Uganda’s development pushes 10years ahead due Preparations for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) have Florence Mugasha, the Deputy Secretary General of the commonwealth Secretariat said. If CHOGM was not to be hosted in Uganda this November, marvelous economic growth like hotel buildings, road repairs and maintenance, identification of tourism destinations for development would have not been there, she added.
CHOGM would showcase Uganda to visitors who have never been to Africa, specifically the pearl of Africa as Many people from the Pacific and Caribbean countries are looking forward to coming to Uganda. We hope Uganda will give CHOGM attendants a positive image to remember and come back for other businesses like tourism and travel
Hosting CHOGM will create a multiplier effect in tourism, investment and in the local universities like Makerere University as experienced in Nigeria and Malta, which last hosted the event, she noted. And that her team was in the country to see how they could address the challenges of organizing and hosting this forth coming summit and how the local people can benefit. The team will also train MPs on the workings of a multiparty system of government. The training would consider the relationship between Parliament, the Executive and the Judiciary, she further explained
When Neuhaus asked what the training should focus on, Ssekandi said the priority should be to understand the difference between the Movement political system based on individual merit and the multiparty system based on parties.