President Yoweri Museveni started his day at 9am with a trip to his pond to fetch water for drip irrigation at his new farm in Kawumu, Luwero district. He emphasized households can avert drought and hunger if they looked after their gardens better and also engaged in cost effective enterprise …
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VIDEO: President Yoweri Museveni has castigated Operation Wealth Creation officers in Luwero district for deviating from the original intentions of the program and conducting it in a manner similar to the defunct NAADS program. Museveni grilled the authorities in public and vowed to inspect the program physically following complaints of …
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ANALYSIS: Why President Yoweri Museveni’s behind- the-scenes-maneuvers to save Sudhir’s bank hit a snag On Oct.10, President Yoweri Museveni directed the Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda to find an immediate solution to Crane Bank’s problems with the Bank of Uganda (BoU). Apparently, this was expected to mark an end a …
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VIDEO: Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has snubbed Uganda President Yoweri Museveni’s invitation, together with other councilors, to solve the administrative stalemate over the vendors on Kampala streets. The refusal of the Lord Mayor Lukwago to attend the state House meeting sets a stage for the renewed clashes between him …
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Ian Tukundane is the young artist behind Tian-B Art Studio in Nkumba, the university suburb just outside of Entebbe town, who is not shy to show his love for President Yoweri Museveni, writes Sarah Ngororano. Occupying prime space in Tian-B Art Studio is a large portrait of Museveni titled `My President’. …
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President Yoweri Museveni has expressed great admiration for 92 year-old Kenneth Kaunda, the founding father of Zambia, telling his guests and journalists “you are in the presence of a great man.” “If Mwalimu Nyerere and this man (referring to Kaunda) had not stood firm, history would be very different today. …
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PICTORIAL: President Yoweri Museveni is in Lusaka Zambia where he will chief guest at Zambia’s 52nd, Independence anniversary celebrations on Monday. The President was given a 21-gun salute Sunday at the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport after being received by his host President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. Museveni is accompanied by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Okello Oryem, …
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Oil refinery trouble: Museveni pushed into tight corner A shadowy international company registered in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), a major international tax haven is high up on the list of companies government is courting to invest in the $ 4 billion oil refinery, investigations by The Independent have found. …
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COMMENT: By Francis Kiggundu Museveni must take responsibility for the anger and envy towards the privileged few who are amassing wealth Without prejudice to either President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni or his nemesis Dr Kizza Besigye, both of whom ascribed to violence to ascend to power, we as Ugandans must recognize the …
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American to build refinery? Deal could be blow to sanction-strapped Russians Technocrats at the Energy Ministry and the Ministry of Finance who are working on the country’s pet project, the US$4 billion oil refinery, have learnt to stay cool under pressure. Behind their cool fronts, however, they are working in …
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