{"id":440053,"date":"2025-04-22T17:17:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=440053"},"modified":"2025-04-22T17:17:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:17:48","slug":"somali-ambassador-to-uganda-meets-immigration-chief-to-address-concerns-of-somali-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/somali-ambassador-to-uganda-meets-immigration-chief-to-address-concerns-of-somali-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali Ambassador to Uganda Meets Immigration Chief to Address Concerns of Somali Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kampala, (SONNA) – Somalia\u2019s Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Fardowsa Mohamed Qanyare, held a meeting with the Director General of Uganda\u2019s Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control, Gen. Apollo Kasiita-Gowa, at her office in Kampala.<\/p>\n

The meeting focused on strengthening bilateral cooperation on immigration and promoting the integration of Somali and Ugandan citizens. Ambassador Fardowsa raised concerns on behalf of the Somali community in Uganda, many of whom are living in the country without formal legal status.<\/p>\n

She emphasized the importance of equitable treatment for Somali nationals, especially given Somalia\u2019s membership in the East African Community (EAC). The ambassador also highlighted the need for fair treatment of Somali students studying in Uganda, comparable to students from other EAC member states.<\/p>\n

In response, Gen. Kasiita-Gowa assured the ambassador that the concerns raised would be addressed and pledged to consult with Uganda\u2019s Ministry of East African Community Affairs to explore appropriate solutions.<\/p>\n

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Kampala, (SONNA) – Somalia\u2019s Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Fardowsa Mohamed Qanyare, held a meeting with the Director General of Uganda\u2019s Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control, Gen. Apollo Kasiita-Gowa, at her office in Kampala. The meeting focused on strengthening bilateral cooperation on immigration and promoting the integration of Somali and Ugandan citizens. Ambassador Fardowsa raised […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":440054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-440053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440057,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440053\/revisions\/440057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}