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29 Jun '26
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Monday welcomed plans by investors from Qatar to partner with Uganda in key sectors, including food processing, energy, logistics and manufacturing, saying such collaborations are critical for transforming Africa’s resources
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20 Jun '26
Renowned media personality and actress Florence Nampijja has opened up about one of the most painful periods of her life, recalling how false dating rumors left her emotionally distressed and thrust her into unwanted public scrutiny.Nampijja revealed that she once woke up to find herself t
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20 Jun '26
If you have been following the exchange rate lately, you already know the story. The Uganda shilling has been under sustained pressure against the US dollar, and for ordinary Ugandans who are either receiving money from a relative abroad, running a small business, or simply trying to save, that d
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13 Jun '26
The head of the Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in China is H.E. Oliver Wonekha (L). She serves as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) while Uganda's official diplomatic representation in G
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12 Jun '26
Officials from Roko, Irish Embassy and Kelly Steel work inspecting the parliamentary chambers under construction this weekNew Parliament Chambers works have entered into the final phase as contractor completes steel works and embarks on roofing .Construction of the new parliament ch
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12 Jun '26
The Government of Uganda has downplayed a decision by the State of Kuwait to ban the recruitment of domestic workers from Uganda and 26 other nations, stating that the country has no formal bilateral ties with the Gulf state.Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior recently announced a sweeping ove
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06 Jun '26
President Yoweri Museveni has come under fresh scrutiny after remarks questioning why Ugandans travel to Dubai for work, describing the Gulf city as a harsh desert environment and suggesting that those who take up low-wage jobs there may be influenced by what he termed an “inferiority complex.â
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24 May '26
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ran parallel procurement operations through the United Arab Emirates and Chinese suppliers to covertly acquire advanced military technology used to target American forces and US-allied infrastructure across the Middle East, according to two Financial Tim
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23 May '26
confidential dossier pieced together by covert intelligence shows that State actors put Anita Among under surveillance as early as 2021, when she was Deputy Speaker of Parliament.The voluminous collection of documents, a copy of which Weekend Monitor has seen, discloses that “a reliable
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21 May '26
Police in Kampala have arrested four suspects on allegations of defrauding a South African national of USD103,050( approximately shs388.9 million) in a gold scam.According to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Luke Owoyesigyire, the incident happened on May, 19, 2026 when Mr. Attlee