Ugandans in Jamaica meet

Mar 05, 2020

Among the Ugandans in the country are six Catholic brothers who are serving as missionaries.

The Ugandans during the dinner hosted by the envoy. Courtesy photos

JAMAICA           DINNER

Uganda's High Commissioner to Jamaica, Amb. Mull Katende hosted the Ugandan Community to dinner on March 3, 2020, at The Courtleigh Hotel in Kingston.

He encouraged them to grow in unity of purpose and remain law-abiding.

Among the Ugandans in the country are six Catholic brothers who are serving as missionaries.

Although there are over 30 Ugandans on the Island, most thought they were the only Ugandans and did not know each other. But through social media and the help of a Ugandan lawyer living on the Island, they received the message and joined the High Commissioner for dinner.

 

Their excitement at meeting each other for the first time was wonderful to witness. Even after dinner, they moved from the hall into the parking lot. Still getting to know each other better.

The High Commissioner gifted each member a Uganda key ring and encouraged them to be individual ambassadors, promoting their country wherever they go.

Meanwhile, the Katende met with Shorna-Kay Richards, the Director of the Bilateral Relations Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in Kingston on Wednesday. 

The two discussed a draft framework of Cooperation Agreement in the areas of agriculture, culture, education and training, trade and industry, tourism, sports scientific and technical knowledge exchange, information, publications, news materials, and TV programmes, etc.

If concluded expeditiously, Jamaica has gone on to propose that it be signed on the sidelines of the UNGA in September. They are a motivated partner.

Katende presented Shorna-Kay Richards with Uganda Tourism promotion materials while expressing interest in training opportunities, exchange programmes and investment in a hospitality training institute in Uganda. Jamaica has robust and mature tourism and hospitality industry. 

He informed Shorna-Kay Richards that Uganda has a sizable community living and working in different sectors of Jamaican life. 

To underscore the importance of the African Diaspora, Katende gave her a gift of chocolates made in Jamaica by a Ugandan chocolatier living in Jamaica.

Ms Hellen Akurut a Ugandan, who together with her Jamaican spouse Averell French, is the proprietor of Mt. Pleasant Farms, in the Blue Mountain area of Jamaica. They grow their own cocoa and interact closely with a network of organic farmers.

 
Katende told Richards that even without technical Cooperation agreements in place, Ugandans and Jamaicans are doing business. The two governments, therefore, need to put in place favorable conditions for these businesses to thrive.

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