A power play or prelude to the presidency? COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s appointment as Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) seems to have marked a significant step in his career, perhaps the fastest ascent of any army officer in the Great Lakes region, and possibly elevating him …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has appointed his son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba the Chief of Defense Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). This is the second time Kainerugaba rises to the very top ranks of the army, and replaces General Wilson Mbadi Mbasu who has been …
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Fighting will not end peace talks but partition COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | When President Yoweri Museveni received a delegation from the Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan led Sudan’s Transitional Sovereignty Council recently, he told them to stop fighting their rival, Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and seek peace through dialogue. …
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Fears over continued fighting as Gen. Burhan rubbishes IGAD talks COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | Sudanese Army Commander-in-Chief Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has once again put President Yoweri Museveni in a quandary. On Jan.30, just as a 14-day window for direct talks between Gen. Burhan and his challenger for the presidency …
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The inspiring story of a young man whose life was saved because different components of our country functioned. THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Maurice Mark Kiyemba is a 24 years-old Ugandan. Throughout his growth experience, he was falling sick regularly with strange fevers, headaches and general body weakness. He went …
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Can Museveni align them? COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has this week taken over the leadership of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) for the next three years to 2027. President Museveni’s tenure comes at a time of great uncertainty; for him personally and on the international scene. Personally, …
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How the president has lost connection with young people in Uganda and why nothing can be done about it THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Cederic Babu Ndilima is a son of Francis Babu. Both are NRM and President Yoweri Museveni diehards. Babu Sr was an NRM MP and also a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has asked Chief Justice Alfonse Owinyi-Dollo to personally review a decision by the High Court and Court of Appeal allowing the actioning of properties belonging to the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council. In a letter dated December 7, written to Owinyi-Dollo, Museveni said …
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Studies have highlighted the prevalence of workplace violence in Uganda, with a 2021 survey showing 86% of working women experience violence at work Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | President Yoweri Museveni should sign into law the recently amended employment bill that was passed in May this year to protect employees particularly …
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Why Uganda can’t live without clothes of `dead people’ COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | On Sept.10 President Yoweri Museveni revealed that some American cloth manufacturing companies have cancelled orders of textiles from Uganda because of the Anti-Homosexual Act (AHA) he signed into law in late May. “The homosexuals in the …
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