At least seven vehicles were burnt in the fireAt least seven vehicles were reduced to ashes on Monday afternoon following a fire outbreak at Efforts Garage in Ntinda, a Kampala city suburb.The blaze, which started around 1:00 pm while mechanics wer
The UPDF vehicle after the accident.One person died and ten others, including Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers, sustained injuries on Tuesday after a military vehicle overturned along the Bikurungu–Rweshama Road in Bikurungu Town Council
Imagine sitting down to dinner and being served a plate of snake, its venom potent enough to kill an elephant. It sounds like a nightmare, but across the globe, people routinely dine on some of the deadliest animals known to humankind. Despite the danger, these
Steven MasigaMbale, Uganda – ] This Monday afternoon, while scanning through today’s Daily Monitor at the Mbale Monitor bureau offices, I stumbled upon a crucial article tucked away in a recessed corner of the newspaper, among the last pages.
Veteran commentator, Barnabas Taremwa Bwaniaga a has called on the President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni to issue an executive order to audit all land titles in northern Uganda, warning that many of them were fraudulently acquired and continue to fuel conflic
Hon. Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda recently shared a surprising experience during one of his visits in Ntinda, Kampala.Speaking to a group, the seasoned politician revealed that he had attended a
Uganda’s upcoming 2026 general elections face serious threats to credibility and public trust due to persistent security-related violence, vote buying, and a lack of transparency in the electoral process, according to governance experts.Speaking at a stakeholders’ dialogue organised in
The European Union has committed EUR 5 million to support the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in delivering income-generating and nutritional initiatives for refugees and host communities in Uganda.Uganda is home to 1.9 million refugees and asylum seekers, making it the largest r
Urgent and targeted action is needed to tackle Kampala’s alarming vehicle emissions problem, a new report has revealed.The study, conducted by The Real Urban Emissions (TRUE) Initiative in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has provided the first-ever rea
The Aponye Group, once one of Uganda’s most formidable agro-processing and manufacturing empires, has collapsed just two years after the death of its founder, Apollo Nyegamehe. The group’s properties are now being auctioned off to recover debts, signaling th
