Tag Archives: Yoweri Museveni

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Kasese Central Market will be occupied by traders next month.  The 16 Billion Shillings Market was supposed to be opened to traders last month after being commissioned by President Museveni in December. It is one of the several markets countrywide that was rebuilt under the …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) party presidential candidate Major General Gregg Mugisha Muntu has attributed the party’s huge loss in the recent general election to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Muntu got 65,334 votes (0.65 per cent) of the total votes cast in a race that …

Busia, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Sheikh Jamir Juma Obandio, the Busia district Kadhi has advised Muslims to always wear their tunics and veils when and after performing Tarawehe prayers for consideration by security personals. Muslims started the holy month of Ramadhan as one of the pillars in the Islam faith …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Paul Lokech, has ordered a probe into how internal police communication is leaked to the public. Lokech, who will be making 100 days in office on Friday, indicates that he is becoming very much concerned with …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi has given the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development 21 days to make public the agreements that were signed on Sunday, between the government of Uganda and Tanzania.  Mabirizi threatens legal action if the Permanent Secretary does not comply with …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The government has started the process to compensate traders of St. Balikuddembe market – Owino and Nakawa Markets.  In 2020, President Museveni directed the Minister of Kampala to with immediate effect remove from the government markets the Association leaders and supervise the sellers to elect …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The African Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) is demanding for the involvement of Ugandans in the negotiations on the East African Crude Oil Pipeline and the Tilenga oil projects in the Albertine region. The call comes as Ugandan and Tanzanian leaders and their technocrats …

Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT  |  The Late Archbishop of Kampala Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga has been laid to rest, in Lubaga Cathedral, Kampala. Lwanga died in his room at Rubaga, in the precincts of the Cathedral on Saturday.  The medical team that carried out the postmortem stated that he …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Then oil and gas development agreements between Uganda, Tanzania and the oil company, TOTAL SA are now set for April, following the death of John Pombe Magufuli, former president of Tanzania. “The launch of the Tilenga Development Project and the East African Oil Pipeline Project …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has paid tribute to the former Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli describing him as a dedicated servant of Tanzania, East Africa and Africa. Magufuli 61 died on Wednesday at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. His death was announced by the then Vice President …