Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 1,000 members of West Nile Kony War Victims group have again protested the delays by the government to pay their compensation even after speaking to President Museveni on June 20, 2022. Between 1988 and 1999, over 1,000 businessmen and women from West Nile suffered …
Read More »The Private Sector Foundation takes lead on Uganda-South Africa business summit
Museveni and Ramaphosa to attend summit Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) in patnership with Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Cooperatives, Privatisation and Investment is organizing a Uganda- South Africa Trade, Tourism, and Investment Summit February 27th – 1st March 2023 in Pretoria, South …
Read More »TAREHE SITA: President Museveni awarded Order of Katonga
Museveni is the third person and first Ugandan in the history of the UPDF to receive the award. Quaddaffi was first, then Nyerere second. Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has been awarded the Katonga medal, the highest military decoration in Uganda. Maj Gen George Igumba, the chancery …
Read More »Attorney General petitioned over delayed appointment of BOU governor
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A concerned citizen has petitioned the Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka to remind President Yoweri Museveni to appoint a substantive governor of the Bank of Uganda-BOU. Through his lawyers of Nalukoola Advocates and Solicitors, Hajji Yunus Ntale, reminds the state that the Governor’s office has for the last …
Read More »President Museveni urges South-to-South member states to address global affluence
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has called on participants from member countries of the South-to-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSTrC) to work together to ensure global affluence for all their people. SSTrC is a development and humanitarian programming modality mandated by the Member States of the United Nations …
Read More »MUSEVENI: With or without money, we can have justice
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has told Judges that justice can be served with or without money. The President was addressing Judges of the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court at their 24th Annual Judges Conference at Mestil Hotel, Kampala on Monday. …
Read More »Museveni swears-in new Supreme Court
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni met the newly appointed Justices of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal at State House, Entebbe. The three new Justices of the Supreme Court include Lady Justice Elizabeth Musoke, Justice Stephen Musota, Justice Madrama Christopher Martin Izama and Justice Eva Luswata Kauma, for the …
Read More »Museveni regrets sale of UCB as experts hail Mutebile legacy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has hailed the brilliance of the late Bank of Uganda Governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile despite making him commit some mistakes. President Museveni said that in determining the best way forward to revive the fortunes of the economy in the early years …
Read More »Museveni bans travel abroad for MPs, Civil servants
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni issued a directive against travelling abroad for government officials, Members of parliament and civil servants. The president made this directive during the commission of the Uganda Petroleum Institute Kigomba (UPIK) on Saturday. According to the president, there is so much that needs to …
Read More »President Museveni receives climate mobility champion leader award
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Monday received his award for outstanding leadership and commitment towards protecting and conserving the environment. In November last year, the President was awarded the Climate Mobility Champion Leader Award at the two-two-week-long mate change convention in Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt. …
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