Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged African political leaders and African people in general to shun the politics of identity that characterized most of the post-independence Africa. He noted that politic of identity that was mostly based on tribes and religions were counterproductive, diversionary …
Read More »
New boss determined to pump out Uganda’s oil in four years Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Philippe Groueix took over from Pierre Jessua on Sept. 01 as the General Manager of TotalEnergies EP Uganda with one critical goal on his mind: commercializing Uganda’s oil resources by 2025. Uganda first …
Read More »
Why is the President insistent on a seemingly winless war? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | What does President Yoweri Museveni have against two young opposition legislators; Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana so much as for him to revive his unpopular stance on bail? It is something that has vexed …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s exports to the United Arab Emirates have grown from $300 million since diplomatic relations were established in 2009 to $1.85 billion in 2020. Exports are mainly precious minerals, high value crops and labour. President Yoweri Museveni today visited Uganda’s stall and pushed for more …
Read More »
What’s behind Museveni move against bail? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | President Yoweri Museveni has resurrected debate on courts granting bail and says he will now mobilise and solve the issue politically. Speaking Sept.27 during the 4th Memorial Lecture of the former Chief Justice, Benedicto Kiwanuka, held at …
Read More »
Abu Dhabi, UAE | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has joined dozens of world leaders in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the 2020 Dubai trade Expo. The Expo that will run up to 31st March 2022 was officially opened on 1st October 2021 in Dubai. On …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni is addressing the nation on peace and security, and will also focus on the judiciary. He started by giving a history of instability in Uganda and how the National Resistance Movement turned it around in 1986. “This current crime wave will …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Hell over bail: What’s behind Museveni move against bail?? THE LAST WORD The triumph of security agencies: How NRM and the ministry of foreign affairs have surrendered their political and diplomatic functions to …
Read More »
Lwengo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patrick Mbabazi, an officer in the Lwengo district police Criminal Investigations Department-CID is on spot for presenting fake relatives of machete victims to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Early this month, 25 people from families that lost their relatives in machete attacks in Masaka sub-region met …
Read More »
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Social Security Fund is anxiously awaiting the enactment of the NSSF Amendment Bill which was recently returned to Parliament by President Yoweri Museveni. The president advised parliament to among others, amend the clause on the mid-term access to 20 per cent of the …
Read More »
The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price