Ms Denise Charity Atwine, a resident of Mende Sub-county in Wakiso District, did a self-breast check in 2018 and found a lump in her right breast. The lump was the size of a pea. She told her friend who had lost a mother due to breast cancer about the lump. Her friend recommended a d
Following the release of contradicting figures in the 2024 National Housing and Population Census by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) last Thursday, the Monitor now traces how the errors could have come about. In an interview, Mr Vincent Ssennono, the principal statistician and the
President Museveni has guaranteed to give Shs 2 billion to the Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation (SACCO) of the womenâs council affiliated to the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC), the governing body of Muslims in the country. The money is geared towards backing the eco
Lord Jamar, an American rapper, DJ, record producer, actor, and podcaster, has expressed
Amidst all the news of corruption, misuse of public funds, incoherent census result numbers, disease outbreaks, war and deaths, the media, regardless of the perception of it being a harbinger of bad news, manages to deliver some rays of hope in form of positive happy-ever-after stories every
Police in the Busoga Sub-region are investigating the cause of a fire that engulfed homes in the Namutumba and Bugiri districts on the morning of October 8, resulting in the deaths of seven family members. In Namutumba District, a fire consumed a grass-thatched house in Buyoboya-Kibale V
Women activists in the land sector have urged the government to implement reforms in land management to better protect women’s rights to land ownership and usage. As the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development intensifies land reforms through its Program Implementation Action
The Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has rubbished the recently released 2024 National Population and Housing Census report, calling for a repeat of the entire exercise. The party deputy secretary for publicity, Mr Warid Lubega Mulindwa, said the report released by Uganda Bur
Kampala City businessman and socialite Nasser Nduhukire, also known as Don Nasser, has been further remanded to Luzira Prison until October 23. Nduhukire appeared on Tuesday morning before the presiding Chief magistrate at Buganda Road Court, Mr Ronald Kayiizi for his case in which he fa
According to the National Library of Medicine, research, biomedical informatics and the world's largest biomedical online library, the Covid-19 imposed restrictions led to an inevitable surge in the use of digital technologies to adjust to new ways of interaction, life, and work. For U
