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America snubs Museveni again

Crackdown on opposition cited as US AFRICOM commander ends East African tour without Kampala visit Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | U.S. Army Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander, U.S. Africa Command, concluded his East Africa and Horn of Africa nine-day tour without visiting one notable capital: Kampala. The omission was marked as …

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Afreximbank moots continental energy bank

Fossil fuel lobby want bank to serve as catalyst for Africa-directed investments Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On May 16, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) signed a memorandum of understanding with the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) in a move that seeks to create a multi-billion dollar energy bank …

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MUSEVENI: We have not forgotten arts teachers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has not forgotten the salary enhancement for arts, social sciences, or teachers of humanities, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said. He disclosed this in his remarks during the commencement of the 72nd graduation ceremony at Makerere University this morning. According to President Museveni, …

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Museveni addressed nothing on the economic situation: Besigye

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni absolutely said nothing during his televised address on the economic situation in the country according to his longtime rival, Rtd Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye, the former Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party president. This comes just hours after the president Museveni addressed …

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MUSEVENI: No subsidies, no tax cuts

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda cannot take the risk of cutting subsidies and removing taxes from imported products. “That would be definite suicide. It will deplete both family savings and National Reserves, leading to the inability to pay for imports,” he said in …

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Museveni meets Russia’s Orthodox Church Africa leader

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has met Russia’s Orthodox Church New Africa Exarchate Metropolitan Leonid Gorbachev of Klin who is in Africa on his maiden visit. In a press statement issued by the Presidential Press Unit, Museveni promised to support the church in preaching the word of God. “I follow Christ, so …

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