Tag Archives: President Yoweri Museveni

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Government will next year take over Mountains of the Moon University – MMU. In 2017, management of the University applied to government to take it over and turn it into a public university. Last year in January, President Yoweri Museveni directed the Education and Sports …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | The Commission of Inquiry into land matters has formally concluded its operations ending more than two years of probing irregularities in the land sector. The seven-member team was appointed on December 8, 2016, by President Yoweri Museveni to inquire into the Effectiveness of Law, Policies …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has finally fulfilled some of his key pledges to the people in Lango sub region that he made about two years ago while touring the region. Some of the notable pledges that were delivered by Museveni on Friday this week include …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged public universities to focus on promoting science education and research. He was presiding over the first graduation ceremony of 192 students from Lira University in Lira district The students completed their studies in various academic disciplines including education, management science …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament want government to table a bill on the Constituency Development Fund-CDF. This came up during the 3rd Annual Legislature Sector Review under the Theme: – Legislating for the good governance and sustainable development held at Hotel Africana, Kampala on Wednesday. It stemmed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Experts at the Kampala African Union Judicial Convention have asked members states to address worsening refugees’ crisis in the continent. They said there is urgent need for a joint continental policy for addressing economic, security and political issues causing clandestine migration crisis in the continent. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has challenged the Convention of African Judiciaries on Human Rights to treat issues of human rights violations as secondary to more pressing African challenges. Museveni said Africa is grappling with two fundamental challenges related to the growth of economies, oppression of mankind …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have embarked on a week long gun fingerprinting exercise in Busoga region. The exercise, which is aimed at compiling a data base for firearms in the country, kicked off on Tuesday at Jinja rugby grounds. Several people including security personnel from Uganda prisons …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | A section of Members of Parliament are protesting the distribution of hoes in their constituencies without their involvement. President Yoweri Museveni in his 2016 election manifesto promised to avail hoes to every household to support agricultural production. Addressing a press conference on Friday at …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Local Defence Unit – LDUs personnel have arrested more than 2,000 suspected criminals since their deployment in Kampala, six months ago. The commander of Land Forces Lt Gen Peter Elweru says the LDU’s were doing a great job to end rampant crime and deal …