The President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has welcomed Somalia as a member of the East African Community, describing this move as a boost to the regional organization’s efforts to ensure the prosperity and strategic security of its people.
President Museveni continued to reveal that since 1968, Somalia wanted to be part of the East African Community, but that task became difficult, due to the instability in the region at that time.
“Somalia is already part of the community. I am sure if you go to Mogadishu now you will find shops in Kenya and even Uganda. So, what is going on now is just the discovery of what happened in the past on the ground,” said Museveni.
For his part, the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud thanked the member countries of the EAC for confirming that his country is part of the organization.
He said that the community is a symbol of the realization of their joint goals and it is the light of hope for the future which is full of many opportunities.
