State of the Nation Address By H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President of the Republic of Uganda At the Uganda International Conference Centre, Serena, Kampala 6th June, 2013 His Excellency the Vice President, Rt. Hon. Speaker, The Rt. Hon. The Chief Justice, Rt. Hon. Speaker of EALA, Rt. Hon. Prime Minister, The Leader of the Opposition, […]
Subject: Police curtailing media freedom Kampala (25 May 2013) – The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) calls on the Government of Uganda to immediately halt the siege of the premises of The Daily Monitor and The Red Pepper. Since 20 May, two media houses, The Daily Monitor and The […]
When the Police raided our offices on Monday May 20th, they had a search warrant demanding that we hand over a press release from General Sejusa’s lawyers which we had published the previous week. We gave them the press release they had asked for but despite that they have continued to search our offices […]
STATEMENT ON ARMY RESHUFFLE His Excellency the President of the Republic of Uganda and Commander in Chief of the UPDF has made the following promotions and changes within UPDF. 1. Gen Aronda Nyakairima formerly the Chief of Defence Forces has been appointed Minister of Internal Affairs. 2. Lt Gen Edward Katumba Wamala formerly Commander of […]
President Yoweri Museveni has, by virtue of the Authority entrusted to him by Articles 113 (2) and 114 (3) of the 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, decided to carry out a minor re-organization of the Government as follows: 1. Rt. Hon. Prime Minister – AMAMA MBABAZI 2. 1st Deputy Prime Minister & […]
1. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Katuramu Deborah 2. OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER Guwatudde Kintu Christine 3. MINISTRY OF FINANCE, PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEV’T Muhakanizi Keith 4. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Byengoma Rosette 5. MINISTRY OF AGRICULUTRE, ANIMAL INDUSTRY & FISHERIES Rubarema Vincent 6. MINISTRY OF ENERGY & MINERALS Kabagambe Kaliisa Fred 7. MINISTRY OF WORKS […]
Gen. David Sejusa has been the man in Ugandan news of recent after his controversal letter on the Muhoozi project. Since then, it has been highly suspected that the General will be arrested on his return from a trip to United Kingdom. It said the General has been reminding those who care to listen that […]
While many people think the government is cracking down on the media for the letter first reported about on May 7th, Gen. David Sejusa first wrote in February setting a clear path of collision with his boss and military colleagues . Below is the letter in which he calls for an ideological shift to better […]
There will be no Daily Monitor or Red Pepper on the streets on Tuesday. Neither are Ugandans able to listen to Nation Media owned Kfm and Dembe fm radio stations. These media houses were today shut down. Journalists and human rights activists have today condemned the action by the government to close down two newspapers and […]
UGANDAN MOTHER’S 1. #YouKnowYourMotherIs ugandan if she has a drawer or a place for keeping paper bags after buying something in it 2. #youknowyourmotheris Ugandan if when she beats u up she says “why are your crying yet i haven’t beaten u 3. #YouKnowYourMotherIs Ugandan when she beats you with pauses; nani *slap* who told […]