On the third day, 13th January 2013, Members of the Caucus discussed the question of Party Discipline, after receiving a presentation from Lt. Col. Henry Masiko providing a comparative analysis of mechanisms of discipline regulation in parties from other countries.
The Members of the Caucus in their contributions, expressed outrage about continuing acts of indiscipline in the party. They were unanimous in their determination that these...
President Yoweri Museveni has warned leaders against cheap politicking and political interference calling on them to reorient society from laziness and parasitism to production and generating of profits in the respective enterprises. “Let’s learn from our past mistakes. When talking to people, we should not mislead them. Am tired of cheap politicking. Honourable members you have a contract with God. Out of the 33 million people, you have been...
President Yoweri Museveni has pledged Uganda’s support to the proposed investment fund targeting the housing sector, Education and skills and gas development in Uganda and other African countries. The fund proposed by the outgoing Director General of the Commonwealth Business Council Dr. Mohan Kaul will be implemented using a loan from the Commonwealth Investment Fund and the Africa Investment Fund.
The newly redesigned State House website has been voted one of the top five websites of 2012 in Uganda by PC Tech, a leading technology Magazine in East and West Africa. Published monthly, the magazine features personal and enterprise technology, reviews, interviews and research on ICTs in Africa.
Under the headline, PC Tech Awards: Uganda’s Top 5 Websites of 2012 at...
President Yoweri Museveni has cautioned that electing leaders is not just fashionable and that the prevailing peace in the country is not something to joke around with, adding that by electing NRM, it has given government power to repair and build the economy. The President said that the process would have grown even much faster but for some people in parliament who delay programmes. “The economy has expanded 13 times from 1986 todate. It...
President YoweriMuseveni received and held a meeting with the Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Hon. AbdirahinAbdi, who was accompanied by EALA Secretariat official, Ms. Winnie Kaliba. The meeting was also attended by the Executive Director of Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA), Ms. JennipherMusisiSsemakula.
During the meeting that took place at the President’s Kisozi farm in Gomba district earlier this week,...
Former South African President, Mr. Thabo Mbeki, arrived in Uganda on a private visit during which he is expected to attend a workshop on African politics to be held at Makerere University in Kampala on 19th January 2012.
The Workshop is the brainchild of Makerere University Institute of Social Research (MISR).
The workshop is organized under the theme, “The Architecture of Post-Cold War Africa: Between Internal Reform and...
President YoweriMuseveni commended the people of Kashongi Sub-County in Nyabushozi County, Kiruhuura district for being hard working and development minded.
President YoweriMuseveni said that problems in African can best be solved if African countries take the lead.
“When external stake holders usurp the powers to solve African problems, failure and catastrophe is unavoidable; whereas where Africans take the lead in partnership with others, results are better,” he said.
He cited examples such as the Independence of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Angola and the majority rule in South...
President YoweriMuseveni called upon African countries especially those in the Great Lakes region to unite and fight foreign interference which he says has hampered development efforts on the continent, but instead promote unity and brotherhood.
The President was delivering a key address on the “Role of Uganda in Africa’s development” organized by Chatham House, a UK Think Tank in London. The occasion was attended by members from the...