KAMPALA – Chaotic scenes unfolded at the General Court Martial as Eron Kiiza, one of the lawyers representing veteran opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye, was sentenced to nine months in Kitalya prison for contempt of court.
During his journey to becoming Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni faced many challenges. One important part of his story involves the kindness he received from Kenyan families who gave him a place to stay during difficult times.
David Kalemera, the embattled head of Uganda’s State House Revenue Intelligence Unit, has been relieved of his position and reassigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.This decision comes less than a year afte
Makindye Ssabagabo MP David Sserukenya found himself at the center of a heated debate on 89.6fm Top Radio’s popular Saturday program, Nnegwozadde, after making controversial remarks about Uganda’s political opposition. Sserukenya criticized Mathias Mpuuga fo
President Museveni Friday joined several African leaders who have congratulated Donald Trump on winning US' November 5 presidential election in which he defeated Vice President and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. Twice-impeached President Trump emphatically recaptured White House wit
In early March 2017, panic-stricken officials from Uganda’s ministries of Works and Finance, dashed to Dar es Salaam to “compare notes” with their Tanzanian counterparts on among others, variations in prices of their disassociated Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) projects. President Mu
Kenya’s National Assembly voted to impeach Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Tuesday, October 8, 2024 in a historic political event. The decision was made during a lengthy parliamentary session, with 281 members voting in favor of the impeachment, while 44 opposed it, and one member abstained.
Kenyan President William Ruto is facing growing pressure to publicly explain the reasons behind his fallout with his deputy, Rigathi Gachagua. Allegations against Gachagua, which led to an attempt by parliamentarians to remove him from office, are reportedly not new in Kenya’s political landscape.
This past week, panic has gripped East Africans in the Middle East as Lebanon came under a hail of fire from Israel and tensions between Tel Aviv and Iran reached a crescendo. The Kenyan government has been struggling to get its nationals to register for evacuation, as some
Government has said it expects fuel prices to be uniform or have slight variances in about three months, a key discussion point since government took over as the sole importer and supplier of oil products. Responding to Monitor inquiries regarding the slow reduction in fuel costs among b
