Since the general elections of last year, February, we have had seven Parliamentary by-elections. The NRM, its organizational weaknesses notwithstanding, has won five of the seven. The NRM has won: Kamuli Municipality, Kagoma, Moroto District Woman (unopposed), Toroma and Upper Madi-Okolo. It has lost Aruu North and Kyadondo East to Independents.
I congratulate all those who were elected including the two Independents...
To the family of His Excellency, the Vice President of the Republic of Uganda, Edward Kiwanuka Sekandi.
Condolence Messsage
I learnt with sadness the death of Maama Nabukalu Virigo Kiwanuka, mother to His Excellency the Vice President, Edward Kiwanuka Sekandi. Please accept, on behalf of Government, my own behalf and my family, our heartfelt sympathy and sincere condolences.
When our elders said “what an old man can see while seated, a young man will not see while standing”, they actually knew that no amount of schooling would replace knowledge gained out of experience. And they were right.
Towards the end of October last year, President Museveni after listening to incessant cries from farmers across the country about the prolonged dry season that had affected the...
I condemn in the strongest terms the killing of Assistant Inspector of Police Andrew Felix Kaweesi, Police officers Godfrey Mambewa and Kenneth Erau by thugs riding on motorcycles.
As a consequence of these repeated murders in the city and other towns,
I have directed the immediate installation of cameras in all major towns of Uganda and along the highways.
We have been planning to do this project for some time but we...
Cabinet sitting today 3rd August 2016, at parliament building approved a loan request from the ministry of finance amounting to $71m from the world bank to finance the grid expansion and reinforcement project which is in pursuit of the objectives of the Rural electrification strategy(RESP) for 2013-2022, which provides for the Road map to increase power access to 26% by 2022. The loan will finance a series of investments in...
A weeklong retreat of cabinet ministers, their permanent secretaries and members of the NRM Central Executive Committee has just come to a close. Watching proceedings closely but from the sidelines, I must admit that I was struck by the level of vigour, engagement and openness that the participants brought to the retreat in Kyankwanzi.
Since early June 2014, business communities plying the Yei – Yambio, Yambio – Wau road in South Sudan have registered incidents of armed robberies of their goods in transit and torching of their vehicles.
These security challenges have been confirmed by The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
However, the relevant security agencies are working together tirelessly to flush out the armed robbers responsible for...