Obtain emblemThroughout the forty fifth Session of its Government Session, the African Union Government Council of Ministers of Overseas Affairs, the second highest choice making Physique of the African Union, chosen Uganda as host of the African Humanitarian Company. The choice was reached in the course of the African Union forty fifth Session in Accra, Ghana from 18th – nineteenth July 2024.
The African Humanitarian Company is a Specialised Technical Company of the African Union charged with the duty to coordinate and supply Humanitarian responses in coordination with affected Member States.
Throughout this session, the African Union Fee offered the end result of its Impartial Technical Analysis Report on the internet hosting of the African Humanitarian Company.
This was a course of that began in Might 2023 with a name for international locations to specific curiosity to Host the African Humanitarian Company and submit their bid proposals for a similar. 4 International locations (Uganda, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria) expressed curiosity and submitted their proposals.
The Impartial Analysis Crew from the African Union Fee was arrange, with the mandate to conduct an Evaluation Mission to the 4 international locations to evaluate their proposals and suitability to host the African Humanitarian Company. This train was carried out in Might 2024. In Uganda it was carried out from twenty third -Twenty seventh Might 2024.
The result of this analysis train resulted within the 4 international locations scoring as follows:
KENYA : 76.13%;
NIGERIA: 74.50%;
UGANDA: 85.66%;
EQUATORIAL GUINEA: 76.70%.
The Government Council welcomed the report and the outcomes from the evaluation train and congratulated Uganda on successful the rights to Host the Africa Humanitarian Company.
Everlasting Consultant to the African Union, Amb. Rebecca Otengo expressed pleasure on the win. “That is the primary African Union Company hosted by Uganda since becoming a member of the Union when it was first referred to as the Organisation of African Union (OAU)”, she stated.
Talking from Kampala, Minister of Overseas Affairs, Gen. Odongo Jeje Abubakhar stated “Uganda being the most important refugee internet hosting nation on the African Continent with established authorized and institutional frameworks on forcibly displaced individuals and impeccable expertise in coping with humanitarian motion made her a suitable candidate to many African Union Members. Attributing the success to a formidable crew on the Mission, he added “That is doubled by the goodwill loved by the Ambassador and members of Ugandan Embassy amongst different African Union Member states in Addis Ababa”
The method for the operationalization of the Company in Uganda has already started with the approval of the finances to recruit the highest administration employees of the Company throughout Monetary Yr 2025/2026.
In different information, in the course of the forty fifth Government Council session the Embassy of Uganda in Addis Ababa additionally secured the election of Justice Duncan Gaswaga to the African Courtroom on Human and Peoples’ Rights for a interval of 6 years, by an amazing majority of 46 member states, of these current and capable of vote on the session.
The delegation of Uganda to this forty fifth Government Council session included Amb. Rebecca Amuge Otengo, Everlasting Consultant of Uganda to the AU, Justice Duncan Gaswaga, Justice of the Excessive Courtroom of Uganda, Lira, Mr. Michael Wamai, Counsellor and Ms. Daphine Teddy Nyanduri, First Secretary, Uganda Embassy in Addis Ababa.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of The Republic of Uganda – Ministry of Overseas Affairs.
