Pakistan Authorities shutdown “fake” Embassy in Uganda run by Angella katatumba

The High Commission for Pakistan in Nairobi has described the honorary Consulate of Pakistani currently operating in Uganda under Ugandan singer and songwriter Angella Katatumba as fake, fictitious and with no legal authority.

In a letter dated March 13, 2018 and copied to the High Commission in Nairobi Kenya, all diplomatic missions, international organisations, consulates and Pakistani Association in Uganda, among others, the commission says the “so-called honorary consulate of Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Uganda had been ceased to function with the demise of Boney Katatumba.”

“This High Commission requests the esteemed ministry of foreign affairs in Uganda, that all concerned authorities in the Republic of Uganda, including the immigration authorities may please be notified after the closure of the Honorary Consulate in Kampala, no consular documents whatsoever purportedly issued by anyone in the name of Consulate Pakistan may be accepted by the Ugandan authorities, “further reads the letter.