Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said government has ordered electronic tracking of all boats on Lake Victoria for safety and security reasons. He said this a day after a Ugandan boat cruise accident, where up to 60 people are feared dead. Earlier Sunday, the First …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to fill up existing tax gaps so that the country can gain financial independence and stop borrowing money to finance its budget. The President made the remarks at the ongoing first Science Model Workshop …
Read More »President Museveni receives special message from Burundi’s Nkurunziza
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has received a special message from President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi. The message was delivered to the President today at State House, Entebbe by Burundi Foreign Affairs Minister, Ezechiel Nibigira, who was accompanied by Burundi’s Ambassador to Uganda, Jean Bosco Barege, …
Read More »Museveni should do more for peace in South Sudan
After September peace deal, new report reveals likely hotspots for war Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On Oct.31, happiness and joy filled the South Sudanese capital, Juba, when several high profile leaders in eastern Africa joined President Salva Kiir and his former deputy, Dr. Riek Machar, to celebrate the “return …
Read More »Fixing Bank of Uganda
Museveni meets Mutebile Behind the scenes efforts to save Kasekende, Mutebile Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | What would you say if you saw President Yoweri Museveni and embattled Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime Mutebile in a meeting at this time? What if that meeting, which in fact happened last week, …
Read More »Doris Akol: Four year scorecard
Experts want more from her new term as URA boss Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Doris Akol, the Commissioner General for Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) must be a happy woman at the moment. While on a six months maternity leave that ends in February next year, she recently got the …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Museveni meets inter-party committee
THIS WEEK: Museveni meets inter-party committee Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni asked opposition parties to fight electoral violence in a meeting with members of the Inter Party Organization for Dialogue (IPOD), a forum of political parties represented in parliament. In a meeting at State House Entebbe, Museveni …
Read More »Rukiga youth leaders accused of selling President Museveni’s heifers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three out of the 16 heifers donated to Rukiga district youth leaders by President Yoweri Museveni have allegedly been sold by the beneficiaries. The heifers were donated in July 2018 under a drive to improve the livelihood of youth leaders in the district. The beneficiaries …
Read More »‘Museveni letter on torture is cosmetic’
We want action, say critics Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Human rights advocates and opposition politicians have reacted to President Yoweri Museveni’s recent letter on torture with frustration, labeling it as “merely cosmetic.” President Museveni’s Oct. 23 letter titled, “Guidelines on managing rioters, terrorists, criminals and looters and methods …
Read More »What next for Kayihura?
KAYIHURA: Charges bogus, says Museveni but ISO says, it has new charges Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Former Inspector General of Police (IGP) Gen. Kale Kayihura could soon be a free man. President Yoweri Museveni has reportedly said that the charges against Kayihura are bogus and he should be released. …
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