highlights work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its partners as its works tirelessly to implement Uganda’s Foreign in all key sectors. Personally, It is an honour to be associated with the magazine and its team of dedicated staff.

As a Board Advisor of the Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industries (UNCCI) and an Entrepreneur in Uganda for the past 40 years, I feel privileged to have the opportunity to impart my experience and knowledge gained from the private sector. Furthermore, through the magazine, we intend the engage the private sector and development partners in promoting key government policies and programmes.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs plays an extremely important role as it represents the image of the country and through this publication, we not only analyse key foreign policy, but also lend our focus to the opportunities available to the country in its pursuit to become a middle income country status by 2040.

Uganda is blessed with an abundance of natural resources and stable government. The policies of government over the past 35 years have been aimed to encourage foreign investment, develop a skilled and well educated workforce, infrastructure development, agriculture and industries. The results of these policies are seen concretely on the ground and it is now the time for these gains to be further consolidated. In this Edition, we are www.mofa.go.ug

featuring the landmark Oil Agreements signed and the special relationship between Uganda and India. The production and export of oil will have a tremendous impact on the economy with a range of benefits and has the capacity to significantly alter the economic and social landscape of the country.

In this Edition, we feature the brotherly bond which exists between the Indian Government and the and Government of Uganda. We also highlight the significant role the Ugandan Indian Community plays in the economic, social as well as cultural life of the country. The Indian Community contributes approximately 60% of revenue collection in various sectors which includes health, education, agro processing, industries, financial services, hospitality and infrastructure development amongst others. The Government of India and the Indian Community also yielded the call from H.E. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to contribute to combatting the pandemic and made significant donations.

Lastly, the devastating COVID-19 pandemic which has are caused havoc throughout the world did not spare Uganda. We however strongly commend the Government of Uganda with International Community for its swift and decisive strategy to combat the pandemic. Uganda’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been widely heralded as a role model for other countries, but this isn’t the time to relax and we still need to remain extremely vigilant.

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EDITORIAL The Covid- 19 pandemic has often been described as the challenge of our generation on a global level scale with a devastating effect with a tremendous loss of life and economic instability worldwide.

It is first of all critical that we pay tribute to the health workers around the world and in Uganda in particular who are the unsung heroes and to whom we all owe a debt of gratitude.

The Covid-19 pandemic has raised some fundamental issues relating to international relations with some observers noting that the current set of circumstances has forged a sense of global unity in combatting this common threat. Another school of thought considers it as a breeding ground for rising nationalism and deepening of social inequity both within societies and across nations. At the beginning of the pandemic, it was widely mentioned in International Experts and the media that Africa would be completely disseminated by the scourge of the pandemic. However, this has not been the case due mainly to the effective coordination at the Continental level through the African Union Centre for Disease Control and at our regional level through Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). Individual African countries took early stern measures through strict lockdowns and under the leadership of H.E. the President Yowei Kaguta Museveni, Uganda’s decisive measures despite the additional strains of conducting a general election have been successful in combatting the pandemic.

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has a renewed mandate for the next five years amidst the challenges caused by the pandemic and there is reason for a sense of optimism. In April 2021, the long awaited Oil Agreements were signed which will kick start the construction of the pipeline and are expected to spur infrastructure development , economic growth and employment for thousands of Ugandans. Regional integration remains a key pillar of Uganda’s foreign policy and continues to engage with all relevant Institutions.

Development and growth are underpinned by strong relations based on the mutual respect and social cohesion. In this Edition, we celebrate these virtues which are more than abundant in the relationship between the peoples of Uganda and India. The Ministry has lost a number of colleagues in the past and we pay tribute to them by revisiting the history of the Ministry through eyes of a former Permanent Secretary, Mr. Sam Baingana. We continue to strive provide information critical to Uganda’s foreign policy and it is hoped that we will strengthen our interactive partnership wthe diplomatic corps and beyond.

We hope that you will enjoy this Edition and welcome your continued positive participation..

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PIONEERS OF UGANDA’S FOREIGN SERVICE

by Mr. Sam Baingana Former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Late in 1961 I was selected to be among the pioneer officers of the Ministry of External Affairs (as it was first called) and, together with Leonard Mugwanya and Ndawula, was sent to the London School of Economics to study International Affairs and Diplomatic Practice. For my internship I was attached to the British Embassy in Paris where I spent about a month doing Foreign Service practice, while my colleagues received different attachments.

In September 1962, on the eve of Independence, the doors of Uganda’s Foreign Service were opened, and I, among others, was there as a pioneer. Other pioneer officers included Leonard Mugwanya, a Mr. Ndawula, Matiya Lubega, Prince John Barigye, Stephen Karamagi, Paul Etyang, George Kinuuka, William Matovu, Eldad Wapenyi Henry Kyemba, among others. Although we the pioneer FSOs tended to be younger men with diplomatic training, Prime Minister Milton Obote selected more senior men as his first Ambassadors - men who had been tried and tested in the colonial government. These included Bazaarabusa who had been an education officer in the colonial government; he was posted to London. Apollo Kironde, a grandson of Apollo Kaggwa and formerly a Minister in the colonial government, was appointed Ambassador to the www.mofa.go.ug

United Nations in New York, and Eng. Kamba who had served as an Engineer in the Colonial Government, was posted as our first Ambassador to India. Matiya Lubega would later be posted to open our mission in Accra.

At independence, Prime Minister Milton Obote retained for himself the External Affairs portfolio and appointed Sam Odaka as his Deputy Minister.

The first Permanent Secretary of the Ministry was a Briton named Richard Posnett. He served for a few years before being replaced by Zerubabeli Bigirwenkya. Richard Posnett would return to Uganda as British High Commissioner many years later, during the Presidency of Yusuf Lule.

Later, in 1964 or thereabouts, we opened a mission in Cairo and Paulo Muwanga was posted as the Ambassador. He had been a specially elected Member of Parliament, and had been prevailed upon by Obote to resign his seat in order that John Kakonge could replace him. This was intended to placate Kakonge who had recently lost the election of Secretary General of the UPC to Grace Ibingira.

So Paulo Muwanga was now being compensated with an Ambassadorial position.

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changed and in 1969 we posted the first crop of career diplomats to head missions. Paul Etyang was appointed to London, Prince John Barigye of Ankole to Bonn, Mark Ofwono to Cairo and Matiya Lubega to Moscow.

I started off at the rank of Assistant Secretary and was designated Chief of Protocol. This was the period when Sir Harold Macmillan’s “winds of change” were blowing across Africa and independent African states were being born in quick succession. After Ghana in 1957, Nigeria followed and then Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Malawi etc. At the same time, there was much talk of African Political Federation which, after it failed to materialize, was superseded by the formation of the OAU in 1963.

In 1965 I was promoted to the rank of Deputy Permanent Secretary, and in 1967 I was further promoted to Permanent Secretary, taking over from Z. Bigirwenkya who had been seconded to head the newly formed East African Community Secretariat in Arusha.

Our first missions abroad therefore were in Accra, New York, London, Washington, New Delhi, and later Cairo. The selection of these missions reflected the foreign policy priorities of Obote’s government. Ghana had been the first African country to gain independence and, under Kwame Nkurumah’s leadership, was also the engine of Pan-Africanism. Cairo, during the years of Abdel Nasser, and New Delhi, were important capitals in the Non-Aligned Movement.

Lagos CHOGM and assassination of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa The January 1966 Commonwealth Prime Minister’s

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Conference was held in Lagos, Nigeria, and hosted

by Prime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the first such meeting to be held outside the UK. A Ugandan delegation, of which I was part, attended the Conference. On the evening of 15th January, a reception was held in our honor by Justice Udo Udoma at a hotel in Lagos. Justice Udoma, a Nigerian, was at the time the Chief Justice of Uganda and happened to be on leave in Nigeria.

As the reception progressed, a British Police Officer approached me and told me that there was trouble as the Army appeared to have overthrown the government. He advised us to leave the reception without delay as the bridge between Ikoyi and Lagos had been closed and we might find it difficult to return to our hotels. After informing Minister Sam Odaka and everybody else, we hurriedly departed for our hotel and packed our bags. We were flown by helicopter from the hotel roof-top to the airport where we boarded a flight out of Lagos. After we were airborne, the pilot put out an announcement to let us know how lucky we were to be on the last flight out of Lagos Airport before the Army closed it. Later we learnt that the Nigerian President Alhaji Abubakari Tafawa Balewa, Ahmadu Bello and others had been murdered in the coup led by Maj. Gen Ironsi.

The 1966 Crisis When Obote infamously ordered the arrest of the five Ministers at a sitting of the cabinet on 22nd February 1966, I was sitting in my office in the same building in Entebbe and became immediately aware of the crisis. The Commissioner of Prisons, Odong Kara, walked into a cabinet meeting and arrested George Magezi - Minister of Labor, Dr. Lumu - Minister of Health, Matthias Ngobi Minister of Agriculture, Balaki Kirya - Minister of www.mofa.go.ug

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Mineral Resources, and Grace Ibingira - Minister of Justice. One of the Ministers, Grace Ibingira, was my wife Muriel’s brother. He had become Obote’s main political rival within the ruling Uganda People’s Congress (UPC).

This was followed closely by the storming of the Kabaka’s Palace on 24th May 1966 in the wake of which there was an uprising of the Baganda throughout Buganda. All roads leading out of Kampala were blockaded. President Obote declared a State of Emergency in Buganda and, for several days, I and other key civil servants based at Entebbe had to shuttle to and from Kampala in a Police helicopter to hold crisis meetings with him.

The Pope’s Visit In July 1969, Pope Paul VI visited Uganda. Being the very first Papal visit to Africa, it was a big event.

Several African leaders were present in Kampala to meet the Pope. These included Col. Michael Micombero of Burundi, Dr. Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia, Dr. Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, and Dr. Gregoire Kayibanda of Rwanda. High level representation was sent by Presidents Mobutu of Zaire, Yakubu Gowon of Nigeria and Gen. Emeka Ojukwu of the breakaway State of Biafra.

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I chaired the government committee which presided over the arrangements for the visit. My counterpart from the Vatican was Bishop Paul Marcinkus who would later become “the Vatican’s Banker” and be indicted for his role in the collapse of Banco Ambrosiano in Italy. We worked well together. At the end of the visit, the Pope decorated me with the Order of St. Sylvester, a medal usually awarded to non-Catholics for rendering exemplary service to the Catholic Church.

The Singapore CHOGM and Amin’s coup Commonwealth Heads of Government CHOGM conferences of that era tended to be dominated by the question of ending white minority rule in Rhodesia and South Africa. Indeed the Singapore CHOGM of January 1971 was convened specially to discuss the sale of arms to South Africa by the British Government, and British Prime Minister Edward Heath was under fire from the radical socialist wing of African leaders consisting of Kenneth Kaunda, Julius Nyerere and Milton Obote. These had become known as the Mulungushi Club. The moderates included Jomo Kenyatta and Kamuzu Banda of Malawi.

As the Singapore conference progressed, we received an early hint from British Prime Minister Heath, of the events that were unfolding back

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in Uganda, when he intimated in an off-thecuff comment that: “some African leaders might not be returning to their countries”. Later, as it became clear that Idi Amin had overthrown Obote’s government, we were able to relate Prime Minister Heath’s comments to the situation in Uganda.

At the end of the conference, as we were checking out of our hotel and waiting in the lobby to depart for the airport, word came round that a coup, led by Idi Amin, was underway in Kampala.

As we sat there trying to make sense of what we were hearing, Prof. Lule who was working with the Commonwealth Secretariat, walked into the lobby in a highly exuberant mood, and confirmed the news of the coup. Prof. Lule was a conservative Muganda and had recently been sacked by Obote from his job as Vice Chancellor of Makerere University. He was therefore a natural opponent of Obote and could not hide his excitement at the coup.

Obote called us all to a meeting in his hotel room and briefed us of the situation in Kampala. He had been in touch with Vice President John Babiiha and Minister of Internal Affairs, Basil Bataringaya, in Kampala, and both had confirmed that a coup was underway. Obote asked me to requisition allowances for an extra day for the delegation so that we could better assess the situation before determining what to do. This I did and the delegation happily but anxiously spent an extra day of shopping in Singapore.

As we boarded the aircraft the next day to depart Singapore, Obote assigned me the task of gathering news about the events in Kampala.

For much of the flight between Singapore and Bombay, and later between Bombay and Nairobi, the pilot allowed me and one other person to sit in the cock-pit so that we could listen in to the radio for hourly bulletins on the situation in Kampala.

By the time we landed in Bombay, the Army had made a radio announcement in Kampala confirming the coup.

In Nairobi we got a lukewarm reception and were quickly transferred to the Panafric Hotel. Many in our delegation now put through calls to their families in Kampala to inquire about the situation and, one by one, received further confirmation that Idi Amin’s coup was indeed an accomplished fact.

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at his ouster. The differences were ideological. In the most diplomatic way possible they requested us to find another destination.

Obote was assured by Nyerere of Tanzania’s welcome. I booked a call to Dar es Salam to secure the arrangements. Several officials of the Tanzanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs were close colleagues and had been my contemporaries at Makerere University. These included Bernard Mulokozi and Raphael Lukindo.

Nyerere cut short a State visit to India to receive us in Dar es Salam. Many of us were put up at State House, Dar es Salam. A natural separation then took place between the politicians like Milton Obote, Sam Odaka and others, who were now out of power and would be staying behind in exile, and the civil servants like me who would be returning home to our jobs and families. In the new circumstances I, as PS, assumed leadership of the remnant of the delegation for the last leg of the journey to Entebbe.

I listed the names of those returning home and asked the Tanzanian Government to book us on a flight to Entebbe. When the time came to part ways with Obote, some in our delegation were delighted to do so. I particularly recall one Kakamba, a junior FSO, who joked that he had pinched Obote’s hand as he said good bye to him! Whether he actually did so, I do not know.

On arrival at Entebbe we were unsure how we would be received. Now referred to as “the Singapore group”, we were separated from other passengers immediately we landed, and led into a room where we were subjected to crude questioning by the Army. A purge of the Acholi and Langi tribes had begun and the military wanted to know everyone’s tribe. Towards the end of the conference, one Chris Ntende, PS Ministry of Internal Affairs, had been dispatched to Singapore by his Minister, Basil Bataringaya, to update Obote on Amin’s maneuvers. Obote had been expecting Amin to move against him for some time, but had been too timid to preempt him, and had left Basil Bataringaya with instructions to arrest him while he was away. At Entebbe Airport, Chris Ntende was singled out for a thorough beating. He had been my class-mate at Busoga College Mwiri in the 1950s.

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one of us started complaining of a stomach ache and attempted to excuse himself from meeting Amin as he “needed to see a Doctor”. I reminded him that none of us was particularly eager to meet Amin, and couldn’t he see that we were prisoners? This wasn’t a picnic from which you could casually excuse yourself! We braced for our first meeting with Amin as our new President.

At Amin’s Command Post in Kololo we were ushered in and offered seats in a waiting room.

Justus Byagagire, then PS in the Office of the President, received us. We could hear someone being flogged in the next room. Later we discovered it was a Director in the Ministry of Information and a staunch Obote supporter, whose crime, it turned out, had been to refuse to broadcast one of Amin’s speeches. He was later thrown into jail and would languish there for months.

Amin received us, “the Singapore Group”, well, and asked to be briefed on our mission’s activities, especially with regard to Obote. As leader, I stood to present a verbal report, but hadn’t got very far before his attention was distracted by something else and he asked me to submit the report to him in writing the next day. At that point he ushered us out of his office and into the waiting room where he forced us to have a beer on the house before we could be allowed to leave. We gulped down those beers as fast as we could so that we could be out of his sight before his mood changed.

Finally we parted ways and each went home.

Working with Idi Amin (1971 – 73) Amin soon realized that he needed to form a government and get to work. He asked Justus Byagagaire, Henry Kyemba and I, to put our heads together and suggest names for his cabinet and also propose portfolios. Henry Kyemba had been Private Secretary to Obote, and continued as Private Secretary to Amin. Among others, we proposed professionals like Prof. Banage, formerly of the Dept. of Zoology at Makerere University as Minister for Animal Industry, Game and Fisheries; Wilson Lutara, the first Secretary to the Cabinet in Obote’s government and later a Director General of East African Airways Corp as Minister of Commerce and Industry, Apollo Kironde as Minister for Planning and Economic Development, Yekosofat Engur as Minister of Culture; Eng. Zikusooka, a former PS and Chief Engineer, as Minister for Works; Abu Mayanja for Ministry of Education, Nkambo Mugerwa for www.mofa.go.ug

Attorney General; Dr Gesa former PS and Chief Medical Officer, as Minister for Health; Justus Byagagaire himself, then a PS in the President’s Office as Minister of Labour. With minor changes and additions, Amin accepted the names and portfolios that we proposed and thus announced his first cabinet over the radio.

As P/S for Foreign Affairs, I worked closely with Idi Amin. He often called me, sometimes at night, to give me assignments. One night he called to complain that the British Broadcasting Corporation was giving him bad publicity; he wanted to know what could be done about it. He assigned me to listen in and formulate a response.

Later he called again to ask if I had listened in and what I thought. I told him that since the people of Uganda had accepted him and loved his government, the opinion of the British was not important. He agreed to let it go.

Notwithstanding the excesses of Idi Amin’s regime, which, with the passage of time, became ever more glaring, I worked well with him in his early years as President. Things changed for me after he appointed Wanume Kibedi Minister of Foreign Affairs. Kibedi proposed to Idi Amin that I be transferred to another Ministry. I was then transferred to the Office of the President as Permanent Secretary, a position in which I was mostly idle. About a year later, in 1973, the country was informed by radio announcement that President Idi Amin had retired 22 Permanent Secretaries “in the public interest”, including myself.

I was only 39 years old but, looking back, it was perhaps a blessing in disguise to be retired early from Amin’s Government, My transfer to Presidents Office much as it was done not in good faith turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

I had acquired a ranch in Masaka Ranching scheme but I could not get enough time for it at my former Ministry.Since there was literally no work for in Presidents office I got enough time to work on my farm. In fact even Amin’s radio announcement in which he sacked 22 permanent secretaries found me at the farm. I did not know about the retirement until I came back to Kampala when my my wife informed of what transpired.

As it happened, I was now released to pursue my own private business and quietly look after my family.

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UGANDA’S RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC Ronald Basiimwa, Public Diplomacy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

risk communication, testing, contact tracing at district and community levels, and implementing physical and social distancing measures.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted social, political and economic systems globally. The lockdowns experienced in different national contexts, including closures of schools, businesses and other economic and social activities have impacted the world’s population.

The crisis has made social and economic disparities by reducing the opportunities for many of the most vulnerable – children, youth, and adults living in poor or rural areas. Uganda was not sparred and consequently suffered from this devastation.

The Government adopted mainstream, social, and print media for their public health including periodic press briefings to manage public perception and the COVID-19 Response Committee, led by the prime minister, coordinated the testing, contact tracing, and response in collaboration with districts and local councils, the Uganda Virus Research Institute, and other relevant stakeholder Restrictions have gradually been eased since May 4, 2020, with a phased transition to reopen the economy, public, religious, social gatherings and schools. The emphasis on preventive such as social distancing and the wearing of masks.

A clear indication of the Government’s astute response was before recording the first COVID-19 case, preventive measures were established.

Key steps taken included screening all incoming travelers at ports of entries, training and preparing health workers, and repurposing hospitals to manage COVID-19 cases.

In March 2020, a series of lockdown measures were introduced to curb the spread of the pandemic. The measures were directed by the President through the Health Act. At the most restrictive point from March-June 2020, the measures included a ban on religious activities, meetings, transport with particular emphasis on public transport, closure of the education establishments, restaurants/bars and a dawn to dusk curfew strictly implemented.

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INTERVIEW WITH DR. WORKNEH GEBEYEHU EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY ON DEVELOPMENT (IGAD)

By Maureen Komugisa

Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, The Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) visited Uganda in February 2021. The Diplomat was privileged to share a few moments with him during which he shared the reasons for his visit to the country.

Your Excellency, I would like to thank you very much for agreeing to meet us for this interview. Could you please inform us of the main purpose of your visit to Uganda?

Thank you very much. The first purpose of my visit to Uganda is to personally thank H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the people of Uganda for their support during my election to be Executive Secretary.

The second, is to address the issue of the regional response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In March last year IGAD convened to pave a way forward to combat the pandemic. IGAD has implemented a regional approach, identifying particular areas without duplicating efforts in terms of resources.

We have also identified the vulnerable areas for these resources which include trade, border communities, transport, communication and ongoing conflicts. During this visit I delivered PPE equipment and ambulances to the government of Uganda as the part of regional response for Covid-19, and we have done this and still doing this for all the member states.

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issues of regional peace and security, including the Sudan and Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia disputes. We are all members of IGAD, and a family, so we should be in a position to resolve these disputes as brothers and sisters.

President Museveni is one of the regional leaders who is respected by his brothers and sisters and he assured me that he is willing to listen to the issues involving those countries.

Since you were elected successfully in 2019, what are your main priorities during your tenure and what are the opportunities as well as the challenges?

Thank you very much. My priority is revitalizing IGAD. IGAD is an organization that is over 36 years old and has been working in different areas in this region with many successful stories. IGAD works for the community…for the people of this region in the areas of the economic, health, migration, pandemics, disasters and emergency issues. There are challenges, however IGAD should be a vibrant organisation with flexibility and be recognized by the communities not only by the leaders.

IGAD needs reform and so we are undertaking structural reform of the organization and recruiting brilliant staff from the region and are in the process of having an IGAD Head of Mission in each Member State. The agenda is economic integration, which is the most important for the people. A critical area is economic integration and my vision and ultimate purpose is to mobilize our population of 270 million people to fulfill our immense potential.

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THE DAWN OF A NEW ERA FOR UGANDA’S OIL INDUSTRY On 11th April2021, at the State House in Entebbe, Uganda , Yoweri Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TOTAL, as well as representatives of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) and Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation (TPDC), were all present, attending and witnessing, the signing of : 1.

Host Agreement between Uganda and EACOP Company ; 2. The Shareholders Agreement (SHA) of East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) company shareholders; 3. The Tariff and Transportation Agreement (TTA) between the pipeline company and the shippers of the crude oil through the pipeline.

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The signing ceremony at State House, Entebbe was done by Energy Minister, Mary Goretti Kitutu on behalf of Uganda and her Tanzanian counterpart did the job on the other side, while the Total E&P Vice President for Africa also appended signature. Long widespread negotiations and multi-track diplomacy have now won.

These Agreements open the way for the commencement of the Lake Albert development project. The main engineering, procurement and construction contracts will hopefully be awarded this year and construction will start.

The first Oil export is now planned by the key stakeholders for 2025.

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UGANDA’S PETROLEUM DIPLOMACY (UPD) 2021 Vision and Mission to an effective Pan-African Petro-State In a series of articles, the Diplomat Magazine, shall seek to systematically analyse the various components of Uganda’s Petroleum Diplomacy (UPD) from its inception to date and the future.

Founding Beliefs on Petroleum Diplomacy The conceptualization of Uganda’s “Petroleum Diplomacy” (PD) or simply “Oil and gas diplomacy” (O&GD), just like its antecedents economic and commercial diplomacy, is has been as melodramatic as it has been paradoxical.

The widely acceptable understanding is the use of diplomacy and its tools and tracks to ensure for Uganda its energy security in its broadest terms and meaning; with regional, international and multinational strategic engagement, for effective economic growth and development.

What is expected from the series of presentations and writings shall be a commitment and competence to answer the following:

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What is meant and understood by the term PD? Could it not be just a subset of Economic and commercial diplomacy? For Uganda, what definition is most acceptable?

What is the value- chain in this field of PD? Borrowing intuition from the commercial diplomacy value- chain is a recommended path. The core activities and support activities in the PD value chain are linked to the O&G value-chain: upstream, midstream and downstream What main actors/players are engaged in PD? These range from Government Ministries, Depts and Authorities (MDAs) to National Oil Companies(NOCs), International Oil Companies (IOCs) both majors and minors; major service contractors and sub- contractors (national/ local and foreign).

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a Government Ministry has a specific Vision, Mission and

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Mandate: How do these fit in the PD valuechain to eventual promotion and protection of the national interest? The articles shall note that it is the geophysicists, geologists, petroleum engineers and economists etc who were the first petroleum diplomats of Uganda and continue to dominate the art and practice of the same. They even started the now revered East African Petroleum Conference and Exhibition – EAPC &E ( conference diplomacy of PD), Annual Oil and Gas Convention, Annual Mineral Wealth Conference etc.

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Currently, how much is MOFA an actor or is it a mere stakeholder? Consulting is key of the National OIL and GAS Policy, Feb 2008.

Which and what structures (Government and /or Private sector) are being used and for what purpose and function in PD? In MOFA, can this be answered as of now? Is there not urgent need to create structures..

Foreign Policy review ideas… UIDIA….etc How are resources in MOFA allocated for this new PD? Human and other resources?

Have these been identified clearly… and skilled…The history of resources for Commercial diplomacy in MOFA can reveal more leads on this.

Recommendations to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in support of the Petroleum sector:Should ensure cordial relations with neighboring countries in EA and Great

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Lakes Region Should advocate for joint exploration, development, production and knowledge sharing with neighboring countries.

The Diplomats should sustainably identify key institutions in countries of accreditation and have Ugandans train there to promote Local Content development and technology transfer The industry is capital and technologically intensive and so needs huge investments which Diplomats can solicit.

Ambassadors need to know the challenges in the industry and also to follow trends about oil internationally so that Uganda can emulate them.

• Oil and Gas diplomacy: need to ensure a cordial and secure relations with neighboring countries like, the DRC for joint exploration, markets, sharing of the pipeline.

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Ambassadors should counter the negative propaganda about Uganda’s oil internationally.

• Understand the available opportunities in oil and Gas in Uganda to be able to promote them efficiently and effectively • MoFA to arduously work to produce and promote a class of diplomats known as Petroleum Diplomats.

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UGANDA AND INDIA - BUILDING ON A SOLID FOUNDATION AND FORGING A COMMON FUTURE

Uganda- India Relations India established it diplomatic presence in Uganda in 1965, but the relationship between both countries dates back to the era when traders exchanged goods in dhows across the Indian Ocean. Eventually a number of Indians settled in East Africa, and many made Uganda their home. India’s freedom struggle inspired the early Ugandan activists to fight colonization and eventually achieved freedom in 1962.

The brotherly relations between the two countries were strained during the reign of President Amin in the early 1970’s, when approximately 60,000 Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Indians were expelled from Uganda.

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However, under the leadership of President, HE President Museveni who assumed office in 1986, the anti-Indian policies were reversed.

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) restored properties seized from PIOs and ensured that the bilateral relations were normalized. The relations between the countries has strived at all levels and engaged in fostering a common properous future.

Bilateral Cooperation & Assistance India’s engagement with Uganda has been consultative, response-based and focuses on developing Ugandan capacities and human capital During the visit of Prime Minister of India to Uganda in July 2018, MoUs/ www.mofa.go.ug

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Agreements on bilateral defence cooperation, exemption from visa requirement for official and diplomatic passport holders, cultural exchange programme and establishment of Regional Material Laboratory in Uganda were signed. The Prime Minister announced two Lines of Credits for construction of electricity lines and Substations worth US$141 million and Agriculture and Dairy production for US $ 64 million.

Uganda is a beneficiary of Duty Free Tariff Preference (DFTP) Scheme of India for Least Developed Countries. Major items of Indian exports to Uganda include pharmaceutical products, vehicles, plastic, paper and paperboard, organic chemicals.

Major commodities of imports from Uganda to India are edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers, coffee, tea, mate and spices, wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal, cotton, essential oils, and cocoa and cocoa preparation. Regular engagement between the private sectors in India and Uganda has deepened the involvement of Indian businesses in Uganda. A Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between India and Uganda is in effect since 2004.

At the second India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS-II) in 2011, it was decided that a FoodProcessing Business Incubation Centre will be set-up in Uganda. The centre will provide support to the local entrepreneurs by enhancing their skills in food processing and acquaint them with latest technology and equipment used in the industry. This would lead to creation of additional jobs for the rural youth.

Modalities for setting up the centre are being worked out by the implementing agencies i.e.

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad and National Agricultural Research Laboratories, Kawanda.

India offered eight Material Testing Laboratories for Highways (MTLH). The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) decided to locate one MTLH in Uganda. The laboratory will significantly contribute to road development within the region by providing for material testing facilities for soil, aggregates, bitumen and cement concrete material for the road sector. www.mofa.go.ug

The Indian Academy of Highway Engineers (IAHE) which is the implementing agency for MTLH will also undertake related training courses for the local engineers to ensure that the facility continues to run smoothly and independently. MOU for setting up the MTLH was signed between the two sides in July 2018 during the visit of the PM of India to Uganda.

A tele-medicine centre and a tele-education centre was set up under the Pan African E-Network Project. A tele-medicine centre was set up in Mulago Hospital where several diagnostic equipment, such as ECG, X-Ray, Ultrasound, etc., were provided. The Centre is connected to Indian hospitals to ensure worldclass medical consultation and treatment for patients and medical education for students.

A tele-education centre has been established at Makerere University. In January 2019 medicines worth US$ 1.6 million were handed over to Minister of Health of Uganda at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe by the High Commissioner of India.

India is seen as a destination for quality and affordable education by Ugandans. The Government of India offers scholarships and fellowships to Ugandans from the Government and private sector to enable them to pursue undergraduate, post-graduate and research courses in India. Training courses in highly specialized areas are also conducted. An APTECH franchise and ISBAT University in Kampala have brought Indian education even closer to Ugandans.

Indian diaspora The Indian community presents the strongest and most durable economic and cultural links with Uganda. It is estimated that at present, there are approx. 30,000 Indians/PIOs living in Uganda, of which majority are Indian passport holders. Remaining hold Ugandan, British, Canadian and other passports. The Indian Community is mainly concentrated in Kampala and in the town of Jinja. Indians and PIOs play a leading role in the Ugandan economy, especially in manufacturing, trade, agroprocessing, banking, sugar, real estate, hotels, tourism and information technology.

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transformation of the country in various ways such as, initiation of the construction of the sandstone army training room at a tune of Shs1 b, located at the Senior Command and Staff College in Kimaka, Jinja District.

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The facility that is aimed at enhancing military skills of the Uganda People's Development

Force (UPDF), is an expression of the special bond built with Ugandans over time. The facility was opened in 2020 by President Museveni.

Donations During the Covid-19 lockdown last year, the association donated

several relief items to Ugandans.

According to Mr Mohan Rao, the chairman of the association, they donated items to the Covid-19 National Task Force such as 15 oxygen concentrators and two pickup trucks.

launched the 'Blood4Uganda Mobile App' to help create a database of volunteers who can be approached in time of need hence achieving the goal of "ending" blood shortage in the country.

The 'Blood4Uganda App' was launched by President Museveni at the State House and was officially rolled out in February 2020. Under

Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).

More than 150 scholarships were handed over to talented but underprivileged students that are deprived of an opportunity to demonstrate their skills.

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INDIANS CONTRIBUTE HUGELY TO UGANDA’S DEVELOPMENT According to Mr Mohan Rao, the chairman of the association, they donated items to the Covid-19 National Task Force such as 15 oxygen concentrators and two pickup trucks.

The donation drive was supported by the Indian Business Houses, community associations, and individuals.

Caption: The members of The Indian Association of Uganda welcome President Museveni (right) to the Dewali Dinner at State House. COURTESY PHOTO

Uganda and India have had excellent bilateral relations since 1965 when the two countries established diplomatic ties through opening up embassies in each other’s capital city.

Subsequently, the Indian community in Uganda formed an association called the Indian Association of Uganda (IAU) to further strengthen their relationship with Ugandans.

The association, established in 1922, has a committee consisting of seven board of trustees that manage the properties of the association, plus 13 executive committee members that run its administrative affairs.

Through the association, the Indian community in Uganda has supported the socio-economic transformation of the country in various ways such as, initiation of the construction of the sandstone army training room at a tune of Shs1 b, located at the Senior Command and Staff College in Kimaka, Jinja District.

The facility that is aimed at enhancing military skills of the Uganda People’s Development Force (UPDF), is an expression of the special bond built with Ugandans over time. The facility was opened in 2020 by President Museveni.

Donations During the Covid-19 lockdown last year, the association donated several relief items to Ugandans.

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Health In addition, the heart surgery programme that has been in place since 2008, has benefited 100 Ugandan children suffering from cardiac ailments. In partnership with the Uganda Blood Transmission Services, Uganda Red Cross Society, and various corporate organisations, at least 23,000 units of blood have been collected since 2012 under the blood donation drivers championed by the association.

To increase blood donation in Uganda, the association recently launched the ‘Blood4Uganda Mobile App’ to help create a database of volunteers who can be approached in time of need hence achieving the goal of “ending” blood shortage in the country.

The ‘Blood4Uganda App’ was launched by President Museveni at the State House and was officially rolled out in February 2020.

Under the dental outreach program, with the help of the mobile dental clinic, the association collaborates with Uganda Dental Association and other medical practitioners to offer free dental consultation and treatment.

Education In line with education, Mr Mohan says more than 230 students have benefited from scholarships extended to communities through the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). More than 150 scholarships were handed over to talented but underprivileged students that are deprived of an opportunity to demonstrate their skills. www.mofa.go.ug

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INTERVIEW WITH H.E. A. AJAY KUMAR HIGH COMMISSIONER OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA

The Diplomat Magazine met with H.E. A. Ajay Kumar at the Indian High Commission. He shared his thoughts on India – Uganda relations. H.E Kumar is a career diplomat and joined the Ministry of External Affairs in 2001. He has served in various capacities at the Ministry and in diplomatic missions in Tehran, Bahrain, Australia and as Ambassador of India to Iraq. In attendance was Mr. Arvind Patel, Board, Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industries (UNCCI) and Patron of The Diplomat Magazine.

What are the key areas of bilateral cooperation between the two countries?

In your view which we would be of utmost priority?

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in strengthening our bilateral cooperation in all areas.

India is well known and respected globally for its human resources and the technological advances. How best can Uganda tap into this wealth of knowledge for our mutual benefits?

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Kenneth Mpyisi, Editor in Chief, The Diplomat Magazine, H.E Ajay Kumar, High Commissioner of India, Arvind Patel, Board Advisor UNCCI and Patron of The Diplomat Magazine

programme of which Uganda is also a beneficiary. Through the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC), India provides professional training to public servants in a various fields. Uganda has 150 slots per annum and 30 scholarships that are available for university Studies.

We have also introduced E- Learning where Ugandan students are able to obtain degrees online from accredited Indian universities and currently 500 students have benefited from this programme. We are also promoting E-health with telemedicine as a major component. The Government of India, upon request can also second experts from various fields. Through the Indian private sector in Uganda, there is also transfer of skills and technology.

In your view what makes Uganda attractive for Indian investors and steps taken by the High Commission since you assumed charge to attract more investors.

Uganda and India have a common heritage through our colonial experience and also share a common struggle. A large Indian community in Uganda facilitates the process and there is a degree of familiarity. Government of India is also supportive and has provided two Lines of Credits for construction of electricity lines and Substations worth US$141 million and Agriculture and Dairy production for US $ 64 million. Further, we also support and facilitate trade delegations in a variety of sectors.

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A lot is mentioned about business ties with Uganda, however there are areas such as education and cultural ties which are well known. Could you kindly inform us of the role the High Commission is playing in promoting these sectors.

The High Commission together with the Indian community play an important role in promoting cultural exchanges. All of our cultural festivals are celebrated in Uganda together with the people of Uganda. We are also appreciative of the recognition of our festivals by the highest authorities of the government of Uganda. We also promote cultural exchanges programmes between our two countries.

Lastly, could you share with us your vision for future Uganda - India relations and what would you like to be your legacy at the end of your tour of duty.

I want to continue to strengthen the strong ties between our two countries in all fields.

There is a lot of goodwill from Indian investors and would like them to fulfill their potential.

Personally, I would like to ensure the full establishment of the ‘India Heritage Centre’ located in Jinja, the site of the Source of River Nile, where part of Gandhi’s ashes were immersed. It is very important as it is a symbol of our common struggle. Lastly, I would like to further promote Ugandan Tourism and also encourage Ugandans to visit India as tourists. www.mofa.go.ug

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AIRTEL IS RAISING THE SHARED PROSPERITY BAR IN UGANDA In June 2010, not only did Airtel Uganda open its doors, it launched the endless world of possibilities and transformation in Uganda. As a subsidiary of Airtel Africa Limited, a company with a big heart and deep roots in India, we are proudly Ugandan – not only here to uphold our promise to connect and enable millions of Ugandans, but also, as we do so, to enrich the lives of as many Ugandans as possible. This is our story.

Driving digital connectivity and internet access to every segment, every need, every day and everywhere in Uganda Our journey begun with a commitment to provide as many Ugandans access to quality mobile telephony services. Currently, Airtel Uganda has 2,100 mast sites covering over 97% of the population with provision of state of the art core and transmission networks and mobile financial services platform.

We are excited about the empowering leaps that closing the connectivity gap can create hence all our mast sites across the country are equipped with the latest 4G LTE technology . This is coupled with our drive to increase ownership of smartphones that can help customers do more with our network through mobile campaigns like Kwata Essimu, our device financing solution and My Frist Smartphone which are giving our customers easy access to smartphones. www.mofa.go.ug

This is coupled with our Pocket MiFis, WIFIs and Enterprise connectivity solutions enabling homes and business seamlessly execute their everyday duties using our fast and reliable connectivity.

Driving Financial Inclusion through Airtel Money: In line with the government’s Vision to have every Ugandan financially included by 2040, Airtel Uganda is accelerating the financial inclusion agenda through our convenient, safe, secure and affordable Airtel Money services. We have crossed borders too through International Remittances, allowing us to provide an inclusive boost to the financial ecosystem for over 5 million customers. With our partners, we continue to innovate together and now Ugandans can use Airtel Money to; •

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The rich portfolio of services is complemented by an expansive Airtel money distribution network of Airtel money agents and dedicated Airtel Money Branches spread across Uganda, providing last-mile services like cash deposit, withdrawals and customer support services to Airtel Money customers.

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To make our mobile connectivity services and products available, as well as deliver the most reliable and affordable Airtel Money services, we have invested heavily in Uganda – making Airtel a long-term investor with the single largest foreign direct investment from India to Uganda.

The company is also among the leading taxpayer in Uganda making a major contribution towards the economy and provision of social services in our country. Besides enabling us to expand our network, this investment has empowered us to employ thousands of Ugandans directly and indirectly. We are very proud about the fact that 99% of our staff are Ugandan, with over 40% being women, and we’re proud to say that over 400,000 livelihoods are indirectly supported through the value chain we have created.

In the world’s most difficult time, Airtel has been with Uganda in every way. We joined the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic by reducing our Airtel money charges and made a contribution of Shs1.25 Billion to help the government of Uganda combat the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure millions of Ugandans are safer. But every day, it’s the diverse, progressive and caring group of people who work at Airtel who make amazing things happen again and again.

To bring our services closer to the people, we have a wide footprint of SIM Selling Outlets in every corner of the country.

Giving Back to the community through Partnerships Beyond reliable telecommunication services, since 2013, Airtel has been Uganda Crane’s No.1 fan and Uganda’s biggest supporter of football and was part of the journey as the Uganda Cranes made history by qualifying to the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) that was hosted by Gabon.

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With the interests of the next generation in mind, Airtel Rising Stars is an initiative which aims to develop grass root football by discovering talented youngsters and providing them the opportunity to acquire football skills and develop into notable soccer talents who can reach to the very top of the national and international football arena.

Engaging communities is a big focus for us.

Even beyond the K2 network, our network partnership with the Buganda Kindgom, we are the title sponsor of the annual Kabaka Run, and continue to walk closely with the Buganda, Acholi and Busoga Kingdoms through various initiatives and partnerships across the year.

Another key way we engage with communities around the country is uplifting people through health camps in partnership with the Ministry of Health, Uganda Blood Transfusion Services, Reproductive Health Uganda, Cancer Institute, Hind’s Feet Project, district and regional hospitals.

Conclusion At the heart of everything we do at Airtel, is our commitment to keep growing our impact and keep bringing more Ugandans into the wider Airtel family. We’re more than just our products and services. We strive to be the most loved brand in the daily lives of Ugandans.

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રિકાના અંધારિયા દેશ યુગાતડાને ગુજિાતી-ભાિતીયોએ ઇપટ આરિકાના ખંત- અંધારિયા દેશ યુગાતડાને ગુજિાતી-ભાિતીયોએ ખંતમૃધ્ધ બનાવી એક પવગગ સમો બનાવ્યો હતો. મહેનઅજાણી તથી સમૃધ્ધ ધિતીબનાવી એક પવગગ સમો બનાવ્યો હતો. અજાણી ધિતી લાંછમ ભયાનક જંગલો, અજાણ્યા જીવલેણ િોગયુએ ગાતડાના બધાનીલીલાં પિવાહ છમ ભયાનક જંગલો, અજાણ્યા જીવલેણ િોગ એ બધાની પિવાહ ાતડાનેવ્યાપાિ-ધંધાથી સમૃધ્ધ બનાવવામાંમૂળકયાગ જીભાઇ વગિમાધવાણી યુગાતડાનેવ્યાપાિ-ધંધાથી સમૃધ્ધ બનાવવામાંમૂળજીભાઇ માધવાણી ઇ કાલીદાસ જેવા વ્યાપાિકુશળ લોહાણાઓ સાથે અનેચિોતિી નાનજીભાઇ પટેલોનુ કાલીદાસ ં જેવા વ્યાપાિકુશળ લોહાણાઓ સાથેચિોતિી પટેલોનું દાન િહ્યુંછે. પણ મોટુંઅનુદાન િહ્યુંછે. બ યુગમળતા ાતડામાંપાટીદાિ સમાજના ઐરતહારસક દપતાવેજ મુજબ યુગાતડામાં ળતા પાટીદાિ સમાજના ઐરતહારસક દપતાવેજ મુજઅમને ણ સાહરસક પટેલો મગનભાઇ નાિણભાઇ૧૮૯૫માં પટેલ, ઇશ્વિભાઇ િણ સાહરસક પટેલો મગનભાઇ નાિણભાઇ પટેલ, ઇશ્વિભાઇ ેલ અને ઉમેદભાઇ ભલાભાઇ પટેલ આવેલનાથાભાઇ ા. આ િણેપટે ય લજણે અને ઉમેદભાઇ ભલાભાઇ પટેલ આવેલા. આ િણેય જણે બોડડ ઓફસાહસ ટ્રપટી-ચે િડમેીનપથાયી કમલેશથયા ભાઇઅને પિસોિમભાઇ પટેલ (કિમસદ)એ બોડડઓફ ટ્રપટી-ચેિમેન કમલેશભાઇ પિસોિમભાઇ પટ પ્રદેશમાં હામ હાયાગ વગિ સાહસ ખેડી પથાયી જંગથયા લાચ્છારદત અને બીજા પ્રદેશમાંસમાજના હામ હાયાગ વગિ ખે બીજા સમાજના આપતાં જણાવ્યુ ં કે , "અત્યાિે સમાજના ૮૦૦ જે ટ લા ચિોતિ આપતાં પટે લ જણાવ્યુ સભ્યોtoં છે કે,build . "અત્યાિે વા માટે પ્રોત્સારહત કયાગ. પ્રરતભાવંત પટેલો યુ પવ. વાનોને આઇ.વી આવવા પટેલમાટે પ્રોત્સારહત કયાગ. પ્રરતભાવંત પટે લો 15th પવ. આઇ.વી લ on Juneપટે 1934 decided theસમાજના office ૮૦૦ of જેટલા ચિોતિ પહે લ ાં ન ી જે મ અમાિે ત્યાં કોઇ ગામ-ગોળના વાડા નથી અમે પહે માિ લ ાં ન ી પટે જે લ મ તિીકે અમાિે ત્યાં કોઇ ગામ-ગોળના વાડા નથી અમેમ એમ. પટેલ (પલાણા) અનેએસ. વી. પટેલ અને (નરડયાદ), સી .એસ સી.એમ. પટેલ પટેલ (પલાણા) અનેએસ. વી. પટેthe લ અને સી .એસ(Currently પટેલ Samaj Housing National Library જ સૌ સાથે મળી કામ કિીએ છીએ. સમાજની મે ન જ ે મે ત ટ કરમટીના જ સૌ સાથે સભ્યો, મળી બોડડ કામ કિીએ છીએ. સમાજની સાહરસકોએ કોટન જીનેિી ઇતડપટ્રી રવકસાવવામાં (સુણાવ)પહે જેવલા કિી. સાહરસકોએ કોટન જીનેિી ઇતડપટ્રી રવકસાવવામાં પહેBloc લ કિી.of Samaj) and the building was મેનેજમેતટ કરમટી andજી. office ઓફ ટ્રપટીસે િ ે ટ િી િણછોડભાઇ પટે લ સેિેટિી િણછોડભાઇ જી. પટેલ (ઓડ), ટ્રેઝિ​િ િ​િ- ટ્રપટીનવનીતભાઇ રેનયિમાં અમને અમને ટ્રેઝઓફ િ સમાજ દ્વાિા પ્રરસધ્ધ થયેલ રસલ્વિ જયુરબલીકંસુ પવાલા પાટીદાિ સમાજ દ્વાિા પ્રરસધ્ધ થયેલ રસલ્વિ જયુરબલી સુવરેનયિમાં(ઓડ), declared open on 17thવ્યવપથાપક June 1936. the ગોિધનભાઇ પટે લ (ચાં ગ ા), નિે ત દ્રભાઇ જે . પટે લ -મે મ્ બિ (સોરજિા), ગોિધનભાઇ પટે લ (ચાં ગા), નિેNow તદ્રભાઇ જે . પટેલ-મેમ્બિ (સોરજિ મુજબ, યુગાતડામાંપાટીદાિોની વસતી વધતાં મળતી ૧૯૨૭માં મારહતી કંપમુ ાલા જબ, યુગાતડામાંપાટીદાિોની વસતી વધતાં૧૯૨૭માંકંપાલા library building is listed under heritage monument કરમટી: ચે િ મે ન સુ ન ીલભાઇ, વાઇસ ચે િ મે ન કકિણભાઇ કરમટી: કે , પટે ચે લ િ મે (ઓડ), ન સુ ન ીલભાઇ, વાઇસ ચે િમેન- કકિણભાઇ ક સમાજનું બીજાિોપણ થયું. એની પહેલી ખાતે રમટીંગપાટીદાિ રસનેમામાં સમાજનું બીજાિોપણ થયું. એની પહેલી રમટીંગ રસનેમામાં in KCCA. (Kampala Capital City Authority). સે િ ે ટ િીરમને શ એમ. પટે લ (ઝાિોલા), આસી. સે િ ે ટ િી-િાજે સે શ િ ે ટ અમીન િીરમને (વસો), શ એમ. પટે લ (ઝાિોલા), આસી. સેિેટિી-િાજેશ ાભાઇ પટેલના ચેિમેન પદે યોજાઇ હતી.જેફિી ઠાભાઇ૬ ડાહ્યાભાઇ રડસેમ્બિે પટેલના ચેિમેન પદે યોજાઇ હતી. ફિી ૬ રડસેમ્બિે ટ્રે ઝ િ​િબ્રીજે શ પટે લ (પીજ), આસી. ટ્રે ઝ િ​િ-ધમમે શ સી. ટ્રે ઝ પટે િ​િલ બ્રીજે (તાિાપુ શ િ પટે ); લ (પીજ), આસી. ટ્રે ઝ િ​િ-ધમમે શ સી. પ લ ે ી રમટીંગ મળી એમાંકાળીદાસ આઇ. પટેલ૧૯૩૦માં ચેિમેન બતયા પહેલઅને ી રમટીંગ મળી એમાંકાળીદાસ આઇ. પટેલ ચેિમેન બતયા અને મે ન જ ે મે ત ટ કરમટીહે મ ત ં ભાઇ પટે લ (ભડકદ), રપયુ ષ ભાઇ પટે લ મે ન (નાિ), જ ે મે ત ટ ધમમે કરમટીશભાઇ હે મ ત ં ભાઇ પટે લ (ભડકદ), રપયુ ષ ભાઇ પટેલ (ન પટેલ સેિેટિી બતયા. આ કંપાલાના પાટીદાિોની જશભાઇએકતા ટી. પટે અને લ સેિેટિી બતયા. આ કંપાલાના પાટીદાિોની એકતા isઅને The Samaj indebted to Dr M M Patel OBE પટે લ (પલાણા), યોગે ન પટે લ (પીજ), મહે ત દ્રભાઇ પટે લ (માણજ), પટે લ (પલાણા), િીતકુ દક્ષે યોગે શ ન પટે લ (પીજ), મહે ત દ્રભાઇ પટે લ (માણ પ્રવૃરિથીઅને કંપકાલા કંપાલા Empire) for procuring the land કે રવધ સાંપકૃિતક કાયગિમો, નાટય પ્રયોગ ઇત્યારદ સંઘબળથી રવધ સાંપકૃિતક કાયગિમો, નાટય પ્રયોગ (Order ઇત્યારદ પ્રવૃરિથી of British (પીપલગ), પ્રજ્ઞાબે ન પી. પટે લ (ડભાણ). આ ઉપિાં ત લે ડ ીઝ વીંગ (પીપલગ), પણ ખૂ પ્રજ્ઞાબે બ ન પી. પટે લ (ડભાણ). આ ઉપિાં ત લેડીઝ પટે લ પટે લ જે માતબિ ફંડ એકિ કિી ૨૨ જાતયુ, ૧૯૩૩માં પાટીદાિ ૪૦૦સમાજે રશરલંમાતબિ ગ ફંડ એકિ કિી ૨૨ જાતયુ, ૧૯૩૩માં રશરલં ગ for I M૪૦૦ Patel Hostel (now Norvik Hospital). His પ્રવૃતશીલ છે . પ્રવૃતશીલ છે . ટે ેસમાજનો પ્લેટ લીધો, ૧૯૩૫માંરબલ્ડીંગ કરમટીની વષગના ભાડા િચના પેટેથઇ સમાજનો પ્લેટ લીધો, ૧૯૩૫માંરબલ્ડીંગ કરમટીની િચનાthe થઇ Governor Sir Andrew Cohen Excellency ધાવમિક પ્રવૃવિઓ: પાલા ૧૯૬૦માં પાટીદાિ સમાજની ઇમાિત પિતધાવમિ મળ્યાક પછી પ્રવૃવિઓ: દિ વષમેકંપાલા પાટીદાિ સમાજની ઇમાિત પિત મળ્ ટીદાિ સમાજની ઇમાિત બની. ૧૯૬૦માં અને કંપભવ્ય ાલા પાટીદાિ પાટીદાિ સમાજની ઇમાિત કં બની. કં પ ાલા પાટીદાિ OBE officially declared open the facility 23rdમહોત્સવ, શિદપૂરણ ભવ્ય િીતે ગણે શ ોત્સવ ઉજવાય છે . નવિારિ મહોત્સવ, શિદપૂ ભવ્ય ર ણગ મ િીતે ા િાસ-ગિબા, ગણે શોત્સવ ઉજવાય છેon . નવિારિ ઓ નાિણભાઇ વી. પટેલ તથા ચુનીભાઇ બી. સમાજના પટેલ હતા,ટ્રપટીઓ પ્રેરસડેતટનાિણભાઇ વી. પટેલ તથા ચુનીભાઇ બી. પટેલ હતા, પ્રેરસડેતટ October 1954.

This hostel, though controlled તેમજ સિદાિ લ જતમ જયંકે રત. બહુ રદવાળી છે. તે નવિારિમાં મજ સિદાિ પટેલ જતમ જયંરત બહુ ભવ્ય િીતેઉજવાય મ. પટેલ અને વાઇસ પ્રેરસડેતટ જમનાદાસઇશ્વિભાઇ કે. પટેલ, એમ. સેિેટિીપટેલરદવાળી અને વાઇસ પ્રેરસડેતટપટેજમનાદાસ પટેલભવ્ય , સેિ​િીતે ેટિી ઉજવાય by Patidars, is open for students otherગિબા-િાસનું આય આખી િાતથી વહે લ ી સવાિ સુ ધ ી નવિારિ ગિબા-િાસનુ ં આયોજન આખી િાતથી થાય એમાં વહેલી સવાિ from સુધી નવિારિ ે. પટેલ અનેટ્રેઝિ​િ મણીભાઇ યુ. પટેલ હતા. એ ગોિધનભાઇ પછીનો ઇરતહાસ કે. પટેલ અનેટ્રેઝિ​િ મણીભાઇ યુ. પટેલ હતા. એ પછીનો ઇરતહાસ communities.

The Ugandan Asian community સિકાિ દ્વાિા પપે શ ીયલ સુ િ ક્ષા મળે એટલુ ં જ નરહ પણ મધિાતે સિકાિ લે ડ ીઝ દ્વાિા કોઇ પપે પણ શ ીયલ સુ િ ક્ષા મળે એટલુ ંજ નરહ પણ મધિાતે પાટીદાિ ણ બોમ્બો િોડ ઉપિ રવશાળ પ્લોટમાં કંપાલામળતો નથીસમાજની પણ બોમ્બો િોડ ઉપિ રવશાળ પ્લોટમાં કંપાલા પાટીદાિ સમાજની played a significant role in the politics of the શકે છે . ૩૦૦૦ રહતદુ ઓ સાથે યુ ગ ાતડન લોકો શકે છે . ૩૦૦૦ રહતદુઓ સાથ જાતના ડિ વગિ ગિબામાં જઇ જાતના ડિ વગિ ગિબામાં જઇ જેઅનેકરવધ પ્રવૃરિથી ધમધમતી હતી એ બધુભવ્ય ંજ પડતુ ઇમાિત ંમૂકી જે સૌએ અનેકરવધ પ્રવૃરિથી ધમધમતી હતી એ બધુંજ પડતુંમૂકી સૌએ પણ ખૂ બ હોંશભે િ નવિારિમાં ભાગ લે છે . ૨૦૧૭માં અમે પણ નવિારિની ખૂ બ હોંશભે રસલ્વિ િ નવિારિમાં ભાગ લે છે . ૨૦૧૭માંઅમેનવ country and Mr. Amar Mani was the first Mayor ાતડા છોડી ભાગવુંપડ્યુંહતું. ૧૯૭૨માંયુગાતડા છોડી ભાગવુંપડ્યુંહતું. જયુ ર બલીને ખૂ બ ધામધૂ મ થી ઉજવી હતી. જયુ ર બલીને ખૂ બ ધામધૂ મ થી ઉજવી હતી. નના શાસનનો અંત આવ્યા પછી યોવેિી મુસોરવનીએ ઇદીઆરથગ અમીનના ક િીતેશાસનનો અંત આવ્યા પછી યોવેિી મુ આરથગકbetween િીતે ofસોરવનીએ Kampala 1950 and 1955. Following સમાજના પ્રાંગગુણમાં અત્યાિ સુધીમાંછઅને ભાગવત સપ્તાહ સમાજના રવશાળ એક પ્રાંગin ણમાં અત્યાિthe સુધીમાંછ ભાગવત સ ઇ ગયેલા યુગાતડાનેપુન: બેઠુંકિવા ગુજિાતીઓને રછતનરભતન આવકાયાગ થઇઅને ગયેલા યુગાતડાને પુન:રવશાળ બેઠુંકિવા જિાતીઓને આવકાયાગ the expulsion of Asians byઅને Idi Amin 1972, િામાયણ કથા થઇ છે . ભૂ પ તદ્રભાઇ પં ડ્ય ા અને શિદભાઇ િામાયણ વ્યાસે કથા કથાના થઇ છે . ભૂ પ તદ્રભાઇ પં તો પાછી સોંપવાની ઉત્સુકતા દશાગવી. એ એમની વખતે યુરમલકતો .કે. સરહતપાછી સોંપવાની ઉત્સુકતા દશાગવી. Patidars એ વખતે યુ.left કે. સરહત the country and the activities ડ્ય ofા અને શિદભાઇ MR. Kamlesh Patel, Chairman Board of Trustees વ્યાસપીઠે થ ી સૌને ભાગવત, િામાયણનુ ં િસપાન કિાવ્યુ ં છે . વ્યાસપીઠે થ ી સૌને ભાગવત, િામાયણનુ ં િસપાન થાયી થયેલા યુગાતડન ગુજિાતીઓએ પાછા જવાની દેશરવદે તૈયશાિી માંબતાવી, પથાયી થયેલા યુગાતડન ગુજિાતીઓએ પાછાthe જવાની તૈયાિી બતાવી, Samaj came to a halt. In 1986 the current કિાવ્યુંછે. રમત-ગમતક્ષે ત્ર : ે કમલે શ ભાઇએ જનાવ્યા મુ જ બ યુ ગાતડા રિકે રમત-ગમતક્ષે ટ લીગમાંપાટીદાિ ત્ર:ે કમલેશભાઇએ જનાવ્યા મુજબ યુગાતડા રિકેટ લ ગુજિાતથી પણ કેટલાક એજ્યુકેટેડ પાટીદાિ યુ વાનોએ યુગાતડામાં જિાતથી પણ કેટલાક એજ્યુકેટેડ પાટીદાિ યુવાનોએ યુResistance ગાતડામાં ઉપિાં ત ભાિત-ગુ National Movement government Towards the end of 19th century and the હતા, યુ ગ ાતડાની સમાજની ટીમ છે એ લીગમાં બે વષગ પહે લ ાં ચે મ્ પીયન બતયા સમાજની ટીમ છે એ લીગમાં બે વષગ પહેલાં ચેમ્પીયન બતયા હ ાય રવકસાવવાની તક ઝડપી. વ્યાપાિ-વ્યવસાય રવકસાવવાની તક ઝડપી. came to power and President Y K Museveni ને શ નલ ટીમમાં પટે લ સમાજના પ્લે ય િો છે , અમાિી વોલીબોલ ને શ ટીમ નલ પણ ટીમમાં છે . પટે લ સમાજના પ્લેયિો છે, અમાિી વોલીબોલ ટ of the 20th જેની જતમભૂરમ અનેbeginning કમગભૂરમ હતી એવા ચાિેક પટે યુલગોાતડા પ્રફૂcentury લજેભાઇ ની જતમભૂthousands રમ અને કમગભૂરમ of હતી એવા ચાિેક પટેલો પ્રફૂલભાઇ requested the departed Asian to come back and મે ર ડકલ કે મ્ પરનયરમતપણે યોજાય છે . અતય કોઇ સમાજ મે ર મે ડકલ ર ડકલ કે મ્ કે પ મ્ પયોજે રનયરમતપણે યોજાય છે. અતય કોઇ સમાજ મ પટેલ (ભાદિણ), પવ. બાબુભાઇ કાલીદાસ પટે િણછોડભાઇ લ (ધમગ જ),પટે પવ. લ (ભાદિણ), to પવ. British બાબુભાઇ કાલીદાસ પટેલ (ધમગજ), પવ.

Gujaratis left India and migrated repossess the property. તો પણ પાટીદાિ સમાજ ભાગ લે છે . ઉપિાં ત રવકલાં ગ ો માટે તો પણ ૪૦ પાટીદાિ વ્હીલચે િ નુ સમાજ ં ભાગ લે છે . ઉપિાં ત રવકલાંગો માટે ાથાભાઇ પટેલ (વસો-અલીતદ્રા), સુિેતAfrican દ્રભાઇ કાન્તતભાઇ એમ.Great નાથાભાઇ પટેલ Lake પટેલ (વસો-અલીતદ્રા), colonies inપવ.the region of પવ. સુિેતદ્રભાઇ એમ. પટેલ ડોને શ ન આપ્યુ , ં સિકાિી પકૂ લ માં સે ન ટ ે િી પે ડ્ સનુ ં રવતિણ કયુ ડોને . ું બ્લડ શ ન ડોને આપ્યુ શ ન , ં કે સિકાિી મ્ પ પકૂ લ માં સે ન ે ટ િી પે ડ્ સનુ ંરવતિણ કયુ​ું. બ્લ ૯૯૩માં પેપિવકકUganda, કિી પાટીદાિ સમાજ-કં (પલાણા)એ ૧૯૯૩માં પાછી પેપિવકક કિી પાટીદાિ સમાજ-કંપાલાની પ્રોપટટી પાછી Kenyaપાલાની and પ્રોપટટી Tanganyika.

A significant પણ યોજાય. પણ યોજાય. સ કયોગ. યુગાતડન number સિકાિે પટેof લોને આ પ્રોપટટી મેળવવા પિતપ્રયાસ આપતાં કયોગ. from યુગાતડન પટેલોને આThe પ્રોપટટીPatidars પિત આપતાં returned to Uganda and efforts these migrants came theસિકાિે Patidar કોવિડ-૧૯માં સરકારને સહાયક: યુગસમાજ ાતડનtoસિકાિે ‘પ્રાઇમ રમરનપટિ કોરવડસરકારને સહાયક: યુગાતડન સિકાિે ‘પ્રાઇમ રમ પછી કં પ ાલા પાટીદાિ સમાજ કે વ ી કે વ ી થઇ. ૧૯૯૩ પછી કં પ ાલા પાટીદાિ કે વ ી કે વ ી કોવિડ-૧૯માં ેલી નવિારિ થઇ. ૧૯૯૩ ૧૯૯૩માં પહે લ ી નવિારિ began repossess the Samaj premises community of Charotar region of૧૯Gujarat.

After યુ એ સ ટાપકફોસગ ’ ની િચના કિી જે મ ાં રમરનપટ્રી ઓફ હે લ્ થને સમાજે ૧૯ ટાપકફોસગ ૫૦૦૦ ’ ની િચના કિી જે મ ાં રમરનપટ્રી ધમધમતો િહેછેએની મારહતી અમનેહાલના પ્રવૃરિથી કંપાલાસતત પાટીદાિ ધમધમતો િહેછેએની મારહતી અમનેfrom હાલના કં પાલા પાટીદાિ Asian custodian board and other illegalઓફ હેલ્થનેસમાજ reaching there, Patels started their own trade, ડોલિના ખચમે પાં ચ ઓકસીજન કોતપટન પટ્રેટિ આપ્યા. ૨,૫૦૦ ડોલિના કકલોખચમેપાંચ ઓકસીજન કોતપટન પટ્રેટિ આપ્યા Committee Committee Member occupants. Efforts by late B K Patel, Kantibhai commerce,Member industries and other businesses. મકાઇનો આટો અને૨૫ રમરલયન યુગાતડન રશરલંગ પ્રાઇમ મકાઇનો રમરનપટિઆટો અને૨૫ રમરલયન યુગાતડન રશરલંગ પ્ર Patel, S M Patel and Prafulbhai R Patelફંmade it Patels were the pioneers of cotton industry in ઓકફસનેકોરવડ-૧૯ ફંડમાંઆપ્યા. ઓકફસનેકોરવડ-૧૯ ડમાંઆપ્યા. possible to repossess the property in 1993.

Uganda and it became a backbone of country’s કિોરન્ટીન સેન્ટર: પાટીદાિ સમાજની ઇમાિતના હોલમાં મે કિોરન્ટીન ટ્રસ ે સાથે સેન્ટર: પાટીદાિ સમાજની ઇમાિતના હોલ ૩૦ બે ડ , ૧૫૦૦૦ ડોલિના ખચમે કોિતટીન સે ત ટિ બનાવી ૩૦ સિકાિને બેડ, ૧૫૦૦૦ ડોલિના ખચમે કોિતટીન સેતટિ બ economy.

At present in આપ્યુ Kampala રવના મૂલ્યેવાપિવા આપ્યુ ં. સમાજની there પ્રોપટટી એare વન 1,200 ઓફ ધરવના હેPatidars િીટે મૂઝલ્યેવાપિવા ં. સમાજની પ્રોપટટી એ વન and 500 in the interior parts of the country.

The રબલ્ડીંગ ગણાય છે અને રશક્ષણ અથમે ને શ નલ લાયબ્રે િ ી તિીકે રબલ્ડીંગ ઉપયોગ ગણાય છે અને રશક્ષણ અથમેનેશનલ લાયબ્રેિ In 1927 the first Patidar meeting was held in ં એcultural હવે થાય છે. એ કમ્પાઉતડનુ ં બીજું રબલ્ડીંગ હોપટેout લ માટેvarious વપિાતુ થાય છે . એ કમ્પાઉતડનુ ં બીજુ ં રબલ્ડીંગ હોપટેલ માટે Patidars carry and sports Cinema hall, on 22nd January 1933. A plot for હોન્પપટલ તિીકેથાયactivities, છે. તિીકેથાય including CRS હોન્પપટલ activities.

Theછે.Samaj the Patidar Samaj was procured with the yearly Navaratri Ganesh festivalRoad, P.O.Bo Plot 11/13,annually Bombo celebrate Road, P.O.Box: 49, and Plot 11/13, Bombo fee of Shs. 400. G J Patel and C B Patel were Kampala, in Uganda Tel:scale. +256 414 342337 Kampala, Uganda a grand They also conduct sports andTel: +256 414 the first trustees of the Samaj. A general meeting other cultural activities in every two year under the

CELEBRATING THE HISTORY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OF PATIDAR SAMAJ

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East African Charotar Leva Patidar Federation in different cities of East Africa.

Service to the Community Patidar Samaj provides support to local people in education, medical and sports field by through financial and in kind support support.

Patidar Samaj and the COVID 19 Pandemic.

In response the devastating pandemic, Patidar Samaj established a COVID – 19 100 - bed facility in September 2020. It was opened by the Indian High Commissioner H.E. Ajay Kumar and Under SecretaryDr. Seruwada Ministry of Health in the presence of Dr Okello, Director of Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) Health Department, National Quarantine Centre head Dr Richard Mugahi, and other invited dignitaries.

The present and past BOT and management committee members were present during the function. This facility is under the Ministry of Health, Uganda. They also supported the government by donating food and oxygen concentrator. They have contributed UGX 25 million in Covid-19 task force under the Prime Minister’s Office.

Wheel chair donation to thecommunity

BOARD OF TRUSTIES

KAMLESH PATEL CHAIRMAN

R.G. PATEL SECRETARY

Blood Donation Drive at City Square 2019

Stationary and Sanitary Pads donated to the School Girls

MANAGEMENT COMMITEE

PIYUSHBHAI PATEL FESTIVAL CHAIRMAN

SUNIL PATEL CHAIRMAN

NAVNIT PATEL TREASURER

Maize Flour and Oxygen Concentrator donated Covid-19 Task Force

MINESH PATEL SECRETARY

RAJESH AMIN ASST. SECRETARY HEMANT PATEL MEMBER

NARENDRA PATEL MEMBER

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DHARMESH A. PATEL MEMBER

MAHENDRA PATEL MEMBER

KIRANBHAI PATEL VICE CHAIRMAN

BRIJESH PATEL TREASURER

DHARMESH C. PATEL ASST. TREASURER

RINKUBEN PATEL MEMBER

PRAGNABEN PATEL MEMBER

YOGESH PATEL MEMBER

Proud being a Patidar

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RESEARCH THE DILEMMA OF RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION Introduction This paper examines the underlying complexities that constitute a dilemma for the responsibility to protect in Africa most specifically the Great Lakes Region. I argue that clarifying the meaning and intention of the doctrine in any given context is predicated on understanding the distinct and complex environment in which the doctrine is invoked. These complexities and their differentiation on a case by case basis construe the doctrine as progressive; with political, legal and moral significance making it fit for its purpose. On the other hand the variation of prevention and protection amounts to the denunciation of it as being selective, complicit, inconsistent and even imperialistic.

Proponents of R2P confront a major gap between the ideals propounded by the doctrine and realities that have continued to more often than not negate those ideals making them utopic. A comprehensive contextualization

should be the basis of determining the prospect, relevance and success of R2P in the great lakes where the need to protect humanity is at crossroad with the complex environment in which the doctrine applies. The analysis focus on the dilemma hinged on a multi-layered security environment creating a predicament for great lakes region, the history and politics of intervention which shapes perspectives and actions and finally effects of global and regional power imbalances .

History and Synopsis of War and Genocide in the Great Lakes Region.

Great Lakes Region consists of countries in East and Central Africa (Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda), forming a complex network of political and economic interactions with implications on peace, security and governance. At least every generation in these countries has lived either war or genocide which is estimated to have caused approximately 2.5 -4 million deaths.

Others have continued to experience the indirect effects of war and genocide reinforcing perception of state fragility and instability.

The conflicts in the region are interlinked, complex and involve a multiplicity of interlocking state, non-state, regional and international actors. These conflicts have tended to expand geographically from one country to another; and with a dual character. Though current conflicts have a distinct local and/or national anchorage, they are at the same time linked to the political history, global power influence and underlying

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security dynamics resulting from identity crises, lack of state legitimacy, arms proliferation, regime types, natural resources inter group difference and governance issues.

In this region, the question of genocide and prevention is very provocative. i.e. What is genocide? Who are the genocidiers/potential, who are the victims, how does it differ from other wars and counter insurgencies? What is the role played by governments? And what preventive options are there if any?

Conceptualising Responsibility to Protect (R2P) The 21st century doctrine ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P) is an antithesis of idealism and reality, reflecting the theory and practice of international politics. It seeks to pursue universal peace by preventing and protecting vulnerable groups from mass atrocities including genocides, crimes against humanity, war crimes and ethnic cleansing. Its interpretation at normative, institutional and implementation continues to trigger debates across the divide.

R2P proponents, like Gareth Evans, term it as an emerging norm for collective security in intra state conflicts, Ann Orford describes it as a pre-existing and tacit norm resulting from the executive role of the UN; the victims of mass atrocities, embodies R2p as progressive and with suasive value in international politics, law and morality establishing a duty of care, not only to the sovereign state but the international community. For global, regional and sub-regional organizations and national governments, R2P marks different things. To the powerful and developed European and Western states, it is a responsibility and duty that arises from their economic and military privilege. For the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, R2P denotes community security where internal mechanisms are resorted to prevent and manage crisis situations as opposed to external involvement.

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Security Architecture (APSA).

The concept of responsibility denotes;.

‘The primary responsibility for protection of a population against serious suffering resulting from internal wars, insurgency, and repression lies with the state. If the state in question is unwilling and or unable to avert the situation, the principle of non intervention yields to the international responsibility to protect.’

Obligations inherent in the concept of sovereignty Sovereignty defined R2P prescribes sovereignty as responsibility.

This from the onset creates a problem of misconception that is further engendered by the term ‘absolute sovereignty’ which rhetorically in the GLR is often interpreted as undermining sovereignty.

This is especially evidenced when non military measures such as economic sanctions, judicial approach through the ICC and or military interventions are under consideration. These rhetorics however are often contradictory depending on the anticipated end result; ie, in pursuit of opponents/insurgent groups, such measures are resorted to ‘ in perceived aid to a weak regime the same is rejected and considered where the source of problem is alleged to be with the regime of the day.

In clarifying this contestation- and within the context of human protection absoluteness of sovereignty should be understood in a broader legal perspective, based on institutional frameworks of the state and the people within that state. Hans Morgenthau’s ‘Politics Among Nations’ illustrates the notion as multifaceted prescribing sovereign rights and obligations limited internally to its subjects and externally to other sovereign authorities.

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over its resources and actions. So if a state is deeply interdependent to be incapable of this control it is therefore not interdependently sovereign but does not wither its sovereignty status in Montevideo Convention. Secondly, domestic sovereignty includes a popular will of a people, authority structures within a state and their ability to effectively regulate behavior.

A polity with domestic sovereignty cannot assume that it has the right to breach the legal order or suppress the people because sovereignty relies not only on the people but on a legitimate authority which is fortified by the law of the land and nations.

The other dimension rests on treaty law and upheld in the UN Charter. It absolutism is however constrained by international law peremptory principle of jus cogens. Whilst the loss or breach of one aspect has a domino effect on the others, it does not adulterate the overall concept of sovereignty. These dimensions of sovereignty comprise the entry point for states and the international community to penetrate and strengthen capacities for civilian protection in internal borders. So while R2P does not undermine sovereignty. Sovereign will as an antithesis of subjective will means that a given right of a state comes with obligations and responsibilities that R2P seeks to protect.

Security predicament in Africa The security predicament in Africa specifically the GLR is understood from a historical and comparative analysis of the state, security, and interactions therein. It includes how the concept of security as applied in Africa, differs from its traditional use in the international relations literature; the factors inherent in these states that can help explain this difference; how the interaction of GLR states with the international system affect the security of the former; and the relationship between the security and development concerns of GLR states and most third world states.

The overarching aspect is how these interactions affect levels of legitimacy and social coherence in what Deng terms as a problem of divided nations and cultures whose end result is identity crisis and conflicts.

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The problem therefore is multi layered, at domestic, regional and international level.

With interactions going through a series whose timeline is traceable from the historical formation of the African state and flows through arbitral boundary demarcation, colonial legacy of divide and rule; the cold war politics of containment and post cold war conflicts hence the crisis of legitimacy and lack of social coherence. While traditionally security threats were perceived as emanating from external quarters, post independence and cold war conflicts in GLR, emerged from internal sources- either, the state, opposition and civilians; triggered by internal vulnerabilities characterized by ethnicity, marginalization, identity politics which upon transmutation results to violence and crimes against humanity and acts of genocidal magnitude. Coupled with corruption, bad governance and divisive politics, the GLR characterizes antagonistic relations between the elitist regimes and sections of the populations. Making it a ‘quasi state’, meaning it depends upon international norms to preserve its’ sovereign status and not the popular will of its subjects. This ‘caricature’ state lacks legitimacy and coherence that comes with sovereignty and citizenship envisaged in the Westphalia system. When the material component- that is the popular will is fragmented, it automatically creates a fragile composition which conceptually does not affect sovereignty but in practice undermines its very essence.

States within the Great lakes region depicts a lack of popular will, which may be interpreted to mean no responsibility to the greater masses, save for the section of the society that it enjoys that legitimacy or coherence and identifiable through ethnicity, culture, religion and in the modern day, class. This is the first dilemma that R2P as a protective norm has to contend with.

How can responsibility be reinforced by a state whose legitimacy is time and again contested by sections of its population. Essentially it calls for the sovereign to institute that legitimacy and coherence that is plausible through a statemaking process.

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human and political rights .Competing pull and push factors associated with the two amounts to internal conflicts that pave way for either indiscriminate repression or state failure. Relatively, the former clashes with international norms and may amount to a systematic segregation of population through political, social and economic strategies. In the short term, this breeds stability with a higher probability of outburst which tends to undo all the gains made and eventually may lead to state collapse. From this streams systematic threats of political, social and economic nature with potential to explode to genocidal level owing to their grievous implications on the population as employed by regimes. For Mamdani, (whether these actions are termed as genocide, war crime, counter insurgency or war against terror they inflict suffering and pain to humanity but the politics of naming that applies on Africa and other developing countries based on power determines what amounts to a threat or mass atrocity and what action can be taken.

Deadline and labeling of African states Tied to the reconstruction of African states is the increasing pressure generated by international norms such as R2P and domestic elites to translate juridical statehood into effective and functional statehood- akin to that in developed societies. Charles Tilly chronology of European state-making notes that statehood takes time and requires a relatively free hand to persuade and coerce populations under its rule to accept legitimacy of the state, its institutions, its right to extract and use resources from them and let the state regulate aspects of their lives.

In the modern age of globalization and mass politics, neither option is available for AfricaGLR. The continent is prompted to compete with the developed states to raise hopes and dispel fears, which in the long run increase a burden of political systems to a degree of insecurity that manifest in different wayspolitical, social, economic, environment and military. Adam Branch observes this struggle in lieu of global power dynamics that set a stage for African states to be labeled as effective human right supporters, legitimately sovereign, and deserving recipients of foreign assistance to build their capacity. Conversely www.mofa.go.ug

another platform is set to denounce states as human right violators, undeserving in foreign support and vulnerable to intervention by the international community. Underlining these are two concerns; the first being which states shall fall on the first or second cluster. Secondly,

while these states may harbor transparency and precision of international norms and the enforcement institutions the same faith does not extend to powers mandated to execute these rights. This amounts to suspicion and a lack of formalization which in the case of R2P allows a multitude of interpretations, claiming moral conviction without the possibility of addressing the underlying predicaments founded on statehood.

The ‘responsible African state in the phase of state making under R2P witness an expansive interventionist regime-from state fragility to state building evolving under the Liberal Peace Thesis which, according to Chandler, is a pointer of liberalism. Annan, on these interventions, explains that a multidimensional failure and predicament in African states requires multidimensional and equally extensive measures that open up the political, social and economic space for intervention, giving the UN the mantle to respond. At the time of R2P inception in 2001, it recorded more than 91 policy tools for responding to African security threats and building peace. Whether these interventions have been applied in context, and proved effective is another issue altogether.

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interventions have been seen as choking the state- making process making it inculpable of building legitimacy and coherence which is at the core of any functioning society. (The so called ‘project’ of building state capacity and moral justification in the language of human rights results to a lack of accountability and refusal by the African state and international community to be subject to criticism on what precisely to intervene in, the extent of the intervention and consequences of it. In the long run there is no guarantee that this ‘new state’ will protect its population but continue to contain its issues. Such processes rather than creating responsible governments, amounts to irresponsibility, and fragility and the cycle goes on and on.

The irresponsible states remain subject to internal threats and coercive intervention by the international community. They are a point of reference on sanctions, prosecutorial measures and military interventions. Ultimately, these do not comprehensively address the security threats and impending atrocities but breeds auxiliary discordance amongst the population. This is because preventive and protective measures of R2P tend to assume some form of uniformity which should not be the case if the doctrine is to function objectively and successfully. While it is preferable for the norm to be consistent and uniformly applied, the realities of African states cannot accord this opportunity because on one hand this uniformity will defeat the purpose of prevention and protection, and on the other hand it may end up distorting the notion of peace, justice and democracy-whose meaning is distinct from one society to another. For these reasons R2P measures in Africa crisis is labeled as too much, too little and too late. The DRC Crisis of 2003-2011, Kenya post election violence of 2007/08, Somalia collapse from 1992-2012, Sudan wars 2003-2011, and Cote d’Ivoire election crisis 2010-2012 are samples of security challenges and R2P situations that denote different meaning in their respective contexts. From these cases idealists observe a deficit of interventions while skeptics see too much intervention .In reality, R2P interventions in these cases should be determined on their own merit.

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History and politics of intervention Discussions on the history and politics of intervention (specifically humanitarian intervention) have been controversial with considerable impact on African perspectives and actions undertaken. This has dominated the discussions along Global North and South preand post- R2P adoption in 2005. Humanitarian intervention refers to ‘coercive action by one or more states involving the use of force in another state without the consent of the authorities to prevent widespread human suffering. (force brigade, individual deployment-2003 wars in DRC, M23) In political terms the alleged ‘right to intervene’ or ‘duty to protect’, has been interpreted as a language of power and of resistance to some power or authority.

Thus a right to protect becomes an antithesis for a duty or responsibility where practically it is the powerful states that assume the right and responsibility over the weak states. As to whether this justifies such interventions’ as being legitimate was ruled by the ICJ on Corfu Channels Case which upheld that: ‘an alleged right to intervene is a manifestation of a policy that in the past has given rise to heinous abuses and such as defects maybe in the international organization cannot find a place in international law from the very fact that interventions for any purpose would be a reserve for the most powerful and may pervert if not undermine justice.’

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predicated on political will of the powerful and power relations within the international system.

Since this system is made of unequal states, R2P is therefore viewed as an instrument of power invoked in congruence of interest as witnessed in Libya.

Additionally interventions in history have been undertaken for protection of the vulnerable populations. R2P, (in moralizing and legitimizing intervention on grounds of protection, is arguably not new but dates as far as 1629 during the foundation of the United States.

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was granted its Charter by King Charles 1 stating that the principal end of the plantation is to save the natives from paganism. The great seal of the colony shows an American Indian calling ‘Come over and Help Us’. This help is discharged via a responsibility to protect by extirpation and extermination of the natives for their own good.

In developing countries, discussions of R2P in the words of Chomsky are disturbed by the skeleton in the closet from history to the present time.

Unlike humanitarian intervention, the doctrine of R2P is founded on a logical flow of order in the global system. However, in an imperfect and realism world, the politics of survival based on power and national interest dominate interventions. In the R2P decade, Ramesh Thakur postulates that in some instances the strategic interests of states converge with the values enshrined. But it does not subordinate the latter (protection). This realization, poses skeptism and distrust in GLR. With the shifting power imbalances, recession in Western and European states, Chinese influence, and increasing potential for economic growth following its vast natural resources interventions on humanitarian protection are continuously view from the lens of strategic interest. Thus international norms are inevitably a preferred gateway to safeguard these interests. So, even in instances of genuine human suffering it remains blurred as to what is the crux of an intervention.

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and principles of R2P are seen to apply quite generally, meaning it can be interpreted to mean just anything for the consumer. Its limitation to mass atrocities crimes and limitless measures of prevention and reaction is open to ambiguity, mischief and abuse. This equates the doctrine to three historical principles. One is the maxim of Thucydides where the strong do as they wish while the weak suffer as they must, illustrated by the Melian dialogue. Here, the strong refers to the Security Council, its allies and developed states while the weak refers to the ‘irresponsible’ non allied and alleged rogue states. The end result “hegemonial approach where the voice of the powerful sets precedents.

The second general principle that pits states against R2P is founded on Adam Smith’s account of policy making in England. The principal architects of policy - that is merchants and manufactures ensured that their own interest are most peculiarly met, however grievous the consequences’ were on the people of England. In the 21st century such imperialism, according to former UK foreign advisor Robert Cooper applies in justifiable interventions within international norms.

The third principle is use of force where all military interventions in global affairs have been justified in the terms of responsibility to protect. These includes ousting of regimes from power, and suppression of dissenting voices.

Key cases between 1928 Kellog Briand Pact and United Nations 1945 included; the attack on Manchuria by Japan in 1931, the invasion of Ethiopia by Mussolini in 1938 and Hitlers occupation of Czecholsvakia in 1938. All were followed by supercilious rhetorics on the solemn responsibility to protect the suffering population with detailed justification. Post1945, like Vietnam invasion of Cambodia of 1977, Ethiopia invasion on Eritrea 1998, were also hugely criticized.

The memories of colonialism and its aftermath on state making and security has left most countries justifiably skeptical on western and regional intervention. Conquest was the norm for civilization and protection of the population from alleged barbarism of hobbesian societies.

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This to date is unacceptable and even though it is preferable to forget this history and forge ahead, forgetting is not a wise thing to do especially for the weak. This history provides a basis for learning, reason and wisdom towards a rational convergence of purpose and means in any given intervention.

Also the inconsistencies of the international community in responding to humanitarian crisis in the 1990s, i.e inaction in Liberia and Sierra Leone in 1991 leading to war crimes and crimes against humanity, withdrawal and subsequent inaction on Somalia 1992, inaction in Rwanda following the genocide 1994, the Darfur crises, and regime change in Libya and cote divoire Continue to reinforce the politics of power and interests that determine who intervenes where.

These politics reign in R2P debates within the UN general assembly. And prior to adoption of the UNWSOD in 2005 the G77 and NAM in reference to R2P alleged that sovereignty had been their last defense against abuse by powerful states. Even as they acknowledgement the doctrine, states remained wary of the politics of protectionism and interventionism which results to abuse and selectivity.

Thus in a world of realpolitik, the greater concern for Africa like other developing countries is how to protect the suffering populations from the state exercising unlawful power against its population and how to protect states from the excesses of the powerful in the international system who acts on the precepts of their strategic interests as opposed to values?

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Constrains emerging from global imbalances and the Security Council Another challenge results from global and regional power imbalances and operations of the Security Council. This system is characterized by developed states, regional hegemony and developing countries all abiding by standardized norms that are predisposed to inconsistent interpretation and application.

Developed states are characterized by strong institutions which safeguard the rule of law and protect against breach of international norms within their territories. Also, their economic and military capability gives them leverage over any probable intervention in their domain or their allies on activities hence a right to dictate the how, when and where of interventions.

This poses concerns over the ethical/moral conideration and at times legal legitimacy of decisions and actions taken for acts and inactions amounting to fundamental breach. For a region marked by fragility and lack of strong institutions interventions on grievous situations is often unlikely or skewed to safeguard geostrategic /political interests.

These imbalance further reflect at regional and sub-regional organizations where states and organizations are gatekeepers of peace and security under R2P. Their proximity to states and conflicts confer a comparative advantage as legitimate custodians to not only prescribe but take appropriate actions under Chapter VIII of the UN Charter and if military, with the authorization of the Security Council. Underlying this responsibility is whether these organizations based on their practices, architectures, and interactions within the international system are impartial arbiters in determining situations of R2P under Chapter VII? In most instances, crisis situations have been determined through subjective political processes that protect the status quo and not necessarily the interests of a population. Evidently in the GLR with multiplicity of actors, at disparity, have a variation of weight depending on powers and interests involved.

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which have resulted to mixed bag of results touching on legitimacy, credibility as defined by would be interveners.

On prosecutorial means the doctrine has been invoked selectively. Militarily, authorization has to be sort from the UNSC wit financial limitations to support the missions. Overdependence on donor agencies whose priorities are increasingly relative are varied and institution/states are swayed to make determinations favorable to its donors and big powers as opposed to the core interest on humanity; where in realism morality of the prince is judged not by his actions to humanity, within the international system but his capacity to pursue national interest and state survival. Thus where mutual relations of states and organization are predicated on mutual benefits interventions are likely to be face saving and not protection of suffering populations.

These imbalances create a problem of selectivity and double standards where credibility and legitimacy is subject to continuous scrutiny and contestation.

Conclusion These three factors characterize the R2P dilemma not only in Africa but internationally.

From this expose’, one is left to wonder whether it is possible to define, redefine and confine the doctrine to fit into the context of each situation without being seen as inconsistent. While such ideals should be uniform in interpretation and application, a propitious meaning and clarity of the doctrine is only attainable if it meets the purpose which is to protect suffering populations from atrocities thus different contexts necessitate a variation of action. Notably, consistency and uniformity can only arise if states are at parity which is impractical in the near future. States will seek to survive in this complex international system and those with economic and military advantage will remain at the forefront in protection, prevention and rebuilding. Despite the need for reforms in the Security Council, protection of civilian population necessitates more effectiveness and legitimacy as opposed to additional numbers which do not guarantee political and moral resolve for protection. www.mofa.go.ug

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IF WE CAN’T DO TOURISM FOR NOW, LET’S AT LEAST TALK TOURISM

By Lilly Ajarova, CEO – Uganda Tourism Board

jobs to the economy, in addition to collectively protecting and conserving the country’s rich and natural resources.

While the discussions around post-Covid-19 recovery continues, there is a need to talk about what we shall be doing once we are back to the ‘new normal”. The disruption cannot allow us to go back to business as usual mode. His Excellency, the President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has guided that a lot will need to change in the country and that the disruption caused by COvid-19 presents an opportunity for import substitution. Even for the

In my opening address at this year’s 5th Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) held in February 2020, under the theme- Promoting Intra-African Travel, I told stakeholders that for Uganda to have a sustainable tourism sector, there was a need for us to rethink our tourism market with more focus on Africa and Uganda. Fast forward, around March, a month after POATE, Covid-19 spread across the world. Overnight, the tourism sector and economies across the world came to a halt.

A number discussions on how the sector will bounce back have been initiated at policy level through our Ministry, at Uganda Tourism Board, private sector and global organisations such as the United Nations World Travel Organisation; with whom we are working closely.

Globally, the tourism industry is among those industries that are being keenly looked at on how it will navigate through the Covid-19 pandemic.

How well the sector bounces back means a lot to economies and individual livelihoods. In the case of Uganda, tourism contributed 7.7% to the GDP in FY2018/2019 and has been the topmost forex earner for the last 5 years. The sector also contributes a total of over 670, 000 36

tourism sector, there is a need to further refocus our business strategies, with a major focus on revitalizing domestic tourism as the global tourism industry recovers. More specifically, we shall need to look at product diversification, identifying new markets, bridging the skill gap, and marketing destination Uganda more than ever. Whatever we choose to do next should benefit a lot from the lessons this crisis has taught us – adaptation.

Tourism as a sector moving forward must look at inclusive growth; for example in the case of domestic tourism ensure that locals play key roles and benefit a lot from tourism activities in their community. Let’s also not forget that consumer confidence has been greatly impacted by the pandemic which means going forward people will be more aware and cautious about where they choose to travel to. For the sector, it’s time to prepare for a different type of consumer and be ready to meet the challenges they come with- the biggest challenge being regaining their confidence. We thank the president and the Ministry of Health for the national communication on the COVID-19 pandemic and its management as this plays a key role in traveler confidence going forward. www.mofa.go.ug

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Competition is healthy but if an opportunity for collaboration presents itself, we must grab it.

No one should expect the growth in numbers to happen instantaneously. It’s going to take concerted and deliberate effort to ensure domestic tourism numbers grow postCovid-19 lockdown and the subsequent end of the pandemic. This is of course with the interventions mentioned earlier. Partnerships and collaborations across the public and private sectors will play a big role when it comes to supporting the post-recovery phase.

In conclusion, despite the challenges the industry faces now, it’s upon the players and stakeholders in the sector to keep reminding themselves of what the tourism sector is and has been for many years. This is a time to rise and be at the forefront of any efforts that will be put in place to ensure it recovers. Tourism needs us and we must show up. If we can’t do tourism for now, then let’s at least talk about tourism.

Heritage Lodge on Habuharo Island, is set in idyllic isolation on the tranquil waters of Lake Bunyonyi.

The island is 20 minutes boat ride from the mainland.

Activities Bird Watching Canoeing and Hiking Community Tours Boat trips/ Islands Tour Swimming Visit to Supreme Adventure Park (high ropes course, zip-lining)

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UGANDA CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS IN RELATION TO COVID-19 STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES AT ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 1. What are the requirements for departing passengers?

2. What are the requirements for arriving passengers?

The requirements are as follows: • Passengers are advised to arrive at the Airport 4 hours before a scheduled flight’s departure time.

The requirements are as follows: • The passenger must wear a face mask appropriately within the Airport and will be subjected to temperature screening on entry to the arrival hall

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Will be subjected to temperature screening on entry to the airport and departure hall

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Must wear a face mask appropriately within the Airport

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Are encouraged to sanitize after touching surfaces or documents

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The certificate should indicate the word “traveler” on it.

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Passengers should have an authentic and valid negative COVID -19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test certificate from an accredited laboratory in the country of origin issued within 120 hours from the time of sample collection to time of boarding aircraft departing country of origin.

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be transported in an ambulance to an isolation centre (Entebbe Referral hospital) for a COVID-19 test. The results shall be returned within 24-48 hours as the passenger remains in the isolation centre.

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In case a foreign national tests COVID-19 positive and wishes to be repatriated for treatment in another facility outside Uganda, this shall be done at their cost following COVID-19 medical evacuation protocols.

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3. Is a negative COVID-19 test certificate required by a departing passenger from Uganda even when the destination country does not require it?

Yes. An authentic and valid negative COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction test certificate is mandatory for all departing passengers out of Uganda even if the destination country does not require it. This is to protect the airport workers, airline workers and other passengers in the aircraft.

4. Could you please clarify on requirement of negative COVID 19 test certificate for children travelling with adults.

It is only children of three (3) years and below that are exempt from having a negative COVID 19 Polymerase Chain reaction test certificate on condition that their accompanying parents have it.

5. Can you please confirm when the COVID-19 test should be done? Is it 120 hours prior to travel or 120 hours prior to arrival?

It is 120 hours after sample collection prior to boarding aircraft leaving country of origin.

(Transit time is not included in the 120 hours if you do not leave the terminal building of the transit airport)

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6. I would wish to know where to go to have a COVID-19 checkup when I want to fly out of Uganda. Am I supposed to make a checkup at the Airport or in some special place?

There are now many designated sample collection points and testing centers and the Ministry of Health is accrediting more. These are updated on the Uganda Ministry of Health website. Those who live close to Entebbe can also have their samples taken from the Airport Medical Centre, which is open 24 hours.

7. Can I enter Uganda with a negative PCR test on my phone, or do I require a printout copy?

If the result is clear on the phone and easy to verify, it can be accepted. However, verification of the results on phone may take time and in case the queue is long, one may have to be asked to stand aside to wait for verification. A printed version is easier and more convenient.

8. Are there any restrictions on certain nationalities which cannot enter the country due to COVID-19?

There are no restrictions on any nationalities entering Uganda due to COVID-19 so long as they have an authentic and valid negative COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction test certificate on arrival.

9. Are arriving passengers aboard the night flights such as KLM Airline that lands at Entebbe International Airport at 22:30 hours affected by the curfew in Uganda?

The passengers who arrive on the late night flights after curfew has started will have to show the police their copies of travel documents in case they are stopped by police along the way.

Those who would have dropped passengers at the Airport would need to keep the Airport parking receipt, which is evidence of having been to the Airport.

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MIRYANTE COMMUNITY CENTRE – SUPPORTING ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN Miryante Community Centre is a non-profit organization that provides funding and services for a number of projects including Miryante Children Home and St. Gyavira Buyende Home which is a CBO found in Buyende District.

These projects cater for orphans and vulnerable children in Uganda through both in-house care and a foster-care model. Miryante Community Centre also provides support for women via the Uganda Women’s Network and people with disabilities via Crutches for Africa.

Miryante Children Home was originally founded by a Wekomiire Parish priest, and a Peace Corps Volunteer from the US in 2009.

Under the management of Doreen Tigah, it grew from providing care for 10 children, to

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providing care for 190 orphans and vulnerable children. Miryante Children’s Home is run by the Diocese of Fort Portal and works closely with the Ugandan government, serving as the child and welfare services for the region. It provides shelter, food, schooling, medical care, and psychosocial support for 160 orphans and vulnerable children.

The team of social workers try to place orphaned children within a home whenever possible through a foster care program where we also provide food, school fees, medical care and psychosocial support, but many of the children still reside on campus. The purpose of Miryante Children’s Home is not to dismember families, but to provide an environment where children

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surrounding land to help feed the children, and developed animal husbandry programs and vegetable gardens to improve nutrition.

Miryante also expanded its income generating projects to include a roadside craft market which sells hand-made crafts that women in the community and students and make at the technical school. Miryante also has livestock projects where it rears cows, goats, pigs, and rabbits. These animals are given to the children when they are relocated with foster families to support their nutrition and income.

St. Gyavira Buyende Home is located in Buyende District in Eastern Uganda. It opened in 2018 as a CBO registered at the district level in response to the overwhelming need for services for orphaned and vulnerable children with long term medical conditions, largely as a result of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It provides food, clothing, school fees, and counseling services for these children who are living with families in the community.

DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Warm greetings from Miryante Community, I would like to express our sincere appreciation to our partners and stakeholders who generously have helped us build miryante and donate to Miryante especially during the lockdown. We welcome further support from well wishers.

can grow up with love and dignity. Miryante Community Centre also runs Miryante Technical School which offers children vocational training in hair-dressing, tailoring, carpentry, masonry, auto mechanics, and computers.

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FOOTMARKS- SCALING HEIGHTS CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN OF IN UGANDA Compiled by Mrs. Gorettie Bamwanga Mentor Team Africa

Footmarks Scaling Heights is a compelling compilation of the personal stories Ugandan women who have effectively and efficiently climbed the ladders of success and ensured that their ladders are leaning against strong walls.

This work is a synergistic product of many minds, it took each and every corner of this nation. The stories show how the women portrayed have travelled real journeys with accomplishments of varied degrees as indeed their experiences. As with their true personhood, this book is a recording of their deepest perception of life in the Ugandan context.

Women in Africa and Uganda in particular, navigate between multiple lives and make vital trade -offs by living multi-centric lives as daughters, sisters, wives, mothers, nurturers, career professionals, entrepreneurs and friends amongst other roles.

Women are truly endowed with charismata. They pay close and respectful attention to details in order to tackle challenges in their way.

The compiled stories inspires other women to come and play their rightful role in creating a secure society. Here are stories for encouragement not to fear failure or step into the lime light of success, but let the story be a testimonial for the divine endowment.

The book celebrates women’s differences, the diversity they bring to whom we are as a human race, the special role they in making things happen and remain together is so so important. It highlights the to find ritual spaces where both men and women can celebrate and ho our women.

The Diplomat Magazine will be featuring the profiles of women portrayed in the book during the course of 2021 and 2022.

For further information or to request a copy please contact Mentor Team Africa Ms. Gorettie Bamwanga or Ms. Maureen Komughisa- KS Policy

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FOREIGN MISSIONS IN UGANDA Embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Algeria Plot 14 John Babiiha Avenue, Kololo P.O. Box 4025, Kampala Tel: 0312 265212/ 0312 265213 Fax: 0312 265214 Telex 61 184, Jazaira E-mail: ambalgka@mtninternet.co.ug Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary H.E. Farid Boulahbel Apostolic Nunciature (Embassy of the Holy SeeVatican in Uganda} Chwa II Road, Mbuya Hill P.O. Box 7177, Kampala Tel: 0414505619 Fax: 04 l 4 221 77 4 Mobile: 077 2 221167 Email: sphorgan@hotmail.com Nunda H.E. Mos. Rev. Luigi Bianco British High Commission Plot 4, Windsor Loop, Kamwokya P. 0. Box 7070, Kampala Telephone: 031 2 312 000 Fax: 041 4 257 304 E-mail: Kampala.Bhcinfo@fco.gov.uk Website: www.ukinuganda.fco.gov.uk Visa Applications: Visa Facilitation Services 7th floor Communications House Colville Street Plot 5 Portal Avenue P O Box 5418 Kampala High Commissioner H.E. Peter West CMG Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium Plot 6 Nakasero Road, Rwenzori Towers P.O. Box 7043, Kampala.

Tel: 041 4 349559 Emergency No: 0772 704 400 Fax: 041 4 347 212 E-mail: kampala@diplobel.fed.be Website: www.diplomatie.be/kampala Ambassador H.E. Rudi Veestraeten Embassy of the Republic of Burundi Plot l 2A York Terrace, Kololo P.O. Box 29214, Kampala Tel: 041 4 235850 Fax: 041 4 235845 I 041 4 235849 Email: ambabukpl@qmail.co.uq Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary H.E Mrs. Epiphanie Ntamwana Kabushemeye

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P.O. Box 9226, Kampala Tel:0414233742 Fax: 041 4 233320/ 041 4 236438 E-mail: ecuba@africaonline.eo.ug/embajador@africaon line.co.ug Ambassador H.E. Antonio Louis Pubillones Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark Plot 3 Lumumba Avenue P.O. Box 11243, Kampala Tel: 031 2 263 211 Emergency No: 077 2 221 470 Telex: 61560 AMBADANE E-mail: kmtamb@um.dk Website: www.ambkampala.um.dk Ambassador H.E Nicolaj Abraham Hejberg Petersen Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt Plot 24, Elizabeth lane, Kololo P.O. Box 4280, Kampala Tel. 041 4 254525/04 l 4 345152 Telex No. 61122 Egypt UGA Fax. 041 4 232102 Email: embegyug@hotmail.com Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary H.E. Mohamed Tarek Abdel Ghany Sallam Embassy of the State of Eritrea Plot 49B Upper Kololo Terrace P.O. Box 35417 Kampala Tel: 041 4 342625 Fax: 041 4 342631 Email: emba.eri.kamp@gmail.com

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FOREIGN MISSIONS IN UGANDA Ambassador H.E. Mohammed Suleiman Ahmed Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Plot 3L, Kitante Close.

P.O. Box 7745, Kampala Tel: 04 l 4 348340 I 04 l 4 34 1881 Fax: 041 4 341885 E-mail: ambassador.kampala@mfa.gov.et Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary H.E. Alemtsehay Meseret Gelaw Embassy of Equatorial Guinea Block 1-3 Fumu Close, Wampewo Avenue, Kololo Email: embguineaecuatorial@gmail.com Tel: 0708348083 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

H.E. Jose-Jaime Ondo Ndong Bakale

Embassy of France Plot 16, Lumumba Avenue, Nakasero P.O.BOX 7212, Kampala Diplomatic Chancery: Tel: 041 4 304 500 I 014 4 304 507 I 077 5 669433 I 071 7 707172 Fax: 04 l 4 304 510 Email: ambafrance.kampala@diplomatie.gouv.fr Website: http://ambafrance-ug.org Emergency number: 0792 794 005 Consular section: Tel: 041 4 304 500 Fax: 04 l 4 304 530 Email: visas.kampala-amba@diplomatie.gouv.fr Admin-francais.kampalaamba@diplomatie .gouv .fr Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary H.E. Jules-Armand Aniambossou Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Plot 15 Philip Road, Kololo P.O. Box 7016, Kampala Diplomatic Chancery: Tel: 041 4 50 l 111 Fax: 04 l 4 50 l l 15 Email: info@kampala.diplo.de Website: www.kampala.diplo.de Emergency number: 0772 763 000 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary H.E. Dr. Albrecht Conze Embassy of Iceland Plot 188, Akii Bua Road, Nakasero Tel: 041 230984/92 I 041 4 341079 Fax: 031 2 202693 I 041 3 41079 Ambassador H.E. Unnur Orradottir Ramette

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FOREIGN MISSIONS IN UGANDA. The High Commission of the Republic of Kenya Plot 8A, John Babiha, Kololo.

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Embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Plot l 0, Prince Charles Drive, Kololo P.O. Box. 5885, Kampala Tel: 041 4 254603 I 041 4 343424 Telex: 61144 DPRK UG Fax: 041 4 250224 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary H.E Jong Tong Hok Embassy of the Republic of South Korea Plot 14, Ternan Avenue, Plot 22 Simba Towers, Acacia Avenue, Kololo P.O. Box 27278, Kampala Tel: 041 4 500197 /8 Fax: 041 4 500199 Email: emb.kampala@mofa.go.kr Ambassador H.E. Ha Byung-Kyoo Embassy of Libya Plot 26, Hill Drive, Kololo P.O. Box 6079, Kampala Tel: 041 7 700700 I 777 /728 Fax: 031 2 344251 I 031 2 344924 Email: libyaembassyl 72@yahoo.com Charge d' Affaires Mr. Mustapha Mohamed Egdara The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Chancery address: 4th floor, Rwenzori Courts.

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Rwenzori Towers Plot 6 Nakasero Road, 3rd Floor, Wing A P.O Box 28412 Kampala, Uganda Tel: +256 414 583 214 Website: Afreximbank.com Regional Operating Officer Mr. Kudakwashe Matereke Aga Khan Development Network Plot 14 Prince Charles Drive, Kololo Tel: 041 4 255884 I 256165 or 031 2 260715 Fax: 041 4 340126 E-mail: akf.uganda@akdn.org Resident Representative Mr. Amin Mawji Coordination Office for Development Cooperation of the Austrian Embassy Addis Ababa in Kampala Plot 3 Portal Avenue, 5th Floor, Crusader House Tel: 0312235104/ 031235105 Fax: 031 2 235160 Cell: 077 6 235 l 05 Emergency no: 077 2 718889 Email: kampala@ada.gv.at Head of Office Mr. Engelits Gunter East African Development Bank Plot 4 Nile Avenue Tel: 041 4 230021 Fax: 04 l 4 230021 Email: admin@eadb.org Website: www.eadb.org Director General Ms. Vivienne Yeda Apopo East and Southern Africa Management Institute Plot 52 Bombo Road Tel: 041 4 254222 Email: esamiug@africaonline.co.ug Country Coordinator Ms. Margaret Tabaruka

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Food and Agricultural Organization Plot 79 Buganda Road, Wandegeya Tel: 041 4 349916 Email: fao-uga@fao.org Website: www.fao.org Country Representative Mr. Antonio Luis Ferreira Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Email: osman.bilail@igad.int Country Coordinator Mr. Ahmed Bashir Mohammed International Committee of the Red Cross Plot 8, John Babiiha Avenue, Kololo Tel:041 4230517 /041 4341 605/6/031 2 264617/8 Fax: 04 l 4 341 298 Email: kampala.kam@icrc.org I kam kampala@icrc.org Head of delegation Mr. Zoran Jovanovic International Criminal Court Plot 5 Baskerville Avenue, Kololo Tel: 031 2 261870 Email: Shaun.Taylor@icc-cpi.int Field Office Manager Mrs. Jelena Vukasinovic-Larmour International Monetary Fund l st Floor, Bank of Uganda Building Plot 37 - 41 Kampala Road Tel: 041 4 233955 Email: rr-uga@imf.org Senior Resident Representative Ms. Clara Mira International Organization for Migration Plot 40 Mackenzie Vale, Kololo Tel: 041 4 236622 Email: iomkampala@iom.int Chief of Mission Mr. Abdi Ali Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) 4th Floor, Course View Towers Plot 21 Yusuf Lule Road, Nakasero Tel: 041 4 254326 I 041 4 340183 Email: ug.oso.rep@iica.go.ip Chief Representative Mr. Yutaka Fukase (Acting Country Rep) Korea International Cooperation Agency Plot 17 Golf Course Road, Kololo Tel: 041 4 258637 Email: koicauganda@gmail.com Country Director Mr. Kim Toe Young

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INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN UGANDA Nile Basin Initiative Plot 12 Mpigi Road, Entebbe Tel: 041 4 321329 Email: wkhairy@nilebasin.org Executive Director Prof. Seifeldin Hoamad Abadalla Hamad

United Nations Population Fund Plot l 2A Baskerville Avenue, Kololo Tel: 041 4 257103 Email: representative@unfpa.or.ug Representative Mr. Alain Sibenaler

UN African Initiative for the prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders Tel: 0414221119 Email: unafri@yahoo.co.uk Mr. John Ssembuya Ssali Acting Director

United Nations Programme on HIV/ AIDS Plot 60, Prince Charles Drive, Kololo Tel: 041 4 335510 /11 Email: bunqundum@unaids.org Country Coordinator Dr. Karungari Gikonyo Kiragu United Nations Women Country Representative Dr. Maxime Houinato

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Plot 11 , Yusuf Lule Road Tel: 0417112100/301 Email: registry.ug@undp.org Resident Representative Ms. Ellsie G Attafuah United Nations Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOCHR) Plot 24 Prince Charles Drive, Kololo

Tel: 041 7 300300 I 041 4 257992 Email: Representative

Mr. Ayeda Robert Kotchani United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Plot 9 George Street Tel: 0417171000 Email: kampala@unicef.org agrima@unicef.org Representative Dr. Doreen Mulenga United Nations Commission for Refugees Plot 18 Prince Charles Drive, Kololo Tel: 04 l 4 231 231 Email: ugaka@unhcr.org Representative Mr. Joel Boutroue United Nations Industrial Development Organization Plot 11 Yusuf Lule Road, Tel: 0147112100 Mob:0759711711 Email: B.Otto@unido.org Head of Operations Mr. Bruno Otto United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) Plot SA John Babiiha Avenue, Kololo Tel: 031 2 264202 Email: kotevski@un.org Head of Office

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International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) UN Offices, Plot l l, Yusuf Lule Road P.O. Box 7184 Kampala, Uganda Tel: +256 417 112 100 E-mail: a.marini@ifad.org Country Director Alessandro Marini United States Agency for International Development US Mission Compound - South Wing Plot 1577 Ggaba Road Tel: 041 4 306001 Representative

Mr. Joakim Parker

World Bank 4th Floor Rwenzori House Plot l, Lumumba Avenue Tel: 041 4 230094 I 041 4 302206 Email: andiaye@worldbank.org Resident Representative Mr. Antony Thompson World Food Programme Plot 17 - 19, Clement Hill Road Tel: 031 2 242000 Email: Country Director Mr. Elkhidir Daloum Mahmoud Ahmed World Health Organization Plot 4, Nile Avenue Tel: 041 4 335500 Email: whouganda@ug.afro.who.int Representative Dr. Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam Tika Kampala Programme Coordination Office Plot 4, Mabuwa Road Tel: 0414 234922 Email: o.yasar@tika.gov.tr Representative (Agt): Onur Yasar

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