Why President’s flippant talk about curriculum suggests Uganda could soon get a University of Boda boda COMMENT | JOSEPH WERE | I have written this article assuming that President Yoweri Museveni is serious when he says he is not happy to fund courses like psychology, political science, social science, …
Read More »VIDEO: Museveni decorates Aga Khan with Grand Master Medal
VIDEO: Museveni decorates Aga Khan with Grand Master Medal Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | At the celebrations held in Bushenyi in South Western Uganda, The Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary Spiritual leader (Imam) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, founder and chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), was …
Read More »Uganda hails Aga Khan at 55th Uhuru celebrations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Aga Khan has been decorated with the “Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa” medal by President Yoweri Museveni at Uganda’s 55th Independence Day anniversary celebrations on Monday. At the celebrations held in Bushenyi in South Western Uganda, The Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary …
Read More »COMMENT: Danger of divisions in Uganda
Why Ugandans need to build social cohesion in order to craft a national identity and build a nation COMMENT | Reagan Wamajji | Recently, I had the pleasure of interacting with individuals on a rather interesting topic; Social cohesion; crafting a national identity and nation building. I had never taken …
Read More »LIVE: Uganda celebrates 55 years of independence
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans are celebrating their 55th Independence Day in Bushenyi. At the celebrations, President Yoweri Museveni decorated Prince Shah Karim Al Hussaini, The Aga Khan IV with the Grand Master Medal. The Aga Khan was honoured for his social and economic contribution to the developmet of …
Read More »Aga Khan here for 55th Uhuru celebrations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Aga Khan has arrived to join Ugandans as they celebrate their 55th Independence Day, October 9. He is a special guest at Monday’s celebrations in Bushenyi and will receive an honour for his contribution to the social and economic development of Uganda. President Yoweri …
Read More »AGE LIMIT: The angry Ugandans
Why Besigye’s army of rage is defeating Museveni Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | When about five security officers from President Yoweri Museveni’s protection force, the Special Forces Command (SFC) first pounced to evict Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine from parliament on Sept.27, he was ready for them. He …
Read More »ANALYSIS: ‘Worst parliament ever’
NGO Forum report punches holes in first session performance of current parliament Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | September 27, 2017 will go down in history of Uganda’s parliament. It marked the climax of three days of `legislative violence’ when MPs brawled over a decision by the Speaker Rebecca Kadaga …
Read More »Are Ugandans docile?
Why last month’s scuffles in parliament excited the public but did not lead to popular protests THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last week, poorly trained security operatives entered the parliament’s main chamber and removed opposition members who were protesting plans by the ruling party to amend the constitution …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Museveni resumes land talk shows
THIS WEEK: Museveni resumes land talk shows Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amidst debate on amending article 102 (b) of the constitution to remove presidential term limit, president Yoweri Museveni on Oct. 01 resumed his campaign which according to observers is about an equally controversial amendment of land law …
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