Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni wants all Ugandans to join in the efforts to promote Uganda as a favorable tourism destination. Museveni, in a speech delivered by the Vice President, Jessica Alupo while presiding over the opening ceremony of this year’s Pearl Of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE …
Read More »Museveni sends condolences over death of Iranian president
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has sent a message of condolences to the government and people of Iran following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and several others in a helicopter crash on Sunday. In a statement issued late Wednesday, Museveni said he could see a …
Read More »Gov’t targets USD 5 billion in coffee production chain
Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that the Government is targeting to increase Uganda’s coffee revenue from 1 Billion US dollars to 5 Billion Dollars from the coffee value chain. The President was speaking on Tuesday in Karuhungu Rwashamaire Town Council, Ntungamo District after inspecting …
Read More »End of a long honeymoon
Why the relationship between Museveni and the West is falling apart and little can be done about it THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The honeymoon between President Yoweri Museveni and Western countries, especially the U.S. and UK, is over. It will be very difficult to rekindle the love between these …
Read More »Kenya, Uganda sign agreements to enhance bilateral cooperation
NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya and Uganda on Thursday signed a number of agreements to enhance bilateral cooperation. One of the agreements allows Uganda to import and transit refined petroleum products through Kenya from producer jurisdictions, resolving challenges faced by Uganda’s petroleum sector, Kenyan President William Ruto said. “We …
Read More »Museveni arrives in Kenya for official visit
NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni arrived in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Wednesday for a three-day state visit. Museveni, who was greeted by Kenyan Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi, is scheduled to engage in bilateral discussions with his …
Read More »‘Museveni has not written letter on Service Awards’
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State House has issued a statement, warning that a letter circulating on social media purportedly authored by the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni, is forged. In the letter that is circulating, the AG, IGG, DPP and NRM caucus are questioned as to why …
Read More »Museveni sustains Electronic Fiscal Receipting System (EFRIS)
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has maintained the use of the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solutions (EFRIS), for Value Added Tax collections. He, however, advised the Uganda Revenue Authority to suspend fines and penalties for non-compliant traders and instead encouraged dialogue between taxpayers and tax collectors. …
Read More »Museveni tells tea farmers: Take on high value crops
Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked farmers to diversify from the traditional tea growing to other high commercial value crops. In his address during the National Labour’s day celebrations held in Mukabura playground in Fort Portal Tourism City, Museveni said tea doesn’t have high global …
Read More »Scholars reveal why Museveni has ruled for decades
SPECIAL REPORT | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers have published a book detailing political tactics that it says President Yoweri Museveni has utilized to rule Uganda for close to four decades. The “Autocratization in Contemporary Uganda Clientelism, Coercion, and Social Control” was launched on Monday. It says Uganda has since the return …
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