Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga has said the issue of poor power supply in W. Nile is a national scandal that needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Kadaga was greeted by cries of power blackout in Arua town on Friday …
Read More »President Museveni refutes links with Rwandan dissident Kayumba Nyamwasa
Katuna, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that Uganda has no links with General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, the leader of Rwanda National Congress (RNC). Museveni made the statement while speaking to locals at Kyonyo in Katuna Town Council and Kabale-Katuna roundabout in Kabale town after a …
Read More »Delayed opening of Gatuna border sparks anger among locals
Gutuna, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The failure by Uganda and Rwandan Presidents to re-open the Gatuna border after their meeting on Friday has sparked anger and condemnations among locals and area leaders. The two presidents; Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame met at Katuna on Friday, President …
Read More »Uganda given 30-days to verify accusations by Rwanda
Katuna, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The meeting between Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame has ended with a commitment to preventing hostile forces destabilizing the government of Rwanda. The meeting that was held on Friday at Katuna border post in Kabale district was mediated by …
Read More »UPDF deploys more 320 LDUs in Kira Municipality
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) have deployed more 320 newly trained LDU personnel in Kira municipality areas to beef up security following increased acts of crimes. While presenting the new LDU’s to local leaders during a security meeting in Bulindo on Wednesday evening, …
Read More »Uganda to buy aircraft for aerial sprays
Nakaseke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said government is planning to buy own aircraft for aerial sprays in response to locusts and other insects attacks in future. Uganda is on alert over reports that the swarm of the desert locusts is only about 60 kilometers from …
Read More »Museveni says Uganda still studying request to open embassy in Jerusalem
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has declined a public request by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Uganda to open an Embassy in the contested city of Jerusalem. Speaking at a press conference at the State House Entebbe on Monday, Netanyahu who has been on …
Read More »Museveni not worried about Kenya’s ‘ban’ on Uganda’s milk products
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni says he is not worried after Kenya seized Uganda’s milk products on their market saying the rest of the world is there to buy the milk. Few days ago Kenya blocked Uganda’s milk and dairy products, particularly Lato Milk on claims …
Read More »Museveni, Kagame head to Angola for more talks
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame will on Sunday, February 2, 2020, meet in Luanda, the Angolan capital for a second attempt at talks to resolve the dispute between Uganda and Rwanda. The presidents, whose advance teams from either country have …
Read More »Former fighters against Lakwena petition Kadaga over compensation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Ugandans who battled against rebel leader Alice Lakwena have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga over delayed compensation for their role in stopping the rebel. Alice Lakwena Auma, the head of the Holy Spirit Movement from Northern, Uganda led a rebellion …
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