Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Uganda)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is a cabinet-level government ministry responsible for the implementation and management of Uganda's foreign policy and international activity.^[1]

Location

The headquarters of the ministry are located at 2A Colville Street, on Nakasero Hill, in the Central Division of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda.^[2] The coordinates of the headquarters are: 0°18'55.0"N, 32°35'06.0"E (Latitude:0.315267; Longitude:32.584990).^[3]

Overview

The history of the ministry dates back to the independence of Uganda on 9 October 1962. Initially it was administratively under the Office of the Prime Minister. In 1971, it became a fully fledged ministry.^[4] In 1966, the position of State Minister for International Affairs was created, and in 1988 the position of State Minister for Regional Affairs was added.^[1]

Political leadership

As of October 2016, the Minister of Foreign Affairs is Sam Kutesa, since 2005. The state minister for international affairs is Henry Oryem Okello, since 2005. Effective 1 March 2015, Philemon Mateke serves at the state minister for regional affairs.^[1][5][6]

Organizational structure

Administratively, the ministry is divided into two directorates (a) Directorate of International Cooperation and (b) Directorate of Regional Cooperation.^[7]

It also has he following departments: (1) Department of Finance and Administration; which is responsible for financial and administrative matters.^[8] (2) Department of Internal Audit; is responsible for risk assessment and design of mitigating strategies. The department "is responsible in ensuring that all systems, controls, regulations and procedures are adequate and effective".^[9] (3) Resource Centre; is the department responsible for communications, public & media relations, ICT issues, training and follow-up of ministerial and ambassador conferences and related matters.^[10] (4) Department of the African Union; is responsible for design, implementing and coordinating the execution of the national policy towards the African Union.^[11]

(5) Department of Diaspora Services; is responsible for he development, execution and monitoring of policies affecting Ugandans living and working outside of the country's borders. I was created in 2007.^[12] (6) Department of Asia and Pacific Region; is responsible for the development, implementation and coordination of policies and programs regarding relations with the countries of Asia, the Pacific Rim and the Pacific Ocean.^[13] (7) Department of East African Community and Ring States Department; is responsible for developing, implementing and cordinating goement ooicis nd programs towards the countries of the East African Community, the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development.^[14] (8) Department of European Relations; is responsible for formulating, implementing and coordinating Uganda's relations with the countries in Europe.^[15]

List of ministers

Since independence from the United Kingdom, on 9 October 1962, Uganda has had the following as her foreign affairs minders:^[1][4]

The list of state ministers for international affairs since 1966 is given here.^[1] Listed here, is the list of state ministers for regional affairs, since 1988.^[1]

See also

• East African Community
• Foreign relations of Uganda
• List of diplomatic missions of Uganda
• History of Uganda

References

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Coordinates: 00°18′55″N 32°35′06″E / 0.31528°N 32.58500°E / 0.31528; 32.58500