Tag Archives: Yoweri Kaguta Museveni

Ntungamo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni has thanked her husband Yoweri Kaguta  Museveni for ‘not forgetting the people of Ntungamo’ by constructing all major roads leading to and out of the district. Speaking during a campaign meeting attended by NRM leaders from …

Soroti, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Gen. Gregg Mugisha Muntu, the Alliance for National Transformation- ANT Presidential Candidate has urged the people of Teso to vote leaders on merit and, to avoid being driven by emotions.  Muntu’s comment comes at a time when a section of people in Teso is rallying …

          Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The closure of schools has greatly contributed to the increased exposure of school land to grabbers.     Schools were closed in March 2020 by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as a way to limit the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19).  …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Independent Presidential candidate Nancy Linda Kalembe has promised a comprehensive reparation program to survivors of the Lord’s Resistance Army – LRA rebels atrocities. Kalembe, who, since Tuesday has been meeting small groups of people in Acholi to back up her bid for President in 2021 …

Moyo, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate, Lt. Gen Henry Tumukunde has called on muslims to vote out Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for them to be able to see better services.  Tumukunde says the muslim community in Uganda has been marginalized by the NRM government. He has stated that the …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The National Resistance Movement – NRM Youth League members have vowed to shift their efforts and support opposition Presidential candidates if they are not granted autonomous mandate and resources for campaigns.  The national youth league executives re-iterated their demand in a press release today in …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Sugar companies from Busoga sub-region are seeking Parliament’s intervention in the fight against ‘unfair’ competition from ‘sugar bonds’ which has frustrated local manufacturers. While meeting Speaker Rebecca Kadaga today, the managing directors of sugar companies revealed that sugar bonds which were earlier banned by President …

Nwoya, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  The Democratic Party (DP) presidential candidate, Norbert Mao has rallied the people of Acholi region to avoid the politics of tribalism. Mao said that voters in Acholi Sub Region should not elect leaders based on their tribes and ethnicity, but rather their potentials and competence …

Gulu, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Leaders from the ruling National Resistance Movement – NRM have warned the Acholi community on voting for the Opposition who don’t have any developmental agenda for them as a region.  Hillary Onek, the Minister for Disaster Preparedness in the Office of the Prime Minister says …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on the government of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia headed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to negotiate with the Tigray regional government in order to restore peace in Ethiopia.  Speaking today at Gulu State Lodge to a delegation headed …