President Yoweri Museveni has appointed former Minister for Water Resources Betty Bigombe the Ambassador of Uganda to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
The president has also appointed Nusura Tiperu one of the nine members representing Uganda in the 3rd East African Legislative Assembly, EALA as the Ambassador of Uganda to Ankara in Turkey.
Bigombe is famous for her work in mediating between government of Uganda and the LRA rebels led by Joseph Kony in the early 90s.
The president released a list of new Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Deputy Ambassadors to the respective brotherly and friendly countries.
Full list here below:
1. Burundi - Maj. Gen. Matayo Kyaligonza;
2. Rome - Amb. Elizabeth Napeeyok
3. Washington DC - Ms. Robbie Kakonge;
4. Copenhagen - Ms. Margaret Bakyira;
5. Dar-es-Salaam - Col. (Rtd) Fred Mwesigye;
6. Khartoum - Dr. Yahaya Rashid Ssemudu;
7. Paris - Ms. Amule Doreen;
8. Kigali - Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Robert Rusoke;
9. New York - Amb. Adonia Ayebare
(Special Envoy);
10. Algiers - Amb. Alintuma Nsambu;
11. New Delhi - Amb. Joyce K. Kikafuunda;
12. Canberra - Amb. Dorothy Hyuha;
13. London - Amb. Nimisha Madhvani;
14. Berlin - Amb. Mubiru Stephen;
15. Ankara - Ms. Nusura Tiperu;
16. Kuala-Lumper - Ms. Betty Bigombe;
17. Brussels - Amb. Miriam Blaak;
18. Moscow - Mr. Moses Kizige;
19. Abu Dhabi - Amb. Zaake Kibedi;
20. Mogadishu - Prof. Sam Turyamuhika;
21. Abuja - Amb. Nelson Ocheger;
22. Addis Ababa - Amb. Rebecca Otengo;
23. Ottawa - Amb. Ruth Aceng;
24. Cairo - Amb. Sam Male Sebulime;
25. Kinshasa - Hajji. Farid Kaliisa;
26. Juba - Amb. Brig. Ronnie Balya;
27. Doha - Amb. Stephen Chebrot;
28. Tehran - Kisambira Tezikuba Mohammed;
29. Riyadh - Amb. Isaac Sebulime;
30. Nairobi - Amb. Dr. Hassan Galiwango;
31. Beijing - Amb. Oliver Wonekha
32. Geneva - Amb. Mercel R. Tibaleka
33. Tokyo - Ms. Tophas Byagira Kaahwa;
34. Pretoria - Mr. Amoru Paul;
35. Luanda - Col. (Rtd) Julius Kihaanda;
36. Guanzhou - Ms. Nsababeera Judith;
37. Havana - Ms. Musaazi Nabbaka Elizabeth.
Deputy Ambassadors:
1. Cairo - Lt. Gen. Charles Angina;
2. Abuja - Mr. Nnam Alfred;
3. Mogadishu - Maj. Gen (Rtd) Mugisha Nathan;
4. New Delhi - Ms. Margaret Kyogyire.
