The President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has today arrived in Uganda for a three-day state visit at the invitation of his counterpart, H.E Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
H.E. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was officially received by Hon. Gen. Jeje Abubakhar ODONGO, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Vincent Ssempijja, Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Hon. Francis Mwebesa Minister of Trade Industry and Cooperatives,Hon. Fred Byamukama Minister State for Works, H.E. Prof. Sam Tulya-Muhika, Uganda’s Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federal Republic of Somalia, Amb. Gen. Nathan Mugisha, Deputy Head of Mission, Amb. Arthur Kafeero Ag. Director, Ms. Geraldine Ssali Permanent Secretary Ministry of Trade, Dr. Sam Omara Head Public Diplomacy Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as other Senior Officials from different MDA’s
H.E Mohamud was accompanied by a delegation including H.E Abdulkadir Mohamed Nour (Minister of Defense), Abshir Omar Jama (Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation), H.E Jibril Abdirashid Hagi Abdi (Minister of Commerce and Industry), Hon. Abdullahi Mohamed Ali (Member of Parliament), Hon.Abdirashid Nour Jiley (Member of Parliament), Hon. Senator Muna Omar Hassan Member of Parliament(MP), Hon.Ahmed Abdi Hashi (Member of Parliament), Hon.Amb.Mohamed Ali-Nur Hagi ( Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Mr. Hussein Sheikh Mohamud (Chief of Staff), Mr.Abdizaiz Ibrahim Adam ( Director General Ministry of Commerce and Industry), among others.
President Mohamud is the newly elected president of Somalia since May 2022 and the founder and current chairman of the Union for Peace and Development Party.
Previously he served as Somalia’s eighth President from 2012 to 2017.
During his stay in Uganda, President Hassan Sheik Mohamud will tomorrow (Tuesday, August 9, 2022) visit the Kapeeka Industrial Park and NEC Industries in Nakasongola.
He will later be joined by President Yoweri Museveni to address the Somalia-Uganda Investment and Business Summit under the theme “Promoting Uganda – Somalia Patnership through Investment, Trade and Tourism” at Speke Resort Munyonyo.
The primary objective of the Investment and Business Summit is to provide a platform for Private Sector/Business Community together with other relevant stakeholders like Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), to freely exchange views and ideas on how to ease the cost-of-doing-business, and thus richly reap from existing and future business opportunities by agreeing on how to overcome existing challenges, learn lessons and business strategies for smooth mutual exchange between the two markets of Uganda and Somalia and beyond.
The purpose of this Business Summit is to strengthen Bilateral Cooperation in Trade and Investment between Uganda and Somalia.
President Mohamud will also later open the newly renovated Somalia Embassy in Kampala before addressing Somalia business leaders.
An existing Framework Agreement signed between Uganda and Somalia in 2016 highlights areas of cooperation between different sectors and Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the two countries ranging from Political Consultations (Foreign Affairs), Defence and Security, Police, Air Transport, Trade and Investment, Health, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Refugees, Financial Services, Tourism and Culture, and many others.
The main purpose of the visit is to further bolster the excellent cordial bilateral relations between Uganda and Somalia.
President Mohamud will also later open the newly renovated Somalia Embassy in Kampala before addressing Somalia business leaders.
An existing Framework Agreement signed between Uganda and Somalia in 2016 highlights areas of cooperation between different sectors and Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the two countries ranging from Political Consultations (Foreign Affairs), Defence and Security, Police, Air Transport, Trade and Investment, Health, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Refugees, Financial Services, Tourism and Culture, and many others.
