Kampala, Uganda | URN | Kampala’s newest hotel has officially opened its doors to the public, adding a new layer of luxury to the city’s hospitality scene. On Thursday, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni officially commissioned the Kampala Marriott Hotel and Executive Apartments in Nsambya, Kampala, describing the investment as an important contribution …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has defended the anti-corruption inspection tours being conducted by Local Government Minister Balaam Barugahara and State Minister Justine Nameere, dismissing concerns that the ministers could be “Kutomera” or blindly searching for wrongdoing. Museveni says the inspections are responding to longstanding complaints from …
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COVER STORY | For a decade, President Yoweri Museveni has promised, and repeatedly proclaimed, Uganda’s arrival in the lower-middle-income club. The World Bank keeps saying not yet. Behind the numbers lies a deeper contest over growth, population, political legacy and who gets to define Uganda’s economic progress, reports Ronald …
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COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | Across Africa, informed senior citizens know that President Yoweri Museveni is passionate about integrating the continent if we are to survive in this crudely competitive capitalist world order. …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has approved a state burial for celebrated Ugandan playwright, actor and director Alex Edward Kabangala Mukulu, who died recently at the age of 72. Mukulu will be laid to rest on August 20, 2026, at Kijabijjo in Gayaza, with the government and his …
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Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on NRM Members of Parliament to strengthen oversight of government programmes and take a leading role in fighting corruption and improving public service delivery. Museveni made the remarks during the 3rd NRM Parliamentary Caucus of the 12th Parliament at Speke …
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How a crook infiltrated the highest office in Uganda and caused untold disruption Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM | Erina Kagisha is the wife of the former commander of SFC, Maj. Gen. Don Nabasa. She works in the legal department of the Office of the President at …
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Response to Mwenda on the issue of Stephen Nuwagaba COMMENT | YOWERI K MUSEVENI | The People of Uganda, especially the Bazzukulu. Kopango. Iriyo maber. Apoyo kwir maber recently. Having thanked Ugandans for voting very well in the recent LC-1 elections, we shall get time to say more …
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Kiruhura, Uganda | URN | The President has called for moderation in the payment of bride price, warning that excessive demands are turning marriage into a commercial venture and discouraging young people from starting families. Speaking during the traditional Okuhingira ceremony of Kisha Isabel Byanjeru Kaboyo, daughter of the Minister …
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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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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
