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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Foreign Affairs Ministry has rubbished a proposal by Kyandondo East Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi to repatriate Ugandans and Africans stuck in China.
In a letter dated 15th of April addressed to the Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, Kyagulanyi said he has partnered with an American media owner and businessman Neil Nelson to evacuate 285 people from China including Ugandans and other black Africans.
He asked the government to allow the people into the country. According to Kyagulanyi, they have secured a privately chartered Quantam Jet Airbus A330-200.
In his letter, Kyagulanyi says they travellers would be taken care of while in quarantine.
Government has however asked Kyagulanyi, to leave foreign Affairs matters to the President.
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem questioned if Kyagulanyi will meet the quarantine costs.
Oryem also wondered if Kyagulanyi will also transport Ugandans stuck in other parts of the world.
He says the responsibility of protecting the Ugandans abroad, lies with the Head of State.
“If any Ugandan succeeds and achieves, it’s the responsibility of the President of Uganda, if any Uganda dies abroad, this is also the responsibility of the President of Uganda. Does he have the capacity to be held responsible for all of this, no? This is a foreign policy issue that you do not just wake up to do” Oryem told URN on phone.
According to Oryem, the government is currently registering Ugandans abroad, in America, the United Kingdom and other parts of the world.
Joel Ssenyonyi the Spokesperson People Power says that Kyagulanyi and his partners will cater for all of the costs, including the quarantine and feeding. He says the government should not ignore its citizens suffering abroad.
Betty Aol Ochan, the Leader of Opposition says that Kyangulanyi’s offer is based on humanitarian grounds and not for politics.
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I wonder who is the adviser to Hon. Kyagulanyi! It is known world over that citizens of any country in foreign countries are a responsibility of their home-countries or that for which passport they may hold. So it is outrageous and a display of ignorance of international diplomacy from Hon. Kyagulanyi even to seek for permission to expatriate Ugandan citizens abroad.
Hon. Kyagulanyi should do a lot of home-work for matters pertaining to the office for which he seeks to run for and also have mature and seasoned persons to guide and direct him regarding his decisions and public utterances.
I disagree with your statement. We all know that the President of Uganda has never attempted to rescue any Ugandans abroad and if Hon Kyagulanyi has offered to help repatriate Ugandans under his own costs including quarantine what’s wrong with this. If you state that it is the responsibility of the President who is not going to do anything about it or loose sleep about it why not allow any other Ugandan who is offering to help out.
I wonder here where the pride of being a Ugandan is. Down memory lane all of us remember when someone sent his child abroad to deviler because he didn´t trust Ugandan medical…
Back to the present are we talking about the same person who agreed to cancel Scholarships for Ugandan students abroad because he/ parliament though that they were bleeding the country long time ago.
Take note that at presnet Ugandan citizens are left to survive abroad because they went there on their own looking for greener pastures because we were advised that there were no jobs for Ugandans at home, now when we try to return they tell us stay there and sweat it out.
I would wonder if in teh bible the father of the prodigal son inteh old testement said the same.
Please Politicians make us proud of being Uganda citizens and stop mud slinging, It is true that the well being of any Uganadn citizen around the world is the prorogative of the current head of state, because he allows us to travel to any region of the world when we are issued passports (page 1 of all Ugandan passports), but if he fails us by now allowing us to return home when we need to because we went to greener pastures on his advice, especially now that whereevr we may be we are foreigners and are not allowed catered by the hosts I ask why we shouldn´t return home given the fact that we may know more about what is actually happenning out there and not wait for teh UN which the government has not paid it´s contributionas yet to give advice
Mr. Museven is in ahigh panic for elections in 2021, and you know the end results for panic .long live BOBI WINE