As Uganda marks 62 years of flag Independence today, the vibrant civic society we once hoped would shape our shared life after the Union Jack was lowered remains elusive to this day. The answer to a seemingly simple question, that is: who exactly are we, is not quite forthcoming. Often
Thirteen National Resistance Movement (NRM) party members seek to replace the late Kisoro District Woman Member of Parliament Sarah Nyirabashitsi Mateke through a by-election later this year. Campaigns ahead of party primaries started on Tuesday, a month after the ex-defense state minist
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
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
How old were you in 1962? I was 14 and I was very lucky because I happened to have been raised in Katwe (a suburb in Kampala), so I walked to Kololo Airstrip where the Union Jack was to be lowered for the last time in Uganda at midnight. Everybody was excited. I witnessed the arrival
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
Collins Baryeija, also known as Emeka the romantic mukiga’s weight loss journey began when he started working at KFM Radio. The excitement of his new job was soon overshadowed by a harsh reality; climbing just a few stairs left him breathless. His then boss, the charismatic Joseph Be
Government has tasked Enterprise Uganda to drive mindset change among Parish Development Model (PDM) beneficiaries to maximise benefits in the programme that has been ongoing for about three years. Speaking on the sidelines of a week-long training for PDM beneficiaries in the Teso sub-re
Rwanda has overtaken Kenya as Ugandaâs biggest sugar export market in the East African Community. Data from Uganda Revenue Authority shows that in the nine months to September, Rwanda took 35.3 percent or 39.3 tonnes of sugar out of the 111.1 tonnes Uganda exported to the EAC Common
