By Juma Nsubuga
By last evening, Entebbe International Airport reported that it had facilitated the arrival of 874 delegates to attend the African Union Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Department Programme (CAADP) Summit.
The Summit is taking place at Speke Resort, Munyonyo in Kampala.
The airport according to Eng. Ayub Sooma, the Director Airports and Aviation Security, received seven Heads of State, two Vice Presidents, and the chairman of the African Union, among other delegates.
Eng. Sooma noted that the airport has had a successful facilitation of arriving delegates and continued to handle more.
“We’re equally prepared to manage the departure of the delegates without interruption of the regular airport operations” he said.
CAADP started on January 9 and ends today Saturday with Heads of State Summit. It was officially opened by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja who opened the Agriculture Ministers conference on Wednesday and followed by that of Foreign Affairs ministers which took place yesterday.
President of Angola, H.E Joào Lourenço upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, was received by the Minister of Defence and Veteran Affairs, Hon. Jacob Oboth Oboth, the Ambassador of Uganda to Sudan, H.E Yahya Ssemuddu, Uganda Police Chief Political Commissar, AIGP Ubaldo Bamunoba and Mr. Hillary Bisanga, Director Human Resource Management- Uganda Prisons Service.
