‘CHOGM pushes Uganda forward by 10 years’
Aug 30, 2007
PREPARATIONS for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) have put Uganda 10 years ahead in development, the Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Florence Mugasha, has said
By Paul Kiwuuwa
and Cyprian Musoke
PREPARATIONS for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) have put Uganda 10 years ahead in development, the Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Florence Mugasha, has said.
“Perhaps if CHOGM was not to be hosted in Uganda this November, economic growth; hotel buildings, road repairs and maintenance may not have been at the faster pace as it is,†Mugasha commented yesterday.
Flanked by the director of political affairs, Mathew Neuhaus, Mugasha told Parliament Speaker Edward Ssekandi that CHOGM would showcase Uganda to visitors who have never been to Africa.
“Many people from the Pacific and Caribbean countries are looking forward to coming here. We hope Uganda will give CHOGM attendants a positive image to remember and come back for other businesses.â€
Hosting CHOGM will create a multiplier effect in tourism, investment and in the local universities as experienced in Nigeria and Malta, which last hosted the event, she noted.
Mugasha explained that her team was in the country to see how they could address the challenges of organising and hosting the meeting.
The team will also train MPs on the workings of a multiparty system of government. “The training would consider the relationship between Parliament, the Executive and the Judiciary,†she explained
When Neuhaus asked what the training should focus on, Ssekandi said the priority should be to understand the difference between the Movement political system based on individual merit and the multiparty system based on parties.
“Training should focus on how the multiparty system of government can succeed following the disastrous start of the system in the 1960s.
and Cyprian Musoke
PREPARATIONS for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) have put Uganda 10 years ahead in development, the Deputy Secretary General of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Florence Mugasha, has said.
“Perhaps if CHOGM was not to be hosted in Uganda this November, economic growth; hotel buildings, road repairs and maintenance may not have been at the faster pace as it is,†Mugasha commented yesterday.
Flanked by the director of political affairs, Mathew Neuhaus, Mugasha told Parliament Speaker Edward Ssekandi that CHOGM would showcase Uganda to visitors who have never been to Africa.
“Many people from the Pacific and Caribbean countries are looking forward to coming here. We hope Uganda will give CHOGM attendants a positive image to remember and come back for other businesses.â€
Hosting CHOGM will create a multiplier effect in tourism, investment and in the local universities as experienced in Nigeria and Malta, which last hosted the event, she noted.
Mugasha explained that her team was in the country to see how they could address the challenges of organising and hosting the meeting.
The team will also train MPs on the workings of a multiparty system of government. “The training would consider the relationship between Parliament, the Executive and the Judiciary,†she explained
When Neuhaus asked what the training should focus on, Ssekandi said the priority should be to understand the difference between the Movement political system based on individual merit and the multiparty system based on parties.
“Training should focus on how the multiparty system of government can succeed following the disastrous start of the system in the 1960s.