NBS: By end 2013, reports suggested that government was planning to revive Uganda Airlines. It remained speculative until government confirmed the reports, although without a concrete plan on how this would be done. It now seems that president Museveni wants focus put to this in his latest term. While addressing …
Read More »Museveni sets 2016-2021 agenda, “orders” cabinet to work
President Yoweri Museveni has set a “business unusual” tone for his new cabinet as he laid out plans on Thursday to ensure Uganda gets to Middle-Income Status Country by 2020. Museveni’s speech at cabinet’s first meeting was titled “strategic objectives and guidelines for the 2016-2021 term” and outlined radical measures …
Read More »US announces new programme to boost Uganda’s agriculture
A United States supported program to help spark explosive growth in the agriculture sector by bringing together some of Uganda’s most-trusted, powerful, and well-known sector leaders has been launched in Kampala. The Leveraging Excellence in Agricultural Development program, part of President Obama’s Feed the Future initiative, will bring together 17 …
Read More »Museveni to set Uganda’s middle-income agenda on Thursday
President Yoweri Museveni has challenged his new cabinet to look for investments, end corruption and move to total commercialization of agriculture in order to move the country to middle-income status. He will outline his complete plan for this to be achieved when his new cabinet meets for the first time …
Read More »Museveni Defends Opposition Appointments
NBS: President Museveni has defended his recent appointment of opposition members into his cabinet saying the move was aimed at unifying the country. Speaking at the swearing in ceremony, Museveni warned cabinet ministers against engaging in corruption tendencies by using public offices for their selfish private gains. Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »Museveni in Angola for ICGLR summit
President Yoweri Museveni is in Luanda, Angola for the 6th Ordinary Heads of State and Government Summit of The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). The Summit is being held under the theme “Accelerating the effective implementation of the Pact and its Protocols for a more democratic and stable …
Read More »Museveni Cabinet – Service delivery or political appeasement?
When President Yoweri Museveni released his long-awaited new cabinet on June 6, it took everyone by surprise because only days earlier he had laughed off complaints by the Speaker of Parliament about his failure to name a new Cabinet. Having been sworn in on May 12, Museveni’s Cabinet list has …
Read More »Museveni’s new Cabinet – Service delivery or political appeasement?
When President Yoweri Museveni released his long-awaited new cabinet on June 6, it took everyone by surprise because only days earlier he had laughed off complaints by the Speaker of Parliament about his failure to name a new Cabinet. Having been sworn in on May 12, Museveni’s Cabinet list has …
Read More »Uganda’s Dr. Kazibwe launches historic bid to chair Africa Union
Uganda’s Dr. Speciosa Naigaga Kazibwe Wandira on Friday launched her bid to replace South Africa’s Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma as Chairperson of the Africa Union (AU) Commission. “Place your confidence in me. My vision is that of an AU taking charge of Africa’s Destiny,” Dr Kazibwe told a selection of African diplomats at …
Read More »UPDF confirms soldiers, MP held over Uganda ‘coup plot’
Kampala, Uganda | AFP | At least 30 people with suspected ties to a shadowy rebel outfit have been arrested in Uganda over an alleged plot to topple President Yoweri Museveni, the army said Friday. The detainees include serving soldiers and a senior opposition lawmaker and are “linked to a …
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