📷 Museveni opens three-day ARFSD 11th session in Kampala

KAMPALA - President Yoweri Museveni has opened the 11th session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-11) at Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala.

The three-day event that kicked off today (Tuesday, April 9, 2024) will run till Friday (April 11, 2025).

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Government of the Republic of Uganda, in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the African Development Bank and the United Nations system organisations have organised the event.

“Driving job creation and economic growth through sustainable, inclusive, science-and evidence-based solutions for the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063” is the theme of the eleventh session of the Regional Forum.

In his delivery, Museveni recounted a recent disagreement between Uganda and some Western countries.

“We had an argument with Europeans recently. We passed a law which was discussing homosexuality here. Then the United States removed us from the AGOA list, and they chased us. The World Bank stopped giving us loans, but our economy still grew by 6 percent.”

According to the President, Uganda’s resilience amid global criticism demonstrates that the country and Africa at large can achieve progress even in the absence of external aid. 

Below is a picture highlight from the event as taken by Vision Group's Miriam Namutebi;

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President Yoweri Museveni arrived for the conference alongside his counterpart of Zimbabwe, H.E Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa.