Office of the Senior Presidential Advisor

Dr. Hillary Emmanuel Musoke Kisanja


Senior Presidential Advisor on Agri Business and Value Addition Development, with special duties

The office is charged with the President's programme to move Ugandan agriculture from subsistence to a modern, commercial sector, and with the value addition agenda at the centre of the national economic plan. It carries the President's skilling programme for young people into the value chain, from the four-acre model and the Parish Development Model to the Presidential Skilling Centres. He represents Uganda in continental and international fora, and serves on the board of The African Agenda Forum.

Republic of Uganda, State House

Parliamentary Building, 2nd Floor, Suite J24

Official portrait of the Senior Presidential Advisor.
Photograph: Office of the Senior Presidential Advisor.
In brief

The office in brief

Appointment
Senior Presidential Advisor, Office of the President
Remit
Agri business and value addition development
Continental role
Board Director and Country Director for Uganda, The African Agenda Forum
Office
Parliamentary Building, Kampala
In his words

The mandate in his own words

Africa's future will be grown, not borrowed. From farm to factory to global markets, we must add value to what we produce. The African Agenda Forum is the platform to align policy, investment, and youth in agribusiness so that Africa feeds itself and the world, on our own terms.

The African Agenda Forum

Source: TAAF Grand Launch 2026, The African Agenda Forum

The record

Selected record

Press briefing at the flagging off of the first consignment of processed Ugandan beef to Ethiopia, Kawempe, Kampala, 2 June 2026.
Press briefing at the flagging off of the first consignment of processed Ugandan beef to Ethiopia, Kawempe, Kampala, 2 June 2026.Photograph: Presidential Press Unit, State House Uganda.
2 June 2026

First processed beef consignment to Ethiopia

Kawempe, Kampala, Uganda

Flagged off the first consignment of processed Ugandan beef to the Diamond Hotel and Restaurant Group in Ethiopia at a press briefing at the Ranchers Finest premises in Kawempe, Kampala.

Source: Uganda's Ranchers Finest Ships First Consignment Of Processed Beef To Ethiopia, State House Uganda

Launching the Trends Agro demonstration farm, Wakiso district, 21 June 2024.
Launching the Trends Agro demonstration farm, Wakiso district, 21 June 2024.Photograph: Presidential Press Unit, State House Uganda.
21 June 2024

Trends Agro demonstration farm launch

Wakiso district

The Trends Agro demonstration farm was launched in Wakiso district, carrying the four-acre model and Hass avocado.

Source: Demonstration Farm Launched In Wakiso, State House Uganda

31 October 2026

Hilton Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

The African Agenda Forum, launch

The Forum launched on 31 October 2026 at the Hilton Hotel in Nairobi under the theme "Unstoppable Africa: Shaping the Next Decade". Uganda's country director sits on the Forum board, with a focus on African production and value addition.

Source: TAAF Grand Launch 2026, The African Agenda Forum

Recent engagements

The latest

The complete record

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