London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has made a passionate plea to the British business community to invest in Africa and in Uganda in particular. He said the British they have the capital, skills, entrepreneurship and knowledge to make profit while the continent needs to create …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent. Features, news analysis. COVER STORY Bad oil deal: Museveni fight with oil firms threatens major project THE LAST WORD Africa’s highway to a dead-end: Why our obsession with foreign direct investment as a driver of our …
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London, UK | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said issues of illegal wildlife trade cannot be divorced from poverty and that countries must strive to get their people out of poverty through sustainable tourism, investments, trade and industrialization, adding that the structure of the society in Africa needs …
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Kyotera, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has re-echoed the need for Ugandans to change their mindset and carry out commercialized agriculture so as to increase their household income and become wealthy. The President was addressing the nation during the 56th Independence Day celebrations held at Kasasa …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has paid tribute to former Tanzanian President, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere for playing a leading role in the liberation of Africa. The President made the remarks at Makerere University where he delivered an inaugural lecture and launched the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere …
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Why our democracy will not be strengthened by a violent contest but dialogue and compromise THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The current struggle between President Yoweri Museveni on the one hand and the two most popular opposition groups to wit Defiance led by Dr. Kizza Besigye, and …
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Angry Museveni renegotiates contract, gets bribes list Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | President Yoweri Museveni has been told, according to insiders, a Chinese contractor paid officials and commission agents a whooping $ 200 million (approx.750bn) in order to secure a contract to construct the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Insiders say …
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Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | The Aug.24 trial of former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kale Kayihura at the General Court Martial has brought to an end speculation about how President Yoweri Museveni intends to deal with his former police chief. The police chief has been a subject of several …
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SGR: Chinese contractor faces boot as Kutesa camp returns Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | President Yoweri Museveni is renegotiating the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) contract – again. And the negotiations are not going his way, meaning that once again the project is likely to be delayed even more. …
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Kampala, Uganda | AFP | South Sudan’s warring leaders agreed to a power-sharing deal in Uganda Saturday that will see the rebel leader return to his position as vice president, Sudan’s foreign minister said. “It has been agreed that there will be four vice presidents: the current two vice presidents, plus …
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