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Museveni tries to connect with Uganda's youth via Kaguta Foundation

Advised by the children of the Ugandan leader, the Kaguta Foundation is very active in promoting the president's track record and has been focusing on two issues in particular on social media: east African integration and the revival of inter-generational dialogue. [...] (325 words)

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