The President also recalled the close cooperation between Uganda and Tanzania, citing trade, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, the Murongo-Kyikagate mini-hydro project, roads in Tanzania, the Masaka-Bukoba transmission line and the Standard Gauge Railway, which has reached Isaka and is expected to extend towards Uganda and beyond.
According to Mukula, Uganda believes in the free and orderly movement of people, goods, services, and capital within the framework of regional laws and protocols, stating that it will continue to stand for the dignity of African brothers and sisters because Africa belongs to Africans.
ULGA is an umbrella body of district chairpersons, city mayors and municipal mayors. It was established in 1994 with Kiwanuka Musisi being the body’s first president.
Ambassador of the European Union in Uganda Jan Sadek has hailed Ugandan security for its contribution to tourism, which promoted peace and economic development in Uganda.
The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury (PSST), Ramathan Ggoobi, has said Uganda's economy has demonstrated significant progress, with the size of the economy tripling to Shs 202 trillion in the Fiscal Year 2023/24, up from Shs 65 trillion in FY 2010/11.
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development has promised to increase the tax incentives and improve the tax policies that affect the investors in the country.
The Vice President of the Republic of Uganda, Rt. Major Jessica Alupo, has advised that women entrepreneurs set to benefit from the GROW loan project have a clear business plan before they apply for loans.
The EASF, which was established in 2007 and reached full operational capability in December 2015, is the product of several factors that have defined regional integration in the field of peace and security in Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa, including long-standing and continuing tensions between countries of the region and the threats to peace and security with internal wars, environmental degradation, terrorism, and unconstitutional changes of government notwithstanding.
Despite the challenges the country has encountered, the commission has always had full support from all stakeholders towards achieving effective participation by Ugandans in the previous elections and by-elections.