Tag Archives: President Museveni

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tenants in Kampala have asked President Museveni to sign the Landlord and Tenants bill. On Tuesday several traders operating in arcades met at JBK hotel to discuss challenges they face while conducting their businesses. Swaibu Buzigu a trader at Mukwano Arcade says they continue …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ikwera Girls Secondary school has accused Kwania district local government authorities of using 150 million shilling meant for the purchase of a school bus. The money was sent to Kwania district by Ministry of Finance to purchase a new Mini-bus for the school during the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has launched a campaign to oust President Museveni from power. Speaking at the party’s independence celebrations held on Wednesday at the party’s headquarters in Najjanankumbi, the FDC President Patrick Amuriat says that the party will not wait for the 2021 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has used the Uganda Manufacturers’ Association (UMA) exhibition to blast the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) leadership for not being forthcoming on the needs of the manufacturers. Museveni, who officially opened the show at Lugogo on Monday, first entered a closed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has expressed government commitment to solving land problems affecting the oil rich Bunyoro sub region. Museveni on Monday said government will soon come up with “special” modalities of addressing the continued land grabbing and evictions that have escalated in the region …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has been tasked to fulfill pledges he made towards supporting the construction of St Janani Luwum Church in Kitgum municipality a year ago. Construction works on the church estimated to cost 3.5 billion shillings and named in memory of the slain former Church …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Pentecostal Assemblies of God-PAG Lira, a breakaway faction from the Pentecostal Assemblies of God Mission, Uganda has petitioned President, Yoweri Museveni to intervene in their property dispute. PAG Lira limited started in June 2015 following the excommunication of Reverend Joel Mukalo, the then …

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Equal Opportunities Commission – EOC has started inquiries into grievances on the contested Apaa land. Dispute over the 827 Square kilometres of Apaa land started in 2012 when Adjumani district council gazetted the area as East Madi Game Reserve. The move was opposed by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Civil Society Organisations have hailed President Museveni for not assenting to the National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill, 2012. In a letter to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, the President proposed that the inventor of genetic material be held liable for any harm that their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  French oil major Total E&P Uganda has suspended all activities, including tenders on the East Africa Crude Pipeline (EACOP), sending shivers among the participants in the Uganda oil industry. The suspension follows the collapse of the Tullow sale deal where Total and China National Offshore …