Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has given Uganda Cranes a sh3.7 billion ($1million) reward for their performance at the ongoing Africa Nations Cup finals. The team returned today from Cairo, where they were knocked out at the Last-16 stage by Senegal. This is the first time …
Read More »Fight over UTL
The powerful people behind Bemanya Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL) looks like a typical company in shambles. In April 2017 it run to court to block a petition seeking to wound it up partly owing to Shs709 billion debts it had accumulated over the years. …
Read More »New Sudan leader Gen. Abdel Fattah visits Uganda
Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Head of the Sudan Transitional Military Council Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan today visited Uganda and had brief talks with President Yoweri Museveni at the Mbale State Lodge, east of the country. Gen. Abdel Fattah briefed Museveni on the situation in Sudan and discussed a …
Read More »UTL: How Museveni overruled Anite
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Twebaze Bemanya, the Registrar General, Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), will remain the administrator of Uganda Telecom and continue with the process of identifying an investor to partner with government to revamp it, President Yoweri Museveni has directed. The president’s directive was first …
Read More »Museveni orders Otafiire on UTL, Bemanya stays
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has written to Justice Minister Kahinda Otafire, warning that no action should be taken on Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL), without Cabinet approval. “As I have guided on several occasions, given the strategic importance of UTL to the economy, government has been …
Read More »COMMENT: Respect inherent right of public assembly
Museveni is wrong to advise that Ugandans with views that don’t sound sweet to him shouldn’t rally COMMENT | MUKALAZI DEUS | President Yoweri Museveni on May 5, 2019 published an essay titled “Article on legitimate public assemblies.” In the article, the President maintains that if one is desirous of …
Read More »Engineering life presidency
How President Yoweri Museveni has twisted Uganda’s constitution with changes that could see him rule for life COMMENT | MOSES KHISA | For a period of time between 1986 and the early 2000s Uganda was considered to be a country committed to democratic reform. But in recent years the democratic …
Read More »Budget of big ‘ifs’
Why Shs40.5trilion may not deliver government promise of inclusive growth and shared prosperity Kampala, Uganda | JOSEPH WERE | Uganda on June 13 announced its biggest budget ever which, at Shs40.5 trillion (Approx. US$10.7 billion), has been described as ambitious and upbeat. But its promise it not matched by its …
Read More »Museveni calls for equitable trade as China-Africa Expo opens
Beijing, China | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has stressed that enhancing the purchasing power of all the global citizens is key to creating greater trade potential and, therefore, prosperity for more people. Museveni said this as he delivered a keynote address at the opening of the first China-Africa Trade …
Read More »Kadaga cautions MPs about speaking to Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has cautioned legislators on engaging president, Yoweri Museveni directly on matters concerning parliament. In her communication to parliament on Tuesday, Kadaga expressed disappointment about what she described as indiscipline among some legislators who address the president on issues …
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