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"As with Uganda, we have deepened our partnership and our commitment across the vast expanse of Africa," said Modi in a speech to the Ugandan Parliament, all of which first by an Indian prime minister. "We are also opening 18 new embassies in Africa."
Modi also thanked Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for encouraging Ugandans of South Asian descent to return to the country after their expulsion by dictator Idi Amin in 1972.
"Your Visionary Leadership has allowed Ugandans of Indian descent to return to their cherished homes, resume their lives and rebuild the nation they love deeply, "Modi said.
He announced that plans were underway to build a Gandhi heritage center Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement in eastern Uganda, who has lived in several African countries for more than two decades.
In his animated speech to Parliament, Modi said that even though India was fighting for independence, it bore the fate of Africa.
"Mahatma Gandhi firmly believed that the freedom of India would remain incomplete as long as Africa remained in slavery," he said.
"We were strongly opposed to apartheid in South Africa I CA. We took strong and bold positions in ancient Rhodesia – which is now Zimbabwe, in Guinea Bassa, Angola and in Namibia, "he told legislators in the parliament
" We want to implement 118 credit lines with a value of 11 billions of dollars in more than 40 African countries. More than 8,000 young Africans are trained in India. Our efforts will be determined by your priorities. We fought against colonialism together, we will fight for prosperity together, "he said in the Ugandan newspaper Daily Monitor
The Indian Prime Minister is on a five-day tour of Africa.
During his trip to Rwanda, Mr. Modi met Monday with President Paul Kagame on India's investments in critical areas of the country and announced that India would open a high commission in the country.Kigali Genocide Memorial Center in the capital of Rwanda where he laid a wreath in commemoration of the massacres of Rwandans in the 1994 genocide.
Modi left Uganda for the first time. South Africa where he is currently attending the BRICS summit in Johannesburg.
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