David Babington-Smith led a delegation of CPTM Smart Partners, to meet His Excellency, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the President of Uganda and Patron of the Smart Partnership Movement, at State House, Entebbe.
The delegation included CPTM Director, His Excellency Professor Sam Tulya-Muhika, Uganda Ambassador to Somalia, and the Rt Hon Rebecca Kadaga, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for East African Affairs and Uganda Coordinator for CPTM. Assistance for the meeting, and more broader support for the CPTM revival, was generously provided by Her Excellency Nimisha Madhvani, Uganda High Commissioner to the UK. Nine other Smart Partners and representatives of the youth were also present including Mr Mark Byaruhanga and Mr Thaddeo Kasaija, Country Coordinators for the Smart 29ers.
At the meeting the President reiterated his strong support of the Smart Partnership movement, and his commitment to continue as Patron.
As part of the re-imagination process, which is centred around Food & Nutrition Security in Africa, His Excellency generously agreed to host a Side Event at the NAM/G77 Summit in Kampala in January 2024 for Heads of Government in the region.
Invitations to this exciting event will shortly be dispatched by His Excellency the President.