POLITICS | UGANDA | MOZAMBIQUE 

KAMPALA - The President of Mozambique His Excellency Filipe Jacinto Nyusi has arrived in Uganda today (April 27, 2022) for a three-day state visit at the invitation of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. 

President Nyusi who is also the current leader of FRELIMO, the party that has governed Mozambique since its independence from Portugal in 1975 has been accompanied by the First Lady of Mozambique Isaura Nyusi. They have come with a government delegation from Mozambique.  

H.E Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, President of the Republic of Mozambique with the First Lady Isaura Ferrao Nyusi on arrival at State House Entebbe and their host President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni together with Uganda's First Lady Janet Museveni. (All Photos by Mpalanyi Ssentongo)

President Nyusi’s return visit follows President Yoweri Museveni’s three-day visit to Mozambique in May 2018. 

Museveni visited the legendary Montepuez Barracks where he led 28 FRONASA youth in training in 1976. 

H.E Filipe Jacinto Nyusi inspecting the guard of honour.

Museveni’s trip to Mozambique was partly to thank FRELIMO (Mozambique Liberation Front) for its role in the liberation movements across the continent.  

 FRELIMO helped shape FRONASA (Uganda’s Front for National Salvation), which was part of the foundation of Uganda’s National Liberation Army (UNLA), National Resistance Army (NRA), and later the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), according to reports. 

 In 2018, President Museveni was accompanied by Gen Caleb Akandwanaho aka Salim Saleh, Lt Gen Ivan Koreta and Col Bosco Omule. They were the remaining survivors from the group of 28 freedom fighters Museveni led to Mozambique.