Tag Archives: Museveni

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who is also the Commander in Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces -UPDF has advised the retiring senior army officers to invest their retirement package wisely. He said that the retirement should not be regarded as becoming redundant. “This is …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Kiizza Besigye has urged against the use of guns to topple President Museveni and his NRM party from power. The four-time former Presidential candidate says that it is useless to use violence against Museveni. He said Museveni who used the gun to assume power …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has pardoned Jimmy Lwamafa, the former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Public Service, and 199 other inmates. According to the Uganda Prison Services Spokesperson, Frank Baine, Lwamafa has been pardoned on account of old age and good behavior. “He is over 65 years …

COMMENT |  JORDAN DDUNGU |  In a world where relationships often face multiple challenges and longevity is a near myth, it is truly extraordinary to witness a couple celebrating 50 years of marriage. Today, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to President Yoweri Museveni and Maama Janet Kataaha Museveni on this …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Aug.24, President Yoweri Museveni commissioned 16 factories and made a groundbreaking for another nine at Sino Uganda-Mbale Industrial Park in Mbale City. “You remember this site here was a bush some years ago but now we have a labour force of 2,000 with 36 …

Cape Town, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that the coming of the world economies under their grouping Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) is the new dawn for countries to enjoy their freedoms and independence. The President says that while the human race has …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has faulted Rubanda West member of parliament Moses Kamuntu Mwongyera for exporting raw iron ore. The MP owns Kamuntu Investments Limited, a company with a mining license in Kigezi region. During the belated International Youth Day celebrations held in Kabale district on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has said the provocations by the World Bank and the “thought-less homo-sexual lobby”, should not provoke Uganda and Africa into being, automatically, anti-Western. In his latest missive on the World Bank decision to cut future loans because of Uganda’s stand on homosexuality, …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned the youth leaders against being taken up by leadership, sectarianism, and politics of identity. Museveni said leadership is not a permanent job and that they should not fall into the trap of being professional leaders who think without …

Toronto, Canada | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged Ugandans living in the diaspora to utilize the available opportunities and invest back at home. Museveni made the call while closing the second annual edition of the 2023 Canada National Resistance Movement (NRM) Chapter Symposium in a virtual …