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President Yoweri Museveni has heaped praise on Japan as he was commissioning the $125Million Source of the Nile bridge in Jinja on Wednesday. The bridge which started in April 2014 was funded by both the government of Uganda and the Japan International Cooperation Agency with 20% and 80% respectively. Flanked by his wife Janet Museveni […]
The President, who was today speaking at the opening of the 4th Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) High Level Ministerial Meeting at Speke Resort Munyonyo Hotel in Kampala, stressed that the need for cooperation because Africa, where most of the disease outbreak occurs, has insufficient public health assets. Health Ministers from 41 countries are attending […]
President Yoweri Museveni has said that the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Government will work out a system to fund the Kampala Taxi Drivers group in order to enable them purchase buses. The President made these comments at State House Entebbe when he met a delegation of 2,300 Kampala Taxi Drivers. “The Government is making plans […]
President Yoweri Museveni held a meeting with the the Rwenzururu King, Charles Wesley Mumbere, who assured him that the Obusinga bwa Rwenzururu is a law abiding cultural institution that does not condone violence but is rather committed to promotion of culture of the people of Rwenzururu. “Our institution is law abiding and denounces the violence that […]
President Yoweri Museveni has called on the people of Uganda in particular and of Africa in general to have dominion over the earth by harnessing nature to improve on their welfare. The President made the call during the annual National Thanksgiving Service that he and the First Lady, Mrs. Janet Museveni, hosted at State House, […]
President Yoweri Museveni has lashed out at opposition politicians who fight development in Amuru district, describing them as enemies within fighting people progress. “People were coming from northern Uganda, West Nile, Sudan, Rwanda and Acholi to work in Kakira sugar works in Busoga. Because the NRM brought peace, we said, let us bring Kakira to […]
President Yoweri Museveni has assumed chairmanship of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) regional economic bloc. Museveni takes over from the outgoing President of Malawi Joyce Banda who handed over the chairpersonship during the ongoing COMESA summit taking place at Speke resort hotel Munyonyo. . Speaking after assuming the seat, Museveni called […]
It seems president Museveni security is growing from big to big all the time. Impeccable sources at statehouse tell us that the president is now using two aeroplanes whenever he goes to areas like northern Uganda where his supporter on ground is questionable. We hear that the president is using his usual presidential chopper and another small […]
Members of Parliament have called on President Yoweri Museveni to take stringent actions government officials cited in the rampant corruption scandals instead of waiting for parliament’s intervention. The MPs on the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee say that is currently investigating the misappropriation of US $ 14 million given to the government of Burundi from Uganda […]
After the ruling NRM party lost the Luweero woman MP race to DP’s Brenda Nabukenya in the recent parliamentary by elections, President Museveni has assured the members of the public that the ruling party is still strong. Meeting NRM supporters in statehouse Kampala today, Museveni explained that his party lost the polls due to some […]