Uganda
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:26:24 GMTHow Security Has Reacted to Bobi Wine's Call for Protests
[Monitor] Since the National Unity Platform (NUP) party leader Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, called for demonstrations in protest of the Electoral Commission (EC) declaration of Mr Yoweri Museveni as the winner of the January 14 presidential el...
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:22:01 GMTSailing Across Lake Victoria to Create Plastic Waste Awareness
[Monitor] The world's first recycled plastic sailing dhow [a lateen-rigged ship with one or two masts] is hitting the Victoria waters again.
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:26:54 GMTGovt Reassures Public On Covid-19 Vaccine
[Monitor] The government has downplayed concern over reports of adverse reactions and death among recipients of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in foreign countries.
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:23:33 GMTKiprotich, Kipchoge to Face Off in Hamburg
[Monitor] The global athletics fraternity is struggling to get out of the coronavirus web. Whereas vaccination has become the song across the world, event organisers are still struggling to put races up amid restrictions.
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:32:30 GMTRevisit Methods in Fight Against Illegal Fishing
[Monitor] The leadership in Kalungu District has called on the Uganda People's Defence Forces to investigate the circumstances under which two fishermen, Willy Zziwa, 21, and Ziyad Nsereko, 23, died earlier this month.
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:59:55 GMTCement, Sugar to Implement Digital Tax Stamps in April
[Observer] The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on Friday engaged manufactures of sugar and cement ahead of the preparation for the implementation of the Digital Tax Stamps (DTS), for the goods, set for April 1, 2021, which has also been demarcated as ...
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:47:17 GMTHow Kisaka Plans to Change the Face of Kampala City
[Monitor] On the office wall is a portrait of a woman, facing right and on the face of it pleased with everyone who walks into her presence. This woman embodies empowerment and in her, lives the will to nurture communities into prosperity. She believ...
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:17:05 GMTUganda Registered 20 Percent Decline in Private Remittances
[Monitor] Unlike in the past years, Uganda's Ministry of Finance says remittances (personal transfers) amounted to Shs278 million in Quarter 1 2020/21, registering a decline of 20.6 percent from Shs350 million registered in the same period of financi...
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:17:04 GMTBuganda Kingdom Eulogises Zulu King Zwelithini
[Monitor] Buganda kingdom has eulogized the king of the South African nation of Zulu, King Goodwill Zwelithini who died Friday aged 72.
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:17:03 GMTEU Earmarks Shs12b to Save Part of Uganda's Forest Cover
[Monitor] The European Union (EU) has earmarked ?2.9m (over Shs12.5 billion) to boost two disaster risk management projects in the refugee host districts of Isingiro, Kyegegwa, Kamwenge and Kikuube.
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:17:00 GMTUPDF Detain 13 Congolese Fishermen, Impound 6 Boats
[Monitor] UPDF marine have arrested 13 Congolese fishermen and impounded six boats after burning 625 fishing nets during an operation to curb illegal fishing practices along Kayanja, Katwe, Kazinga, Kisenyi, and Rwashama landing sites on Lake Edward ...
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:44:41 GMTNanny in Knifing Incident Tried to Escape to Uganda
[Nation] Police yesterday arrested a woman suspected to have assaulted two children in Nairobi's Greenfields estate.
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:25:01 GMTIllegal Fishing Activities Resume On Lake Kyoga
[Monitor] The authorities in Nakasongola District have started battling the renewed use of illegal fishing gear on Lake Kyoga.
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 17:57:44 GMTI Helplessly Watched My Husband Die - Ruth Oryem
[Monitor] Ruth Kavuma- Oryem last spoke to her husband and best friend Richard Rainox Oryem on Thursday January 14. He was on his sickbed and the doctor had just informed them that he was not getting enough food.
Sun, 14 Mar 2021 16:04:29 GMTStanbic Sees Growth in Business Purchases
[Observer] Stanbic bank has witnessed growing confidence in the business community to invest more, two months after the market showed strong signs of uncertainty and pessimism.
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:47:17 GMTSeguya, Hippos Dare to Dream
[Monitor] Today's Nile Special Stout Premiership round offers sides another opportunity to brush off the rust accumulated in the last 11 months of inactivity.
Mon, 15 Mar 2021 08:47:15 GMTThe Hippos Stellar Run Represents a Narrowing of the Technical Ability Gap
[Monitor] In the end the U-20 Afcon winners medal was a step too far for the Hippos. Even then there was a sense that this wasn't business as usual.
Sat, 13 Mar 2021 19:39:33 GMTDeported Rwandans Appeal for Help to Access Their Property in Uganda
[New Times] Rwandans who were deported from Uganda are appealing for support to have access to their businesses and properties abandoned in the neighbouring country.
Sat, 13 Mar 2021 09:43:28 GMTNew Uganda Electricity Connection Applications Go Online
[CIO] Intending customers who want to connect to the electricity grid no longer have to trek to the Umeme offices following the launch of an online application portal by power distributor Umeme. The platform dubbed "myumemeonline" will enable one to ...
Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:25:15 GMTPassenger Figures Increasing Steadily - UCAA
[Monitor] Entebbe International Airport has registered an increase in the number of daily passengers with an average of 2,194 per day in February up from 1,868 in January 2021.
Sat, 13 Mar 2021 16:20:25 GMTSsentongo Seeks to Change Face of Kisenyi Slum
[Monitor] About 10 years ago, Kisenyi slum in Central Division, Kampala City, was associated with crime, mostly drug abuse and robbery.
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 14:44:59 GMTUgandan President Threatens to 'Bankrupt' Leading Daily
[RSF] Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's threat to bankrupt his country's leading daily newspaper by means of a lawsuit is unworthy of a head of state, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says, calling on him to respect press freedom in Uganda.
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 16:55:51 GMTHow Gang Fishing Has Changed Lives in Rural Teso Communities
[Monitor] At such times of the year when water recedes in several swamps across Teso sub region, sights of huge crowds of people engaged in gang fishing become common occurrence as both elders and children descend into the breeding places of mud fish...
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 11:16:52 GMTCricketers Seek to Raise Momentum At Uganda T20 Blitz
[Monitor] Senior national men's cricket team coach Laurence Mahatlane is tightening the loose ends before his side takes a crucial Tour of Namibia early next month.
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 11:16:51 GMTKenya Lifts Ban On Maize, Govt Awaits Formal Communication
[Monitor] Government is waiting for official communication following reports that Kenya has lifted the ban on importation of maize from Uganda.
Thu, 11 Mar 2021 10:32:34 GMTTough Terms As Kenya Lifts Tanzania, Uganda Maize Imports Ban
[Citizen] Nairobi -- Kenya has lifted the ban on imports of Ugandan and Tanzanian maize with strict conditions on exporters as the country seeks to curb shipping in of the cancer-causing aflatoxin on imported crop.
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 11:16:52 GMTBank Loans Defy Covid-19 Impact to Post Growth
[Monitor] Despite disruptions occasioned by Covid-19 commercial bank credit posted double digit growth for the year ended 2020.
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 11:16:51 GMTNam Blazers Shake-Up Nbl With New Arrivals
[Monitor] "A sponsor comes with expectations," was the phrase coach Stephen Nyeko used to explain new National Basketball League (NBL) entrants Namuwongo Blazers' sudden spending spree as they announced four new signings yesterday.
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 11:16:51 GMTKhalifan Hints Champions League Will Expose Talents
[Monitor] The Confederation of African Football, Caf, has confirmed that the inaugural Caf women's Champions League will be held between October and December this year. The body confirmed the development while officially opening the bidding process f...
Fri, 12 Mar 2021 11:16:47 GMTIntriguing Midfield Battle Highlights Lugogo Warfare
[Monitor] KCCA's mini-resurgence in the StarTimes Uganda Premier League (SUPL) started on a regrettable note. A day to the February 17 clash with Express, the club technical team reportedly traded blows over the best midfield outfit that could tame a...