Grabbing gavel from Kadaga was the easier part Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Until recently, it would have been impossible to imagine Omoro County MP Jacob Oulanyah sitting with maverick Mityana Municipality MP Francis Zaake to discuss national issues. But now they must, after Oulanyah, who has been deputy …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Stay in the village, avoid Kampala and Wakiso
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged Ugandans who do not have ‘urgent issues’ that require them to travel to Kampala, to stay away from the country’s capital and the neighbouring Wakiso district for a while. He made the appeal in his televised national address …
Read More »LIVE: Museveni address on new measures to contain COVID-19
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni is expected to outline new measures to contain what is said to be a second COVID-19 wave that has hit the country. His address come days after the Ministry of Health sent out an alert warning of increasing admissions, deaths and …
Read More »COVID-19 second wave hits
CORONAVIRUS 2ND WAVE: How will Uganda cope without vaccines? THE INDEPENDENT | RONALD MUSOKE | The let-up in COVID-19 infections at the beginning of this year could have made many Ugandans think that they had finally won the battle against the disease. This was mainly because of the low number …
Read More »Minister Tumwebaze on NRM’s Appointments Committee list
📌 NRM members to Appointments Committee ➡️ Joyce Moriku Kaducu ➡️ Okullu Abuka ➡️ Betty Engola ➡️ Rose Akello ➡️ Dr Florence Assimwe ➡️ Sarah Mateke ➡️ Arinaitwe Rwakajara ➡️ Fred Kambale ➡️ Frank Tumwebaze ➡️ Diana Mutansingwa ➡️ Sarah Najjuma ➡️ David Kabanda ➡️ Robinah Rwakojo ➡️ Cissy Namuju …
Read More »IN THE INDEPENDENT: Oulanyah’s parliament takes shape
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER Oulanyah’s Parliament takes shape: Grabbing mace from Kadaga was the easier part THE LAST WORD Kadaga’s political suicide: How the former parliamentary speaker made a series of blunders that may sink her otherwise great …
Read More »Uganda should mind the oil Gap
Policy, righting wrongs and circumventing curses as oil presents huge opportunities and significant risks COMMENT | DENNIS JJUUKO | Uganda has signed a pipeline deal with Tanzania and Total to transport crude oil from Uganda’s Albertine region to Tanzania’s Tanga port for refining, but the secrecy that surrounds this $3.5 …
Read More »US renews AIDS relief support to Uganda
PEPFAR has invested more than $4 billion in Uganda alone, and more than $90 billion worldwide, over the past 18 years to save more than 19 million lives. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPEDNENT | A record 18th U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Country Operation Plan for Uganda has …
Read More »Uganda, DRC sign 223km roads deal
➡ Mpondwe/Kasindi- Beni (80km) ➡ Bunagana- Rutshuru- Goma Road (89km) ➡ Beni-Butembo Axis (54km) Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday signed two agreements aimed at enhancing bilateral trade and strengthening infrastructure development for the mutual benefit of both countries. The signing of these …
Read More »Uganda MPs swear-in at Pan African Parliament
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five Members of Parliament have been sworn in to join the Pan African Parliament representing Uganda at the continental institution based in Midrand, South Africa. The Pan African Parliament is the legislative arm of the African Union comprising Members from National Parliaments of AU member states. …
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