President Yoweri Museveni has as way of appreciation, organised a party for the National Organizing Committee (NOC) of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and G-77 +China summits that were held in Uganda recently.
“I thank Nakyobe and her team as well as the super supervisor Nakadama, Nabbanja and everybody who was involved. Thank you very much,” President Museveni said.
He thanked God for always blessing Uganda, citing it as one of the reasons why the summits were a success.
“First of all I thank God for the blessings which he gives Uganda including this one but also I can think of four letters- “VIPP” and these are vision, ideology, patriotism and prioritization. These are practices which have guided the NRM ever since the student days,” he said.
“Now by the NRM rejecting this sectarianism of religion, tribe, race; that is how you get all the Sudhirs, the Chinese, Indians, the Arabs, the Africans of all these countries who are here. So, you can see that the vision plays a role in bringing all these people here.”
He also encouraged the committee and Ugandans at large to utilise the benefits of the summits to contribute to the development of the country.
“We should not only host a good conference but make a good contribution to the content of the work of NAM and G-77 by taking advantage of things which are already happening on the ground because I’m telling you South to South investment is already taking place, so it is a question of acquainting what is already happening,” he advised.
The chairperson of the organising committee, Lucy Nakyobe thanked President Museveni for giving them an opportunity to serve on the organizing committee.
“This luncheon speaks great volumes for what is on the heart of Mzee and Maama. It means that they are very happy, and they have appreciated what we have done. Thank you Mzee for entrusting us with this work and I want to thank all of you for doing what you ought to have done,” Nakyobe said.
