The latest news reports indicate that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a visa ban on Ugandans with effect from January 2026.
This comes shortly after the BBC Africa report in the ‘African Eye’ news where Charles Mwesigwa, a Ugandan based in Dubai, connived with other Ugandans in trafficking Ugandan girls for sex in Dubai.
According to public opinion, the ban is going to affect the labour export industry, tour operators and a big section of the business community, and many think the country now needs a strong and devoted foreign affairs mission to begin talks with the UAE leadership to lift the ban.
Whereas Mwesigwa made Uganda popular for the wrong reasons, it’s unfair for every Ugandan with good intentions of travelling to Dubai, to take bear the brunt for the evils of Mwesigwa and his group.
