恩德培 Entebbe is a city in Central Uganda. On a Lake Victoria peninsula, approximately 37 kilometres (23 mi) southwest of the Ugandan capital, Kampala, it was once the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda prior to independence, in 1962. Entebbe is the location of Entebbe International Airport, Uganda's largest commercial and military airport, best known for the dramatic rescue of 100 hostages kidnapped by the resistance group of the PFLP-EO and Revolutionary Cells (RZ) organizations. Entebbe is also the location of State House, the official office and residence of the President of Uganda.The word came from Luganda language e ntebe which means 'seat' / 'chair'. Entebbe was a cultural site for Mamba clan and it was called entebbe za Mugula and is now the location of the official office and residence of the President of Uganda, as it was for British governors before independence. Entebbe was the former seat of power in the country now replaced by Kampala.
- jews
- 恩德培這個東非的地 名，則是在得知一些猶太人在那裏的遭逢之 後才聽說的。http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20200706/PDF/b4_screen.pdf
Subnational kingdom
- Buganda is a subnational kingdom within Uganda. The kingdom of the Ganda people, Buganda is the largest of the traditional kingdoms in present-day Uganda, comprising all of Uganda's Central Region, including the Ugandan capital Kampala. The 6 million Baganda (singular Muganda; often referred to simply by the root word and adjective, Ganda) make up the largest Ugandan ethnic group, representing approximately 16.9% of Uganda's population. Buganda has a long and extensive history. Unified in the 14th century under the first king Kato Kintu, the founder of Buganda's Kintu Dynasty, Buganda grew to become one of the largest and most powerful states in East Africa during the eighteenth and 19th centuries. During the Scramble for Africa, and following unsuccessful attempts to retain its independence against British imperialism, Buganda became the centre of the Uganda Protectorate in 1894; the name Uganda, the Swahili term for Buganda, was adopted by British officials. Under British rule, many Baganda acquired status as colonial administrators, and Buganda became a major producer of cotton and coffee. Following Uganda's independence in 1962, the kingdom was abolished by Uganda's first Prime Minister Milton Obote in 1966. Following years of disturbance under Obote and dictator Idi Amin, as well as several years of internal divisions among Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement under Yoweri Museveni, the President of Uganda since 1986, the kingdom was officially restored in 1993. Buganda is now a kingdom monarchy with a large degree of autonomy from the Ugandan state, although tensions between the kingdom and the Ugandan government continue to be a defining feature of Ugandan politics. Since the restoration of the kingdom in 1993, the king of Buganda, known as the Kabaka, has been Muwenda Mutebi II. He is recognised as the 36th Kabaka of Buganda. The current queen, known as the Nnabagereka, is Queen Sylvia Nagginda.
- hkej 22aug18 shum article - serbia to follow suit?
Company
- The Alam Group of Companies, commonly referred to as the Alam Group is a privately owned conglomerate in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community.The Alam Group is involved in steel manufacture, aluminum processing, agricultural implements, footwear, sugar manufacture, electricity generation, floriculture, real estate development and management, tourist lodges and motels and the manufacture of liquid petroleum gas, among other investments.The group's founder is Manzur Alam, after whom the Group is named. Its founding dates back to the 1960s, although it did not enter Uganda until 1980. Its headquarters and majority of companies are in Uganda, where it directly employs over 1,200 people. It also maintains subsidiary companies in the neighboring counties of Kenya and Rwanda.
- leather
- leatherland
- exhibited at 2019 fashion access
trade and investment environment
- textile
- 非洲國家積極爭取紡織服裝外資http://paper.takungpao.com/resfile/PDF/20140815/PDF/a29_screen.pdf
industry
- economist 25may19 "gold blush" how can a country export so much more gold than it mines
women
- economist 6jun2020 "hell yeah, I' m feminist" ugandan women sometimes have to shout to make themselves heard
People
- Idi Amin Dada (/ˈiːdi ɑːˈmiːn/; c. 1923–28 – 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan political leader and military officer who was the President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979.Amin was born in either Koboko or Kampala to a Kakwa father and Lugbara mother. In 1946 he joined the King's African Rifles (KAR) of the British Colonial Army. Initially a cook, he rose to the position of lieutenant, taking part in British actions against Somali rebels in the Shifta War and then the Mau Mau rebels in Kenya. Following Uganda's independence from the United Kingdom in 1962, Amin remained in the armed forces, rising to the position of major and being appointed Commander of the Army in 1965. Aware that Ugandan President Milton Obote was planning on arresting him for misappropriating army funds, Amin launched a 1971 military coup and declared himself President.During his years in power, Amin shifted from being a pro-western ruler, enjoying considerable Israeli support to being backed by Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, Zaire's Mobutu Sese Seko, the Soviet Union, and East Germany. In 1975, Amin became the chairman of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), a Pan-Africanist group designed to promote solidarity among African states.[6] During the 1977–1979 period, Uganda was a member of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Amin did, however, have the support of the US Central Intelligence Agency, which helped deliver bombs and other military equipment to Amin's army and took part in military operations with Amin's forces in Uganda.[8] In 1977, when Britain broke diplomatic relations with Uganda, Amin declared he had defeated the British and added "CBE", for "Conqueror of the British Empire", to his title. Radio Uganda then announced his entire title: "His Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Alhaji Dr. Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, CBE". Dissent within Uganda and Amin's attempt to annex the Kagera Region of Tanzania in 1978 led to the Uganda–Tanzania War and the demise of his eight-year regime. Amin then went into exile, first in Libya and then in Saudi Arabia, where he lived until his death on 16 August 2003. Amin's rule was characterized by rampant human rights abuses, political repression, ethnic persecution, extrajudicial killings, nepotism, corruption, and gross economic mismanagement. The number of people killed as a result of his regime is estimated by international observers and human rights groups to range from 100,000 to 500,000.
- hkej 1dec17 shum article 獨立後，最大土王國布干達依然尾大不掉，令國民忠誠度無所適從。不久奪取大權的軍人阿敏又以獨裁、善變、殘暴、好大喜功著稱，對國內的破壞極其嚴重，包括驅逐主導商業運作的全體印裔人口出境。最終令他下台的是鄰國坦桑尼亞出兵，烏干達又經歷了被佔領的歲月。
- hkej 1dec17 shum article, saying that he is the uganda version of deng xiaoping
- https://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/24/africa/uganda-museveni-comments-trump-trnd/index.html
Less than two weeks after Trump allegedly used a vulgar term to describe nations in the continent, the Ugandan President is applauding him, saying he "talks to Africans frankly."
- Sam Kahamba Kutesa (born 1 February 1949) is a Ugandan politician and lawyer. He is the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Uganda, a position he has held since 13 January 2005 and maintained through three cabinet reshuffles. He is also the elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Mawogola County in Sembabule District. He was the President of the United Nations General Assembly during its 69th session in 2014–2015. He was born on 1 February 1949. He attended Mbarara High School, for his high school studies. Sam Kutesa holds a Bachelor of Laws degree, obtained from Makerere University, back when the institution was part of the University of East Africa. He also holds a Diploma in Legal Practice, obtained from the Law Development Centre in Kampala.From 1973 to 2001 Sam Kutesa was in private law practice. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Mbarara North Constituency from 1980 to 1985 and as Attorney General from 1985 to 1986. Between 1994 and 1995, he served as a delegate to the Constituent Assembly that drafted the 1995 Ugandan Constitution. He was elected MP for Mawogola County in 2001 and was re-elected in 2006. He was Minister of State for Investment from 2001 to 2005. President Yoweri Museveni appointed Sam Kutesa as Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2005,[5] following the death of James Wapakhabulo.In 2011, Kutesa was accused in a parliamentary investigation of receiving bribes as kickbacks from Irish oil firm Tullow Oil.[6] Despite calls from MPs for him to resign along with the others accused, a lawyer, Severino Twinobusingye, managed to successfully sue the Attorney General and halt the proceedings and to block the calls for resignation.[6] Following further suspicion around the incident as a result of Tullow Oil’s court case with Heritage Oil over its tax on Uganda assets, an ad-hoc parliamentary committee was convened to further investigate the allegations of corruption.
- linked to canada
- Dominic Barton (born 1962) is a Ugandan-born Canadian management consultant and business executive. He was the Managing Director of McKinsey & Company from 2009 to 2018. He is the Canadian Ambassador to China since September 5, 2019. Dominic Barton was born in Kampala, Uganda in 1962.[1][2] Barton's father was an Anglican missionary who helped develop a theology college in Uganda;[3] his mother was a nurse.[4][5] In his childhood, his family's house was occupied by general and future dictator Idi Amin, who was rising to power in Uganda at the time.[4] At age seven, his family moved from Uganda to the community of Sardis, in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
- https://www.ft.com/content/1716af8a-cf7e-11e9-99a4-b5ded7a7fe3f Mr Barton has strong links to China. He was previously based in Shanghai as the firm’s Asia chairman and sits on the advisory board of China Development Bank Capital Group. He has also served as an adjunct professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing. He has long advocated strong commercial ties between Canada and China, telling Bloomberg shortly after the arrest of Ms Meng: “I think there remains lots of business to be done together. That’s what I think we should keep focused on.”
- linked to uk
- John Tucker Mugabi Sentamu (/ˈsɛntəmuː/;[5] Luganda: [sːéːntámû]; born 10 June 1949) is the 97th Archbishop of York, Metropolitan of the province of York and Primate of England. The position of Archbishop of York is the second most senior clerical position in the Church of England after that of Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England. Born near Kampala in present-day Uganda, Sentamu studied law at Makerere University before gaining employment as an advocate of the Supreme Court of Uganda. Speaking out against the regime of President Idi Amin, he was briefly imprisoned before fleeing in 1974 to the United Kingdom, where he devoted himself to Anglicanism, beginning his study of theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge, in 1976 and eventually gaining a doctorate in 1984. He studied for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, and was ordained in 1979. In 1996 he was consecrated as the area Bishop of Stepney and in 2002 moved to the position of Bishop of Birmingham. In 2005 he was appointed to the position of Archbishop of York. Sentamu expresses support for some traditionalist positions within the Church of England, as he has publicly criticized multiculturalism and the legal redefinition of marriage, but contrary to traditional Christian moral teaching, he supports cohabitation before marriage, stating "We are living at a time where some people ... want to test whether the milk is good before they buy the cow."[6] He has also received attention for his vocal criticism of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe.
- Song of Lawino, which is a narrative poem, describes how Lawino's husband, Ocol, the son of the tribal leader of their Acholi tribe, has taken another wife, Clementine, who is educated and acts European. Although Ocol's polygamy is accepted by society, and by Lawino herself, her description of his actions shows that he is shunning Lawino in favour of Clementine. Ocol is also said to be fascinated with the culture of the European colonialists. As an example of this, Lawino says Ocol no longer engages, or has any interest in, the ritualistic African dance but prefers the ballroom-style dances introduced by the colonising Europeans. This loss of culture on the part of Ocol is what disturbs Lawino the most. The poem is an extended appeal from Lawino to Ocol to stay true to his own customs, and to abandon his desire to be white. The book also advocates for the African culture that has been lost by the educated elite. Lawino bemoans her husband's lack of African pride and she romanticizes all that is black. Lawino says "all that is black is beautiful."
USA
- https://face2faceafrica.com/article/ugandan-schools-funded-zuckerberg-gates-accused-teaching-porn, also ft report 25nov16
Russia
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/442825a0-b6bd-11e4-a5f2-00144feab7de.html Uganda has awarded a controversial $4bn oil refinery project to the subsidiary of a Russian state conglomerate with a heavy presence in the arms industry whose chief executive is under US and EU sanctions. RT Global Resources, owned by Russia’s Rostec, a defence and technology corporation whose businesses include manufacturers of weapons such as the Kalashnikov rifle, beat a South Korean consortium to win a tender likely to be worth $3.3bn-$4bn, according to Uganda’s energy ministry. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/02/17/uganda-energy-idUKL5N0VR1JT20150217
France
- https://www.ft.com/content/21d57cd1-960b-38b2-b8d0-593b9fdc673a French energy major Total will raise its stake in a significant oil development in Uganda in east Africa through a deal with Tullow Oil, the UK-listed but Africa-focused exploration company.
asia
- In early August 1972, the President of Uganda, Idi Amin, ordered the expulsion of his country's Asian minority, giving them 90 days to leave the country.[1] At the time of the expulsion, there were approximately 80,000 individuals of South Asian descent in Uganda, of whom 23,000 had had their applications for citizenship both processed and accepted.[2] Although the latter were ultimately exempted from the expulsion, many chose to leave voluntarily.[3] The expulsion took place against a backdrop of Indophobia in Uganda, with Amin accusing a minority of the Asian population of disloyalty, non-integration and commercial malpractice, claims Indian leaders disputed.[2] Amin defended the expulsion by arguing that he was giving Uganda back to the ethnic Ugandan. Many of the expellees were citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies and 27,200 subsequently emigrated to the United Kingdom. Of the other refugees who were accounted for, 6,000 went to Canada, 4,500 refugees ended up in India and 2,500 went to nearby Kenya.[3] In total, some 5,655 firms, ranches, farms, and agricultural estates were reallocated, along with cars, homes and other household goods.
- The presence of South Asians in Uganda was the result of deliberate choices by the British administration (1894–1962).[4] They were brought to the Uganda Protectorate by the British to "serve as a buffer between Europeans and Africans in the middle rungs of commerce and administration".[3] In addition, in the 1890s, 32,000 labourers from British India were brought to Southeast Africa under indentured labour contracts to work on the construction of the Uganda Railway.[5] Most of the surviving Indians returned home, but 6,724 individuals decided to remain in the African Great Lakes after the line's completion.[citation needed] At the time of the expulsion, there were approximately 80,000 individuals of South Asian descent in Uganda, of whom 23,000 had had their applications for citizenship both processed and accepted.[2] A further 50,000 were British passport holders,[1] though Amin himself used the apparently exaggerated figure of 80,000 British passport holders in his initial expulsion speech. The British had invested in the education of the Asian minority, in preference to that of indigenous Ugandans.[4] By the early 1970s, many Indians in Southeast Africa and Uganda were employed in the sartorial and banking businesses[citation needed] and Indophobia was already engrained by the start of Amin's rule in February 1971.[2] While not all Ugandan Asians were well off, they were on average better off than the indigenous communities,[2] constituting 1% of the population while receiving a fifth of the national income.
- Many of the Indians were citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies and 27,200 refugees subsequently emigrated to the United Kingdom. Of the other refugees who were accounted for, 6,000 went to Canada, 4,500 ended up in India and 2,500 went to nearby Kenya. Malawi, Pakistan, West Germany and the United States took 1,000 refugees each, with smaller numbers emigrating to Australia, Austria, Sweden, Norway, Mauritius and New Zealand. About 20,000 refugees were unaccounted for.[3][11] Only a few hundred remained behind.[2]Reluctant to expand its newly introduced immigration quota, the British government had sought agreement from its British overseas territories to resettle them; however, only the Falkland Islands responded positively.[12] Kenya and Tanzania similarly closed their borders with Uganda to prevent an influx of refugees. Some of those expelled were Nizari Ismaili Muslims. The Aga Khan, the Imam of Nizari Ismailis phoned his long-time friend Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Trudeau's government agreed to allow thousands of Nizari Ismailis to immigrate to Canada.[13] The exodus of Ugandan Asians took on a new level of urgency on the September following a telegram from Amin to the UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim, which appeared to Amin was sympathetic to Hitler's treatment of Jews and an airlift was organised.
North korea
- 烏干達外交部周五表示，為執行聯合國制裁，已經驅逐當地的北韓軍事專家及北韓公司的代表，而現時仍身處該國的北韓人，主要是外交人員。外交部官員指，被下令離開的部分北韓人士，來自一間涉及軍火交易、受聯合國及美國制裁的北韓公司。北韓多年來都派出軍事專家，訓練烏干達軍隊。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171021/00180_004.html
chinese
- 烏干達首都坎帕拉一輛私家車疑超速，周日失控衝入一個高爾夫球場後，撞上一棵大樹，車身嚴重變形。車上有四名釀酒廠僱員身亡，包括三名中國人及一名印度人。遺體稍後將移交相關領事館，案故原因有待釐清。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190625/00178_031.html
- visit by leaders
- China would like to enhance cooperation with Uganda in such areas as infrastructure, trade, energy, agriculture, disease prevention and control, human resources, industrial zones and tourism, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday. Xi made the remark while meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The two leaders witnessed the signing of a number of cooperation documents after their talks. They also agreed to upgrade the bilateral relationship to a comprehensive partnership of cooperation.https://www.chinadailyhk.com/articles/246/18/117/1561516143142.html?newsId=86993
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170615/00178_004.html烏干達總統上月認為中國大使館兩名外交人員涉嫌以烏干達中轉從非洲多國走私象牙，並指示相關部門徹查，事件一度引發外交風波，惟調查結果卻表明指控並非屬實，烏干達方面日前向中國正式道歉，冀緩和緊張的外交關係，中國外交部昨對此表示讚賞。
- agriculture
- A Chinese-invested phosphate fertilizer plant, which is believed to be the first such plant in East Africa and marks the first phase of a 2.8 billion yuan ($410 million) industrial park in Uganda, is scheduled to start operations on Oct 23. The plant will use poly metallic mineral resources in Sukulu, Uganda, and have an installed capacity to produce 100,000 metric tons of fertilizer every year, said Lyu Weidong, chairman of Guangzhou Dongsong Energy Group Co, the main investor of the China (Guangdong)-Uganda International Industrial Cooperation Park.http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201809/04/WS5b8ddedea310add14f3896b2.html
- By almost doubling Uganda's electricity generation capacity, two new dams on the Nile River, scheduled to begin operations within two years, will help transform the business attractiveness of the country. The Isimba Dam, which is being built by China International Water & Electric Corp, will generate 183 megawatts every year. And the Karuma Dam, being built by Sinohydro, will generate 600 mW a year. Uganda now has total electricity generation capacity of about 810 mW. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201809/05/WS5b8f1cafa310add14f389a1b.html
- Deep in the tunnels dug below River Nile in northern Uganda, Chinese engineers together with their Ugandan counterparts assemble turbines that will generate electricity at the country's largest hydropower plant.In other parts of the tunnels, local workers under close supervision of Chinese technicians weld metals as concrete trucks come in and out of the tunnels, and outside the tunnels, it is equally busy as workers build several structures. Zheng Zhuqiang, Chinese ambassador to Uganda said that thousands of youths have gained skills as a result of the construction of the Karuma hydropower plant. Construction started in 2013.http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201812/03/WS5c048c91a310eff30328e9b7.html
taiwan
- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20170815/00178_028.html 台北市主辦的世界大學運動會，將於周六舉行揭幕禮，卻傳出東非國家烏干達為了遵守「一個中國政策」，「忠告」代表隊不要參加今年的世大運，以尊重國家的立場。世大運組委會稱，今屆有一個國家臨時缺席，但未透露是否烏干達。
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