Museveni struggles to find space for his `election machine’ Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | “We undertake to protect the President and help him keep this country safe. A crime preventer can give his life for the President. We can kill for the President.” Those were the loaded words of …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Director of Public Prosecution Mike Chibita withdrew charges of offensive communication against two local Musicians; David Mugema and Jonathan Muwanguzi, who had been accused of disturbing the peace of the President. Mugema and Muwanguzi are alleged to have sang and produced a song titled …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has saluted the management of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme for supporting the youths in Africa in entrepreneurship empowerment skills in a bid to fight against household poverty. The Tony Elumelu Foundation supports a total of 1000 African youths, …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | A number of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have demanded a report from the Attorney General on implementation of the recommendations of the Supreme Court in the 2016 presidential election petition. The Supreme Court on March 31, 2016 dismissed a petition by former prime minister Amama …
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Mbale, Uganda | URN | A debate on whether the incumbent President should vacate Office when he clocks 75 years mid-term has emerged as the Constitutional Court hears a petition against the Constitution Amendment Bill 2017. Male Kiwanuka Mabirizi who is representing himself in the petition has threw another spanner …
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President Museveni challenges western companies as Uganda signs oil refinery pact Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda took a firm step to building its first oil refinery when officials signed a Project Framework Agreement with the Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium (AGRC) in Entebbe on Tuesday. The agreement will ensure development, …
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THE LAST WORD: Why the country and its president are fighting the wrong enemy on electricity tariffs THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | A large cross section of Ugandan elites is angry, very angry. It thinks the price (tariff) it buys electricity at is too high. …
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THIS WEEK: Museveni proposes tax on WhatsApp, Facebook Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has directed the Ministry of Finance to introduce taxes on social media platforms – WhatsApp and Facebook as a way of raising revenue. In a letter to the Finance Minister, the President expressed concern at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has castigated laziness in the Ministry of Health, that has seen them focus on ‘conservation’ and not elimination of malaria. “Why then do we have this malaria conservation programme? We can eliminate it. We have been able to eliminate 13 diseases. …
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Meeting raises hope for improved relations between Kampala and Kigali Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | A recent one-day state visit by Rwandan President Paul Kagame to Uganda on March.25 has raised hopes that relations between the two countries might return to normalcy again after several months of heightened tensions. …
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