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Kampala, Uganda | AFP |  Three people carrying a coffin marked with President Yoweri Museveni’s name were arrested in western Uganda on Friday and will be charged with “illegal assembly”, police said. The three men were arrested in Mbarara, 300 kilometres (186 miles) west of the capital Kampala, after holding …

In The Independent this week: Whose victory is Bobi Wine’s win? COVER STORY Bobi Wine’s win: Whose victory is it? THE LAST WORD Rethinking healthcare in Africa: Why attempts to provide too much too fast are the cause of corruption and institutionalised incompetence. NEWS ANALYSIS Strike looms in courts: Insiders …

President’s self-Preservation tactics after 30 year in power are derailing development |Stephanie Nguyen| “I don’t know any other country more democratic than Uganda; our democratic structures are comprehensive, massive, and thorough.” This statement is representative of a few propaganda lines that filled television screens as President Yoweri Museveni gave his …

Addis Ababa, Ethopia | PPU |President Yoweri Museveni has held a bilateral meeting with the Palestine President Mohamoud Abbas at the sidelines of the 29th Ordinary Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Governments at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa. The Palestinian leader briefed his host about their liberation struggle …

  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | PPU| President Yoweri Museveni has today arrived in the Ethiopian Capital Addis Ababa for the 29th Ordinary Session of the assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union. The President who is accompanied by the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Janet …

Why President told world leaders not to undervalue his hospitality Kampala, Uganda |Ronald Musoke| When President Yoweri Museveni successfully convened a meeting of world leaders in Kampala for the first ever UN-backed Refugee Solidarity Summit on June 22-23, his mission was half accomplished. Top on the summit agenda was how …

  THE LAST WORD: How Ugandans get angrier as government does the right thing when it comes to spending money THE LAST WORD |Andrew M. Mwenda| Two contradictory things are happening in Uganda. First, large sections of the public, especially the elite public, are angry, very angry with government. They …

Defiant members plot to oust party president Kampala, Uganda |Agather Atuhaire| It appears nothing and nobody is these days simple or innocent in Uganda’s biggest party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). But it is a reality that the leaders; from Party President Mugisha Muntu to Secretary General Nandala Mafabi …

Kampala, Uganda | PPU| President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans that have invaded, cultivated and settled in wetlands, forestry reserves, river banks and lake shores to leave them peacefully and save the country from disaster. The President was speaking at a public rally at Rushoroza Seed School in Kihihi sub-county in …

Kampala, Uganda | PWATCHUG|  A sec­tion of Mem­bers of Par­lia­ment have tasked gov­ern­ment to ex­plain its de­lay to ap­point a Con­sti­tu­tional Re­view Com­mis­sion to over­see an over­haul of amend­ment of the con­sti­tu­tion. Bu­li­isa County MP, Stephen Muk­i­tale Bi­rahwa, while rais­ing a mat­ter of na­tional im­por­tance recently, told the House that …