📸 Uganda-France Connect party delivers awesome experience

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KAMPALA - Before the world was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the French community in Uganda was known for organizing several lively cultural and musical performances. 

One of the outstanding parties that used to be organized by the embassy was the France-Uganda Friendship Week.

Judyth Nsababera (L), the Presidential Advisor on regional Affairs talks to a guest during the France-Uganda connect 2021 celebrations at the French Ambassador Residence in Nakasero, Kampala on Thursday. (All Photos by Hajarah Nalwadda)

But because of COVID-19 restrictions, there has not been much going on for two years. 

That is why it was fun attending the Uganda-France Connect 2021 party at the French Ambassador’s Residence, Kampala, Thursday evening.

Joel Sebunjo performs during the France-Uganda connect 2021 celebrations.

The ambassador of France to Uganda, Jules-Armand Aniambossou, invited over 150 guests, who included the US and Italy’s ambassadors to Uganda, to thank them and partners for their continued support and solidarity over the years, and also to deliberate on the prospects for the coming years.

The event also served as a belated celebration of Beaujolais Nouveau, a freshly brewed French wine that comes out every third Thursday of November.

Guests interact during the France-Uganda connect 2021 celebrations.

As guests interacted, networked and imbibed on French delicacies and wines, there were musical performances from multi-instrumentalist Price Love, saxophonist Ceasar Kajura and Joel Sebunjo. 

Sebunjo, whose performance sealed the evening, was backed by a four-man piece band to deliver a medley of his Afro-fusion numbers like Africa, Bulungi, Oyoo and Mulamu that lit up the mood.

Diplomats attend the France-Uganda connect 2021 celebrations at the French Ambassador Residence in Nakasero, Kampala.

Aniambossou said: “I am really glad to be here with you, our guests, to perpetuate this tradition of France as a wine country inhabited by wine lovers. So, let me give a huge thanks to all our Ugandan friends for being here with us. I guess, on the basis of how many people we are today, that the love of good wine (and French cheese, among other things, to accompany it, of course) goes way beyond the French frontiers and is well settled in Uganda.”

Natalie Brown (left) US ambassador to Uganda talks to Judyth Nsababera (right) The Presidential Advisor on regional Affairs during the France-Uganda connect 2021 celebrations.

He added: “Many of you will already be familiar with Beaujolais Nouveau, among other famous wines that we can be proud of in France.”

It was a fun-filled evening.

Guests interact.

H.E Jules-Armand ANIAMBOSSOU, Ambassador of France to Uganda speaks during the France-Uganda connect 2021 celebrations.

Henry Okello Oryem (left) speaks to a guest during the France-Uganda connect 2021 celebrations.

Joel Sebunjo performs during the France-Uganda connect 2021 celebrations.