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Museveni Reiterates Importance of Interests Over Identity

Wilson Kakuru
Last updated: October 5, 2021 12:24 pm
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President Yoweri Museveni has urged African political leaders and the African people in general to shun the politics of identity that characterized most of the post-independence Africa noting that politic of identity that was mostly based on tribes and religions were counterproductive, diversionary and led to the emergency of many failed states in post-independence Africa.

The President was speaking yesterday at Meskel Square in the Ethiopian capital Addis-Ababa where he addressed a mammoth rally of Ethiopian people that was also attended by many other African leaders to mark the inauguration of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for a new five-year term.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had earlier in the morning taken the oath of office at Parliament administered by the Supreme Court chief justice Meaza Ashenafi.

President Museveni who made the opening remarks for the Heads of States and Government said as an observer of African politics for the last 60 years, he had identified politics of identity, especially of tribes and religions as one that greatly affected the democratic and political progress of many African countries and hindered the continent’s social-economic transformation and development.

He called upon the people of Ethiopia and the African continent, in general, to do away with politics of identity and focus on politics of interest and support leaders based on their political agenda as opposed to their tribes or religious affiliations.

“I have been observing and participating in African politics for 60 years and politics of identity especially of tribes and religions have caused many problems to many African countries including Uganda. Uganda just came up after we had shunned politics of identity and substituted it with politics of interest and I would encourage Ethiopians to always remember that,” President Museveni said.

President Museveni commended the people of Ethiopia for conducting a credible democratic election and congratulated Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed for being given the new five-year mandate to serve his people and country.

In his remarks, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed promised to work and bring about total peace for all Ethiopians especially by ending the war in the Tigray region which he said had made Ethiopia pay a “heavy price”.

He pledged to work with all peace-loving Ethiopians to bring about peace and prosperity for all Ethiopians.

The inauguration ceremony was also attended and addressed by Presidents of Nigeria, Senegal, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti and South Sudan as well as delegations from several African countries and representatives of the international community.

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The Nile Wires > Featured > Uganda to Receive First Batch of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccines
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Uganda to Receive First Batch of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccines

Wilson Kakuru
Last updated: October 4, 2021 9:39 pm
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Wilson Kakuru
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Uganda will receive the first batch of Johnson and Johnson vaccines containing 196,800 doses on October 7, according to Emmanuel Ainebyoona, the spokesperson of the health ministry.

These vaccines were procured by the government through the African Union and unlike other vaccines where two doses are being administered, with J&J, only one dose will be used.

In his September 22 address, President Yoweri Museveni said the country was set to receive over 11.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of November of which 1.2m doses are from J&J.

Last week, the health ministry received 335,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by Ireland, taking the total to over 5.4 million doses, according to Margaret Muhanga, the state minister for primary health care.

As of Oct. 1, 1,906,039 doses had been administered, according to the health ministry. Uganda’s strategy is to vaccinate 22 million people, or 49.8% of the population.

The first phase will cover people with comorbidities that are 18 years and above, elderly aged 50 and above, health workers, teachers, and security personnel. In the second phase, anyone 18 years and above will be immunized and, in the third phase, children below 18 will be immunized following recommendations from the Scientific Advisory Committee.

To re-open businesses like bars and entertainment events, the president said that 4.8 million people in the priority population will have to be vaccinated. These include health workers, teachers, security personnel, elderly persons of 50 years and above, those below 50 years with comorbidities and 330,000 students in post-secondary institutions aged 18 years and above.

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