Parliament to Vet New Ambassadors Says Bagiire

The Clerk to Parliament Adolf Mwesige Kasaija has written to MPs informing them that plenary will resume on Thursday 27 2022 at 2:00 pm and this marks the resumption parliamentary businesses and agenda.

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Vincent Bagiire the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Parliament has to vet the ambassadors and they are waiting for them to do. COURTESY/PHOTO

By Nasser Kasozi Akandwanaho

The Permanent secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vincent Bagiire said Parliament has to vet the newly appointed ambassadors ahead of being sent to their stations outside Uganda.

Museveni last December appointed new ambassadors and their deputies, retaining some and replacing a number of them across the world.

“We are waiting for Parliament to vet the ambassador before they are posted,” Bagiire told The Homeland Newspaper, he said that Government will be presenting a supplementary budget to make funds available for the new ambassadors to begin work effectively.

Parliament has been on recess since December when the House was adjourned sine die. Jacob Oulanyah the Speaker of Parliament in mid-December adjourned the House sine die, meaning no appointment date had been set for the next sitting.Oulanyah said that in the recess MPs were expected to celebrate Christmas and the New Year.   

Speaker Jaccobo Oulanyah asked MPs to Renew their commitment to serving the people and prepare to come back to do the work you are supposed to do.

The speaker said that MPs will be given a notice of when to return which is expected at least after schools had opened in the first week of January 2022.  

The Parliamentary Appointments Committee chaired by the Speaker is charged with the responsibility of vetting ambassadors.

The Clerk to Parliament Adolf Mwesige Kasaija has written to MPs informing them that plenary will resume on Thursday 27 2022 at 2:00 pm and this marks the resumption parliamentary businesses and agenda.

Many new ambassadors and their deputies have been looking forward to begin their diplomatic tour of duty.

Dr. Yahaya Rashid Ssemudu,Uganda’s Ambassador Designate to Khartoum with President Yoweri Museveni. COURTESY/PHOTO

The Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Deputy Ambassadors to the respective missions is listed below:

Ambassadors

  1. Burundi – Maj. Gen. Matayo Kyaligonza
  2. Rome – Amb. Elizabeth Napeeyok
  3. Washington DC – Robbie Kakonge
  4. Copenhagen – Margaret Bakyira
  5. Dar-es-Salaam – Col (Rtd) Fred Mwesigye
  6. Khartoum – Dr Yahaya Rashid Ssemudu
  7. Paris – Amule Doreen
  8. Kigali – Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Robert Rusoke
  9. New York – Amb. Adonia Ayebare (Special Envoy)
  10. Algiers – Amb. Alintuma Nsambu
  11. New Delhi – Amb. Joyce K. Kikafuunda
  12. Canberra – Amb. Dorothy Hyuha
  13. London – Amb. Nimisha Madhvani
    14. Berlin – Amb. Mubiru Stephen
  14. Ankara – Nusura Tiperu
  15. Kuala-Lumper – Betty Bigombe
  16. Brussels – Amb. Mirjam Blaak
  17. Moscow – Moses Kizige
  18. Abu Dhabi – Amb. Zaake Kibedi
  19. Mogadishu – Prof. Sam Turyamuhika
  20. Abuja – Amb. Nelson Ocheger
  21. Addis Ababa – Amb. Rebecca Otengo
  22. Ottawa – Amb. Ruth Aceng
  23. Cairo – Amb. Sam Male Sebulime
  24. Kinshasa – Hajji Farid Kaliisa
  25. Juba – Amb. Brig. Ronnie Balya
  26. Doha – Amb. Stephen Chebrot
  27. Tehran – Kisambira Tezikuba Mohammed
  28. Riyadh – Amb. Isaac Sebulime
  29. Nairobi – Amb. Dr. Hassan Galiwango
  30. Beijing – Amb. Oliver Wonekha
  31. Geneva – Amb. Mercel R. Tibaleka
  32. Tokyo – Tophas Byagira Kaahwa
  33. Pretoria – Amoru Paul
  34. Luanda – Col (Rtd) Julius Kihaanda
  35. Guangzhou – Nsababeera Judith
  36. Havana – Musaazi Nabbaka Elizabeth

Deputy Ambassadors

  1. Cairo – Lt Gen. Charles Angina
  2. Abuja – Nnam Alfred
  3. Mogadishu – Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Mugisha Nathan
  4. New Delhi – Margaret Kyogyire.

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