Government has warned the opposition against going ahead with their intended planned parallel swearing in ceremony of another person as president contrary to the law. Addressing journalists at Uganda media Center, security minister Amama Mbabazi who is also NRM secretary general says security is only aware of one swearing in for president Museveni which will […]
Ugandans without National Identity Cards will not be allowed to get jobs and other related social services once the national identity card project is completed. The legal officer for national security and information system Betty Nansanje says both the public and private sector employers will be instructed not take on any one without an ID […]
President Yoweri Musveeni has defended the high taxes on fuel saying most fuel is used for luxurious purposes. The government currently charges a 850 shilling tax per liter of petrol, 530 shillings per liter of diesel, and 200 shillings per liter of kerosene or paraffin. Speaking on Thursday evening during a live address about the […]
President Yoweri Museveni has said that his national Resistance Movbement government is not worried about any possibility of being ousted by opposition protests. Museveni who was speaking to Ugandans in a live video broadcast at Bukedde TV in Kampala on Thursday evening said Ugandans should not “worry about Besigye and walk to work protests” saying […]
So the pressure from walk to work protesters might be paying off. President Yoweri Museveni is set to address the nation on the current economic hard times and walk to work protests at 5pm. The address will be broadcast live on Bukedde TV, also owned by the government under its Vision Group. The President’s address […]
President Yoweri Museveni has laughed off opposition plans to hold more walk to work protests saying the government’s security organs had finalized plans to ensure no such protests take place. Addressing a news conference at his country home in Rwakitura about the recent walk to work protests (which he mostly referred to as riots), Museveni […]
All roads will on Friday February 25th lead to Kololo Airstrip in Kampala as the National Resistance Movement members celebrate the victory of their flag bearer, President Yoweri Museveni in the just concluded Presidential elections. The Electoral Commission on Sunday declared Museveni to have won the 2011 Presidential elections by amassing over 68 percent […]
As technology continues to play a marked role in Uganda’s elections and politics, many Ugandans are currently in a rare happiness after receiving telephone calls from President Yoweri Museveni and sms messages from the president thanking them for voting him in the February 18th Presidential elections. In different parts of the country, people have […]
The Uganda army and the Uganda police have warned Uganda’s opposition leaders against organising mass protests following their dissatisfaction with the outcome of the last week’s Presidential Elections. This follows a declaration by opposition leaders in Uganda who called for peaceful protests against the victory of incumbent President Yoweri Museveni of the National Resistance […]
The former presidential candidate in the just concluded elections Retired Col. Dr. Kiiza Besigye Warren Kifife has been summoned by police to explain the elections irregularities he mentioned. After elections declaration by the Electoral Commission that announced Museveni the winner with 68.4% and Besigye with 26%, Besigye told the press conference that Museveni rigged […]