Police have rejuvenated a case where Presidential Candidate Dr. Kiiza Besigye is alleged to have told the people of Amolatar in April last year that President Museveni had sold Lake Kyoga to foreign investors. The Inspector General of Police Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura says that the police have gathered enough evidence to prove the utterances Besigye made in April […]
President Yoweri Museveni has proposed a referendum be held in Ivory Coast to solve the standoff between Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Dramane Ouattara who both claim to have won December’s election. Museveni who was speaking after meeting his South-African counterpart Jacob Zuma said Cote d’Ivoire’s situation should be handled in the same way the South Sudan […]
President Yoweri Museveni has assured the people of Bunyoro that the region will benefit from the oil reserves located in the area. While on a campaign rally in Buseruka Hoima, Museveni said the opposition were lying to the people that the government intends not to offer any benefits from the oil to Bunyoro. Huge commercially […]
President Yoweri Museveni has dismissed threats from Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) reported to be regrouping near the oil rich Lake Albert region. The ADF were driven out of western Uganda after the violent campaign in late 1990s but the rebel group instead started regrouping in eastern Democratic Republic Congo. The president says the army is […]
President Yoweri Museveni has met and held discussions with Bugisu’s cultural leader Umukuuka, Uwelukoosi Wilson Weasa Wamimbi at State Lodge in Mbale. The Umukuuka who led a delegation of various leaders presented a memorandum of the Masaaba Cultural institution to the President in which they are seeking government intervention in the degazetment of Part of […]
The Minister of State for Mineral Development, Peter Lokeris has revealed that Uganda will construct an oil refinery within the oil producing region of mid western Uganda to process the huge oil deposits confirmed in the area. Oil prospecting companies led by Tullow oil have confirmed commercially viable oil deposits in Uganda’s Albertan Rift basin, […]
As campaigns for the 2011 general elections in Uganda enter high gear, the opposition Uganda People’s Congress has suffered a major setback with its key members defecting to the ruling National Resistance Movement. Former UPC party President, Al hajj Badru Wegulo, and former Vice Chairman, Henry Mayega led a group of other UPC big men […]
President Yoweri Museveni has urged leaders of the newly created districts in the country to use them for serving the people but not for self aggrandizement for a few individual leaders. The President was yesterday addressing local government leaders of the newly created Ngora and Serere districts during the Leadership and management training seminar held […]
The police have arrested four motorists for allegedly obstructing president Museveni’s convoy on Kampala Entebbe road today. The drivers remained on the road as the presidential convoy was heading to Entebbe. The police say it’s illegal for failing to give way, over take, or masquerading as part of the VIP convoys. The suspects have been […]
President Yoweri Museveni has hailed King Solomon Gafabusa Iguru, the Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara for being a great traditional leader who has always remained respectful to the constitution of the Republic of Uganda and in line with the reasons and principles that restored the monarchies in the country. The President was yesterday addressing a mammoth […]