Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tanzania today signed an agreement to host the East African Crude Oil Pipeline with its lead investor Total. The signing of the long-awaited Host Government Agreement(HGA) on Thursday was witnessed by President Yoweri Museveni and Samia Suluhu Hassan in Dar es Salaam. The …
Read More »Oulanyah seeks to restore parliament repute, mend relations with other arms
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has said that the 11th Parliament owes Ugandans a duty to restore the dignity and reputation of the legislative arm of government. According to Oulanyah, Members of Parliament are no longer respected amongst Ugandans because a lot …
Read More »Kafuuzi calls for legislation to address gap after expiry of ministers tenure
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Attorney General Jackson Kafuuzi Karugaba has said ministers can only continue working if President Museveni issues a special instrument allowing them to work. The term of ministers, the Vice President, the Prime Minister among others expired on Tuesday ahead of President Museveni’s swearing-in ceremony …
Read More »Uganda’s COVID-19 lockdown likely to be fully lifted in 2022
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is most likely to be fully re-opened in 2022 after at least 4.8 million people have been fully vaccinated. At the moment, the country is still under a partial lockdown with some sectors still closed. Sectors like the entertainment and performing arts are still …
Read More »Increase capitation before abolishing extra-charges in public schools – Educationists
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Players within the education sector have suggested that the government should first increase capitation grants before scrapping charges levied on parents in institutions implementing universal education. This followed a pronouncement by President Yoweri Museveni, during his inaugural speech as he starts a new …
Read More »MUSEVENI: We can defend Africa if we act right, together
Museveni asks African countries to solve continent’s security problems. ‘We can defend Africa if we act together and act right’ Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT, URN & PSCU | President Museveni has asked African leaders to think about solving the security threats that several African countries face. In his address …
Read More »Low business in Kampala as Museveni takes oath
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business in Kampala’s central business district and other city suburbs has remained low today, as President Yoweri Museveni takes oath, for another term of office. Several businesses remained closed in the Central Business District as President Museveni prepared to take oath at the Kololo Independence …
Read More »Lower middle income status: The big miss in Kisanja hakuna mchezo
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At the time of the inauguration of a new cabinet in 2016, President Yoweri Museveni, who had been in power for 30 years back then, boasted that Uganda was on the cusp of achieving lowe-middle-income status This is a term used by the World Bank …
Read More »I don’t need lectures about democracy -Museveni
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that he doesn’t need lectures about democracy. Museveni was on Wednesday speaking at Kololo Independence Grounds after he was sworn in as President of Uganda. “It is quite comic and laughable to hear of some actors in the world giving …
Read More »UGX 700 million spent on COVID-19 tests as Museveni takes oath
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry has spent over seven hundred million shillings to test guests for COVID-19 as President Museveni takes oath for a sixth term in office. URN has learnt that the over 4000 guests at the ceremony were subjected to tests as per the COVID-19 …
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