Your Excellency Yoweri
Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda,
Your Excellencies Heads
of State and Government of the Nile Basin Countries,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Heads of Delegation,
Allow me at the outset
to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to my dear brother, President
Yoweri Museveni and to the brotherly people of Uganda for their gracious
reception and generous hospitality ...