The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Country Representative, Mr Matthew Crentsil, has expressed optimism that the refugee response in Uganda will be funded amid mounting concern of unprecedented shortfalls in funding. Mr Crentsil said while there was heightened apprehe
Over a year ago we reported on what we called the “new Ugandan tribes”, good people who have formed social, cultural, economic, and philosophical communities around a set of experiences, values, and organising that didn’t exist in strong ways until about 10 years ago. Or they could be
Political pilgrims seeking to enter the Promised Land of elected office have been left wandering in the desolate desert of uncertainty after their guide returned to base. For some of his followers in the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), the declaration by Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is
Previously on The Girl Child Has Seen Days…. The Kyayisewas have decided that they have to fire GC after she threw Edith’s clothes in the garbage. But GC doesn’t know this. She clocked out and went out partying before the news could be delivered. Now it is time to face the boss…Fi
The blanket regulation by European Union (EU) compelling farmers to prove that they did not contribute to deforestation before growing the produce has a massive potential to disenfranchise the entire coffee sector value chain with the smallholder farmers—who are the majority producers, bea
The Daily Monitor story about the plight of a two-year-old toddler, who was defiled by her 18-year-old uncle, has attracted more support after well-wishers who read the article came out to help her get medical attention. The September 18 story, under the headline, âMagistrate halts
A group of South Sudanese lawyers filed a case to the country's top court on Monday challenging the president's postponement of elections and extension of the transitional government's term for two years. Ten days ago, President Salva Kiir's office announced an extension of the transitio
An Egyptian warship has delivered a second major cache of weaponry to Somalia including anti-aircraft guns and artillery, port and military officials said on Monday, in a move likely to stoke further friction between the two countries and Ethiopia.Ties between Egypt and Somalia have grown th
Movement on the Kampala-Gulu highway was on Monday paralysed following the total closure of Karuma Bridge that links northern Uganda, South Sudan and DR Congo. The government closed the defective 61-year-old bridge to pave the way for its reconstruction, which is expected to take three m
Travellers have been forced to endure long queues at Masindi Port in Western Uganda as they jostle to catch ferries to the countryâs capital Kampala following the total closure of Karuma Bridge currently under repair. The situation has been exacerbated by the recent flooding of the N
