Museveni meets Burundian president
May 29, 2009
BURUNDIAN President Pierre Nkurunziza arrived yesterday on a three-day state visit.
By Henry Mukasa
BURUNDIAN President Pierre Nkurunziza arrived yesterday on a three-day state visit.
Nkurunziza was received at the State House Entebbe by his host, President Yoweri Museveni. He inspected a guard of honour and received a 21-gun salute.
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Nkurunziza has attended many summits in Uganda before. Yesterday, he was accompanied by ministers Augistine Nzanze (external relations), Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni (public security) and Euphrasie Bigirimana (commerce, industry and tourism).
Ugandan ministers Sam Kutesa (foreign affairs), Beatrice Wabudeya (the presidency), the head of the Civil Service, John Mitala and Entebbe mayor Stephen Kabuye also welcomed Nkurunziza.
Police chief Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, deputy chief of defence forces, Maj. Gen. Ivan Koreta and the prisons commissioner, Johnson Byabashaija, were also present.
Nkurunziza had a brief meeting with Museveni at the State House Entebbe before he was driven in a convoy to the Serena Hotel in Kampala for lunch.
Later Nkurunziza visited Jesa Dairy Farm in Busunju, 50km on Hoima Road, owned by industrialist James Mulwana.
The guests took an assortment of milk and milk products as they toured the farm.
Later Nkurunziza addressed the residents and farmers that sell milk to the factory.
He said he was impressed by the “good job†at the farm.
He said Museveni played a key role in the peace talks that ended the war in his country.
“Now that the war is finished, we have come to say thank you and to learn how to stay in peace,†Nkurunziza noted.
Mulwana hailed the Government for a conducive and peaceful atmosphere.
Later Nkurunziza visited Makerere University's faculty of Computing and Information Technology where the Chancellor, Prof. Mondo Kagonyera, acting Vice-Chancellor Dr Lillian Tibatemwa and dean Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba received him.
Nkurunziza said his government had prioritised education as a means to unite the Burundians and develop the nation.
He said universal primary education had been introduced. “There was exclusion but now all children, rich and poor, can go to school,†he said.
He was yesterday night hosted to a state banquet at State House Entebbe. The Burundian leader is expected to tour Jinja today.
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BURUNDIAN President Pierre Nkurunziza arrived yesterday on a three-day state visit.
Nkurunziza was received at the State House Entebbe by his host, President Yoweri Museveni. He inspected a guard of honour and received a 21-gun salute.
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Nkurunziza has attended many summits in Uganda before. Yesterday, he was accompanied by ministers Augistine Nzanze (external relations), Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni (public security) and Euphrasie Bigirimana (commerce, industry and tourism).
Ugandan ministers Sam Kutesa (foreign affairs), Beatrice Wabudeya (the presidency), the head of the Civil Service, John Mitala and Entebbe mayor Stephen Kabuye also welcomed Nkurunziza.
Police chief Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, deputy chief of defence forces, Maj. Gen. Ivan Koreta and the prisons commissioner, Johnson Byabashaija, were also present.
Nkurunziza had a brief meeting with Museveni at the State House Entebbe before he was driven in a convoy to the Serena Hotel in Kampala for lunch.
Later Nkurunziza visited Jesa Dairy Farm in Busunju, 50km on Hoima Road, owned by industrialist James Mulwana.
The guests took an assortment of milk and milk products as they toured the farm.
Later Nkurunziza addressed the residents and farmers that sell milk to the factory.
He said he was impressed by the “good job†at the farm.
He said Museveni played a key role in the peace talks that ended the war in his country.
“Now that the war is finished, we have come to say thank you and to learn how to stay in peace,†Nkurunziza noted.
Mulwana hailed the Government for a conducive and peaceful atmosphere.
Later Nkurunziza visited Makerere University's faculty of Computing and Information Technology where the Chancellor, Prof. Mondo Kagonyera, acting Vice-Chancellor Dr Lillian Tibatemwa and dean Prof. Venansius Baryamureeba received him.
Nkurunziza said his government had prioritised education as a means to unite the Burundians and develop the nation.
He said universal primary education had been introduced. “There was exclusion but now all children, rich and poor, can go to school,†he said.
He was yesterday night hosted to a state banquet at State House Entebbe. The Burundian leader is expected to tour Jinja today.
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