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In the appointments done today, Museveni replaced Richard Kabonero in Dar-es-Salaam with a former member of Parliament for Nyabushozi County Col Fred Mwesigye.
KAMPALA:Â President Museveni has appointed 37 new ambassadors and four deputies, among them Members of Parliament and NRM party loyalists who lost in the parliamentary elections.
According to the list issued on Sunday, 12 December 2021, among the new appointees is former Nyabushozi MP Col. (Rtd) Fred Mwesigye, who has been appointed as Uganda’s ambassador to Dar-es-Salaam, replacing long-serving career diplomat Richard Kabonero.
Also appointed is former Amolatar Woman MP Doreen Amule, who has been sent to Paris, and former Dokolo North MP Paul Amoru who goes to Pretoria.
He replaces USA’s career diplomats: USA’s Mull Katende, Tanzania’s Kabonero
President Museveni has made fresh appointments for Ugandan ambassadors and heads of missions.
Also replaced in the new appointments is Uganda’s Ambassador to the USA based in Washington DC, Mull Sebujja Katende.
The new ambassador for Uganda to the USA is now Robbie Kakonge.
Also replaced is Dr. Crispus Walter Kiyonga in China. The new ambassador for China will now be Judith Nsababera.
Former DP stalwart Ismael Beswale Kezaala has also been dropped as Ambassador to India.
lso appointed is former State Minister for Karamoja Affairs Moses Kizige who goes to Moscow; former East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) MP Nusura Tiperu, who goes to Ankara, former Deputy Coordinator of
Operation Wealth Creation Lt. Gen. Charles Angina has been appointed deputy ambassador to Cairo, Egypt.
Uganda’s Ambassador to the USA based in Washington DC, Mull Sebujja Katende has been replaced by Robbie Kakonge; Dr. Crispus Walter Kiyonga in China has been replaced by Judith Nsababera while former DP stalwart Ismael Beswale Kezaala has also been dropped as Ambassador to India.
Maj. Gen (Rtd) Mugisha Nathan has retained his position as Deputy Ambassador to Somalia.
Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Robert Rusoke has been moved from South Sudan to Rwanda as ambassador while Maj. Gen. Matayo Kyaligonza has remained in Burundi.
Amb. Adonia Ayebare has retained his position as special envoy to New York
Below is the list
By virtue of the powers vested in the President of the Republic of Uganda, by Article 122(1), I hereby appoint the following as Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Deputy Ambassadors to the respective brotherly and friendly countries as listed here below:
1. Burundi – Maj. Gen. Matayo Kyaligonza;
2. Rome – Amb. Elizabeth Napeeyok
3. Washington DC – Ms. Robbie Kakonge;
4. Copenhagen – Ms. Margaret Bakyira;
5. Dar-es-Salaam – Col. (Rtd) Fred Mwesigye;
7. Paris – Ms. Amule Doreen;
8. Kigali – Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Robert Rusoke;
9. New York – Amb. Adonia Ayebare
(Special Envoy);
10. Algiers – Amb. Alintuma Nsambu;
11. New Delhi – Amb. Joyce K. Kikafuunda;
12. Canberra – Amb. Dorothy Hyuha;
13. London – Amb. Nimisha Madhvani;
14. Berlin – Amb. Mubiru Stephen;
15. Ankara – Ms. Nusura Tiperu;
16. Kuala-Lumper – Ms. Betty Bigombe;
17. Brussels – Amb. Miriam Blaak;
18. Moscow – Mr. Moses Kizige;
19. Abu Dhabi – Amb. Zaake Kibedi;