President Yoweri Museveni has issued a forceful response to a recent opinion piece by journalist Andrew Mwenda titled “When Old Age Strikes a Leader” (Issue No. 915, April 17–23, 2026), rejecting claims about his leadership capacity and defending his government’s economic and industrialisation agenda. In the unusually direct statement, Museveni …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Elison Karuhanga, one of the candidates vying for the position of Uganda Law Society (ULS) representative to the Judicial Service Commission is mooting major reforms in appointing judicial officers to strengthen the independence of the judiciary. Speaking to a fraternity of lawyers in Masaka …
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