By Timothy Lukanga<\/p>\n\n\n\n
H.E President Y.K Museveni held discussions with the Ambassador of the USA to Uganda, H.E William W. Popp at State House Entebbe.
During the meeting, President Museveni and Ambassador Popp discussed a wide range of topics including the African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA) issue.
H.E Museveni also sent a special message to the President of America, H.E Joe Biden. The letter was handed to Ambassador Popp who will deliver it to the US leader.
\u201cH.E President Biden wrote to me about AGOA, so I have answered him. You will deliver the letter to him,\u201d the President said.
On his part, Ambassador Popp reiterated the US government’s commitment to continue cooperating with Uganda through improved bilateral relations.
\u201cWe do want to continue conducting business with Uganda as a whole through different projects. These projects could be worked on without any restrictions,\u201d he noted<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On his part, Ambassador Popp reiterated the US government\u2019s commitment to continue cooperating with Uganda through improved bilateral relations.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interestingly, less than 12 hours after the meeting between Museveni and Amb Popp, the U.S. government announced expanded visa restrictions against Ugandan officials suspected of \u2018undermining the democratic process\u2019 in the East African country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was the third raft of measures against Uganda following the 2021 elections and the enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In response to Washington\u2019s actions, President Museveni recently warned that \u201csome of these actors in the Western World overestimate themselves and underestimate the freedom fighters of Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Museveni said, \u201con account of some of the freedom fighters making mistakes of philosophy, ideology and strategy, some of the foreign actors erroneously think that African Countries cannot move forward without their support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President further said \u201cthese pressures from outside are joogo (dharau \u2013 looking down upon somebody, underrating somebody) towards the Africans and must be rejected. I am told that some of the Arab Countries have similar laws. Why don\u2019t these actors put similar pressures on them<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Timothy Lukanga H.E President Y.K Museveni held discussions with the Ambassador of the USA to Uganda, H.E William W. Popp at State House Entebbe.During the meeting, President Museveni and Ambassador Popp discussed a wide range of topics including the African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA) issue.H.E Museveni also sent a special message to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2663","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"\n