Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has praised Ugandan clerics, Christian and non-Christians, for fostering unity and ending hostilities along faith lines that once sharply divided the nation. Reflecting on the pre-NRM era, President Museveni highlighted significant divisions based on tribal and religious affiliations, which he credits …
Read More »Museveni joins pilgrims for Martyrs Day in Namugongo
Namugongo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | This year’s Martyr’s day celebration has had a special pomp with exceedingly more people from all walks of life flocking the Catholic shrines. By 6:00 a.m, all spaces inside the shrines were full, yet more pilgrims continued to arrive, forming long queues at every …
Read More »Leaders and the logic of strategy
The tragedy of power and politics that presidents Biden and Museveni must navigate to keep their jobs THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | U.S. President Jo Biden and Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni have a couple of similarities. Both were born during the second world war. Biden turns 82 in November; Museveni turns …
Read More »Museveni urges collective promotion of Uganda’s tourism
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni wants all Ugandans to join in the efforts to promote Uganda as a favorable tourism destination. Museveni, in a speech delivered by the Vice President, Jessica Alupo while presiding over the opening ceremony of this year’s Pearl Of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE …
Read More »Museveni sends condolences over death of Iranian president
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has sent a message of condolences to the government and people of Iran following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi and several others in a helicopter crash on Sunday. In a statement issued late Wednesday, Museveni said he could see a …
Read More »Gov’t targets USD 5 billion in coffee production chain
Ntungamo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that the Government is targeting to increase Uganda’s coffee revenue from 1 Billion US dollars to 5 Billion Dollars from the coffee value chain. The President was speaking on Tuesday in Karuhungu Rwashamaire Town Council, Ntungamo District after inspecting …
Read More »End of a long honeymoon
Why the relationship between Museveni and the West is falling apart and little can be done about it THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The honeymoon between President Yoweri Museveni and Western countries, especially the U.S. and UK, is over. It will be very difficult to rekindle the love between these …
Read More »Kenya, Uganda sign agreements to enhance bilateral cooperation
NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya and Uganda on Thursday signed a number of agreements to enhance bilateral cooperation. One of the agreements allows Uganda to import and transit refined petroleum products through Kenya from producer jurisdictions, resolving challenges faced by Uganda’s petroleum sector, Kenyan President William Ruto said. “We …
Read More »Museveni arrives in Kenya for official visit
NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni arrived in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Wednesday for a three-day state visit. Museveni, who was greeted by Kenyan Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi, is scheduled to engage in bilateral discussions with his …
Read More »‘Museveni has not written letter on Service Awards’
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | State House has issued a statement, warning that a letter circulating on social media purportedly authored by the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni, is forged. In the letter that is circulating, the AG, IGG, DPP and NRM caucus are questioned as to why …
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