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. …
Read More »Museveni grants official burial to veteran playwright Alex Mukulu
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 …
Read More »Museveni warns MPs on corruption, absenteeism in public service
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 …
Read More »The enemy within State House
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 …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Who is Nuwagaba?
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 …
Read More »Museveni calls for regulation of bride price
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 …
Read More »Parliament approves Juma Witonze for State Minister for Internal Affairs
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 …
Read More »Parliament salutes Gen. Moses Ali
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Parliament on Tuesday held a special sitting to pay tribute to the late former Second Deputy Prime Minister, (Rtd.) Gen. Moses Ali, who died on Saturday aged 87. The sitting followed a motion moved by Prime Minister and Leader of Government Business Robinah Nabbanja …
Read More »State House and security agencies under siege
How a crook weaved his way into the confidence of President Yoweri Museveni and is now wreaking havoc in the security institutions of state Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM | He calls himself a brigadier general in the UPDF. He introduces himself to people as a Senior …
Read More »Museveni to join Parliament in paying tribute to Gen. Moses Ali
Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni will on Tuesday join Parliament in paying tribute to former First Deputy Prime Minister and Adjumani East MP, Gen. Moses Ali, before his body is flown to his ancestral home in Adjumani district. In a communication to Members of Parliament, Government Chief Whip …
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