Presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni, who is also the President of Uganda, has taken a break from the campaigns.
The President is in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the invitation of the country’s leaders for a two-day state visit.
Museveni, who left the country on Sunday, was seen off at Entebbe International Airport by the head of public service and secretary to the Cabinet, John Mitala; the Inspector General of Police, Gen. Kale Kayihura; the Air Force base commander, Col. Moses Amanya and the deputy commissioner general of prisons, James Mwanje.
According to a statement from State House, Museveni was received at King Khaled International Airport in the Saudi Arabia capital Riyadh by Faisal Bin Bandar, the governor of Riyadh province and a Ugandan delegation that included foreign affairs minister Sam Kutesa.
Other Ugandan officials who received the President include the country’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Jordan and Yemen, Dr. Rashid Yahaya Ssemundu, the Minister for General Duties in the Prime Minister’s office, Tarsis Kabwegyere; energy ministry permanent secretary, Kabagambe Kaliisa and his counterpart from the gender ministry, Pius Bigirimana.
Museveni was later ushered into the Al Yammamah palace by the custodian of two mosques, Salman Bin Abudulaziz Al Saud, where offcers and men of the country’s armed forces performed formal welcome ceremonies for the Ugandan leader.
State House said the President will hold talks with the deputy crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, ministers, president of the Islamic Development Bank, Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ali Al Madan and the secretary general of the Organisation of Islamic Conference, Dr. Iyad Ameen Madani.
Museveni is also expected to address Saudi Arabians and Ugandans living in one of the world’s largest oil producer. He will also tour industries in Almara’e. Uganda and Saudi Arabia entered into an agreement for the employment of 3,000 Ugandans.
