On Monday, the Ambassadors met Mbale district officials, the District Police Commander, Resident District Commissioner and others in a closed door meeting. They also met the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party leaders in the district.
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The Mbale LC5 Chairman Bernard Elly Mujasi engaged in a closed door with the EU Ambassadors.
Nine European Union
Ambassadors are currently meeting in Mbale town in a four day retreat to
discuss issues of governance, accountability human rights and others. The ambassadors
are also using the retreat to visit different projects they fund in Eastern Uganda.
They include the European Union (EU) Head of Delegation to Uganda Attilio Pacifici, Head of Office of Austrian Development Agency, Dr. Roswitha Kremser, Belgium
Ambassador Rudi Veestraeten, Denmark Ambassador Nicolaj Hejberg, France
Ambassador Jules-Armand Aniambossou, Ireland Ambassador William Carlos, Italy
Ambassador Massimiliano Mazzanti, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands
Henk Jan Bakker and the Swedish Ambassador, Per Lingarde.
On Monday, the Ambassadors
met Mbale district officials, the District Police Commander, Resident District
Commissioner and others in a closed door meeting. They also met the ruling
National Resistance Movement (NRM) party leaders in the district.
Today, they are scheduled to meet Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the
Eastern region to discuss issues of governance, accountability and human
rights. They will also visit the EU funded Tororo Solar Power Plant, Malaba One
Stop Border to appreciate inter-regional trade, its opportunities and
challenges and also discuss with CSOs issues of Gender Based Violence and Female
Genital Mutilation.
URN followed the meeting of the first
day at Mt. Elgon Hotel in Mbale and now brings you
pictures.
