“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.
The competition aims to encourage every Ugandan to confidently sing the National Anthem while promoting the use of Kiswahili and increasing appreciation of the East African Community anthem as Uganda advances regional integration.
Access Bank, a leading subsidiary of Access Holdings, last week announced the successful acquisition of Standard Chartered's operations in Angola and Sierra Leone, with ongoing transactions to acquire subsidiaries in Cameroon and the Gambia and consumer, private, and business banking in Tanzania.
The increased mining activities due to increased demand pose threats in the region, including insecurity posed by different militias who are involved in the illegal mining and human rights abuse such as forced evictions as companies seek to expand their industrial scale copper and cobalt mining projects in the mineral-rich areas.