Raila to miss Ruto swearing-in says election results ‘unclear’ Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & THE STAR KENYA | At least 20 Heads of State including President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda are expected in Kenya for today’s inauguration of president-elect William Ruto. Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Felix Tshisekedi, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame …
Read More »Presidential convoy knocks boda boda, three in hospital
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The presidential motorcade has today knocked and injured three people on a Bodaboda along the Northern Bypass. Senior Superintendent of Police –SSP Rogers Nsereko Kawuma, the Kampala Metropolitan traffic police commander said the convoy knocked the bodaboda rider and his passengers at around 11am …
Read More »Kasese mudslides victims recieve UGX 5 million each from Museveni
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Each of the victims of the recent mudslides in Kasese district has received a condolence contribution of five million Shillings from President Yoweri Museveni. At least 16 people were killed after heavy rain caused mudslides in Kisika, Rukoki sub-county on Wednesday. The landslides buried dozens of …
Read More »Tororo’s RockCity Radio to go on air this year
President Yoweri Museveni gives radio sh200million boost Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tororo Broadcasting Network Limited radio (RockCity Radio) will go live this year. This assurance was given today after President Yoweri Museveni fulfilling a government sh200million pledge that was needed by the Tieng Adhola Cultural Institution (TACI) to complete …
Read More »It is a success story for Museveni and Uganda as 49 UPDF Generals retire
COMMENT | Samson Tinka | On 30th Aug 2022, the UPDF family was all smiles when President Yoweri Museveni, the Commander In Chief of the armed forces retired 49 generals of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) at a ceremony held at State House Entebbe. General Elly Tumwine, who died last …
Read More »Museveni, regional leaders mourn Queen Elizabeth
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni and a section of leaders in the East African Community (EAC) have praised the late Queen of England, Elizabeth II for her admirable leadership of the Commonwealth and reconciliatory efforts. The Commonwealth of Nations is an association of 56 sovereign states and …
Read More »President wrongly appointed Bamuturaki: Former board chairman
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former chairperson board of directors Uganda Airlines, Perez Godfrey Ahabwe has accused President Yoweri Museveni of wrongly appointing Jenifer Bamuturaki as the Chief Executive Officer-CEO of the entity. On 7 June 2019, Ahabwe was appointed by Monica Azuba Ntege, the then Minister of Works and …
Read More »‘Bobi Wine: Ghetto President’
This gripping documentary charts the rise of the pop star-turned-politician seeking to end Uganda’s brutal dictatorship | ALLAN HUNTER | Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, has become the face of change in Uganda, the charismatic pop star-turned-politician the embodiment of hope in a country ruled by a brutal dictatorship. Christopher …
Read More »Museveni’s message to South Sudan’s new force
20,000 graduate in first ever unified national army Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | President Yoweri Museveni’s attendance of the first graduation of the Unified Forces of South Sudan cast him in the spotlight again as a mainstay in the security matrix of the East African and Great Lakes region. …
Read More »Salim Saleh’s quiet revolution
How Kapeeka Industrial Park may be signaling a fundamental change in Uganda’s policy attitude THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Last week, on a visit to Gen. Salim Saleh in Kapeeka, I decided to also visit “his” industrial park. Although I travel for fortnightly pilgrims to Kapeeka to …
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