Trevor Ariho, Chief Executive Officer of the League of East African Directors (LEAD), has been appointed to chair the Internal Planning Committee for the 6th Bi-Annual Presidential CEO Retreat. Ariho…
Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni will be delivering a Presidential keynote address at African Energy Week (AEW) 2022, the African Energy Chamber (AEC) has announced. President Museveni will be addressing African energy policymakers, stakeholders and investors as well as international partners at the 2022 edition of the conference and exhibition – Africa’s premier event for the energy sector which runs from October 18 – 21 in Cape Town.With global energy transition policies disrupting the flow of investments required to maximize the full development and exploitation of Africa’s vast hydrocarbon resources, the participation of President Museveni at AEW 2022 will be crucial…
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President Yoweri Museveni has come out and apologized to Ugandans, Kenyans, and all East Africans over the errant tweets of First son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Muhoozi who was on Tuesday promoted to a full General and also relieved of his duties as Lands Army Commander has lately been in a verbal fight with Kenyans through Twitter. In some of his tweets, the First Son sounded threatening the neighbors that “his” army was too powerful to capture their capital Nairobi in the shortest possible time if provoked. This has drawn the President’s attention noting, “I ask our Kenyan brothers and sisters…
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Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) Development Partners are delighted at the lifting of a suspension imposed on their activities in Uganda that last close to a year. The partners recently met President Yoweri Museveni who told them to resume their activities in the country. In a statement today, the partners welcome the move and stated that they look forward to welcoming Government of Uganda representatives to the Board and Steering Committee of the DGF. Below is the full statement The development partners supporting the Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) – Austria, Denmark, the European Union, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden –…
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President Yoweri Museveni has appointed a new chairperson for the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), along with a new vice chairperson and members. In a 23rd March 2021 letter to the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, Museveni names Hon. Safia Jjuko Nalule (Chairperson), Ojok Joel Cox (Vice Chairperson), Ms Denise Tumusiime (Member), Zaidi Ibrahim Edema (Member), and Sr Mary Wasangali (Member) “I hereby forward their names and Curriculum Vitae for Parliament approval,” the President says in the letter. The president’s letter to the Speaker of Parliament Early this year, the contracts of officials at the Commission (EOC) reportedly ran out and…
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has declined to assent to the National Coffee Bill and asked parliament to review several provisions in the proposed law.The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga said, in her communication on Tuesday, that the President wants parliament to review clause 14 of the Bill regarding the appointment of the Board of Uganda Coffee Development Authority, the appointment of the board chairperson and director of the authority.The president also wants parliament to review clause 26 on the registration of coffee farmers and the issuance of a certificate of registration for coffee nursery operators. Kadaga directed the Minister of Agriculture…
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Christiana Amanpour: Okay, listen, I want to start by asking you, you know, 80% of your country is under 35 years old, they were not even born when you first came into office, and they really seem to want to change, they want jobs. Why do you think you deserve another term? President Museveni: Well, because I am the one who enabled the 80% to survive childhood diseases, and we have given them education, and we have given them a base for the economy. And we have a good budget, and we can support them; support those youths. Christiana Amanpour:…
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President Yoweri Museveni has launched a new multi-billion Mukono North power transmission substation in Mbalala, near Kampala, which is expected to provide reliable power supply to more than 75 factories in the Mukono Industrial Zone. The substation is currently employing an estimated 62,000 people. The President said the UGX72.5 billion power station would help spur industrialisation and job creation. “The commissioning of the substation is part of the big plans to transform Uganda,” the President said. State minister for energy Simon D’Ujanga said the new substation was part of the electrification of industrial parks project meant to ensure reliable power…
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This 02nd of May, I turned 40 years of age. It was planned to be a great celebration― four decades of life on this mother earth, but because of Covid-19, my birthday was a low-key ceremony, almost unnoticed. Fast-forward, this month, I became a grandfather for the first time― my first nephew, twenty-six year old Simon Singiza Mukama and his wife, Daphne gave birth to a bouncing baby girl- Ariana Singiza Nyakusinga at Kampala Hospital. In just about two days, the young couple was in and out of hospital. Naturally, as an excited 40-year old grandfather, I, and my wife…
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Four years into this term of office, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Government is on course to achieve the targets it promised to the people of Uganda, Rt Hon. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, the Prime Minister has said. NRM is the ruling party in Uganda and is serving a third straight term since the return to multiparty politics in 2005. Tuesday 12th May 2020 marked four years since HE President Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Movement started a five-year mandate of leading the country following the 18th February 2016 General elections. Rugunda who on 15th May 2020 was launching the…
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