Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations, oversees the ongoing repair of Kampala’s roads by the Special Forces Command (SFC). Accompanied by KCCA Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka, they target key areas in the city, including Kololo and downtown Kampala, addressing extensive potholes.
President Yoweri Museveni has officially opened Microhaem Scientifics (MHS), the inaugural diagnostic test kit manufacturing plant in the Great Lakes region. Located in Kampala, the facility aims to boost local manufacturing capabilities for high-quality, affordable malaria and HIV diagnostic kits.
President Yoweri Museveni is today officially commissioning a groundbreaking diagnostic test kits manufacturing plant in Ntinda, Uganda. Owned by Microhaem Scientifics (MHS), the state-of-the-art facility is the first of its kind in the Great Lakes region. The plant, constructed in collaboration with technology transfer partners from China and the US, is expected to save Uganda over USD 100 million annually spent on importing test kits.
President Museveni met with an Italian delegation led by Mario Savona, the deputy ambassador of Italy to Uganda. Savona conveyed Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s desire to revive ties with African nations and invited President Museveni to a meeting in Rome.
During a meeting with a delegation from the National People’s Congress of China, led by H.E Luosang Jiangcun, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda urged China to open its market further for processed goods, emphasizing the importance of value addition. President Museveni expressed gratitude for China’s longstanding support and cooperation in various sectors, including energy, infrastructure, and technology.
The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Anita Annet Among, has with immediate effect banned absentee lawmakers from attending committees. This comes on the back of a month-long boycott of plenary proceedings by Opposition MPs. during parliamentary session yesterday 22nd November 2023.
The Judicature (Amendment) Bill, 2023, has been introduced by the government with the aim of augmenting the judiciary’s strength on the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal.
President Yoweri Museveni met with the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) delegation, led by Chairperson Safia Nalule Juuko, to discuss the Annual Report on the State of Equal Opportunities in Uganda for 2021/22 and 2022/23. While commending the commission for their report, President Museveni emphasized the crucial areas of peace, security, mass support for health and education, and wealth creation.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni emphasized the government’s commitment to safeguarding domestic manufacturers from unjust competition with foreign counterparts and need to prioritize the protection of local industries, suggesting the imposition of taxes on imported finished products and, at a certain point, on some intermediate goods.
President Museveni issued Executive Order barring armed Turkana elements from entering Uganda until resolving issues of illegal arms and criminal activity. Four Turkana warriors were killed by UPDF after defying the order.
