Tag Archives: Yoweri Museveni

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that the national army – UPDF – has overtime registered a number of successes and grown from strength to strength because God has always been on their side for, they were fighting for the right cause. The President made the …

What it means in numbers and money COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | As President Yoweri Museveni and his ruling NRM party celebrate their 37th year in power, the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has given them a befitting anniversary gift; launching the country into crude oil production stage. Uganda’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Tanzania today signed an agreement to host the East African Crude Oil Pipeline with its lead investor Total.    The signing of the long-awaited Host Government Agreement(HGA) on Thursday was witnessed by President Yoweri Museveni and Samia Suluhu Hassan in Dar es Salaam.    The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The former Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has said that the 11th Parliament owes Ugandans a duty to restore the dignity and reputation of the legislative arm of government.  According to Oulanyah, Members of Parliament are no longer respected amongst Ugandans because a lot …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Deputy Attorney General Jackson Kafuuzi Karugaba has said ministers can only continue working if President Museveni issues a special instrument allowing them to work. The term of ministers, the Vice President, the Prime Minister among others expired on Tuesday ahead of President Museveni’s swearing-in ceremony …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda is most likely to be fully re-opened in 2022 after at least 4.8 million people have been fully vaccinated. At the moment, the country is still under a partial lockdown with some sectors still closed. Sectors like the entertainment and performing arts are still …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Players within the education sector have suggested  that the government should first increase capitation grants before scrapping charges levied on parents in institutions implementing universal education.      This followed a pronouncement by President Yoweri Museveni, during his inaugural speech as he starts a new …

Museveni asks African countries to solve continent’s security problems. ‘We can defend Africa if we act together and act right’ Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT, URN & PSCU |  President Museveni has asked African leaders to think about solving the security threats that several African countries face.    In his address …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Business in Kampala’s central business district and other city suburbs has remained low today, as President Yoweri Museveni takes oath, for another term of office.  Several businesses remained closed in the Central Business District as President Museveni prepared to take oath at the Kololo Independence …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  At the time of the inauguration of a new cabinet in 2016, President Yoweri Museveni, who had been in power for 30 years back then, boasted that Uganda was on the cusp of achieving lowe-middle-income status This is a term used by the World Bank …