Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Division of High Court is stuck with an application filed by a Ugandan national Musoke Moses Kinene Ziringwira against US president, Donald Trump and his predecessor, Barack Hussein Obama. They are jointly sued with Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni and Kabaka Ronald Muwenda …
Read More »Oxfam to Museveni: Provide leadership on gender equality
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | International Charity Organisation Oxfam has appealed to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to provide leadership on gender issues. Lydia Zigomo, the Regional Director for the Horn, East and Central Africa at Oxfam, says political leadership is key in efforts towards gender equality. According to …
Read More »Uganda’s messiah complex
Inside our overblown expectations and the religious origins of our hopes and frustrations THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | In February, my mother (84) visited Germany. Driving from the airport to the city of Cologne, she was impressed by the highways, flyovers and majestic buildings of that country. …
Read More »Museveni won’t print 2021 elections money
‘No’ to printing elections money, but is raiding the budget any better? Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Hidden in plain sight. That is what President Yoweri Museveni’s campaign money for the 2021 election looks set to be, according to experts. They say the money is this time in the …
Read More »Museveni attributes persistent power outages to use of old electric poles, wires
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has attributed the persistent power blackouts to the continued use of old electric poles and transmission wires. Many districts in the country, including Gulu and Arua, are experiencing acute power shortages and there hasn’t been any clear explanation despite the country generating …
Read More »Museveni lists same bills as last Year.
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni listed the same government Bills for parliament to handle in the coming year as he did in his 2018 Address. Museveni on Thursday delivered the State of the Nation address on the achievements made by the government in the past year, the …
Read More »Gov’t completed only four irrigation schemes
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Museveni in his State of the Nation said Doho Irrigation scheme in Butalega district, Mubuku Irrigation scheme in Kasese district, Agoro in Lamwo district and Olweny in Lira district were complete. He said physical works for Mubuku II and Doho II were on going. …
Read More »Museveni silent on Uganda-Rwanda conflict, disturbing-Opposition
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the opposition have said that President Yoweri Museveni’s silence on the ongoing conflict between Uganda and Rwanda is a disturbing development. They argue that President Museveni’s State of the Nation address, delivered this evening, was inadequate and merely ceremonial because it left …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Uganda’s per capital income up
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita is now equivalent to $800, President Yoweri Museveni stated in his State of the Nation Address this afternoon. Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product per capita was last recorded at $666.61 in 2017. It averaged 439.43 USD from 1982 …
Read More »Uganda and Rwanda’s slippery slope
Why the current situation between Kampala and Kigali needs to be deescalated before it leads to disaster THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | The conflict between Uganda and Rwanda is escalating and, if not arrested, will most likely lead to war. Last week, Uganda claimed that Rwandan troops …
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