Ugandan president’s visit

2001, 2006 and 2011, as well as Fund. remains a capi- Uganda has also intervened in an equal number of parliamen- talist economy today. the Sudan,  ghting against the Museveni: From modest beginnings to president tary and local elections with Mu-  e nation’s infrastructure is Lord’s Resistance Army, as well seveni emerging victorious in all. far better than he found it; new as  ghting other rebel groups in Today welcomes Presi-  nished his junior secondary bique in 1968, where the Mo- Commission. Museveni inherited an econ- schools and universities have the Democratic Republic of dent of the Republic of Uganda education in 1960. zambicans were  ghting for When elections were re-in- omy that was completely dev- been constructed, communica- Congo. Additionally, Uganda is Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on He joined Ntare Senior Sec- liberation against the Portu- troduced in Uganda, after a astated. However, he enjoyed tion has improved 100 fold, too, currently helping to bring peace his o cial working visit ondary School in 1961 and  n- guese colonialists. dictatorship lasting from 1966 the support of the internation- as have the banking and indus- to , under the African through Sept. 12. ished advanced-level Museveni started working as to 1980, Museveni, together al community to revitalize it. He trial sectors. In this respect, Union Mission in Somalia, pro- Museveni came to power after secondary school in 1966. a research o cer in the Ugan- with others, formed the Ugan- initiated economic policies de- Uganda pays tribute to the Japan viding the vanguard of peace- a successful  ve-year guerrilla Museveni joined University dan President’s O ce in 1970. da Patriotic Movement, be- signed to combat key problems government through Japan In- keepers. Museveni says this is all struggle. He has now been pres- College in Dar es Salaam, Tan- When Idi Amin staged a mil- cause they refused to join what such as hyperin ation and the ternational Cooperation Agency for the sake of Pan-Africanism. ident of Uganda for 29 years. He zania, a branch of the Univer- itary coup on Jan. 25, 1971, Mu- they regarded as the old sectar- balance of payments. Aban- for supporting the infrastructure Museveni has been married has stood for democratic elec- sity of East Africa, in 1967, seveni, immediately, together ian parties of the Uganda Peo- doning his earlier ideas, Musev- development in Uganda, includ- to Janet Kataha since 1973 and tions, winning four times and he  nishing with a bachelor of arts with his former student col- ples Congress, Democratic eni embraced the neo-liberal ing roads, bridges and power in- they have four children. During is still going strong. degree in political science and leagues and other Ugandans Party and Kabaka Yeka. structural adjustments advo- frastructure, as well as human his free time, he likes herding Museveni was born in Ntun- economics in 1970. formed and led the Front Na- Uganda has since had four cated by the World Bank and resource development through cattle at both his Kisozi and gamo in southwestern Uganda President of the Republic of While in high school and tional Salvation (FRONASA) presidential elections, in 1996, the International Monetary education and training. Rwakitura farms. in 1944 to Amos Kaguta, a cat- Uganda Yoweri Kaguta university, Museveni led stu- throughout the years of resis- tle rancher. According to his Museveni dent clubs such as the debate tance against the pro-imperi- own testimony in his book club, scripture union and, most alist regime of Idi Amin (1971 “Sowing the Mustard Seed,” he Ugandan soldiers were return- importantly, he founded the to 1979). was given the name Museveni ing home from the war. University Students African When Amin was defeated, in honor of the Seventh Regi- Museveni began pre-prima- Revolutionary Front (USARF) Museveni was appointed min- ment of the King’s African Ri- ry school in 1952 and in 1953 at University College, leading ister of defence in the provi-  es, the British colonial army he entered the  rst grade at that group for the three years he sional government from 1979 to in which many Ugandans Kyamate Boys School,  nish- was in university. 1980. He also became minister served during World War II. At ing in 1958. He joined Mbar- USARF organized a trip to of regional cooperation and the time of his birth, many ara High School in 1959 and the liberated areas of Mozam- vice-chairman of the Military Cooperation in multiple areas ensures strong, bilateral relationship Betty Grace Akech-Okullo it re-opened in 1997. of defense visited Uganda this year. AMBASSADOR OF UGANDA The bilateral relations between Ugan- A number of Japanese NPOs are op- da and Japan continue to grow strong erating in Uganda, including Ashinaga, The President of the Re- with many high-level offi cial visits ex- Millennium Promise Japan and others. public of Uganda, H.E. changed between the two countries ex- Uganda and Japan continue to coop- Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is emplifi ed by the recent visits to Japan erate in various sectors such as educa- on an offi cial working visit by parliament Speaker of Uganda, Re- tion, health, agriculture, trade, tourism to Japan at the invitation of becca Kadaga, the visit of current Presi- and cultural exchanges, as well as under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. dent of the U.N. General Assembly, Sam TICAD arrangements. During their meeting, K.Kuteesa, other ministers and now the Japan has supported Uganda with they will discuss bilateral offi cial working visit of President Mu- loans, grants and technical assistance and multilateral issues seveni. The president himself has visit- cooperation through JICA over the affecting their respective countries. ed Japan four times for years, particularly in the areas of infra- Japan and Uganda enjoy warm and International Conference on African De- structure, education and human re- strong bilateral relations, which were es- velopment (TICAD) summits, attesting source development. tablished immediately after Uganda’s In- to the great importance he attaches to Trade and tourism between Uganda dependence in 1962. They have also Japan-Africa relations. and Japan continues to grow with com- continued to cooperate on a multilateral Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko vis- panies such as Saraya, Far East, Saka No level in peacekeeping in the Horn of Afri- ited Uganda in 2012 and the President of Tochu, Smiley Earth and Crystal Coffee ca and their work with the U.N. the Japan International Cooperation doing business in Uganda. Although the embassy was temporar- Agency (JICA) Akihiko Tanaka also visit- I will continue to promote Uganda-Japan ily closed in 1987, for logistical reasons, ed Uganda in 2014. Japan’s vice minister bilateral relations to even greater heights.

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