Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has donated 1.3 billion shillings for the construction of the Uganda Local Government Association, ULGA house. This is the second time, Museveni has contributed money for the house project, whose construction started more than ten years ago. In 2009/2010 financial year, the …
Read More »President, Parliament eulogise Bamwoze
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has joined MPs in eulogizing the former Bishop of Busoga diocese, the late Rev Cyprian Bamwoze. In a special sitting at Parliament chaired by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga Thursday, 14 February 2019, Museveni said the passing of Bamwoze robbed the youth of an …
Read More »FEBRUARY 6: Ocheng motion sails through, gun takes over
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For at least 33 years, February 6 is celebrated annually to mark the day Yoweri Museveni waged a five-year civil war that brought him to power in January 1986. But Tarehe Sita, as the day is popularly known, is linked to another historical event, 53 …
Read More »FDC dismisses DP’s one candidate strategy
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has dismissed, as wishful thinking, a one-to-one strategy broached by Democratic Party (DP) ahead of the 2021 presidential elections. The strategy that would see all opposition parties’ field a single candidate against National Resistance Movement (NRM) …
Read More »Govt unveils new revolving fund for Luweero triangle
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Another revolving fund has been unveiled, to boost household incomes in Luweero Triangle, an area where the National Resistance Army started a guerilla war that brought President Yoweri Museveni to power. The fund channeled through the Parish Community Associations (PCAs) model, will see each …
Read More »Museveni reiterates support to Nawangwe in Mak impasse
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has reiterated his support to Makerere University Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe in a battle that pits him against striking lecturers. This is the second time that the president is commenting on Makerere stalemate. While presiding over the institution’s graduation ceremony …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Pay Buganda sh47 billion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President, Yoweri Museveni has directed the Finance Ministry to provide Sh47 billion in the next two financial years to compensate Buganda Kingdom for the Kigo prison land, the land hosting King Fahad Plaza and Muteesa House in London. This is contained in an official statement …
Read More »‘Building a new National army can help resolve Libya problems’
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has told a visiting Afro-Arab Youth Council delegation that the problems in Libya can be solved through the building of a National Army. He, however, assured them that a lasting solution to the Libyan conflict would be found. “The African Union is …
Read More »President Museveni backs chief justice on land eviction guidelines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has supported the guidelines issued by the Chief Justice Bart Katureebe regarding land evictions. Last year, following the unlawful eviction of hundreds of people from Lusanja Land, Wakiso District, Katureebe said that judicial officers should first visit the land under dispute before …
Read More »Museveni to Guide EAC Political Confederation Constitutional Process
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has been chosen to guide the process of drafting the political confederation constitution, of the East African Community (EAC) This was agreed during the 20th ordinary summit of heads of state held at the East African Community headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania on …
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