Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu arrived in Uganda Tuesday morning for a two-day state visit.
Invited by her Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, she was received at Entebbe International Airport by Third Deputy Prime Minister Rukia Nakadama and State Minister for International Cooperation Henry Okello Oryem.
She was later taken to State House Entebbe where she was received with a 21-gun salute. President Samia then inspected a guard of honour mounted by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces before she was ushered into State House by her host, President Museveni.
According to Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and State House Tanzania, Samia’s visit aims at strengthening bilateral ties and economic cooperation.
Presidents Museveni and Samia are set to discuss business commitments that the two countries have already entered into together, such as fast-tracking the implementation of infrastructural development in the areas of energy, water and road transportation, and the Standard Gauge Railway with the capacity to employ up to 30,000 persons.
