Museveni asks African countries to solve continent’s security problems. ‘We can defend Africa if we act together and act right’ Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT, URN & PSCU | President Museveni has asked African leaders to think about solving the security threats that several African countries face. In his address …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Business in Kampala’s central business district and other city suburbs has remained low today, as President Yoweri Museveni takes oath, for another term of office. Several businesses remained closed in the Central Business District as President Museveni prepared to take oath at the Kololo Independence …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At the time of the inauguration of a new cabinet in 2016, President Yoweri Museveni, who had been in power for 30 years back then, boasted that Uganda was on the cusp of achieving lowe-middle-income status This is a term used by the World Bank …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that he doesn’t need lectures about democracy. Museveni was on Wednesday speaking at Kololo Independence Grounds after he was sworn in as President of Uganda. “It is quite comic and laughable to hear of some actors in the world giving …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Health Ministry has spent over seven hundred million shillings to test guests for COVID-19 as President Museveni takes oath for a sixth term in office. URN has learnt that the over 4000 guests at the ceremony were subjected to tests as per the COVID-19 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The main opposition party, National Unity Platform–NUP has declared tomorrow a national day pf prayer and fasting for the country, as President Museveni swears-in for the sixth elected term in power. Speaking to Journalists at Kamwokya based NUP head offices, Joel Ssenyonyi the party spokesperson also …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of people arrested for allegedly planning to disrupt the swearing-in ceremony of President Yoweri Museveni has reached 70. Museveni will take oath tomorrow at Kololo Independence grounds after he emerged winner of the January 14th presidential elections. Security agencies have arrested people suspected …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Party (NUP) has dismissed claims that their leader Robert Kyagulanyi is planning to hold a parallel presidential swearing ceremony. NUP says it is a cheap trick by security operatives to ‘steal money from President Yoweri Museveni’. NUP spokesman and MP Elect for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Kingdom has asked President Yoweri Museveni to ensure the return of all kingdom properties in his new five-year term. This comes ahead of Museveni’s swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday. The president-elect secured a sixth term in the 14th January 2021 general election in which he …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Members of Parliament have called for the boycott of President Museveni’s swearing-in ceremony. The MPs, Atkins Katusabe the Bukonzo West MP and shadow Minister Foreign Affairs and the Leader of Opposition and Gulu Woman MP Betty Aol Ochan are …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
