Kampala, Uganda | URN | Parliament’s Appointments Committee has approved Juma Witonze Kisekka for appointment as minister of state for internal affairs, clearing the way for his formal appointment by President Yoweri Museveni. The committee, chaired by Speaker Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth and comprising Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa alongside government and …
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Why the treatment of Muganga’s citizenship question is suspect and echoes deep-seated anti-Banyarwanda prejudice COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | For all its legalistic shadings, the recent citizenship controversy faced by Dr Lawrence Muganga, the vice chancellor of Victoria University, who was appointed State Minister for Internal Affairs by …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda’s oil journey has been defined less by extraction than by expectation — a revolving door of ministers, shifting deadlines, and a promise of “first oil” that has survived nearly two decades of political optimism and policy delays. In 2013, Irene Muloni, then Minister for Energy and …
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✳ Sam Mayanja (Attorney General) ✳ Justine Kasule Lumumba (Minister of ICT) ✳ Tom Butiime (Minister of Tourism) ✳ Balaam Barugahara (Minister of Local Government) ✳ Kiryowa Kiwanuka (Minister of Defence) ✳ Sanjay Tanna (Minister of Trade) ✳ Jonard Asiimwe (Minister of Science & Technology) ✳ Dr John Chrysostom Muyingo …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ministers designate have pledged to contribute towards the achievement of government plans and targets during their tenure. The ministers, were speaking after appearing before the Parliament Committee on Appointments for vetting on the second day of the process on Tuesday, 2 June 2026. Speaker, …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Newly nominated Cabinet and State Ministers have expressed gratitude to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for including them in his new cabinet as he embarks on the next five years in power. President Museveni on Tuesday unveiled his new cabinet, in which he dropped twenty ministers at …
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Moses Ali, Kasaija, Gen David Muhoozi, Anite and Nankabirwa dropped from Cabinet Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has retained a majority of his ministers, with the half dozen new names including Kiryowa Kiwanuka as Minister of Defence, Sanjay Tanna as Trade Minister and Adonia …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has signaled a tougher approach toward government officials, warning that ministers and leaders who fail to help citizens benefit from government poverty-eradication programs could face dismissal. Speaking shortly after the election of Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth as Speaker and Thomas Tayebwa as …
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The Politics of God & god in Africa COMMENT | CRISPIN KAHERU | With President Museveni’s swearing-in 12th May 2026 and a new Cabinet expected to follow shortly after, the scramble for ministerial positions has once again turned into an industry. An industry that feeds not only political brokers …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Minister of Foreign Affairs Gen Jeje Odongo has opened the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) 19th Midterm Ministerial Meeting. This Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement will assess the progress made in implementing the outcomes of the 19th Summit of NAM that Uganda hosted in January …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
