President Yoweri Museveni has extended an invitation to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to visit Uganda.

He is also the ruler of Abu Dhabi.

On Friday, the UAE ambassador to Uganda delivered greetings from his president to Museveni. This was at State House Entebbe.

Amb. Abdalla Hassan Al Shamsi told Museveni that his invitation to his UAE counterpart to attend Uganda's Independence Day celebrations on October 9 has been delivered.

“We shall be very happy to host him here,” came his response.

The UAE president, too, invited Museveni to attend COP28 in UAE this November.

Meanwhile, at Entebbe, Museveni received Uganda’s accolades for being named the best investment destination in East Africa and among the top 10 in Africa during the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) 2023 in Abu Dhabi.

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Uganda, through its investment authority (UIA), bagged the gold award after beating six other nations to emerge as the best investment destination in the region in 2022.

Uganda was well represented at AIM 2023, which drew representatives from more than 170 countries that took part in exhibitions and investment engagements.

Amb. Al Shamsi handed over Uganda's accolade to President Museveni in the presence of the State Minister for Privatisation and Investment, Evelyn Anite, and a team from UIA.

Al Shamsi and his visiting delegation from Sharjah in the UAE expressed their gratitude to Museveni for the hospitality granted to them while in Uganda and the opportunity to visit the various tourist sites such as Kidepo National Park.

“Let His Highness come and visit also. I have been to Dubai and Abu Dhabi several times. It will be nice for your people to come also,” urged Museveni.

On her part, minister Anite informed the President that the recognition was due to his efforts to encourage continuity of trade and manufacturing amidst the tough times of the COVID-19 era.

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“We presented your guidance on how we attracted investments and one of the companies we presented to UAE for the competition was the Modern Tiles Factory in Njeru that you commissioned," she said.

"We also presented the production of sanitizers, and we became number one in the whole of East Africa."

Anite said that a similar assessment by the African Development Bank put Uganda among the top 10 best investment destinations in Africa.