All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni sanctioned the release of $1.3m (2.7b) to J&M Airport Road Hotel for the completion of 200 rooms for the Commonwealth summit, Parliament heard yesterday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Yoweri Museveni has been telling us that his government has built 750 health centres in the country. However, The New Vision revealed last week that there are more than 100 "ghost" hospitals. Most of them have been "receiving" drugs and funds from the government. And of course they must have been "employing" nurses, medical assistants and doctors whom...
IOL (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
President Yoweri Museveni's was meant as a symbolic gesture to scold civil servants for their extravagant travel expense claims, says his spokesman.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Amanya Mushega's name is constantly mentioned in every rumour about top National Resistance Movement (NRM) officials, including party president Yoweri Museveni, meeting Forum for Democratic Change officials.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
President Yoweri Museveni flew back home from the US on Saturday night on a commercial airliner in the economy class.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
A meeting to resolve a border dispute between Uganda and Sudan has flopped but this has not disrupted the calm that returned to Moyo after a joint visit by President Yoweri Museveni and his south Sudanese counterpart, Salva Kiir.
New Vision (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
President Yoweri Museveni flew back home from the US on Saturday night on a commercial airliner in the economy class.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Many Ugandans were surprised when President Yoweri Museveni flew out of the country at the time when Parliament was handling an issue that has a bearing on national security - the Land Amendment Bill. Members of Parliament debated the controversial land Bill so heatedly that on several occasions, the Speaker had to briefly suspend business to allow tempers to cool, while the President was busy...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Both Britain and Canada's prime ministers have told President Yoweri Museveni that a proposed law that would result in homosexuals in Uganda being imprisoned for life or even executed needs to be withdrawn.
Woolly Days (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... penalty is execution. Both Britain and Canada’s prime ministers have told Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni the bill needs to be withdrawn. PMs Gordon Brown and Stephen Harper told Museveni the proposal was unacceptable during a private breakfast meeting at the Commonwealth Heads of Government summit in Trinidad & Tobago last week. Sweden has also threatened to cut aid if the bill...
End Bigotry in Venango County (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... the proposal become law. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009, heavily supported by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, was first read in October, triggering a wave of condemnation. According to the gay blog Queerty , Joann Lockard, public affairs officer at the Kampala, Uganda embassy, said the law would "constitute a significant step backwards for the protection of human rights in Uganda."...
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
... Mugisha said. Lawmakers have indicated that they will pass the bill before year's end. [ President Yoweri Museveni ] "It is true that, if the president has said that, he must have information that European nations are promoting (homosexuality) and recruiting homosexuals," In April, the Observer newspaper published tips to help readers spot homosexuals. Human rights groups have called on...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
... criticism will only further isolate Africa's gay and lesbian population. Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni – like President Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe – likes to claim that homosexuality is a decadent import to Africa from the west. He may use foreign attacks on the bill to bolster his case. "When I was in America some time ago I saw a rally of 300,000 homosexuals. If you...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni concluded on Thursday his three-day official visit to Cuba, describing the tour as "very successful." During his visit, Museveni met with Cuban Leader Raul Castro and other senior officials, and discussed issues of common concern, including biotechnology, energy and medical training. The talks between Castro and Kaguta reflected the friendship...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni concluded on Thursday his three-day official visit to Cuba, describing the tour as "very successful." During his visit, Museveni met with Cuban Leader Raul Castro and other senior officials, and discussed issues of common concern, including biotechnology, energy and medical training. The talks between Castro and Kaguta reflected the friendship...
