Tag Archives: Museveni

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni on Friday reaffirmed his government’s ban on exportation of unprocessed minerals from the country. The President was commissioning the country’s first Tin Smelting factory in Ruti, Mbarara City making Uganda the fourth country to start the smelting of Tin in Africa. The factory …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni announced the reappointment of Johnson Byabashaija as the Commissioner General of Prisons for an additional two-year term. This decision follows the President’s renewal of Dr. Byabashaija’s contract in January 2022, with the current term set to expire shortly. According to the Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  At least eight members of Crane Performers entertainment group were put in Police custody for allegedly insulting President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as he delivered a speech as former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi celebrated 50 years of his marriage to Jacqueline Mbabazi on Saturday. It …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Makerere University alumnus has asked President Museveni not to assent to the University Council’s recommendation to appoint Professor William Bazeyo Chancellor. The Chancellor is the titular head of the University. He presides at all ceremonial assemblies of the University and in this name, confers …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has said the corrupt are parasites that delay and undermine the country’s transformation efforts, and has hailed religious leaders for speaking out against the vice. ” I was very happy to hear the religious leaders’ message of condemning corruption. Keep it …

Why I feel sympathy for the president even when he embraces a speaker who has blatantly looted public funds THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | After the hue and cry on social media against our looting speaker of parliament, Anita Among, President Yoweri Museveni appeared in her constituency with her. It …

How Ntare Lions League boosted Uganda-Rwanda relations Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME  | Described as the greatest caravan to Rwanda since 1990 when the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) launched a guerilla war to liberate their country, the journey of Ntare School Old Boys, with friends and well-wishers to watch the Ntare …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni along with the Central Executive Committee (CEC), launched an audit into the party’s finances through a specialized committee. Appointed during the latest CEC gathering held two weeks ago, the committee’s primary objective is to scrutinize the expenditures of all funds allocated to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Uganda has appealed to western countries to help improve the quality of production so as to meet the required standards of the export markets and also separate business from politics. This comes as the EU Commission is due to start enforcing climate …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said the money that the government gives people through the Parish Development Model-PDM is not ribah; a term that refers to the prohibition of interest on borrowed money for Muslims. In a letter written to Hafwa Nalumansi Ssettala, the chairperson …