Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Why Museveni is targeting Mailo: Experts say land issue might end badly, if not handled well THE LAST WORD Obama’s `Promised Land’: How the former president’s memoirs show a good insight to US …
Read More »Museveni directs medical interns to be paid UGX 2.5M
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed that medical interns be paid a monthly allowance of 2.5 Million Shillings. In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister and the Ministries of Health, Finance and Public service, President Museveni says the medical interns should be given paid the …
Read More »Attorney General defends gov’t in case challenging vehicle tracking devices
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka has defended the government’s decision to introduce vehicle tracking devices. The Attorney General says that the devices will only be used to trail suspected criminals but will not in any way interfere with the right to privacy of ordinary law abiding …
Read More »Business activities still slow in July – Survey
But players expect recovery due to easing of COVID-19 lockdown measures Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Business captains are optimistic that activity will rebound once lockdown restrictions are lifted by government, according to the July Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI). Experts expect opportunities in form of new jobs and economic …
Read More »NRM veterans warn against abolishing mailo land tenure system
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three veterans of the National Resistance Movement-NRM have warned that the proposal by the government to abolish the mailo land tenure system risks plunging the country into chaos if not handled properly. Retired Major Abdul Nadduli, Maj Kakooza Mutale have both said government is misguided …
Read More »IPOD council appeals to gov’t over DGF suspension
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inter Party Organisation for Dialogue-IPOD has appealed to the government to lift the suspension of the Democratic Governance Facility-DGF, a consortium of donor for good governance programs in Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni wrote to the Ministry of Finance in February last year to halt …
Read More »Inside Museveni, Ruto election deal
What Ugandan leader hopes to achieve by backing the Kenya 2022 frontrunner Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The Kenyan government may have blocked the deputy president William Ruto from travelling to meet Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Aug. 2 but insiders say that the bond between the two politicians …
Read More »Museveni retires 14 army Generals
Why did Commander-in-Chief keep many others in, who want out? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The recent retirement of 14 UPDF Generals; Ivan Koreta, Pecos Kutesa, Jim Owoyesigire, Robert Rusoke, Fred Mugisha and nine others follows a pattern of careful selection. Some Generals who have clamoured for retirement from …
Read More »Uganda’s self-destructive impulses
THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Since the NRM government fully embraced neoliberal reforms in 1992, Uganda has witnessed the growth to dominance of multinational capital in our economy and with that the equal decline to near-insignificance of local/national/domestic/indigenous capital. But this has only been successful because the …
Read More »Museveni appeals to retiring Generals to use pension properly
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni, who is also the Commander in Chief of the armed forces has called on retiring UPDF senior officers and Generals to use their pension appropriately in order to live a dignified life. Museveni said if the retiring officers squander their pension and go …
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