Tag Archives: Yoweri Museveni

Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned the construction of the Kampala Storage Terminal (KST), a major infrastructure project in the oil and gas industry. The terminal, located in Nsujjumpolwe Village, Kiringente Sub-county, Mpigi District, off the Kampala-Mityana Road, will serve as a petroleum storage facility for finished …

  Buliisa, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni is expected to preside over the naming of Uganda’s crude oil blend during a visit to oil development projects in the Albertine Graben, as the country moves closer to commercial production. The President is expected to visit key oil development facilities …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General Olara Otunnu says he has forgiven the Ugandan government for what he describes as years of mistreatment that left him stateless after authorities allegedly refused to renew his Ugandan passport. Otunnu, once one of President Yoweri Museveni’s most outspoken political critics, …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Olara Otunnu, Uganda’s candidate for United Nations Secretary-General, has acknowledged that his long-standing disagreements with President Yoweri Museveni remain unresolved, even as Museveni’s government throws its weight behind his campaign. Otunnu, who made his strongest bid for the UN’s top job in 1996 but lacked …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has declared that African countries will continue supporting Somalia’s peace and stabilisation efforts even if the United States and other international partners withdraw financial and logistical support for the African Union mission. Speaking on the final day of the Second Extraordinary Summit …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Nation Media Group Uganda (NMG Uganda) has begun a phased return to operations after receiving official clearance from the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to resume business following a month-long shutdown. The media house resumed operations this morning with digital publishing as engineers and technical teams …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has cleared the way for Nation Media Group (NMG) to resume operations in Uganda, ending over a month’s long restrictions that had forced the regional media giant to suspend its activities in the country. The announcement was made Tuesday by Tanzania-based Taifa …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda’s military is arbitrarily arresting government critics, holding them incommunicado and using politically motivated prosecutions to silence dissent, according to a new report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The rights organization alleges that since mid-June 2026, security forces have unlawfully detained at least five critics of …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has condemned President Yoweri Museveni over comments he made about Dr. Kizza Besigye’s ongoing treason trial and his renewed proposal to abolish bail, saying the remarks amount to executive interference in the administration of justice. In a televised national address …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Iteso Cultural Union (ICU) has appealed to President Yoweri Museveni and relevant government institutions to ensure that former Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among is treated fairly, with consideration for her health and well-being as investigations into her continue. In a statement dated June …