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H.E President Museveni hosts an IMF delegation

16th May 2013
H.E President Museveni received an International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation on the 14th of May 2013 at State House Entebbe. They discussed financial administration and tax collection. The delegation were very impressed by the President's command of Portuguese, a language close to Spanish, said they benefitted from his in-depth analysis of the African economy and commended his leadership for Uganda's quick recovery inspire of slower growth...
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FIRST LADY MEETS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

23rd March 2013
First Lady and the Minister for Karamoja Affairs Hon. Janet Museveni has met and held talks with a delegation of Human Rights Activists from Robert. F. Kennedy (RFK) Centre for Justice and Human Rights for minority groups. In a meeting that took place at State House Entebbe on Wednesday, the First Lady and the delegation discussed a range of issues including the current bill under discussion and issues of homosexuality and other minority groups...

Infrastructure without improved incomes in not development - President March

23rd March 2013
President Yoweri Museveni has called on local leaders to mobilize the people in household income generation, saying well as government is doing everything possible to build infrastructure for development, without improved incomes, families cannot access quality goods and services. “Several people have talked about infrastructure without focusing on income generation. People need goods and services which require money and that means a good income...

President commends Buhweju on tea farming, calls for infrastructure development

22nd March 2013
President Museveni who is due to commission the new Buhweju tea factory has hailed the farmers in the district for promoting tea growing and urged leaders to sensitive them on diversification into rearing dairy cows to boost household incomes. He was impressed to learn that the farmers in the area earn a gross income of Shs 9 million per annum per acre from the cultivation of tea.

President urges leaders on development, income generation

20th March 2013
President Museveni has hailed the people of Kibaale for their unity in spite of the multi tribal backgrounds and called on them to promote income generation for national development. “Am happy that the people of Kibaale are living in harmony today contrary to the past situation where the immigrants were promoting sectarian tendencies,” he said. The President was yesterday meeting local leaders from Kibaale – Kagadi led by the Minister of State...

Exhibiting sexual acts in public is an affront on African traditions – President

19th March 2013
President Yoweri Museveni has said the issue of homosexuality and lesbianism has been totally distorted leading to the wrong public debate. “In our society, there were a few homosexuals. There was no persecution, no killings and no marginalization of these people but they were regarded as deviants. Sex among Africans including heterosexuals is confidential. If am to kiss my wife in public, I would lose an election in Uganda.

Ssembabule leaders neglecting NAADS

19th March 2013
A Presidential monitoring team on the NAADS programme has expressed disappointment at Ssembabule district leadership for failing to support the programme by giving a helping hand to farmers. The team led by Sister Grace Akiror the Special Presidential Advisor in Charge of NAADS Monitoring expressed dismay during a three day tour of the NAADS programme in Ssembabule and Bukomansimbi districts in which it was discovered that many farmers had...

Mulago Hospital installs multibillion Heart operation unit as President calls for direct procurement of specialized equipment

16th March 2013
President Yoweri Museveni has said government will support Mulago hospital to directly procure urgently needed equipment to operationalise the newly installed multibillion Heart Operation theatre unit worth over Shs 10bn (US$ 4.5Million).

Telecom chiefs, investors sympathize with President over loss of father, premier

6th March 2013
President Yoweri Museveni has today received His Highness Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan, the United Arab Emirates Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research who expressed his sympathies over the loss of Mzee Amos Kaguta and Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister Eriya Kategaya. Sheikh Nahayan is Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Group, Union National Bank, and United Bank Limited.

Work on income generation to realize development, Museveni urges Ugandans

4th March 2013
President Yoweri Museveni has said while infrastructure development such as improved roads, electricity, schools health centres etc are a sign of a growing economy, this alone is not enough to fight poverty among households. “Development alone cannot fight poverty if you do not work on it.

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