Tag Archives: Museveni

By Independent Reporter It was not just debating and reviewing the manifesto at the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi as the NRM held its six-day retreat. President Yoweri Museveni and his ruling party MPs took to the floor showing rare moves as if to celebrate victory. Who can blame them, …

By Aloysious Kasoma Opposition Uganda People’s Congress president Olara Otunnu believe that president Museveni and his regime have a role in the rebellion between the rebels of M23 and government forces in DRC. Otunnu said that the reports coming out from the United Nations are credible and should not be …

By Haggai Matsiko Why does Museveni fear it? Members of parliament seeking to recall parliament for a Special Sitting in defiance of President Yoweri Museveni needed 125 signatures to push their petition through. Previous petitions, including one to impeach the President, had failed. This time the MPs paced around, at …

By Haggai Matsiko Maj. Gen. Pecos Kutesa blames fights for money Outspoken UPDF Maj. Gen. Pecos Kutesa says the ongoing tiff between President Yoweri Museveni and parliament shows the danger of politics motivated by money. Gen. Kutesa who was one of the fiercest commanders of the war that brought the …

By Independent Analysts Will Uganda become an open dictatorship in 2013? On December 12, 2012, President Yoweri Museveni was in Russia and met with President Vladimir Putin at the Novo Ogaryovo, the official residence. It was an interesting meeting because, although President Museveni has been in power for 26 years, …

 By Julius Odeke President Yoweri Museveni has promised teachers and the medics that his government will construct houses for them nationwide. The President made these remarks while celebrating the New Year at Kazo Secondary School in Kiruhuura District where he called upon the teachers to be patient as government gears …

 By Julius Odeke President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to compensate the widow Florence Asao whose husband killed the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Brig Charles Tabuley during the rebel invasion in Teso Sub region in 2003. The president made this promise while on his tour to Anyara Sub County in …

By Independent Team Museveni, First Lady put on the spot In life, fallen young Butaleja Woman MP, Cerinah Nebanda Arioru, was flamboyant, vocal, and controversial. When she was a first year student at Makerere University’s Faculty of Social Sciences, Nebanda who was barely 19, was the only student who had …

By Ronald Musoke President Yoweri Museveni has said the government will soon find a way of supporting churches in the country to supplement their roles of attending to both spiritual and human needs. He noted that as the national budget improves, the government will find a better way of assisting …

By Ronald Musoke President Museveni may have talked tough accusing some MPs and civil society organizations of selling out to  ‘foreign interests’ but the latter have come out to respond, saying they are determined to fight on, to ensure that all Ugandans benefit from the oil resources. While appearing before …