Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Exactly 32 years ago on this day, the National Resistance Army (NRA) handed the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) regime a crashing defeat, taking over Kampala after a 5 year bush war. “Uganda’s Liberation, a significant contribution to our present and future development,” will …
Read More »COMMENT: Religiosity and Politicking
A pan Africanist’s comment on the on-going debate between the clergy and Museveni COMMENT | KANT ATEENYI KANYARUSOKE | President Museveni’s year-end address might have rubbed some religious leaders the wrong way. Particularly, Archbishop Kizito Lwanga of Kampala Catholic Archdiocese and Euro-Africa’s David Kayumba were most succinct in their responses. As …
Read More »MUSEVENI: I love Trump for being outspoken
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI & AFP | Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Tuesday commended the United States of America President Donald Trump for reported recent outspoken remarks in which he described Africa as a weak continent. Museveni while opening the first session of the newly composed 4th East African …
Read More »Why Uganda’s President Museveni regrets halting death penalty
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Monday he regretted stopping executions in his “pre-industrial” country, just days after his vow to resume death sentences alarmed rights groups. Museveni last signed a death warrant in 1999 to execute 28 convicts, while execution under military law was last …
Read More »Museveni explains underfunding in judiciary
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has asked Uganda’s judiciary to prioritise cases of murder, sexual crimes, commercial cases and land over others because of scarce resources. “Scattering the little resources we have is very dangerous. When we do this, we do not achieve anything. Homicide, rape, Commercial and …
Read More »‘I will fight for Ugandan coffee’
Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Dr. Albrecht Conze is Germany’s new Ambassador to Uganda. He talked to The Independent’s Ronald Musoke about his first impressions and more. What have been some of your impressions of Uganda since you arrived in the country? I am amazed by the stability in …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Museveni declines to sign GMO bill, to be re-tabled
THIS WEEK: Museveni declines to sign GMO bill, to be re-tabled Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Bio technology and biosafety bill tabled in 2012 is set to be shelved longer after the President refused to sign it into law. The bill that came to be commonly known as …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Stability is the best insurance for Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that a country’s human resource is greater than any natural resource and must be nurtured and protected. He said this coupled with the unity and stability of our nation, is the best insurance for its people. The President was …
Read More »Mixed reactions to Museveni’s New Year speech on economy
What experts think is important in regard to president’s message Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Gideon Badagawa, the executive director at the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), says President Yoweri Museveni’s New Year speech with regard to value addition was well-intentioned. “The concentration of the speech on value addition …
Read More »Museveni hosts IAEA boss, makes case for nuclear energy
Atomic Energy boss in Uganda for Cancer Machine launch Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano has met President Yoweri Museveni and discussed nuclear cooperation with Uganda. Amano is in Uganda ahead of the official commissioning on Friday of the Cobalt …
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