Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has emphasized the importance of protecting environmental assets as a crucial element for Uganda’s and Africa’s success during his 61st Independence Anniversary speech. He noted that assets like wetlands, forests, rivers, lakes, and water towers are vital for providing essential life-sustaining …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni urged teachers to utilise their professional knowledge to transform Uganda socially and economically. “In your education system, when you say you are a social scientist, you find a peasant producing another peasant and you don’t see that as a problem and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has elevated five Colonels to Brigadier and promoted 15 Lieutenant Colonels to full Colonels. Those promoted to brigadier include John Musoke, the second in command of the 4Tth Division, John Patrick Otongo, the second in command of 2ND Division, James Muhwezi, the …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Constitutional affairs minister, Nobert Mao, who doubles as the Democratic Party-DP president has challenged President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, to deliberately spearhead the processes for him to peacefully handover of power. While spearheading DP grassroots mobilization drives in Jinja city over the weekend, Mao pointed …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of elders in the Acholi Sub-region are seeking to meet President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni over his recent statements acknowledging the mistakes of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) led government in the region. Early this month, the President while presiding over a crusade organized …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has told the people of the Acholi Sub-region that those suspected to have orchestrated the killing of Brig. Gen Pierino Okoya and other innocent Ugandans got punished and “never lived” to succeed in life. The President made the remarks on Friday …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the Ministry of Finance and Parliament to issue new regulations to control money lending and interest rates in the Ugandan economy. “These moneylenders who are causing suicide to our young people, who allows them to operate? Why should someone …
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COMMENT | DAVID JACKSON OBOTH | Why does the President dress casually even when he is handling serious state matters? I bet it’s a trend that has eluded the understanding of many people as to why this iconic leader does what he does, including sticking to a particular dress code. There were …
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Wakiso, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The implementers of the Exotic Goat Rollout Program, initiated by President Museveni to boost goat farming and meat exports, are grappling with financial challenges that threaten the project’s success. Launched in 2019 as a five-year initiative, the program aims to bolster goat meat production …
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His government has had to create routines and institutions that remind Ugandans of their recent history of brutality and killings ANALYSIS | DEREK R. PETERSON | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni – Africa’s fourth-longest-serving head of state in 2023 – has cemented his place in history. He brought an end to two …
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