Tag Archives: State House

  How a crook infiltrated the highest office in Uganda and caused untold disruption   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM | Erina Kagisha is the wife of the former commander of SFC, Maj. Gen. Don Nabasa. She works in the legal department of the Office of the President at …

  Response to Mwenda on the issue of Stephen Nuwagaba   COMMENT | YOWERI K MUSEVENI |  The People of Uganda, especially the Bazzukulu. Kopango. Iriyo maber. Apoyo kwir maber recently. Having thanked Ugandans for voting very well in the recent LC-1 elections, we shall get time to say more …

  How Stephen Nuwagaba has manipulated powerful individuals and extorted large sums of money from them   Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM | On March 17, 2025, Gen Salim Saleh received a visitor sent to him by human rights lawyer Nicholas Opiyo at his residence in Gulu. The visitor …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda will today, June 9, commemorate the 37th National Heroes’ Day anniversary with an unusually low-key ceremony at State House Entebbe as the government moves to reduce expenditure on public functions and administrative costs. The commemoration, themed “Protecting the Gains as We Make a Qualitative …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three people have been arrested in Kasese District for impersonating security operatives from State House. Godwin Byabagambi, aged 42 years from Mbarara City, Richard Twesigye, 48 years from Ntungamo District and Isaac Baluke, 47 years from Kasese, were arrested by Bwera Division police following …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 271 cases of investor fraud have been recorded by the State House Investors’ Protection Unit (SHIPU) online portal since its launch five months ago. Edith Nakalema, the State House Investors’ Protection Unit commander who was speaking about the one year since SHIPU was established, …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today resumed official work as Head-of-State, a day after confirming his recovery from COVID-19. In a statement issued by the Presidential Press Unit, Museveni chaired the weekly cabinet meeting at State House Entebbe on Monday. Museveni has been under self-isolation …

  How State House, Office of the President, Ministry of Defense use the slush fund Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | It is hard to ascertain for sure how much Uganda spends on its defence every year as the government routinely asks for supplementary budgets from parliament on top of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni said he will institute a specialized Unit attached to the Statehouse, which he says will safeguard investors from corruption tendencies, fronted by both politicians and technocrats to fleece investors when they solicit bribes. Museveni notes that the unit will be a …

Kanungu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Council for Higher Education has been instructed by the State House to intervene in the ownership and management wrangles involving education institutions that are managed by the Kanungu-based Child to Family Community Development Organization-CHIFCOD. The Non-Government Organization is managing Kirima, Nyamirama, Nyakabungo, Rutenga …