Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The presentation of a poem that prosecution says is loutish and allegedly written to insult the person of the president, received mixed reactions as the trial of researcher Dr Stella Nyanzi kicked off at Buganda Road Court Wednesday. The poem was posted on Stella …
Read More »Museveni directs attorney general to expedite validation of Lango claimants
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President, Yoweri Museveni has directed the Attorney General to expedite the validation of Lango claimants before government pays them. More than 72, 000 people in Lango Region through their lawyer, Dr. Alex Bashasha of Bashasha and Company Advocate successfully sued government in 2011 demanding for …
Read More »Museveni accepts call to serve another term
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has agreed to run in the 2021 elections after two of the top organs of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) urged him to. “I thank my Colleagues in CEC and the NRM Parliamentary Caucus for forwarding my name to continue adding …
Read More »BUBU initiative gathers steam amid criticism
Amelia Kyambadde, the Minister for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, has made no secret of her ‘Buy Uganda Build Uganda’ initiative. Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | She took another step on March 07 to promote the country’s manufactured products with the launch of a three-day first expo and online portal …
Read More »Uganda’s strategic dilemma
Why Uganda’s economy is dominated by multinational capital and what cannot be done about it THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Uganda is facing a dilemma. The country is investing tens of billions of dollars in huge infrastructure projects – dams, airports, highways, bridges, railways, water systems etc. …
Read More »Mutebile, Kasekende, Muhakanizi set to leave
MUTEBILE: What happens next? Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Anxiety is building about what the future holds for management of Uganda’s economy as the curtain slowly comes down on three prominent figures; Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime Mutebile, his deputy Louis Kasekende at Bank of Uganda, Secretary to the Treasury …
Read More »Museveni: We cannot afford new districts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that there should be an end to the creation of new administrative units in the country. Opening a retreat of NRM party MPs at the National Leadership Institute-NALI in Kyankwanzi on Friday, Museveni noted that the cost …
Read More »Stop petitioning Museveni to leave power-Mao
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party (DP) President, Norbert Mao has said that opposition parties must move away from writing petitions to President Museveni calling for his retirement. Mao says opposition parties should instead devise other strategies which will make Museveni realize that his continued stay in …
Read More »MPs to ask Museveni to explain Uganda-Rwanda tension at Kyankwanzi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Resistance Movement (NRM) party MPs want President Museveni to explain the on-going tensions between Uganda and Rwanda. The MPs on Wednesday set off for a one-week caucus retreat at the National Leadership Institute Kyankwanzi district, where the party will assess their performance since 2016. …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Free movement of goods in East Africa is key
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has emphasized that the free movement of goods and services is a matter of survival for Uganda, East Africa and Africa. “Supporting one another’s prosperity by buying one another’s goods and services is the correct way. With our united market, we can, …
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