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Museveni Calls for Regional Integration and Oneness in Africa

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June 7, 2024
Museveni Calls for Regional Integration and Oneness in Africa

President Museveni arriving at the Kololo Ceremonial Grounds to deliver the State-of-the Nation Address on Thursday, 06 June 2024

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President Museveni has emphasised the importance of regional integration and unity for Africa’s strategic security and prosperity.

The President was delivering the State-of-the-Nation Address to Parliament at Kololo Independence grounds on Thursday, 6 June 2024.

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Drawing on historical precedents and the vision of Pan-Africanism, Museveni outlined the benefits and challenges of achieving a more integrated African continent. He highlighted the economic and strategic advantages of regional integration.

“With a more united African market, we can negotiate with other countries for market access – European Union, United States of America, China, Russia, the Gulf, India, etc.,” he said, underscoring the potential for enhanced economic power on the global stage.

He further elaborated on the strategic security benefits, pointing out that a united East African Federation would have the capability to defend its interests across land, air, sea, and space.

“This East African Federation, with one army, a common citizenship, in addition to the wider common market already talked about in this speech, will provide perpetual insurance for the freedom of the black race and other freedom-loving people in the world,” Museveni said.

He also revealed that Uganda is working on implementing a limited space programme for overhead observation and communication (broadcasting and telephone communication) as part of development.

Despite the clear benefits, Museveni acknowledged several obstacles to achieving full integration. He mentioned persistent trade barriers within the East African Community (EAC) as significant hindrances to prosperity.

“These are really roadblocks to our prosperity. All the East Africans should work to remove these bottlenecks by implementing fully the common market protocols, the Customs Union protocols, so that the fragmented markets of Africa become one market,” he said.

Additionally, the president referred to historical missed opportunities that have led to regional instability. He reflected on the failed attempt to achieve East African federation in 1963, which could have prevented various regional conflicts and tragedies.

“All the subsequent calamities that befell this part of Africa would never have happened if we had achieved that goal at that time,” he lamented, pointing to events like the Idi Amin regime in Uganda and the Rwandan genocide as preventable tragedies under a united regional government

The President called on the citizens of East Africa and the broader African continent to embrace integration as a means to secure a prosperous and secure future.

He emphasised that regional integration should be pursued not only for economic benefits but also to ensure strategic security.

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