Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In the midst of growing infighting and tension within the Forum for Democratic Change party-FDC, the Party President Patrick Amuriat Oboi has revealed that he will not disclose their source of funding to the general public. FDC, one of the leading opposing political parties, …
Read More »Three way battle for copyright of ‘Omalako Jaja Tova Kumain’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Registrar of Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB), Ronald Lutunde, has called upon three claimants of the political slogan ‘Omalako Jaja Tova Kumain’ to provide evidence substantiating their claims. The claimants include social media critic Frank Gashumba, Lwengo District LC V Chairperson, and the NRM …
Read More »Museveni’s sub county policing model workable – DIGP
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Tumusiime says President Museveni’s policing model of 18 officers per sub-county can be workable if funded. He says funds are needed to have more personnel recruited and purchase of needed logistics. President Museveni in an address about …
Read More »How China shapes Uganda’s Generals
New report shows influence on Museveni, Muhoozi COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | The literature produced and used by the National Resistance Army (NRA), President Yoweri Museveni’s guerilla army that fought in the Luweero bushes from 1981-1986 called its mission a “protracted people’s war.” The doctrine of “people’s war”, sometimes called …
Read More »Museveni directs amendment to Road Act, Aponye laid to rest
Muhanga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The body of Apollo Nyegamehe alias Aponye, a prominent Kampala businessman, has been laid to rest at his ancestral home in Kitaburaza village, Muhanga town council, Rukiga district. The casket containing Nyegamehe’s remains was gently lowered into the grave at exactly 04:14 PM Wednesday amidst …
Read More »Islamic Principles: Museveni promises to review PDM
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has promised to study the Parish Development Model, a poverty alleviation project in order to come up with a model that is in tandem with Muslim money-borrowing principles. He made the commitment on Tuesday while meeting some of the Muslim leaders at …
Read More »State House cracks whip on security after Bukedea by-election
Bukeda, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The hotly contested Bukedea LCV Chairperson by-election has left several officials including security heads behind bars. The latest suspects are the Bukedea Resident District Commissioner- RDC, William Wilberforce Tukei, and the District Police Commander- DPC, Charles Okoto. The duo was picked from their respective …
Read More »Executive order to evict herdsmen from Northern Uganda deferred
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The implementation of an Executive Order by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to evict nomadic herdsmen from Northern Uganda by the end of June 2023 has been deferred to September. This was communicated by Gen. David Muhoozi, the Minister of State for Internal Affairs during …
Read More »President Museveni holds a consultative meeting with UN Resident Coordinator in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on June 27th held a consultative meeting with the United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator in Uganda, Susan Ngongi Namondo who called on him at State House- Entebbe. Namondo was accompanied by a delegation that included the UNICEF Representative Munir Safieldin, the …
Read More »Uganda’s policy on Ukraine war
Why Kampala abstained from condemning Russia at last year’s crucial UN general assembly vote THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | On June 27, NBS journalist Canary Mugume had a screening of his documentary on the war in Ukraine at the residence of the Swedish ambassador in Kampala. Canary had been to …
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