Tag Archives: Yoweri Museveni

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastors in Jinja under their umbrella body of Christian Leaders Fellowship-CLF, on Saturday led a peaceful protest and asked President Yoweri Museveni, to assent to the recently passed Anti-Homosexuality Bill. While leading a peaceful protest across different streets in Jinja city, the pastors argued that, …

Why President Yoweri Museveni may not sign it into law now COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE & AGATHER ATUHAIRE | On Tuesday, March 21, Uganda’s Parliament, for the second time in nine years, passed a law that criminalizes homosexuality in Uganda. The first law was passed in December 2013 but was …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has called for harsh punishment of public servants involved in the embezzlement of Parish Development Model – PDM funds. Museveni made the call while delivering his address on matters of national importance to Members of Parliament at Kololo Independence Grounds in Kampala. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni is scheduled to address Parliament next week, Speaker Anita Among has revealed. In her communication during the plenary sitting on Thursday, 09 March 2023, Among said that the President will address the House on Thursday, 16 March 2023 at 2.00 pm. “He …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has said that the national army – UPDF – has overtime registered a number of successes and grown from strength to strength because God has always been on their side for, they were fighting for the right cause. The President made the …

What it means in numbers and money COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | As President Yoweri Museveni and his ruling NRM party celebrate their 37th year in power, the Chinese National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has given them a befitting anniversary gift; launching the country into crude oil production stage. Uganda’s …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Tanzania today signed an agreement to host the East African Crude Oil Pipeline with its lead investor Total.    The signing of the long-awaited Host Government Agreement(HGA) on Thursday was witnessed by President Yoweri Museveni and Samia Suluhu Hassan in Dar es Salaam.    The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The former Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has said that the 11th Parliament owes Ugandans a duty to restore the dignity and reputation of the legislative arm of government.  According to Oulanyah, Members of Parliament are no longer respected amongst Ugandans because a lot …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Deputy Attorney General Jackson Kafuuzi Karugaba has said ministers can only continue working if President Museveni issues a special instrument allowing them to work. The term of ministers, the Vice President, the Prime Minister among others expired on Tuesday ahead of President Museveni’s swearing-in ceremony …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Uganda is most likely to be fully re-opened in 2022 after at least 4.8 million people have been fully vaccinated. At the moment, the country is still under a partial lockdown with some sectors still closed. Sectors like the entertainment and performing arts are still …