[Monitor] By Fred Wambede

[Independent (Kampala)] Comment -- Prof Kaddu was my lecturer at Makerere University in 2008, and one thing he taught us outside the normal syllabus was to take advantage of every situation. This Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have virtua...

[Monitor] Government has revealed that all vulnerable persons who had been lined up to receive the Shs100,000 Covid-19 relief cash to cushion them from shocks of the second wave of the virus will have to wait until next week.

[Monitor] Cabinet has suspended Kampala Capital City Authority's (KCCA) Covid-19 resurgence plan over limited funding.

[Monitor] Government through the Ministry of Finance is seeking emergency funding of Shs600 billion to mitigate the devastating effects of the second wave of Covid-19.

[Monitor] Over the past two weeks since President Museveni announced a virus induced lockdown to contain the surging Covid-19 cases, the number of people testing positive for Covid19 has been dropping.

[Monitor] Uganda has recorded 4,765 recoveries and 244 deaths in seven days, according to Ministry of Health statistics recorded from June 28 to July 4.

[Monitor] Increased government domestic borrowing is failing growth of private sector credit, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

[Monitor] The Ministry of Finance yesterday said it would release the entire budget allocated for payment of domestic arrears for the 2021/22 financial year.

[Monitor] Uganda has allowed a private security firm to carry out security patrols on a national road, a role previously the preserve of the state.

[Monitor] By Juliet Kigongo

[Monitor] Judicial officers are protesting the move by the Judiciary's accounting officer to have their salaries paid at the end of the month as opposed to the old practice of mid-month.

[Monitor] Officials from Makerere University's School of Law have agreed to increase admission from 300 to 500 students per academic year after the school gets a new home.

[Observer] Across the country, many people with Covid-19, especially the poor, are staying away from hospitals. The fear of financial ruin from hospital bills has kept many away - preferring instead to lean on private home medical care and natural tr...

[Observer] Legislators from western Uganda are calling on the government to organize free transport for persons willing to temporarily relocate from the cities to their home villages since they are no longer working.

[Observer] A Covid-19 patient who needs to acquire hospital care in Uganda must now employ a triple strategy to survive.

[Observer] On April 11, 2021, there was excitement at State House in Entebbe as key project agreements for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) were signed.

[Observer] I have never longed for Museveni to be more democratic.

[Observer] Private equity as an alternative asset class is a very attractive investment vehicle for investors, due to its ability to deliver higher returns relative to other asset classes over the long term.

[Observer] Jimmy Odoki Acellam has sued to stop Makerere University from filling the positions of college principals.

[Monitor] A section of farmers in Buikwe District have faulted the national power distributor, Umeme limited, for failing to reconnect electricity to their maize milling and animal feeds factory despite paying for the service three years ago.

[Monitor] A total of 21,480 vulnerable people from cities and municipalities will tomorrow receive Shs100,000 each as the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development rolls out the Covid-19 cash relief.

[Monitor] The absence of a hospital has denied Pader District the opportunity to receive medical oxygen needed for Covid-19 patients.

[Monitor] President Museveni yesterday commissioned Biological Drugs and mRNA (Messenger Rigonucliec Acid) vaccine facility in Matuga, Wakiso District, that will make vaccines readily available in the country.

[Monitor] By Juliet Kigongo

[Monitor] The government has cut the budgets for ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) by up to 40 per cent due to worsening effects of Covid-19 pandemic on the economy and projected revenue underperformance of Shs2 trillion.

[Monitor] Morley Byekwaso's pre and post-match interactions can often be tedious with the coach usually guarded in his responses.

[African Arguments] As some rich countries aim for full vaccine coverage, vaccine hoarding means just 2% of Ugandans have received a COVID-19 jab.

[Monitor] While a cloud of uncertainty still lingers over the economy as a result of Covid-19, about 300,000 Ugandans are slipping into poverty.

[Monitor] Parliament's Appointments Committee has in a turn of events, approved the appointment of Ms Alice Kaboyo as Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister for Luwero Triangle-Rwenzori Region.