The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to attend Uganda’s 57th Independence Day celebrations in Sironko District in eastern Uganda come October 9th, the Minister for Presidency, Ms. Esther Mbayo has revealed.
Ms Mbayo said that President Museveni had invited Mr. Mnangagwa as a special guest at the celebrations that will be held in Eastern Uganda.
The theme for this year is 'Consolidation of National Unity, Security, Freedom, and Prosperity.
"The President of Uganda, Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will be the chief guest and he has invited another special guest His Excellency Emmerson Mnangagwa, the President of Zimbabwe to grace the occasion,” Ms. Mbayo noted.
Explaining why the celebrations will be held in Sironko, Ms. Mbayo said that the government policy is to ensure equality in all aspects and it is now a norm that all national celebrations are held in different parts of the country "so that our people feel part of the Nation."
Museveni in ZImbabwe
During his two-day visit to Zimbabwe in April this year, Mr. Museveni said Uganda and the southern Africa country should emphasize economic cooperation through market integration to enable their people to stand on their own feet.
“We should emphasize economic cooperation. We should enable our people to stand on their own feet. One of the 10 strategic bottlenecks is market integration. Zimbabwe and Southern Africa at large have got a good potential to trade with East Africa and empower our people economically,” he said.
Mr Museveni then noted that that the standard gauge railway would work as a stimulus to promote trade between East Africa and Southern Africa.
