Kampala, Uganda | URN | Newly nominated Cabinet and State Ministers have expressed gratitude to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for including them in his new cabinet as he embarks on the next five years in power. President Museveni on Tuesday unveiled his new cabinet, in which he dropped twenty ministers at …
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Prof Mamdani Reassesses Amin, Accuses Museveni of Dividing Uganda Kampala, Uganda | URN | Renowned scholar Professor Mahmood Mamdani has defended part of former president Idi Amin’s political legacy while sharply criticising President Yoweri Museveni. He accuses President Museveni of transforming Uganda into a fragmented and militarised …
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Lira, Uganda | URN | Leaders and residents in West Nile have expressed disappointment over the newly released Cabinet list from State House, saying the region has once again been allocated only state minister positions, which they argue limits its influence in national decision-making and development planning. The Chief Executive …
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COMMENT | NANTEZA SARAH KYOBE | President Yoweri Museveni’s remarks at his inauguration for a seventh term and at the election of the Speaker of the 12th Parliament have set a tone of urgency and high expectation that complacency and underperformance would no longer be tolerated from all public officials. In his …
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COMMENT | OBED K KATUREEBE | “A stitch in time saves nine” is a British proverb, meaning that taking immediate action to fix a problem prevents it from becoming a larger, more laborious issue later. The phrase originates from sewing—sewing a tiny tear in a piece of cloth immediately saves you …
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COMMENT | DR JUDE KAGORO | In Uganda, power does not merely reside in State House, Parliament, or the Constitution. It circulates through symbols, networks, uniforms, proximity, and perception. Some individuals command authority not because they formally hold office, but because society has already invested them with what Pierre Bourdieu would …
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Moses Ali, Kasaija, Gen David Muhoozi, Anite and Nankabirwa dropped from Cabinet Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has retained a majority of his ministers, with the half dozen new names including Kiryowa Kiwanuka as Minister of Defence, Sanjay Tanna as Trade Minister and Adonia …
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How I share the president’s vision even though we disagree on the details in its implementation THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | I was on a flight to Beijing when President Yoweri Museveni published his “missive” against my criticism of his policies supporting private businesspersons with government …
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Kampala, Uganda | COMMENT | President Yoweri Museveni, your response to Andrew Mwenda, published recently and widely circulated, was characteristically vigorous. At 82, your energy remains undiminished. You cited figures, invoked proverbs, named factories, and challenged your critics to visit them. We accept the invitation — not physically, but forensically. …
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President Yoweri Museveni has issued a forceful response to a recent opinion piece by journalist Andrew Mwenda titled “When Old Age Strikes a Leader” (Issue No. 915, April 17–23, 2026), rejecting claims about his leadership capacity and defending his government’s economic and industrialisation agenda. Elison Karuhanga (@elisonk), “a learner and …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
