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Monitor, the enemy paper: Spare the ROAD and spoil the child

OPINION: In Uganda, the ‘thing becomes legal when he wishes it’. On that note, the Monitor has become a bad paper, an enemy paper because of the constant and consistent reminders by President Museveni. Since the King has said the paper is bad and may be wishes it so, the high priests, and altar boys and girls followed suit in baptizing the media house all manners of negative, horrific, traumatising and dehumanising names. But, have you visited the media house’s headquarters in Industrial Area, Namuwongo, Kampala City? OMG! It takes lots of courage for one to maneuver the many potholes (ponds, pools and lakes for now) on Eighth Street. For years and years, that road has been one of the worst in the entire city. Whether it is be design, choice or curse, our friends at MPL and their neighbouring […]

admin December 8, 2023

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Terrorist who planted recent bombs in Kampala flees to Congo

KAMPALA: President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that the terrorist who planted last weekend's bombs in Kampala has fled back to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Museveni said in a statement that he had advised security operatives not to mount roadblocks in search of terror suspects as this inconveniences travellers. Below is the President's full statement on security situation in the country:……. Fellow Ugandans, especially the Bazzukulu.Greetings.The pig that had come from Congo to plant bombs and kill our peaceful People, it seems, has fled back to Congo after his criminal schemes were made impossible by your vigilance. The bomb in Kikuba-mutwe exploded prematurely before he planted it where our pork-lovers were having their legitimately earned meal and the one in Nabweru exploded in the empty house where the criminals were keeping it because the security forces were hard on the […]

admin December 7, 2023

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To hell with your visas: Ministers tell Americans

KAMPALA: Two Ugandan cabinet ministers have told the US they will not be scared in their move to protect the family values even as America moves to restrict travelling for those reportedly involved in stepping on human rights of minority groups. Chris Baryomunsi, the minister for ICT, said Nobody should be threatened by these actions of the international actors. “If they cherish homosexuality, let them cherish it. As Ugandans, we don’t,” he said. “As a government and Ugandans, we must remain firm. We may be poor but not desperate that we will dangle our resources and lose our values,” Baryomunsi added. “We know the Speaker was the first victim of visa restrictions. Personally, if you denied me passage to America I don’t think I would die.” David Bahati, the state minister for trade, said: “We should remain firm in the […]

admin December 6, 2023

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WASTAGE: MPs to pocket sh2.7m per day for sports

KAMPALA: MPs who will represent Uganda at the East African Games in Rwanda will be paid $720 (about sh2.7m) as per diem. This was revealed by Speaker Anita Among during plenary on Wednesday. Close to 200 MPs and parliamentary staff will be travelling to Kigali to take part in the regional games with counterparts from other East African Community countries. Among warned the MPs against sleeping in cheap hotels, saying the US$720 (Shs2,719,602) that they will earn as per diem should be enough to get them a decent hotels, instead of camping in cheat hotels of US$20 (Shs75,533). "I want to encourage MPs that as you go there, represent Uganda well in terms of discipline. I am giving you money, US$ 720 per day and you go and sleep in a room of US$20,” Among said. “That is unacceptable for […]

admin December 6, 2023

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Uganda police stakes sh20m for terrorists behind city bombs

KAMPALA: Uganda’s joint security forces have placed a sh20m stake for whoever will provide information leading to the arrest of two suspects behind the two explosives, which went off in different parts of Kampala at the weekend. The Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force of CMI, ISO, CT and CI have put up a serious manhunt for two notorious ADF suspects, for their alleged roles in a series of terror attacks. Police said the suspects used IEDs explosives not only in the Central Business District of Kampala and Butambala, but also for other terror attacks, along the Kasese Bundibugyo axis, with the DRC. “The goal of the wanted terror suspects is to murder Ugandans, and also cause panic and fear within the community,” police said. “We have shared the photograph of Kamusi Musa, who is now the commander of the Splinter ADF […]

admin December 6, 2023

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Rest in peace Fr Lawrence Yawe Mudduse

By Elvis Kintu Nsonyi I don’t have the right words in my diction to eulogize Fr. Lawrence Yawe Mudduse. We last talked a day before his death! It has always remained hard for me to get the true definition of life. I am heartbroken. I am sad. I can’t believe that my friend and uncle Rev. Fr. Lawrence Yawe is no more. It is mind-boggling indeed. I pity whoever has known him after his demise, you don’t know what you missed! My last memories with him were the previous two days. On Saturday, he had just celebrated mass at Kitovu Cathedral. We joked and made fun out of his classmate Master Patrick Ssenfuka. I told him he was my Physics teacher who played his role only that I thrived to the passway in other fields, but not Sciences. With the […]

admin November 28, 2023

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Grasshoppers are finally here, mind your safety, lest you fall

By Elvis Kintu Nsonyi I have seen a disturbing video of dead grasshoppers, trending on social media. Apparently, someone used pesticides to trap this delicacy. Really? Why in the world would someone even think about such a callous act? When did we, Ugandans get here? What happened to humaneness? Are you not duty bound to protect your customers? From a business perspective, I understand the troubles of getting the business numbers right in such a punctured economy. And most especially when many of these men and women trying to make ends meet can only rely on quite costly credit from banks and unscrupulous money lending sharks with conditional linear and exponential interests. I know! Trust me, I know a little about this. But, we can surely try to be creative about how to maximise yields without putting your clients' life […]

admin November 28, 2023

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Kenyan national killed in Kabale accident en-route to Rwanda

KAMPALA: A Kenyan national was on Friday killed in a road accident as he drove manure to Rwanda. Police said, the accident occurred at Kyanamira trading centre, Kyanamira sub-county, Kabale district, along the Kabale-Mbarara highway. The deceased has been identified as Ramadhan Hussein, 49, who was driving trailer number KDM 588E /ZE3608 white and grey in colour Mercedes Benz. “It's alleged that a trailer which was being driven by one Ramadhan Hussein now the deceased from Kenya heading to Rwanda which was carrying manure,” the police said. “When it reached at Kyanamira trading centre, the driver failed to negotiate the corner and the vehicle overturned hence, he died instantly,” Police added. Uganda records at least 200,000 deaths as a result of accidents annually, according to police reports.

admin November 24, 2023

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Museveni ex-minister Nyombi Thembo bounces back as UCC boss

KAMPALA: The former minister of state for ICT, George William Nyombi Thembo, has bounced back to the limelight after being appointed Executive Director of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). Outgoing ED Irene Kaggwa announced that, “I wish to update you that Hon. George William Nyombi Thembo has been appointed as the substantive Executive Director of UCC.” “Join me in congratulating him on his appointment. On my part, it has been an honour to serve UCC, the sector, my country and the global industry,” Eng. Kaggwa added. According to UCC, Thembo has been working as the Director for the Rural Development Communication Fund (RCDF) at the communications regulating body. “He assumed that office in January 2017. In addition to his substantive position, Hon. Nyombi Thembo is currently Ag. Director Industry Affairs and Content Development,” UCC mentions on official website. Profile (from […]

admin November 24, 2023

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Former railways boss charged with forgery

KAMPALA: The former Managing Director of Uganda Railways Corporation, Stanley Sendegeya, has been remanded on charges of forgery and uttering false documents. According to court documents, Sendegeya forged and presented fake documents before getting the railways’ topmost job. Sendegeya was arraigned before the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court and the charges read to him. Natasha Mariam, the State House Anti-Corruption Unit spokesperson, said Sendegeya was netted in an operation by the unit and the Criminal Investigations Directorate of the Uganda Police (CID) on November 22. “Sendegeya is accused of forging and presenting documents proving that he had the requisite academic qualifications for the position of managing director, which he did not,” Mariam said. Prosecution led by Judith Nyamwiiza said in July 2023, Sendegeya, a resident of Namugongo, Wakiso district, forged a curriculum vitae with intent to deceive, perpetuating that he […]

admin November 24, 2023