The 3rd Deputy Prime Minister and Minister without portfolio, Rukia Isanga Nakadama has called on Ugandans in Canada and the Diaspora at large to invest their money back home as a means of supporting Uganda’s much needed prosperity. She was speaking at the official opening of the NRM -Canada symposium at Woodbine Hotel & Suites in Toronto City.
She said that the NRM govt had sailed through the most violet and turbulent storms and was now well tried, tested and found worthy to continue steering the political leadership of Uganda. She therefore urged those in the diaspora to invest back home inorder to constitute the private sector, create jobs & help generate the economic growth.
Nakadama said the NRM govt was committed to supporting those in the diaspora to lead productive and dignified lives within their respective countries abroad. She further added, “The NRM govt is ready to work with people in the diaspora irrespective of their political affiliation. I therefore welcome u back home to do business and use your innovation and selfless service towards the development of Uganda”.
The two day NRM symposium for the Ugandan community in Canada opened in Toronto City on Saturday with a call on all Ugandans abroad to consider investing back home.
She commended the NRM chapter in Canada headed by Fred Musisi for mobilising others towards a common goal but reminded him of an outstanding challenge of fostering unity & luring more people into the NRM chapter and maintain a closer working relationship with the party Secretariat in Kampala. The Deputy Premier said it was also necessary to start registering all Ugandans living in Canada.
Meanwhile, in the same meeting the other Minister for Presidency Hon Milly Babalanda said those in the diaspora were the faces of Uganda and cautioned them against exhibiting negative behaviour. “Am happy that the Canada NRM Chapter has embarked on cleaning the image of Uganda maliciously damaged by unpatriotic actors with selfish interests” she remarked.
Babalanda said, the strength of NRM and it’s ability to govern for over three decades was rooted in the Party’s push for the population’s interests rather than individual identity. That’s why it has been able to build a strong national army, attract foreign businesses, collect more taxes, cause social- economic transformation and work with other African states. She invited the Canadians to come and invest in Uganda.
Present at the function was Minister for Lands, Housing & urban development Hon Judith Nabakoba, who presented a paper of land acquisition for investment in Uganda. Amb Joy Ruth Aceng Uganda’s High Commissioner to Uganda and Amb Abby Walusimbi the Senior Presidential Advisor on diaspora matters were also present. The symposium attracted over 300 participants and closes this Sunday.