NATIONAL NEWS NEW VISION, Thursday, September 5, 2013 3 Kikwete to attend Congo summit PICTURE BY KENNEDY ORYEMA CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 groups such as Forces Nationale de Libération, Forces Démocratiques while former Irish president pour la Libération du Rwanda and Mary Robinson, who is repre- the Allied Democratic Forces. senting the UN Secretary Gen- “We want to resolve the prob- eral, landed at Entebbe Airport lem so that fighting can be on the at 11:00pm. negative forces. War may not solve Other heads of state have the problem,” Ambassador James confirmed attendance, but Mugume, the permanent secretary did not specify their time of in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, arrival. told journalists at the sidelines of The International Conference on the meeting. the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) This would also be in line with member states are Angola, Bu- the International Conference on the rundi, Central African Republic, the Great Lakes Region Pact on Secu- Republic of Congo and Democratic rity Stability and Development. Republic of Congo. Mugume also said Ugandan Brig. Others are Kenya, Uganda, Rwan- Geoffrey Muheesi, who chairs the da, Sudan, Tanzania and Zambia; Joint Verification Commission, with Uganda as the current chair. remains in his position contrary Also to attend are the UN, African to media reports that he had Union Commission, US Senator been deported by the Congolese Russell Feingold and the European authorities. Union special envoy. Mugume said the UN Stabilisa- The others will be representatives tion Mission in Congo and the of the UN hybrid troops-contrib- Joint Verification Commission shall uting countries like Malawi and examine the recent shelling of South Africa. Rwandan territory. A day to the summit, the regional Today, the regional heads of state foreign ministers yesterday said meet at the Commonwealth Resort they want the offensive against Left to Right: defence forces commanders Gen. James Hoth Mai of South Sudan, Gen. Katumba Wamala of Munyonyo under the auspices of M23 halted to allow for peace talks Uganda and Rwanda’s Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba at the Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo yesterday the ICGLR to discuss the situation in Kampala. in eastern Congo. They also want the UN interven- Democratic Republic of Congo. closed doors. state, who will take a position. President Museveni, who is tion brigade to attack positions of In a separate meeting, the The military chiefs later briefed The UN intervention brigade is holding the rotational chairman- Ugandan, Rwandan and Burundian defence chiefs and ministers the ministers, who are in turn, also mandated to fight Burundian, ship of the ICGLR, called the dissident groups operating in the of foreign affairs met behind expected to report to the heads of Rwandan and Ugandan dissident meeting. African queens urged to promote unity PICTURE BY WILFRED SANYA By FRANCIS KAGOLO earlier depicted by colonialists. integration, arguing that it was “When you find a (fellow) risky to keep the continent President Yoweri Museveni African, this African is either disintegrated in small tribes has asked the visiting African similar to you or linked to and nations. “How can we queens and princesses to you culturally. If you (queens) guarantee the future of Africa use their cultural influence could use your positions to when we continue talking to promote unity across the discover these linkages among about Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, continent so as to spur devel- your people rather than the etc? Unity of our people is not opment. differences, then I will be with a luxury. It is a necessity for The President explained you,” the President said. survival in the modern world.” that Africans were related and “But if you use the cultural Earlier, Nagginda explained called for the development of institutions to discover just dif- that their network will em- Kiswahili as a single neutral ferences, you will be spoiling phasise the harnessing of the language to further unify my work (of pan-Africanism). queens’ collective energies to them. Africans need unity for sur- empower rural women and He made the remarks yester- vival and for their credibility.” fight problems like diseases, day while opening the African illiteracy and environmental Queens and Women Cultural degradation that cut across Leaders Network conference Africa. The former main campus of Victoria University in Uganda located on Kira Road at Speke Resort Munyonyo, “Our culture is rooted in the Kampala. Advice people and for it to survive, Over 40 queens, queen n Museveni said the they (people) must be alive. mothers and other women development of Kiswahili We (queens) are the people Sudhir takes over Victoria University cultural leaders from 16 coun- as a single neutral we have been waiting for. We tries are attending the four-day language will unify Africa must redeem the trust that conference co-hosted by the society has in us,” she said. By CONAN BUSINGE building. The university’s main on the continuing students, Nabagereka of Buganda, “We shall use our cultural AND SSEBIDDE KIRYOWA campus had hitherto been who have been following the Sylivia Nagginda and Toro’s Describing himself as both institutions to promote peace located at 54B Kira Road in local curriculum, the staff and queen mother Best Kemigisa. a traditionalist and pan- in Africa. We must not fail in Business mogul Sudhir Ru- Kamwokya, a city suburb. all its assets. The queens applauded Africanist, the President asked this because to do so, we will parelia has taken over owner- By last evening, Sudhir had “We are starting with the the President as he narrated monarchies not to fear Africa’s be failing our own race and ship of Victoria University from started relocating the university current 50 continuing stu- ways how African people are integration. nationality.” Edulink Holdings Limited. property to his newly refur- dents, who are doing degree related, including the fact that “The real traditionalist, pa- The First Lady, Janet Musev- Sudhir, who yesterday was re- bished Eagen Mansions on Plot courses in nursing and public there are only four linguistic triot and pan-Africanist should eni, commended Nagginda luctant to disclose the amount 1/13 on Jinja Road opposite administration. However, we groups on the continent. not have any difference. Even and her counterpart Nanahe- of money involved, said the Social Security House. are going to embark on aggres- He identified the groups the kings wanted unity during maa Adjoa Awindor from the university was the latest en- Much as he refrained from sive marketing of the entire as the Major Congo dialects, their struggles, only that they Ashanti Kingdom in Ghana tity under Ruparelia Group of commenting about the new repertoire of our programmes which include the Bantu, the were using war to expand, for initiating the network to Companies. owners of the university, Prof. in all academic disciplines Nilo-Saharan (Nilotics and which was causing problems,” unite queens for a common “It is not the amount of Opuda Asibo, the head of the and hope to enroll students in Hamites), Afro-Asiatic (Arabic Museveni said. development cause. money we have invested to buy National Council for Higher big numbers for the January and the Semitic of Ethiopia) as “A true traditionalist should “Whereas political lead- the institution that is impor- Education, said he expects the intake,” Sudhir said. well as the Khoisan bushmen be proud of the integration ers may come and go, these tant; it is what we intend to do university to remain operating He said in the few years, the of South Africa. our forefathers managed to cultural institutions stay for with it. I plan to invest about normally. university is expected to grow Citing words like engonzi, achieve, but also not obstruct generations. They have a $10m (about sh26b) in this Sudhir stressed that the into a modern institution, with which means love both in the integration that could not role to play in many areas, process in the next few years changes would not disrupt the over 10,000 students at which Rutooro and in Zimbabwe, be achieved in the past.” including HIV/AIDS,” Mrs. to give this university a new operations of the university point he will move it from Museveni said the African He said Africans were Museveni said in a speech strong identity,” Sudhir said. and said they will open for Eagen Masions to the former population was fairly homog- colonised because of disunity read by finance minister He clarified that he is buying business this month. Chieftaincy of Military Intelli- enous and not as different as due to the low level of political Maria Kiwanuka. the institution and not the He explained that he will take gence headquarters in Kitante..