Tag Archives: Museveni

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has, once again, strongly warned all technocrats in government ministries and departments to immediately stop frustrating foreign investors who come to Uganda to add value to the county’s products. Museveni specifically directed officials from the Department of Minerals in the …

IN THE INDEPENDENT: Museveni enters fight over $20bn oil deals Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The top stories in this week’s The Independent. COVER STORY: Museveni enters fight over $20bn oil deals: French domination sparks fight with Chinese THE LAST WORD: Rethinking politics in Africa: How events in Zimbabwe …

Museveni speaks out on 7-year terms Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said young countries like those in Africa need longer terms to develop. Talking about a suggestion by Ugandan politicians led by MP Ibrahim Abiriga  to increase the years of term of office from five …

Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Two Ugandan musicians were released on bail on Wednesday after being charged with disturbing the peace of veteran President Yoweri Museveni for a song suggesting he should retire, their lawyer said. Singer David Mugema and music producer John Muwanguzi were accused of having composed and disseminated …

Ugandans should have final say on who leads them – Museveni Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The presence of age limits for any elective office goes against Article 1 of the 1995 Constitution, the bedrock of that supreme law, which says “Power belongs to the people”, President Yoweri Museveni …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The editors and directors of one of Uganda’s most popular tabloid newspaper groups Red Pepper will remain remanded until December 19 when Buganda Road Court will consider their bail appeal. The editors and directors were detained on November 21 over what authorities called a fake …

Something disastrous is happening in FDC that people will only understand much later COMMENT | SSEMANDA ALLAWI | For a decade plus, Dr. Col. Kizza Besigye has been attacking and accusing president Museveni of being a dictator and a selfish individual. He has accused him of failing and using NRM as a …

How American bribery case sucked in Museveni Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa is likely to come under fire from Parliament following exposure of a deal in which he received a dodgy “donation” of US$500,000 (Approx. Shs1.8 billion) from a Chinese NGO cum think tank. The …

Pressure mounts on government over closure of spicy tabloid Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Newspapers, human rights organisations and civil society groups have condemned the arrest of the five directors and three editors of Red Pepper as a blatant attack on press freedom in Uganda. The Committee to Protect Journalists …

THIS WEEK: Museveni intervenes in KCCA, taxi fees clashes Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Operators of the public transport – taxi business in the city last week engaged in a scuffle with dues collectors of the Kampala Capital City Authority as the operators protested against paying annual fees. On Nov.25, …