Why Zaake Francis is on a visit to the Republic of Turkey

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The Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Ankara,Turkey has taken note of the false, misleading online news articles alleging that Zaake MP Mityana Municipality, travelled to the Turkey to visit Mr. Fred Lumbuye.

The Embassy would like to clarify that Zaake Francis travelled to Turkey as part of a Delegation of Parliamentary Commissioners & other members of Parliament on Official Government business to undertake a benchmarking visit at the request of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda.

The visit is being coordinated by the Ugandan Embassy in Ankara with the relevant authorities of the Republic of Turkey.The Delegation arrived on 5th -8- 2021 & is scheduled to meet with the different managements of of Atlas University Hosp MedicalPark Hosp & Liv Hosp in Istanbul.

The meeting is aimed at discussing mechanisms of cooperation between these hospitals & Parliament. Media reports alleging that the Hon. MP travelled to Turkey for any other purposes other than official Government business are misleading & should be disregarded.

Steve Mungereza
Steve Mungereza
Sociopolitical Analyst. Coverage of National and Regional news stories.

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