FULL LIST: 16 heads of state to attend Museveni inauguration

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FULL LIST: 16 heads of state to attend Museveni inauguration

11:35 CAT | 11 May 2016

Twitter / Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo President of Equatorial Guinea upon arrival at Entebbe International airport, on Wednesday, May 11 2016

The Uganda government has released a list of 16 heads of State have confirmed their plans to grace President Yoweri Museveni’s inauguration on May 12.

Notable African leaders who will be received in Uganda this week are Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, South Africa’s Jacob Zuma, South Sudan’s Salva Kiir and Tanzanian strongman John Pombe Magufuli.

Other African states will dispatch Vice Presidents, Prime Ministers and senior ministers for the much-anticipated event.

Observers say government intends to reaffirm President Museveni’s legitimacy in the wake of a disputed election.

Below is the list in full of Presidents and top government officials who have confirmed their attendance of the function:

COUNTRY		ARRIVAL
Republic of Zimbabwe	President Robert Mugabe	11/6/2016
Republic of South Africa	President Jacob Zuma	11/5/2016 18h15
Kingdom of Lesotho	King Letsie III	10/5/2016 – SA160 1905HRS
Republic of South Sudan	President Salva Kiir
*United Republic of Tanzania	President John Magufuli (Arrival Ceremony)	11/5/2016 – Private Charter1100HRS
Republic of Kenya	President Uhuru MuigaiKenyatta
Federal Republic of Somalia	President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud
*Republic of Mali	President Ibrahim Boubabacar Keïta (Arrival ceremony)
Togolese Republic	President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé	12/5/2016 – Private Charter
*Republic of Chad	President Idriss Déby Itno (Arrival Ceremony)	11/5/2016
Equatorial Guinea	President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo	11/5/2016
Republic of Zambia	President Edgar Lungu	12/05/2016 – Private Charter
Republic of Namibia	President Hage Geingob	11/5/2016 – Private Charter – 1231HRS
*Republic of Niger	President Mohamadou Issoufou (arrival ceremony)	11/5/2016, privatecharter
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia	H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn and Spouse	12/5/2016
People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria	H.E. Larbi Ould Kelifa,President of the Popular National Assembly
Republic of Angola	Vice President Manuel Vincente	11/5/2016
Republic of Burundi	2^nd Vice President
Kingdom of Swaziland	Rt. Hon. Dr. Barnabas S. Dlamini (Prime Minister)	10/5/2016
Arab Republic of Egypt	Minister
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	H.E Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, Minister of Foreign Affairs	11/05/2016, QR 1387, 1:55 pm
Republic of Cameroon	Prime Minister
United Republic of Tanzania	H.E. Ali Hassan Mwinyi	11/5/2016	13/5/2016
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka	H.E. Mahindra Rajapaksa	11/5/2016	14/5/2016
People’s Republic of China	H.E. Yan Junqi, Vice Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (Deputy Speaker)
Federal Republic of Nigeria	Hon. Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Republic of Niger	President Mohamadou Issoufou	11/5/2016, privatecharter	12/5/2016
Russian Federation	H.E. Mikhail L. Bogdanov(Special Representative for Middle East and Africa, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs)	11/5/16 – PrivateCharter – 1306HRS	13/5/16 – PrivateCharter – 0800HRS
Republic of Rwanda	Speaker of Parliament/ Hon. Prime Minister
Republic of India	Gen. Dr. V. K. Singh (Retd), State Minister of External Affairs	11/5/2016	13/5/2016
Islamic Republic of Mauritania	H.E Mrs. Kadijetou MBareck Fall, State Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation for the Maghreb-African Affairs and Mauritanians abroad	11/5/2016, EK 729 1:50 pm	13/5/2016, EK 730, 3:50 pm
Japan	Mr. Kazunori Tanaka,Member of the House of Representatives and Vice President of the Japan – AU Parliamentary Friendship League	11/5/2016 – EK729- 1350HRS	13/5/2016 – EK730- 1550HRS
Sudan
African Union	H.E. Dr. Aisha Abdullah,Commissioner for Political Affairs
East African Community	H.E. Liberat Mfumukeko	10/5/2016	13/5/2016
		OTHER GUESTS
Former MP Stuggart, Germany		Mr. Rudolf Decker
Director, Pietro Fiorentini Tanzania		Mr. Abdulsamad Abdulrahim