乌干达企业家温妮弗雷德·卡比里在南非合法生活20年后，因当地仇外暴力升级被迫离开。[1]乌干达政府于7月完成首批遣返行动，通过6架撤离航班从约翰内斯堡送回1102名乌干达侨民。[1]
卡比里在南非期间获得了两个大学学位和一个研究生资格，建立了多个企业，涉及商品贸易、采矿、房地产和香水制造等领域。[1]她被迫放弃了这些多年积累的业务。[1]同样的困境也发生在其他返回者身上——返回者巴古玛在约翰内斯堡投资的宾馆、餐厅和零售业务在动乱中遭到破坏和抢劫。[1]南非自1990年代末以来反复爆发仇外暴力事件。[1]
为帮助返回者度过难关，乌干达政府为这些侨民提供心理支持、健康评估和方向引导，同时启动了农业、旅游、科技和小型商业发展计划。[1]
Winnifred Kabiri, a Ugandan entrepreneur who had built a life in South Africa over two decades, was among more than 1,100 nationals evacuated from the country in July due to escalating xenophobic violence [1]. The Ugandan government completed its first phase of repatriation that month, deploying six evacuation flights from Johannesburg to return 1,102 Ugandan citizens to their homeland [1].
During her 20 years in South Africa, Kabiri earned two university degrees and a postgraduate qualification while establishing multiple business ventures, including commodity trading, mining, real estate, and perfume manufacturing [1]. Like many returnees, she was forced to abandon these accumulated investments and livelihoods. Another returnee, Baguma, similarly lost hotel, restaurant, and retail businesses in Johannesburg to destruction and looting during the unrest [1]. South Africa has experienced recurring cycles of xenophobic violence since the late 1990s [1].
To support those returning, the Ugandan government has implemented reintegration programs offering psychological counseling, health assessments, orientation services, and development initiatives in agriculture, tourism, technology, and small business entrepreneurship [1]. Despite these efforts, returnees face the significant challenge of rebuilding their lives from scratch in Uganda after decades abroad [1].