By Our Reporters
Its officially confirmed Rwandan President Paul Kagame will this palm Sunday commence a one day working visit to Uganda where he will have one on one bilateral talks with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni following a sharp disagreement that saw our President suddenly call off a last week trip to Kigali where he was to participate in the African Continental Free Trade Area Treaty signing along with fellow heads of state. Museveni cancelled following a sharp disagreement between his security detail advance team and the guys manning things on the Rwandan side. Instead Uganda was represented at the land mark event by Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa who, while there, is understood to have initiated many diplomatic engagements to expeditiously get the two brotherly leaders directly talking soonest. The security incident attracted anxiety and sparked a very polarizing debate that left many fearing for possible escalation in diplomatic relations that have evidently been deteriorating following the Ugandan authorities action purging the police force of elements that have previously been aiding Rwandan security services efforts to forcefully repatriate refugees and asylum seekers from Uganda. Comments recently attributed to Rwandan foreign affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo (also Rwandan government spokesperson), allegedly made at a Kigali news conference, only made worse an already complicated situation. We only hope and pray that the Kagame palm Sunday surprise visit, that reliable sources confirm resulted from a lot of effort by super rich Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa, succeeds in becoming a new beginning towards rapid de-escalation and re-normalization of relations between the two countries that, according to analyst Asuman Bisika, inseparably need each other. It will be recalled that several weeks ago, Kutesa flew to Kigali and held long meetings with Kagame to whom he reportedly delivered a special message from President Museveni. He was in Kigali actually not just as Foreign Affairs Minister but as the President’s special envoy meaning he was in town for a specific (as opposed to general) assignment.
