Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni on Monday campaigned in Entebbe Municipality, pledging increased government support to fishermen, market vendors, and small-scale entrepreneurs, and urging residents to vote for the NRM to protect peace and development gains. Addressing supporters, Museveni said his government had restored security in Entebbe …
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Mukono, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pledged to fast-track alternative road networks around Kampala to ease traffic congestion while vowing to crack down on the theft and mismanagement of Parish Development Model (PDM) funds in Mukono District. Addressing a massive campaign rally at St. Joseph’s …
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Buvuma, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate, has made significant pledges for the development of Buvuma Island, including the establishment of a second constituency to better represent the district in Parliament. His remarks came during his campaign visit to the island …
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Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | Uganda has been racing to bring its oil and gas fields in the west of the country into commercial production, a long-awaited milestone that officials said could propel the East African nation onto a path of double-digit economic growth from 2026. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni …
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Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On Dec.30, President Yoweri Museveni commissioned two major industrial projects in Luwero District, reinforcing the government’s push for agro-industrialisation, value addition, and job creation. The first stop was PRO Industries Pte Limited, an ethanol and extra-neutral alcohol (ENA) plant in Ndibulungi Village. The facility, …
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COMMENT | NNANDA KIZITO SSERUWAGI | Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni and Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, aka Bobi Wine, are two wide contrasts of each other. Both minds come from different eras. Museveni was born in 1944. Kyagulanyi, in 1982. Born 38 years apart, little could be found in common between these …
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But the opposition faces the ruling party’s continued use of violence to manipulate the election NEWS ANALYSIS | LUKE MELCHIORRE | On the eve of Uganda’s 2021 presidential election, it was clear that regardless of how Ugandans voted, the incumbent, Yoweri Museveni, would most likely be declared the winner. Amid …
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For a country that has never seen peaceful transfer of power, the future is arriving faster than its readiness for it COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | On the afternoon of December 10, at Hotel Africana in Kampala, Uganda’s political future was discussed quietly, almost cautiously. There were no cameras jostling …
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Masaka City, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has rallied residents of Masaka City and the wider Greater Masaka sub-region to support National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidates and fully embrace government wealth-creation programmes, saying peace, development and economic empowerment remain the party’s strongest contributions to Uganda’s transformation. …
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When Loyalty Becomes a Lie: The Hidden Machinery of Political Manipulation Around President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni! COMMENT | ALEX ATWEMEREIREHO | There is a grave and unsettling tragedy quietly metastasizing within the bloodstream of Ugandan politics, one that threatens not only the legacy of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni but also the …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
