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The fallen Deputy Police chief was one of the President’s most trusted lieutenants but he had an improbable task Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | When Maj. Gen. Paul Lokech was appointed Deputy Inspector General of Police, he sought advice from someone close to State House on how to approach …

Ethiopia’s Abiy visits, holds talks with Museveni Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has today met the Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali as conflict in the Tigray region spreads to other parts of the country. According to a short press release by the Presidential Press Unit, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several city traders are ignorant about the stimulus package announced by the president to boost small enterprises after the 42-day lockdown induced by the second wave of COVID-19. While lifting the lockdown, President Yoweri Museveni directed Bank of Uganda and Ministry of Finance and Economic …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Some of the legislators on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee have expressed reservation on the recently returned Sexual Offences Bill, 2019. Last week, the Deputy Speaker Anita Among asked the committee to reconsider the bill following its return by the president. Tabled by the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni yesterday received and held a meeting with the former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan who is in the country for a working visit. Goodluck is in Uganda ahead of his installation as the chancellor of Cavendish University Uganda. Cavendish University is one …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government ministries are yet to agree on how to manage the Shillings 200 billion relief package that President Yoweri Museveni announced for micro, small and medium enterprises while announcing the second COVID-19 induced lockdown. More than a month later, the money is yet to be …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee has started reconsidering the Succession Amendment Bill, 2018 that was recently returned to Parliament by President Yoweri Museveni. MPs on the committee met with Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka, Administrator General Charles Kasibayo and the mover of the Bill, Rosette …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliament Appointments Committee has approved seven judges recently appointed by President Yoweri Museveni. The two approved Court of Appeal justices are the former Deputy Solicitor General, Christopher Gashirabake and Jinja Resident Judge, Eva Luswata. The committee chaired by Deputy Speaker Anita Among also approved …

The forgotten feud awakens? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Ten years after President Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame starred in high profile reconciliation, there seems no path to making peace again after two years of border closure. Instead, new tensions could flare up. In July, Rwanda …

Why keeping them closed is dangerous Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Reagan Okello, 18, had just started his Form 3 when President Yoweri Museveni suddenly closed schools when the COVID-19 disease entered the country in March, last year. It has been a tough 17 months since for Okello who …