First Lady lauds outgoing UNDP resident representative

The First Lady and Minister for Karamoja Affairs Janet Museveni has appreciated Ms Ahuuna Eziakonwa Onochie, the outgoing UNDP Resident Representative and UN Coordinator in Uganda, for the good working relations she has enabled between Government and UN Agencies.

“You have done a good job in Uganda. You have brought the UN closer to us”, Mrs. Janet Museveni told Ms. Ahuuna who called on her at State House Nakasero to bid her farewell.

Janet Museveni acknowledged that she has worked with Ahuuna a lot and hopes this cooperation will also continue with her successor.

On her part, Ms. Ahuuna Eziakonwa who said Uganda is a country that means a lot to her, appreciated the First Lady for having been a mother to her during her stay and also for making the working environment conducive for the UN Agencies especially in the Karamoja region. She pledged the UN’s continued focus on Karamoja.

Ahuuna said the UN Agencies are also excited about working with the First Lady Janet Museveni who is champion for the Adolescent Agenda in Uganda.

The two also talked about the need to establish food stores in the country where food could be easily accessed in times of emergencies.

Ms Ahuuna Eziakonwa Onochie who has been the UNDP Resident Representative and Coordinator of the UN in Uganda for three years leaves for Ethiopia at the end of this month as her next duty station.

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