Tag Archives: Museveni

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Commander In Chief President Yoweri Museveni has promoted 334 Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officers. Key among the promotions, according to reports Wednesday, has commander of the Special Forces Command (CSFC)Col Don Nabasa and Chief of Military Intelligence Col Abel Kandiho promoted to Brigadier. Higher …

But what are the real opportunities and the rituals? Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | If holding hands, beaming smiles, and signing piles of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) is a measure, then Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli’s visit to Uganda from Nov.9 – 11 was a total success. The brotherly romance …

Kampala, Uganda | PPU | President Yoweri Museveni has advised prospective investors to target investing in areas of agro-processing and value addition to minerals like phosphates, in Uganda. The President was addressing a business conference of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)-Exim Bank Regional Conclave on India-East Africa Partners in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated that “bilateral ties between Uganda and Rwanda remain solid” as they lashed out at local media reports indicating hostility between the neighbouring countries. In a statement released in Kampala Monday, Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Patrick Mugoya dismissed …

How US$7bn deals are reshaping relations in the region Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | If President Yoweri Museveni has a best buddy amongst his East African counterparts, it might as well be Tanzania’s John Pombe Magufuli. When they are not sharing a hearty laugh at an African Union meeting in …

Stop sloganeering over peripheral issues called “governance” and seriously think about our strategic challenges THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | I have a frustration with President Yoweri Museveni’s Uganda: even after 30 years of impressive economic growth rates, Uganda is still far from any significant transition from a backward rural …

THIS WEEK: Sudan’s Bashir on official visit to Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sudan’s President Omar el- Bashir arrived in Uganda on Nov.12 for a three day state visit to his counterpart President Yoweri Museveni. Bashir who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over charges of genocide …

THIS WEEK: City councilors to be trained in Kyankwanzi Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Before being postponed to a later date, 218 of the 280 councilors in Kampala district had confirmed that they would attend a 7 day training that was to start on Nov.13 at the leadership institute in …

COMMENT: Lessons for Museveni from Mugabe, and for Uganda, from Zimbabwe COMMENT | Andrew Mwenda | The fall of President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has been welcomed by many Ugandans with excitement. For many people tired of President Yoweri Museveni’s long rule, Mugabe’s fall gives hope that their nightmare is …

VIDEO: President Museveni warns striking doctors Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | As the doctor’s strike enters a fortnight, the president Yoweri Museveni has revealed that striking doctors who don’t return to work will be sacked. He made the remarks while addressing a rally in Kabarole district. The doctors’ industrial action …