Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has returned the National Commission for UNESCO (Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Higher Education Students Financing (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to Parliament for reconsideration. In a letter read by the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, at the sitting of the House on Tuesday, …
Read More »Parliament to receive anti-corruption petition amid planned protest
KAMPALA, Uganda | Xinhua | The Ugandan parliament said it is ready to receive a petition from activists who plan to march to the parliament on Tuesday in an anti-corruption protest. In a statement issued here on Monday, the parliament said it has learned that there is a group of …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Riots, illegal demonstrations will not be allowed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni Saturday night concluded his national address on wealth creation and the environment, by sending a veiled warning to youth who plan to march to parliament July 23, to protest against corruption. “While we the wealth creators are busy creating wealth for …
Read More »Museveni directs Finance Minister, AG on Micro-Finance regulation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has thrown his weight behind medium and small financial sector players demanding a one stop regulation centre, saying that multiple centres lead to confusion in which gullible Ugandans may be abused and exploited. The President whose message was delivered by the …
Read More »Museveni to Ugandan athletes: Treat sports like a job
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked Uganda’s Olympic athletes to view sports as a professional career rather than mere recreation. The President said that sports have evolved from a leisure activity to a profession where athletes can earn a living. The President made these remarks while …
Read More »Museveni assents to VAT, NGO ammendment bills
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has has assented to 19 Bills that were recently passed by Parliament. These include the VAT and NGO ammendment bills. He however returned two Bills to Parliament, for reconsideration. These are the National Commission for UNESCO (Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Higher …
Read More »Museveni: Negative media coverage hampers Uganda’s development
Kyankwanzi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has expressed concern over the impact of what he calls ‘irresponsible media coverage’ on Uganda’s development and reputation. Museveni made the remarks while meeting a group of government communicators at the National Leadership Institute (NALI) at Kyankwanzi. The group was led …
Read More »Museveni orders ‘preventive arrest’ of Bataka seeking to meet Kabaka
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has distanced himself from Buganda clan leaders (Bataka) who travelled to Namibia, supposedly to visit Kabaka Ronald Mutebi who is recuperating there. The Bataka reportedly said President Yoweri Museveni had sponsored their trip, after they raised the matter at their meeting …
Read More »Museveni: No bail to the corrupt
Kyakwanzi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni says corruption can easily be defeated if the judiciary does not grant bail to the corrupt. “We should easily defeat the corruption. The only support we need from the Judiciary is no bail for those accused of murder, treason, terrorism, rape, defilement, corruption …
Read More »Tiktoker Awebwa jailed for six years for abusing Museveni and family
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Entebbe Chief Magistrates Court has sentenced 24-year-old Tiktoker, Edward Awebwa to six years in jail for having abused the President of Uganda General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Awebwa, who had no lawyer, on Wednesday appeared before the Court presided over by the Chief Magistrate, Stella …
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