Tag Archives: Museveni

COMMENT | Moses Baguma | When the National Resistance Movement (NRM) parliamentary caucus endorsed Anita Among for speakership on March 24 2022 , Andrew Mwenda, a very influential, articulate and highly opinionated Ugandan journalist tweeted: “NRM has endorsed Anita Among, a former FDC politician, as its candidate for speaker. Jacob Oulanyah …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Teso have urged tough action from President Yoweri Museveni over the increasing cases of insecurity along the Teso border with Karamoja. The President was in Soroti on Saturday to launch the livestock claimants’ compensation payment for the war debt claimants in the Acholi, …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked the Church to mobilize Christians towards income-generating projects in the fight against eliminating poverty in households that are stuck in subsistence farming. According to President Museveni, at least 39% of households in Uganda are still engaged in subsistence farming …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 2,410 of the people who lost animals during the insurgency in Soroti District have been cleared for compensation. The list was revealed by the Soroti District Communications Officer, Abraham Ekwaru during an exclusive interview with our reporter ahead of the launch of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has directed police detectives to clampdown on speculators perpetrating harmful propaganda that Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah did not die of natural causes. Oulanyah, 56, reportedly died of cancer of the colon on Sunday March 20th, 2022 from a hospital in Seattle, United …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has committed to pay the school fees for the children of Jacob Oulanyah, the Speaker of Parliament who passed on last week.The President made the commitment while meeting the Greater North Parliamentary Forum representatives at State House Nakasero on Thursday.The …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Luwero Chief Magistrate Court has dismissed a case against a man who allegedly circulated fake news that President Yoweri Museveni had died. Jamir Ssekyondwa 23, a resident of Kabunyata trading centre in Kamira sub-county, Luwero district has been on remand since July 15, 2021. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two local council leaders in Teso region are among the new Resident District Commissioners-RDCs appointed by President Museveni. In Katakwi, the LCIII chairperson of Palam sub county, Emmy Ojirot, and the district male councilor representing Ngariam sub county, Francis Okwameri, were appointed as Deputy RDCs …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Just two days shy of his 57th birthday, Speaker of Parliament, Rt Hon. Jacob Oulanyah was announced dead by President Yoweri Museveni, sending the country into grief. Oulanyah died at a hospital in Seattle in the United States of America, following an illness that kept him …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Clerics from Acholi sub-region have called on the public and family members of the former Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah, to remain calm and desist from speculating the cause of his death. Oulanyah, 56 was pronounced dead by President Museveni in a tweet on Sunday …