Tag: Democracy

President Museveni Sends Condolences to Tanzania’s President Over Husband’s Death

The President also recalled the close cooperation between Uganda and Tanzania, citing trade, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, the Murongo-Kyikagate mini-hydro project, roads in Tanzania, the Masaka-Bukoba transmission line and the Standard Gauge Railway, which has reached Isaka and is expected to extend towards Uganda and beyond.

Ugandan Pan-Africanists Warn Ruto Over Possible Xenophobia

Regional

According to Mukula, Uganda believes in the free and orderly movement of people, goods, services, and capital within the framework of regional laws and protocols, stating that it will continue to stand for the dignity of African brothers and sisters because Africa belongs to Africans.

National News

NUP Accuses Government of Intimidating LCI Candidates to Contest...

“Museveni has been speaking about democracy, but where is that democracy he speaks of if he can't tolerate those who criticise his government? What is happening in villages undermines the same democracy he talks about,” Ssenyonyi said.

Politics

EC Declares Readiness for Kalangala Woman MP By-Election

The Electoral Commission (EC) has declared itself fully prepared to conduct the Kalangala District Woman Member of Parliament by-election...

National News

Museveni Demands Accountability for UGX 231 Billion Veterans Fund

The President directed veteran leaders to account for UGX 231 billion disbursed over the years under a 2009 arrangement that provided financial support to liberation war leaders, their spouses, and support cadres.

Jobs

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI IMPLORES YOUTH TO CREATE WEALTH DOMESTICALLY

“With trailblazers like YPA, our young people can create millions of jobs and opportunities back home for themselves rather than flock out of the country to work as maids and offer unskilled labour in what are sometimes indecent and very dehumanizing conditions abroad,” Museveni said.

Opinion

FROM DIVISION TO DIALOGUE: WHY COALITION POLITICS IS UGANDA’S...

As Nelson Mandela observed, nations can choose between conflict and cooperation. Increasingly, countries are choosing negotiation, reconciliation, and coalition-building. These require political maturity, for instance, a clear ideology, internal democracy, and a willingness to compromise without losing identity.

National News