Uganda, Feb. 4 -- Office buildings and ambassador's residences in at least six of Uganda's 31 diplomatic missions around the world are in a sorry state and require either demolition to pave way for the construction of new structure or major facelifts.

Some of the affected missions include: the embassy in Washington DC, in the USA; the Uganda High Commission in Ottawa, Canada; the mission in Brussels, Belgium; Uganda's mission at the United Nations (UN) in New York; and Uganda's embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark.

A report of the Auditor General for the period ending June 2023, which was recently released to Parliament, says the state of the buildings in question do "not reflect a good image of the country."

Mr Vincent Bagiire, the Permanen...