President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has praised Prime Minister Rt Hon Robinah Nabbanja for her commitment to Uganda’s development agenda, citing her thanksgiving spirit and practical contributions to skilling and economic transformation in her home district of Kakumiro.
The President said this yesterday June 21st 2025, while attending Rt Hon Nabbanja’s Thanksgiving ceremony where he officially launched two key projects that included the Kakumiro Model Training and Skilling Agricultural Innovations Farm and Hotel Classic, both initiated by the Prime Minister to promote vocational training and boost the local hospitality sector.
The Head of State hailed Rt Hon Nabbanja for understanding and living out the values of the National Resistance Movement, especially in the areas of collective decision-making, hard work, and transformational leadership.
The President emphasized that the NRM’s long-standing mission of socio-economic empowerment can only succeed when leaders translate ideology into action, especially through innovation and job creation at the grassroots.
Rt Hon Nabbanja’s new agricultural innovations farm is set to benefit hundreds of youth and women by offering hands-on skilling in agribusiness, value addition and innovation, while Hotel Classic is expected to create hospitality jobs and support tourism and business travel in the region.
Meanwhile, the Government of Uganda is set to close or merge some of Uganda’s embassies abroad because of rising foreign service costs.
The Government of Uganda currently runs 38 Embassies and High Commissions in countries like the United States, UK, Russia, and Australia and the President says many of them are too expensive and do not bring real value to Uganda.
It should be remembered that during a cabinet meeting held in March this year, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni expressed concern that some diplomats receive large allowances but do very little to promote the country and asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prepare a list of embassies that can be closed or combined to reduce costs.
This is not the first time the government has thought about cutting the number of embassies, because a similar proposals were made in 1999 and 2006 but were later abandoned and sources inside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs say many embassy jobs are given to people based on connections, not qualifications.
This has led to poor performance and even cases of bad behavior and some top diplomats have been sent back home after misconduct.
