A photo collage of President Museveni, and U.S Secretary of State, Marco Rubio. The two held a phone conversation on trade, commercial and migration cooperation.

The United States of America has moved to reset relations with Uganda, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaking by phone with President Yoweri Museveni about “opportunities to deepen U.S.–Uganda cooperation on migration, reciprocal trade, and commercial ties.”  In a readout attributable to U.S Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott, the U.S  Secretary who spoke to President Museveni yesterday also thanked Uganda for serving as a pillar of regional stability through its peacekeeping roles in East Africa.  The outreach comes as both sides test whether months of friction over rights and aid can give way to a more pragmatic and economics-first…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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