President Museveni has lauded Uganda Airlines after flying with the national carrier yesterday on his way to Tanzania to sign oil agreements. On his twitter handle, the President said: “I had not flown using the @UG_Airlines, until yesterday. The crew is very good. When they were landing, I did not know we had landed.” He added: “Regarding the alleged corruption in the airline, some elements in management and the board MUST face the consequences.” Oil warning Speaking in Dar-es-Salaam, Museveni warned the Uganda and Tanzania governments against forgetting about other sectors which supported economic development in the two countries in…
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International music icon, Akon has delivered on his assignment as Uganda’s tourism and cultural envoy and brought to Uganda 16 American businessmen and women to invest in key sectors including tourism. The 16 member delegation include; Simon Iyore Guobadia (Founder and CEO of SIMCOL Group), Porsha Dyanne Williams (Philanthropist, Actress, Musician and Civil rights activist), Shree Whitfield (Actor, Fashion designer and Entrepreneur), Israel Idonije (former NFL player for the Cleveland Browns)Andre Lamont Johnson (former NFL player for Houston Texans), David Fair Young (former NFL player for the Jackson Jaguar), Mussah Husseini, (Akon’s business partner), Dr, Fasil Tekola Ayele (Consultant Epidemiologist…
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The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Presidential flag bearer, Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni has commended local investors supplementing government efforts of creating jobs for its citizenry. President Museveni lured foreign and local investors to invest in commercial farming, industries, services and ICT as the sectors that foster development and prosperity for all Ugandans. The President hailed the state minister for labor and industrial relations who is NRM flag bearer for Rushenyi county Mwesigwa Rukutana for being an excellent local investor in Ntungamo District who is involved in the service sector that has employed many Uganda who would be unemployed. President Museveni therefore…
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President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned Mbale – Bubulo – Lwakhakha road and pledged to construct more roads to improve the transport network in the country.The 44.5-kilometer road was constructed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) at UGX140 billion, a loan from the African Development Bank. Speaking to district leaders this afternoon shortly before commissioning at Manafwa district headquarters, Museveni asked the roads users to desist from smuggling saying when goods are smuggled government does not get taxes to construct more roads like the one he commissioned today.He also asked them to desist from speeding so that they can minimize accidents on the road. He…
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Government has announced the reopening of livestock markets. The markets were closed in March by President Yoweri Museveni as a measure to curb the spread of the Covid-19 disease. These restrictions challenged livestock markets in many parts of the country like eliminating the demand for livestock products by restaurants, bars, street vendors and other institutions. On Wednesday, the State Minister for Animal Industry Bright Rwamirama told journalists at the Uganda Media Center that government has allowed the livestock markets to reopen and issued the guidelines that will be strictly adhered to.According to Rwamirama, the markets have been opened but under…
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Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has joined several other world leaders, to congratulate US’ President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. Running under the Democratic Party ticket, Mr. Biden together with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on November 7th garnered an undefeatable lead in Pennsylvania on Saturday morning, earning 273 electoral votes, outstripping the 270-majority needed to win the presidency. “Congratulations and greetings from the People of Uganda,” President Museveni wrote on Twitter and Facebook, adding: “The USA, with its big black population of 47.4 million people, as well as a large Christian population that are linked with us by faith, with deep…
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The government of Uganda is set to allocate at least UGX560 million to every constituency in its drive to boost wealth creation in Uganda. This is according to ICT and National Guidance minister Judith Nabakooba. Cabinet, last week, approved that the administration of Emyooga or wealth creation funds be taken closer to the people. This is opposed to before when funds would be managed at district level. Nakooba notes that going forward, the funds will be managed at parish and constituency level. Emyooga is a Presidential Initiative on Wealth and Job Creation in which government is expected to inject over…
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Ugandans have come out to support the government’s move of signing ofthe Host Government Agreement (HGA) for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project with Total. The ceremony took place yesterday at State House Entebbe and was presided over by President Yoweri Museveni, and witnessed by Patrick Pouyanne, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Total. The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Mary-Gorett Kitutu, signed on behalf of Uganda while Nicolas Terraz, the Total Exploration and Production President for Africa, signed on behalf of his employer. The Signing of the HGA signifies that the oil companies (represented by…
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Uganda is yet to register its first coronavirus case, but President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has made a proactive move to close schools, suspend religious worship gatherings, entertainment get together as well. The move affects over 51,000 schools (Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary, University, and Tertiary) that Museveni said are points of population concentration, holding up to 15 million Ugandans. Likening the coronavirus to a fire, Museveni said that although Uganda had not reported any case of the virus yet, dispersing these centres of population concentration would deny the fire from finding a heap of dry grass ready to ignite. A firm but…
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The Author is a lawyer, Fred Muwema of M/s Muwema & Mugerwa Advocates The ever increasing presidential cash handouts also known as presidential handshakes are becoming a thought provoking ritual. Our President has a prerogative to render financial help from his well-nourished State House budget on donations, however it is concerning that the boundaries of this prerogative might be going beyond the limits of the cosmos. And it doesn’t really matter whether it is the people chasing the presidency for handshakes or vice versa. The effect is the same since the devil is always in the detail. Without inquiring into…
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