{"id":76030,"date":"2024-08-19T12:27:41","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T09:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=76030"},"modified":"2024-08-19T13:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T10:42:48","slug":"ugandans-urged-to-lead-in-promoting-countrys-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/ugandans-urged-to-lead-in-promoting-countrys-image\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugandans urged to lead in promoting country\u2019s image"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Winfred Watenya<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ugandans have been asked to rise high above the negative portrayal of the country\u2019s image as one of the ways to not only show their patriotism but also make it an attractive destination for investment and tourism.<\/p>\n

The media has been awash with news of the reported inappropriate behaviour of Uganda\u2019s representatives to diplomatic missions in Canada and Dubai (UAE), largely portraying what has been termed as a “negative image” of the country.<\/p>\n

However, speaking to NTV on Monday morning, Ahmed Hadji, a foreign policy analyst and Executive Director, Center for Policy and Strategic Studies (CPSS) said these are isolated incidents that should not be used as a yardstick for the health and stability of Uganda\u2019s diplomatic infrastructure.<\/p>\n

He added that even while investigations into the two incidents continue, Ugandans need to be at the forefront of promoting a positive national image.<\/p>\n

“I think it is our job as Ugandans to raise beyond the headlines. These isolated cases are not a representation of the entire diplomatic space. Our job as citizen diplomats is to speak good of our country even when we feel certain things are not working out,” he said.<\/p>\n

He also emphasized the need to professionalise Uganda\u2019s diplomacy with focus on a review of how diplomats are identified, prepared, and deployed and setting clear measurable targets that are in line with the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n

Foreign affairs state minister Okello Oryem also confirmed earlier that the Canadian government had indeed declared Ambassador Joy Ruth Acheng persona non grata over alleged inappropriate behaviour, and would return to the country on Wednesday this week and wait for the President to determine her fate.<\/p>\n

He however quickly added that Canada\u2019s decision would not in any way affect its relations with Uganda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Winfred Watenya Ugandans have been asked to rise high above the negative portrayal of the country\u2019s image as one of the ways to not only show their patriotism but also make it an attractive destination for investment and tourism. The media has been awash with news of the reported inappropriate behaviour of Uganda\u2019s representatives to diplomatic missions in Canada and Dubai (UAE), largely portraying what has been termed as a “negative image” of the country. However, speaking to NTV on Monday morning, Ahmed Hadji, a foreign policy analyst and Executive Director, Center for Policy and Strategic Studies (CPSS) said these are isolated incidents that should not be used as a yardstick for the health and stability of Uganda\u2019s diplomatic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":76031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76030"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}