Jerusalem, Israel | THE INDEPENDENT | Hebrew website Ynet reported on Wednesday that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to travel to Uganda on Monday, after he concludes his visit to Russia. The Jerusalem Post said sources indicate that Netanyahu’s second official visit to Uganda will coincide with the East African …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Katikiro of Buganda Kingdom, Charles Peter Mayiga has appealed to President Yoweri Museveni to focus his new anti-corruption fight on top government officials whom he says have entrenched the vice that is partly responsible for the raging poverty in the country. Mayiga was …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Land fragmentation, degraded natural resources, lack of access to water and electricity, and a poor road network have been listed as some of the reasons for the slow growth of Ibanda district in Southwestern Uganda. The district which borders Mbarara, Kiruhura, Buhweju and Kamwenge …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Tanzanian President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete has commended President Yoweri Museveni for mentoring a number of leaders on the African continent. Speaking at the 34th NRA/M celebrations at Kagongo demonstration primary school in Ibanda district, Kikwete said that President Museveni mentored many into …
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The pros and cons of the President’s long rule and what they portend for the country he has rebuilt THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | This week, President Yoweri Museveni and his NRM celebrate 34 years in power. Museveni inherited a country whose state had disintegrated and economy …
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Why Bobi Wine, Besigye, Muntu can’t unite Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the leader of Uganda’s newest political party; the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) faces a crucial test this June when it holds its first Delegates Conference. Muntu’s position as leader is not under threat …
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✳ NRM’s 6 areas of focus ✅ House-hold incomes ✅ Education ✅ Illegal evictions ✅ Stealing of health drugs ✅ Opposing corruption ✅ Working on feeder roads Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has hailed the NRM Party for being able to correctly diagnose the problems of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traffic Police Director, Dr Steven Kasiima handed over office a day after the Inspector General of Police Martin Ochola ordered him and five others to vacate office upon expiry of their contracts. At the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police –AIGP, Kasiima and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector-General of Police Martin Okoth Ochola has ordered the force’s Legal Director Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGP) Erasmus Twaruhuka to vacate office in the absence of a running contract. Sources at Naguru police headquarters have intimated to Uganda Radio Network – URN …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The out-going United States Ambassador to Uganda Deborah Ruth Malac has said she had a candid working relationship with President Museveni. Malac whose four-year tenure as US Ambassador to Uganda ends on Sunday told URN in an interview on Friday that her and Museveni often …
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