Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prof. Yash Tandon, a member of the famous gang of four has urged president, Yoweri Museveni to behave like a “Mwalimu” (teacher) by nurturing and handing over power to the young generation. The gang was an influential group of academics including Prof. Tandon, Prof. …
Read More »MPs query UGX 18bn UBC revamp budget
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Budget Committee of parliament has queried the recommendation by the Information Communication and Technology Committee-ICT that Shillings 18.5 billion should be provided to complete the process of revamping the national broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation-UBC. It came after the ICT Committee Chairperson, Annet Nyakecho …
Read More »Rwanda-Uganda feud: Ugandan traders turn to other markets
The impasse lies in the hands of two leaders –President Museveni and Paul Kagame. Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Ugandan traders are slowly turning to other markets in the region to sell their goods as the border standoff between Kigali and Kampala continues into the third month with …
Read More »Police to charge officers for smashing Bobi Wine’s car
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police officers who smashed the vehicle of the Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine on Easter Monday will face the Police Disciplinary Court for excessive usage of force. The officers from the Field Force Unit-FFU smashed Kyagulanyi’s vehicle along Busabala Road on his …
Read More »Museveni speaks out on South African visas
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said Ugandans should get visas on entry in South Africa. Museveni was reacting to reports that several Ugandan tour operators recently had difficulty getting visas while others were denied entry to attend the Indaba Tourism Fair in Durban last week. …
Read More »MUSEVENI: No payment for squatters on Orthodox Church land
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President, Yoweri Museveni has summoned all squatters on the land belonging to the Orthodox Church at Lubya Hill in Namungona in Rubaga Division in Kampala to discuss how to resolve the dispute amicably. He invited the squatters in his speech at a function to …
Read More »Behind teargas for Besigye, house arrest for Bobi Wine
Should opposition trust NRM promise to allow opposition meetings? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | A meeting between leaders of government and political parties on April 25 to discuss how the Uganda Police is implementing the Public Order Management Act (POMA) went badly for the Leader of Opposition in Parliament …
Read More »The road to serfdom
How Ugandans have cultivated a mindset that is making them servants of foreigners in their own country THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | My friend Henry Mayanja left Uganda as a teenager and lived in the UK for 20 years. He worked for the UK government earning a …
Read More »Lessons to Bobi Wine from Besigye
It’s defiance or death Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | An eventful five days from Easter Monday April 22 to Friday April appears to have made something snap in Kyadondo East MP, Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine’s head. It appears that the police’s restriction of his political and musical activities …
Read More »Museveni urges support for investors, warns judges
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans to handle investors with care as they are key to the country’s economic advancement. He also lashed out at judges who he said connive with wananchi to frustrate government projects. “No economy ever developed because of its politicians, …
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