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By Aloysious Kasoma President Yoweri Museveni has invited the Chinese people to invest in the different opportunities available in Uganda. The president said this during an opening ceremony at the ground breaking of the new Entebbe highway which officially started at Kyengera – Kabojja yesterday. “I would like to take …

By Sarah Namulondo President Museveni today launched the $350 million construction project of the southern bypass by digging out soil from the road in Kyengera in Kabojja Village. The road project which is equivalent to the northern bypass will have 15 roads running from Busega to Entebbe but will be …

By Ronald Musoke World Bank, experts want shift in strategy In the week leading up to Uganda’s golden jubilee celebrations, President Yoweri Museveni made several optimistic speeches, the most vivid being a public lecture he delivered on Oct. 2 with the theme “A 50-year journey since independence (1962-2012): A good …

By Aloysious Kasoma Democratic Party President Norbert Mao has blamed the corruption allegations in the prime minister’s office as Museveni’s problem. Mao said that the source of corruption is Museveni and his NRM party where his removal could play a significant role in the fight against corruption. “His removal is …

By Independent Reporter President Yoweri Museveni will today swear in the new ministers at State House in Entebbe. Top on the list of the ministers to be sworn in include woman MP for Kayunga district Erios Aidha Nantaba whose appointment as State Minister for Lands was questioned on her competence …

By Haggai Matsiko Scourge leaves country with Shs 2.6 trillion swindled The low key start on Oct.22 of criminal proceedings against three cabinet ministers; Sam Kutesa, Mwesigwa Rukutana, and John Nasasira, who are confidantes of President Yoweri Museveni, is the latest sign that the fight against corruption has shifted. On …

By Haggai Matsiko Museveni launches `century of Uganda’ There are times when it looks like the success or failure of an important occasion hangs on the outcome of a single event in the ceremony. Amidst the unprecedented excitement, pomp, and pageantry at celebrations to mark Uganda 50 years of independence …

By Andrew M. Mwenda Why putting more money into the health sector is like putting more meat in a butchery controlled by hyenas The recent “stand-off” between parliament and President Yoweri Museveni on whether to allocate Shs 39 billion to health or defense is one of the many false debates …

By Independent Team Museveni blamed as commission agents, government officials conspire to squeeze money out of project Deputy Registrar John Eudes Keitirima’s chambers in the High Court building in Kampala were on Sept. 6 the scene of an interesting spectacle. A construction company, Salini SpA, was seeking an order to …

By Haggai Matsiko Oil firms fear bankruptcy as President goes for biggest refinery in the region In October 2011, President Yoweri Museveni urged members of his ruling party to resist ferociously those “parasites who want to give away this resource (oil) for a morsel of food”. He was making a …