Tag Archives: President Museveni

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amnesty International has condemned the conviction of Academic Researcher Stella Nyanzi on the charge of cyber harassment. The conviction stemmed from a boorish birthday poem, targeted at the President’s late mother Esteeri Kokundeka, which was posted on Stella Nyanzi’s social media pages on September …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has allocated 150 billion shillings for salary enhancement of primary school teachers and lecturers in public universities. The salary increments will take effect in the second quarter of this financial year – that is from October. Minister for Public Service Muluri Mukasa told …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni sought a five months’ Salary Advance, soon after the 2016 general election. In honour of his request, State House released a total of 19.1 million Shillings off its budget for the financial year 2016-2017. This was uncovered as a team from State …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has been asked to dismiss an application filed by researcher Stella Nyanzi challenging the closure of her defence without an opportunity to summon defence witnesses through the public media. The matter is in relation to a loutish birthday poem, targeted at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng has written to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni seeking his intervention in the controversies surrounding the construction of Lubowa Hospital. Parliament early this year approved a loan guarantee of 1.4 trillion shillings to Finasi/ROKO, a special purpose vehicle …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Land is considering amending sections of the National Physical Planning Act 2010. Isaac Isanga Musumba, the State Minister for Urban Development says that the amendments are intended at eliminating unregulated construction in all urban area across the country. According to Musumba, the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has implored the business community to emulate the late Amirali Karmali, Mukwano’s example of admirable work ethics. In a message read on his behalf by the Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, Museveni said Amirali was one of those people who filled …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of creditors of Uganda Telecommunications Limited-UTL have petitioned court seeking orders to remove the Administrator. The sixteen creditors led by  Asaph Nandawula state that the appointment of the official receiver as the Administrator and acting as such on a permanent basis is …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has warned farmers in the Busoga sub-region of a looming drop in the sugarcane prices which will consequently affect farmers profits. According to Museveni, government has nothing much to do about the falling cane prices dictated by forces beyond their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The second deputy prime Minister, Ali Kirunda Kivejinja has asked Cooperative unions in the country to shelf their compensation demands for war time losses. Cooperative Unions are demanding upto Shillings 162 Billion from government in compensation for wartime losses, restoration of the defunct Cooperative …