Kakumiro —Ssabalwanyi (Chief Fighter) Gen Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said the National Resistance Movement (NRM) ended decades of conflict in Uganda, restoring peace that has enabled the country to focus on development and wealth creation. Ssabalwanyi is a Luganda term meaning “Chief Fighter,” “Fighter Among Fighters,” or “the apex of fighters,” used notably by President…
A senior road safety official at the Ministry of Works and Transport has warned that Uganda’s mandatory motor vehicle inspection system is headed for failure, citing structural, technical and governance weaknesses that he says undermine road safety objectives. Mr Ronald Amanyire, a Principal Road Safety Officer at the Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT), made…
KAMPALA — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said colonialism deliberately undermined African identity and beauty, forcing Africans to believe they were inferior and had to imitate Europeans, a mindset he said has since been defeated. “Africans were made to believe they were not beautiful and had to imitate Europeans,” President Museveni said, adding that Africans…
KAMPALA — Investors from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are set to develop an inland port in Uganda, a project aimed at strengthening the country’s cargo transport and logistics sector while lowering the cost of doing business. The development follows a meeting between President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and a delegation from the Sharjah Chamber of…
MÁLAGA, SPAIN — Ugandan long-distance standout Mande Bushendich produced a sensational marathon debut on Sunday, storming to victory at the Generali Maratón de Málaga and smashing the course record in the process. In his first appearance over the 42.195km distance, Bushendich crossed the finish line in a stunning 2:06:07, obliterating the previous course mark of…