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  The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Uganda, his first trip as premier to sub-Saharan Africa. He has just flown in Monday, exactly 40 years after Israel commandos rescued hostages in the famous Operation Thunderbolt at Entebbe. He was received by President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, and given a …

NBS: President Yoweri Musevni has encouraged heavy investment in cattle keeping, saying that the demand for livestock is likely to increase, once the construction of a modern abattoir is completed. This follows the laying of a foundation for the construction of an abattoir to be built to international standards in …

President Yoweri Museveni has added improved communication, urban planning and increased support to the judiciary to the list of priorities his new cabinet has to address 2016-21. He will also periodically meet different ministry teams about their sectoral strategies and measure progress. “The tone is for efficient and effective public …

NBS: By end 2013, reports suggested that government was planning to revive Uganda Airlines. It remained speculative until government confirmed the reports, although without a concrete plan on how this would be done. It now seems that president Museveni wants focus put to this in his latest term. While addressing …

President Yoweri Museveni has set a “business unusual” tone for his new cabinet as he laid out plans on Thursday to ensure Uganda gets to Middle-Income Status Country by 2020. Museveni’s speech at cabinet’s first meeting was titled “strategic objectives and guidelines for the 2016-2021 term” and outlined radical measures …

A United States supported program to help spark explosive growth in the agriculture sector by bringing together some of Uganda’s most-trusted, powerful, and well-known sector leaders has been launched in Kampala. The Leveraging Excellence in Agricultural Development program, part of President Obama’s Feed the Future initiative, will bring together 17 …

President Yoweri Museveni has challenged his new cabinet to look for investments, end corruption and move to total commercialization of agriculture in order to move the country to middle-income status. He will outline his complete plan for this to be achieved when his new cabinet meets for the first time …

NBS: President Museveni has defended his recent appointment of opposition members into his cabinet saying the move was aimed at unifying the country. Speaking at the swearing in ceremony, Museveni warned cabinet ministers against engaging in corruption tendencies by using public offices for their selfish private gains. Share on: WhatsApp

President Yoweri Museveni is in Luanda, Angola for the 6th Ordinary Heads of State and Government Summit of The International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR). The Summit is being held under the theme “Accelerating the effective implementation of the Pact and its Protocols for a more democratic and stable …

When President Yoweri Museveni released his long-awaited new cabinet on June 6, it took everyone by surprise because only days earlier he had laughed off complaints by the Speaker of Parliament about his failure to name a new Cabinet. Having been sworn in on May 12, Museveni’s Cabinet list has …