Kuteesa weds UN official
East African Community dignitaries on Saturday gathered in Kampala to attend the wedding of Uganda’s foreign affairs minister Sam Kutesa and Edith Gasana.
By Anne Mugisa
East African Community dignitaries on Saturday gathered in Kampala to attend the wedding of Uganda’s foreign affairs minister Sam Kutesa and Edith Gasana.
Gasana, a Rwandan, is the United Nations Development Programme representative to Benin.
The head of the African Union commission, Jean Ping, was among those who graced the event at Kutesa’s residence in Nakasero.
The wedding comes six years after Kutesa was widowed.
According to a State House statement, President Yoweri Museveni said African countries were working on a political re-organisation of the continent.
“We want to guarantee the future of the black people on the continent,†Museveni, who was accompanied by his wife Janet, said.
Tanzanian foreign minister Bernard Membe observed that Kutesa and Gasana’s wedding was a regional inter-marriage that would promote further integration.
Kenyan deputy premier Musalia Mudavadi commended Museveni for intervening in the Kenya post-election conflict.
Rwandan foreign affairs minister Rosemary Museminari, Uganda’s Vice-President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya attended the event.
East African Community dignitaries on Saturday gathered in Kampala to attend the wedding of Uganda’s foreign affairs minister Sam Kutesa and Edith Gasana.
Gasana, a Rwandan, is the United Nations Development Programme representative to Benin.
The head of the African Union commission, Jean Ping, was among those who graced the event at Kutesa’s residence in Nakasero.
The wedding comes six years after Kutesa was widowed.
According to a State House statement, President Yoweri Museveni said African countries were working on a political re-organisation of the continent.
“We want to guarantee the future of the black people on the continent,†Museveni, who was accompanied by his wife Janet, said.
Tanzanian foreign minister Bernard Membe observed that Kutesa and Gasana’s wedding was a regional inter-marriage that would promote further integration.
Kenyan deputy premier Musalia Mudavadi commended Museveni for intervening in the Kenya post-election conflict.
Rwandan foreign affairs minister Rosemary Museminari, Uganda’s Vice-President Prof. Gilbert Bukenya attended the event.