DEPARTMENT OF THE DIASPORA
The Department for the Diaspora handles issues related to the mobilization of the Uganda Diaspora for national development (i.e. transfer of resources/specialist knowledge; skills and technologies for development; and promoting gainful employment of Ugandans abroad; etc.).
The key functions of the Department are:
- Strengthening engagement with the Diaspora with a view to ecouraging Ugandans abroad to support national development.
- Promoting and strengthening appropriate structures and regulatory regimes that ease investment, financial and commercial transactions by the Diaspora.
- Negotiating, in cooperation with key stakeholders, appropriate legal framework on the bilateral export and / or exchange of labour abroad.
- Promoting incentives to encourage Diaspora skills and knowledge transfer home.
- Providing services as the One-stop centre and channel of information and communication for the Uganda Diaspora community.
- Establish and maintain a data base on the identity, location and skills of the Ugandan Diaspora.
| NAME | DESIGNATION | RANK | EMAIL ADDRESS |
| Amb. Odida Philip | FSO I | Head of Department | philip.odida@mofa.go.ug |
| Mr. Kasuja Moses | FSO II | moses.kasuja@mofa.go.ug | |
| Ms. Kabonesa Juliet | FSO III | juliet.kabonesa@mofa.go.ug | |
| Mr. Mukabire Benjamin | benjamin.mukabire@mofa.go.ug | ||
| Ms. Birungi Sofie | sofie.birungi@mofa.go.ug | ||
| Mr. Akugizibwe Richard | FSO III | richard.akugizibwe@mofa.go.ug | |
| Mr. Tugume Robert | FSO III | robert.tugume@mofa.go.ug | |
| Ms. Oduka Safina | FSO III | safina.oduka@mofa.go.ug | |
| Ms. Abbeso Suzan | Principal Personal Secretary | suzan.abbeso@mofa.go.ug | |
| Ms. Nalumansi Priscilla | Office Attendant | priscilla.nalumansi@mofa.go.ug |
Highlights
UGANDA ELECTED CHAIR OF THE AFRICAN GROUP OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES AT THE UNITED NATIONS (UN) , 16th-September 2019
UGANDA'S AMBASSADOR AND PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS ELECTED AS CHAIR OF THE AFRICAN GROUP OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES AT THE UNITED NATIONS (UN)NEW YORK
Hon. Sam K. Kutesa Addresses the Ad Hoc Commission on the implementation of the Luanda MoU between Uganda and Rwanda, 16th-September 2019
The first meeting of the Ad Hoc Commission on the implementation of the Luanda MoU between Uganda and Rwanda held in Kigali has opened in Kigali. The opening ceremony is being attended by the MFA Uganda, Minister of State Rwanda & witnessed by Minister of External Relations Angola & Deputy PM/Minister DRC
HON. SAM K. KUTESA ADDRESS THE THIRD SESSION OF THE JOINT PERMANENT COMMISSION BETWEEN UGANDA AND TANZANIA , 7th-September 2019
STATEMENT BY HON. SAM K. KUTESA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DURING THE THIRD SESSION OF THE JOINT PERMANENT COMMISSION BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA AND THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
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