Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni and the Chief Justice Owiny-Dollo have clashed on the issue of granting bail to persons accused of capital offences pending determination of their cases. This was at the 4th Annual Memorial Lecture of the former Chief Justice Benedicto Kiwanuka, held at the …
Read More »Museveni house donation sparks dispute in late Karambuzi’s family
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a bitter misunderstanding between two children of former FRONASA (Front for National Salvation) war hero James Karambuzi, over a two-storied building donated by the President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in memory of their late father. Karambuzi who hailed from Kabale was executed in 1973 …
Read More »Museveni’s Covid paranoia
Why Uganda and other African countries have consistently taken extreme and inappropriate Covid interventions THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | This week, President Yoweri Museveni addressed the nation on Covid-19. With infection and death rates down, the President did little to open up the country. Most especially; he left …
Read More »FULL SPEECH: President Museveni at UN Gen Assembly
New York, US | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has highlighted the effects of lack of vaccines and climate change on Uganda, and called for cooperation to aid post-Covid recovery in his speech at the 76th United Nations General Assembly Thursday. In his speech relayed via video link, President …
Read More »Museveni meets Orthodox church leaders, pledges support
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has pledged to support the Orthodox church. On Wednesday, Museveni met a delegation from the church led by Metropolitan Makarios, Archbishop of Nairobi in Kenya who is also the caretaker of the Orthodox Church in Uganda. Makarios replaced the late Metropolitan Jonah Lwanga, …
Read More »Museveni renews fight against giving bail to murder suspects
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has renewed his fight against giving bail to suspects accused of committing big crimes like murder. Speaking on Wednesday at the swearing in of new judges, Museveni said bail is not a constitutional right. “For somebody to kill a person and you …
Read More »MPs query gov’t on former VP Ssekandi’s retirement benefits
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliamentary Committee on Government Assurances has queried the ministry of public service over the delayed payment of retirement benefits to the former Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi. Committee members claim the former vice president is surviving miserably with a dilapidated car yet his security …
Read More »NSSF Bill: President Museveni writes to Speaker Oulanyah
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has formally written to the Speaker of Parliament returning the National Social Security Fund Bill, 2019 with proposals for amendment. Oulanyah revealed the contents of Museveni’s letter dated 26th August, 2021 during the Tuesday plenary sitting saying that he had received …
Read More »Most mailo land owned by powerful non-Baganda, will they stab themselves?
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The revelation by government that its preparing to amend the land laws has triggered anxiety in Buganda over the possibility of abolishing mailo land, a system of land ownership common in central region which the president has described as evil. But Prof Samwiri Lwanga Lunyiigo, …
Read More »President Museveni to address nation tomorrow
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni will address the nation tomorrow September 22 on COVID-19 and the measures being taken to control it. The address is set for 8pm. He is expected to address the long standing issue of a closed education and religious sector and …
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