By Spy Uganda
Hon. Sam Kahamba Kutesa, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has Saturday met the Chinese ambassador to Uganda Zheng Zhuqiang to discus the plight of Ugandans currently stuck in China, as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lock down.
TheSpy Uganda website this week published an article in which we revealed that several Ugandans are stuck in China after Chinese government officials expelled all Africans from hotels, factories and other buildings, accusing them of allegedly exporting Coronavirus.
We also published an article about a Ugandan mother who is currently trapped in China and starving to death with her two babies, because she has no way of getting food for them and is at the verge of being evicted from her rented apartment because she has no rent, since she hasn’t been working for the past three months.
Pictures of several Africans, among them Ugandans, being herded on streets by Chinese officials have also been doing rounds on social media, with many of them crying out to the government of Uganda to help evacuate them from China.
After the matter of Ugandans trapped in China as a result of the COVID-19 breakout becoming a national issue, minister Kutesa and H.E Zheng Zhuqiang decided to hold a meeting today, so as to drum out ways of assisting helpless Ugandans who are stuck on the Asian country.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about the meeting between Hon. Kutesa and H.E reads in part thus;
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Sam Kutesa today Saturday 11th April 2020 met with the Ambassador of China to Uganda His Excellency Zheng Zhuqiang on the Matter regarding the situation of Ugandans in China.
The Minister conveyed the serious concern of the Government of Uganda on the harassment and mistreatment of its nationals. He called on the Government of China to urgently intervene and address the plight of Ugandans in China.
The Ambassador assure the Minister that China values its relationship with Uganda and other African countries. He said that the Government was taking steps to address the matter and undertook to take up the concerns of the Government of Uganda with the relevant authorities in China.
The meeting was attended by the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs , Amb. Patrick Mugoya and Uganda’s Ambassador to China, Dr Crispus Kiyonga.
