Daily Monitor
Monday May 17 2021
President Museveni (left) and his Libyan counterpart Muammar Gaddafi at State House, Entebbe in 2008. Gaddafi ruled for 42 years. PHOTO/file
Summary
As he seeks to rule Uganda for 40 years, Museveni has eclipsed many leaders and by the end of his term in 2026, he will join the league of the longest-serving 20th Century leaders in the world. However, it has come to light that Mr Museveni put in place a team to prepare for transition in 2002 only to change his mind. Barely after the 2001 election, the President sent his surrogates to foreign lands to study the blueprint of orderly successions, which would be transplanted into the country as he planned his exit in 2006. But this plan was shelved, as a day in politics is a lifetime,
Uganda now hires foreign PR firm to improve its image in US
May 9, 2021 President Yoweri Museveni
Uganda has hired an international public relations firm, Mercury International UK Limited, a subsidiary of Mercury Public Affairs, to improve its image on the international scene.
Documents seen by URN show that when Uganda hired Mercury International UK Limited, it subcontracted its mother firm Mercury Public Affairs to do the job. This signals that the focus of lobbying will be mainly in the US.
Mercury submitted its agreement with the subsidiary to the US Justice Department on April 26, 2021. In the USA, the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) requires lobbyists of foreign governments “who are engaged in political activities or other activities specified under the statute to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in support of those
Government hires PR firm to ‘clean Uganda’s image’
Saturday May 08 2021
This photo taken on November 18, 2020 shows police arresting one of Mr Robert Kyagulanyi s supporters near Nalufenya police post in Jinja where he [Mr Kyagulanyi] was rushed to following his arrest that sparked off a wave of protests across the country. PHOTO/ABUBAKER LUBOWA
Summary
The move was made a week after US Secretary of State, Mr Antony John Blinken slapped visa restrictions against unnamed Uganda officials over human rights violations orchestrated during and after the 2021 elections.
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The Government has hired an international public relations firm, Mercury International UK Limited, a subsidiary of Mercury Public Affairs, to improve its image on the international scene.
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