Tag Archives: Museveni

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has banned all land evictions in the country that are carried out without the consent of the Resident City/District Commissioners. In a statement issued by the presidential deputy spokesperson Faruk Kirunda, Museveni said the District Security Committees-DSC which are headed by …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders of Gulu city on Friday petitioned President Yoweri Museveni over failure by the Ministry of Local Government to remit local revenue to the council. The leaders through Gulu City Deputy Speaker Lamex Akena, say that the Ministry of Local Government is not remitting to Gulu …

Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | National Unity Platform-NUP councilors in Luwero district have turned down an invitation to attend leadership training and meet President Yoweri Museveni. Recently, a team of State House officials approached Luwero District Council Speaker Abdul Mazinga, and informed him about their wish to train district councilors …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged players in the tourism sector to work together for the benefit of the country. Museveni made the plea on Monday while meeting officials from the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, the Uganda Tourism Board and tourism sector stakeholders at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has directed the finance minister to urgently present policy documents and guidelines for the implementation of the Parish Development Model-PDM. President Yoweri Museveni officially launched the Parish Development Model at Kibuku district headquarters on Saturday last week. Under the program, each parish in the …

Who wins when Mao attacks Bobi Wine over money? Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Norbert Mao is where he likes to be. In the news headlines. The 55-year old leader of the opposition Democratic Party (DP) has been in the news for tweets he has made about the …

Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 vendors have abandoned Lugazi central market in Buikwe district over insecurity. The market was commissioned by President Yoweri Museveni in December 2020. It is one of the modern markets that were constructed under the Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Programme (MATIP-II), which …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parish Development Model, a program meant to eradicate poverty through the execution of development activities at the parishes has been officially launched by President Yoweri Museveni. The 490 billion Shillings Parish Development Model replaces Emyooga, a presidential initiative on wealth and job creation which was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has cautioned civil servants against sectarianism while delivering services to the country. President Museveni also asked public servants to treat as satanic any person promoting sectarianism which he described as a poisonous ideology because it sets up communities against each other and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Regional Oversight Mechanism of Peace, Security, and Cooperation Framework has not worked well to deal with the growing security threats in the great lakes region, President Yoweri Museveni has said. Museveni says that the imported pseudo ideology of exclusion and the sectarian way of handling …