Joshua Kamusiime🇺🇬

Making it harder for banks to obtain money from BOU the & increasing interest rates for citizens borrowing. We're headed for the worst. Internal inflation is too high. Ooh Uganda.

on the level 4 travel advisory, we argue...

This is to thank the Friendly Government of United Arab Emirates for lifting Ebola related travel restrictions. I thank my Brother and Friend Sheikh Shakhboot Bin Nahyan Al Nahyan the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in Charge of Africa for his leadership and assistance. khaleejtimes.com/uae/uae-lif…

🇺🇬 In #Uganda, a former military intelligence officer is accusing the army of secretly detaining and torturing opponents in clandestine houses. 📲 In late September, Lieutenant Herbert Matanda Mabonga released videos that sparked an outcry in the country and were widely shared on social media. Our correspondent Aurore Bayoud spoke with him from his place of exile. 🔗 Click here to see the full #EyeOnAfrica episode ➡️ go.france24.com/nNEv

#PeaceCorpsUganda is thrilled to officially welcome Cohort 5 ✈️✨🇺🇬 The Trainees will now complete 10 weeks of Pre-Service Training (including four weeks staying with a host family) before being sworn-in as our newest Volunteers in January. Welcome to Uganda!!

UGANDA: BEYOND POLITICAL RECONCILIATION The emerging engagement between Gen. Salim Saleh, an NRA hero, and Dr. Kizza Besigye, one of Uganda's most prominent faces of opposition, presents an important moment in our country's political history. Yet, with Besigye still in detention facing treason charges, the conversation must be approached with sensitivity, inclusiveness and a broader national perspective. The challenge is that reconciliation cannot be confined to two individuals, however influential they may be. Neither can a process initiated from within an establishment that has governed Uganda for nearly four decades automatically command the confidence of all political stakeholders. Perhaps this is an opportunity to think beyond individual engagements and consider an independent, impartial and non-partisan National Reconciliation Commission. A process that brings together NRM, NUP, PFF, FDC, DP, UPC, ANT, JEEMA and other political formations, while extending participation to civil society, religious institutions, cultural leaders, women, youth and ordinary citizens at every level. Our religious and cultural institutions have a unique responsibility in rebuilding trust, facilitating dialogue and healing communities divided by political differences. Africa offers useful lessons from South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Ghana's National Reconciliation Commission and Kenya's National Dialogue and Reconciliation process. Each provides important insights into confronting historical grievances and building a shared national future. Gen. Saleh's engagement may provide an opening, but the opportunity before Uganda is much bigger. It calls for a framework that is not owned by any individual, political party or government, but one in which every stakeholder can find a legitimate place. As this conversation evolves, perhaps there will be an opportunity for the wider leadership, political formations, neutral political reformers and other opposition actors, to contribute their perspectives to a broader national undertaking. Ultimately, we should be working towards a Uganda where political differences do not become grounds for persecution, where justice and accountability are respected, and where peaceful coexistence does not depend on who holds power. The question is not simply how we reconcile political leaders, but how we build a country in which all Ugandans can belong, participate and disagree freely, without fear. A free, peaceful and democratic Uganda must be the common ground. #NationalReconciliation #PeaceAndUnity