Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa and Czech Parliament Speaker Tomio Okamura are working to turn their personal friendship into a broader partnership between Uganda and the Czech Republic, with defence, agriculture, trade, education and parliamentary cooperation among the priority areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following the conclusion of the week-long Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States\u2013European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly meetings in Brussels on Thursday, Tayebwa, accompanied by a delegation of MPs, visited Okamura in Prague, the Czech capital, on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two leaders discussed opportunities to expand cooperation and establish practical partnerships between Czech and Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Our friendship with the Czech Republic is based on very clear principles of mutual understanding and respect for each other,” Tayebwa said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They explored cooperation in agriculture, education, trade and investment, with an emphasis on technology transfer, partnerships between companies and capacity-building for public institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Okamura expressed support for greater cooperation between Czech defence companies and Uganda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Our governing coalition and I personally fully support the development of cooperation between Czech defence industry companies and Uganda,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They also discussed strengthening the Uganda-Czech Parliamentary Friendship Group to provide a platform for sustained engagement and cooperation between the two parliaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tayebwa said the cooperation should deliver tangible economic and institutional benefits for both countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are looking forward to seeing more Czech businesses because we need them in our country,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*From personal friendship to stronger bilateral relations*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Okamura visited Uganda in August for a gorilla-tracking experience in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. During the visit, the two leaders jointly named a newborn mountain gorilla Tom\u00e1\u0161, which has since become a symbol of their friendship and an opportunity to strengthen ties between Uganda and the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recalling the experience, Okamura described the visit as unforgettable and said he hoped the gorilla would remain a lasting symbol of Czech-Ugandan friendship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also recalled being described as an unofficial ambassador for Ugandan tourism during his visit, pledging to continue promoting the country’s natural beauty among the Czech people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I will continue to promote the beauty of Uganda among the Czech people,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a practical step towards sustaining the engagement, Tayebwa extended an invitation to Okamura and a delegation of Czech officials to visit Uganda next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tayebwa was accompanied by Hon. Dicksons Kateshumbwa, MP for Sheema Municipality; Hon. Paul Omara, MP for Otuke County; Hon. Shyam J. Tanna, MP for Tororo Municipality; and Hon. Joan Namutaawe, Woman MP for Masaka District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa and Czech Parliament Speaker Tomio Okamura are working to turn their personal friendship into a broader partnership between Uganda and the Czech Republic, with defence, agriculture, trade, education and parliamentary cooperation among the priority areas. Following the conclusion of the week-long Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States\u2013European Union Joint Parliamentary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27989,"featured_media":44377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[356],"tags":[31,10934,10935,119],"class_list":["post-44376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-big-story","tag-featured","tag-tayebwa","tag-tomio-okamura","tag-uganda-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27989"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44378,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44376\/revisions\/44378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}