President Museveni has once again wondered why murder suspects continue to be granted bail notwithstanding overwhelming evidence against the accused. Speaking during the launch of the new law year 2022 at the High Court in Kampala, Museveni said that granting bail to murder suspects will eventually discourage security agencies from arresting the suspects and resort…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said the NRM government has made a lot of achievements in the last 36 years it has been in power in Uganda. “The economy of Uganda now will be $44bn in July yet when we started (in 1986) it was only $1.5 million. This means that the economy has grown…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni,the Commander in chief of armed forces has removed Maj.General Kandiho from his position as head of the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI). Gen Kandiho is being replaced by Maj Gen James Biriungi. High ranking sources confirmed to this webiste that Gen Kandiho is being posted to neighboring South Sudan in a…
By our reporter Kampala: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the Attorney General and finance Ministry to ensure that all claimants who had previously been verified are immediately paid compensation for their lost livestock. The directive stemmed from a petition filed by Lango Parliamentary Group recently regarding the manner which over 20,000 claimants from the…
President Yoweri Museveni has strongly defended Uganda’s human rights record and said for the last 60 years, their struggle has been about promoting and defending Human Rights. “There is a lot of misinformation, our whole struggle for last 60 years has been about human rights. But you get misinformation from some of the groups who…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has sent a special message to his counterpart Paul Kagame of Rwanda. The undisclosed package was delivered by Uganda ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, Adonia Ayebare to Rwandan capital Kigali at Urugwiro village in the office of the president on Monday January 17th. The foreign affairs ministry has…
President Yoweri Museveni has pardoned a total of 79 convicts who have been serving sentences at different Prisons across the country. This is contained in a letter dated January 3, 2022 the President wrote to the Commissioner-General of Prisons Dr. Johnson Byabashaija directing for the release of the listed prisoners. The president said, he exercised…
Uganda has ended the world’s longest school closure, ordering millions of students back to the classroom after a gap of nearly two years. Some 15 million pupils have not attended school in Uganda since March 2020 when classrooms were shuttered as COVID-19 swept the world. Education Minister John Chrysestom Muyingo said all students would automatically resume classes…
The Minister of Labour, Gender and Social Development Betty Amongi has revealed that the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) (Amendment) Act will come into force upon publication in the Uganda Gazette. On 2nd January, 2022 President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni assented to the NSSF (Amendment) Bill 2021 and the same accordingly became the NSSF (Amendment) Act,…
By Ben Ssebuguzi Kampala: Mr President Yoweri Kaguta Museven, I take this honour using my missive to wish you a happy new year. These two years have taken a toll order on our pockets, which have seen economic activities reduce due to tough covid measures. These have rendered many Ugandans slip into abject poverty as…
