MP Niwagaba calls for peace talks between Uganda, Rwanda

Wilfred Niwagaba , the member of parliament for Ndorwa west constituency on Friday called upon President Yoweri Museveni to hold talks with the Rwandan government so that the closed boarder points are opened to enable Ugandans traders and their Rwandan counterparts resume business.

Niwagaba made these remarks after a month since the Rwandan government closed its borders with Uganda accusing the Kampala government of harassing, arresting and torturing innocent Rwandans in Uganda yet Ugandans are living in Rwanda peacefully.

While at Kabanyonyi primary school playground in Buhara sub county Kabale district where Kabale district was celebrating belated Women’s Day, the legislator said his constituents and other people neighboring Rwanda used to trade across borders but ever since the boarders were closed, the situation worsened. He warned that if the situation remained, people would suffer a lot. He called on the government to intervene as soon as possible.

“Our people used to depend on Rwanda market with their agricultural produce. I urge government of Uganda to talk with Rwanda to rescue our people,”  Niwagaba said.

Catherine Ndamira, the Kabale woman member of parliament who organized the event thanked women in kabale and in the country at large country for the extraordinary work they’ve done in building families. Ndamira advised women to form cooperatives so as to benefit from government projects.   She also called upon women to educate girls to become future leaders of the country and the world.

Mary Busingye Karooro Okurut, the Cabinet Minister in Charge of General Duties in the Office of the Prime Minister who was the guest of honor  thanked government for the able leadership that has uplifted the standards of women. She advised women to work harder in their lives and to love the ruling party, NRM.