Tag Archives: Museveni

Museveni feels heat of homosexuality bill COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | Sign it. Sign it. Sign it. That is the clamour confronting President Yoweri Museveni from all directions regarding the Anti-Homosex The latest salvo of demands that he signs it came this Easter holiday from leaders of various Christian faiths. …

Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | President Yoweri Museveni has asked cultural leaders not to divide people based on tribes and religion. The President said this while speaking to some clan heads from Buganda at State House Entebbe on Wednesday. The group was led by the State Minister for Information Technology …

Local Content Bill passed, procurement of EAC goods approved Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has considered President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s recommendation on prioritisation of procurement of goods, works and services from the East African region under the passed National Local Content Bill, 2022. President Museveni returned the Bill, …

Moscow, Russia | TASS | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will attend the second Russia-Africa Summit, due to be held in St. Petersburg in July, Museveni said in an exclusive interview with TASS First Deputy Director-General Mikhail Gusman. “I will definitely come to St. Petersburg in July. In this issue, the …

Corruption, homosexuality and Muhoozi as seen through the president’s address to parliament COMMENT | IAN KATUSIIME | In his address to Parliament on March 16, President Yoweri Museveni did not mention a word about the iron sheets; the raging corruption scandal engulfing his Cabinet where the Vice President, Speaker of Parliament …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah has appealed to President Yoweri Museveni not to assent to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023 passed by Parliament on Tuesday evening. “President Yoweri Museveni must urgently veto this appalling legislation, which was passed following …

  Kigali, Rwanda | XINHUA | The 11th Joint Permanent Commission between Rwanda and Uganda on Wednesday met in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, aimed at discussing areas of cooperation between the two neighboring countries, the first such forum since the normalization of relations. The three-day meeting signaled that both sides are committed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Wednesday met a team of Investors from Germany at Commonwealth Resort Munyonyo. The delegation was led by Prof. Wolfgang Dietrich who is the Honorary Consul of Uganda to Germany based in Hamburg. The team came to discuss opportunities for investment …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has called upon NRM parliamentary whips to support government efforts of adding value to agricultural products before export. In a meeting held at State House Entebbe, the President told the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Regional Whips that coffee, cotton, maize, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has reiterated his position against homosexuality, saying that the act is a deviation from normal. Museveni made the statement while addressing Parliament on Thursday in a sitting held at Kololo Independence grounds. In a brief statement about the issue that continues …