President Yoweri Museveni has sent his congratulatory message to Joe Biden, the US president-elect.
Democrat Joe Biden won the White House defeating Donald Trump and ending a presidency that convulsed American politics, shocked the world and left the United States more divided than at any time in decades, according to analysts.
Mr Museveni who is also an NRM presidential candidate in Uganda’s 2021 election highlighted the similarities between America and Uganda, adding that the US could easily be a natural ally of Africa.
“H.E. @JoeBiden, President-Elect of the USA. Congratulations and greetings from the People of Uganda. The USA, with its black population of 47.4m people, as well as a large Christian population linked with us by faith, could easily be a natural ally of Uganda and Africa,” Mr Museveni tweeted on Sunday.
Mr Museveni who is expected to win the 2021 election in Uganda noted that previous American Presidents have worked well on account of the similarities between Ugandans, Africans and Americans.
“Previous American Presidents have already positively used these linkages by putting in place the African Growth And Opportunity Act that has given 6,500 types of African goods, quota & tax-free access to the USA. We salute this policy & hope that President Biden maintains it,” Mr Museveni said.
Mr Museveni continued: “We, therefore, congratulate the American People on exercising their right by, massively, voting for the candidates of their choice: President Donald Trump and Vice- President Biden. We congratulate H.E. @JoeBiden for winning both the Popular vote and the Electoral College.”