Lessons from ordinary people on Kampala streets regarding the effect of good example on effective leadership THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | A couple of years back, advocate David Mpanga wrote a powerful article on “whataboutism.” He was criticising people in Africa that respond to Western intrusions into …
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Upcoming UN appraisal raises questions on identity and provision of services Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | When President Yoweri Museveni’s government faces an appraisal of its human rights record by the United Nations Human Rights Council in early 2022, one of the main issues could be its treatment of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Days to the first anniversary of the November 18th, 2020 riots that resulted into death of more 50 people, many questions remain unanswered. There are no indications that they will be answered soon. President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni promised compensation to the innocent riot victims …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah, has spoken out on the President’s warning to MPs that have made allegations of corruption against the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Monica Musenero. Presiding over the plenary sitting on Thursday, 11 November 2021, Oulanyah said the President’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The insecurity in the Eastern part of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could hinder the tarmacking of 223-kilometre roads. In June, President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi launched the tarmacking of 997 kilometre Mpondwe-Beni road, 181 Kilometre Goli-Beni road and 89 Kilometre Bunagana-Rutchuru-Goma …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has warned a section of people currently ‘shaking and attacking’ his Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr Monica Musenero to back off, lest they face his wrath. The audibly furious president spent 10 minutes of his speech during the Science, …
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Ignore the misguided saboteurs, malicious propaganda, misguided business interests, and gallery politics COMMENT | FREDERICK DONGO- SHEMA | The government’s proclamation to enhance salaries of scientists in the next financial year has sparked unnecessary objection from businessmen and arts-focused groups camouflaging as moralists. Hailed by science education experts as the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda can work with the Democratic Republic of Congo to defeat the Allied Democratic Forces-ADF rebels wrecking havoc in the expansive central African nation, President Yoweri Museveni has revealed. He was meeting a delegation from the United States of America led by Howard G. Buffet, the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | City market leaders in Kampala have expressed mixed reactions to the new directives by the president on markets. While meeting some market leaders, Kampala Capital City Authority officials and those from the Ministry of Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs on Tuesday last week, President Yoweri Museveni …
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America piles pressure on PM Abiy ETHIOPIA | THE INDEPENDENT | On Nov.05, most international news agencies carried one major story about developments in the war in Ethiopia. ‘Nine Ethiopian factions to form alliance against government,’ proclaimed the media agencies. Most listed only the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), a splinter …
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