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Otto wants President Museveni barred from making pledges

Otto wants President Museveni barred from making pledges

Odonga Otto, the Aruu South County Member of Parliament has demanded for measures that will make it difficult for the President to make pledges when the budget has already been passed by Parliament. Otto’s remarks come shortly after the Executive Director to National Planning Authority, Dr.Joseph Muwala told a Parliamentary Committee on Budgets that they […]

Election petitions will not be heard fairly if handled by judges appointed by president Museveni – Mwiru

Election petitions will not be heard fairly if handled by judges appointed by president Museveni – Mwiru

Opposition MP Paul Mwiru who lost in recently parliamentary elections in Jinja east municipality says he is worried that their petitions will not be heard fairly if handled by the judges who were appointed by president Museveni a few days to elections. Mwiru told journalists at parliament that some of the judges will have a challenge […]

President Museveni blames NRM secretariate for failure to track and monitor government programmes

President Museveni blames NRM secretariate for failure to track and monitor government  programmes

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni blames the NRM secretariate and government officials for failure to track and monitor closely government  programmes. According to the president a lot has been done but some programmes have not benefited the intended persons citing some programmes which he promised some time but they have not been worked on. He says RDCs, […]

Mixed reactions on NRM reports that President Museveni will win 80% of the Northern vote

Mixed reactions on NRM reports that President Museveni will win 80% of the Northern vote

Some of  the Members of Parliament have expressed mixed reactions on reports that President Museveni will  win with  80% in Northern Uganda in forthcoming presidential elections. The woman MP for Kaberamaido district Florence Ibi  says the president  promising hoes and sanitary pads for the women in Northern Uganda is a shame after 30 Years in government. She […]

Sebei people believe that President Museveni made empty promises to construct bridges and roads in the area – Chemaswet

Sebei people believe that President Museveni made empty promises to construct bridges and roads in the area – Chemaswet

The Chairperson of NRM in Kween District, also Kween County MP Abdi Fadhil Kisos Chemaswet, says he supports the actions of people of Sebei sub Region in Kween district in walking away from the President Museveni Campaign rally recently in  Kween and Bukwo district over claims that he made empty promises to construct bridges and […]

President Museveni orchestrated spread of nodding disease – Besigye

President Museveni orchestrated spread of nodding disease – Besigye

FDC presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye has attacked President Yoweri Museveni over the existing nodding disease in Acholi sub region. Dr. Besigye while on his support seeking trail in several sub counties of Lagoro, Mucwini and Kitgum-Matidi in Kitgum district accused president Museveni of orchestrating the spread of nodding disease which has existed in Kitgum for […]

President Museveni on four day official visit to Japan

President Museveni on four day official visit to Japan

President Yoweri Museveni and the First Lady who is also Minister for Karamoja Affairs Janet Museveni have today left for the Japanese Capital Tokyo, on a four day official visit were they will be hosted by the Emperor, Empress. They were seen off at Entebbe International Airport by the Head of Public Service, John Mitala; Chief of […]

President Museveni commends Mehta Group on reviving factories in Uganda

President Museveni commends Mehta Group on reviving factories in Uganda

President Yoweri Museveni has highly commended the Mehta Group, a multi-national and multi-activity enterprise, for reviving the factories in Uganda which had collapsed. He said that the revived factories do not only belong to Mehta but to Ugandans who are really the main beneficiaries. The President was commissioning a new US$50 million food grade carbon […]

President Museveni reshuffles cabinet: See full list of Uganda Cabinet ministers as of March 1st 2015

President Museveni reshuffles cabinet: See full list of Uganda Cabinet ministers as of March 1st 2015

President Yoweri Museveni has announced a new cabinet with Maria Kiwanuka and Peter Nyombi thrown out. Minister Jim Muhwezi, the Bujumbura Member of Parliament is back in the cabinet as the new Minister for Information and National guidance, replacing Hon Rose Namayanja. Mary Karoro is now the new Security Minister replacing Muruli Mukasa who has […]

President Museveni tells farmers to abandon traditional farming methods

President Museveni tells farmers to abandon traditional farming methods

The President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has told farmers to abandon their traditional ways of farming saying they have no place in the modern age. While flagging off the construction of Andibo Valley Dam in Pakwach, Nebbi district Museveni cautioned people from the West Nile Sub-Region against sticking to old farming methods which are […]