Anxiety as 1,834 schools miss UNEB deadline for S4 student scores
The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has sounded an alarm after a significant number of Senior Four candidates risk being ungraded due to their schools’ f...
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How mismatched data plagued Uganda's 2024 census report
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...
Poor living longer, rich dying younger
In a tale of two lifestyles and mixed fortunes, some richer Ugandans are dying earlier while their poorer counterparts are living longer. Our analysis of two separate rep...
Buikwe river on the brink as pollution poisoning intensifies
Communities that derive their livelihoods from River Musamya in the central parts of Uganda have raised the red flag over contamination of the water body in Buikwe Distri...
Who will rescue Bukedi from the jaws of poverty?
The 2024 census puts Bukedi Sub-region’s population at 2,376,744, with women (1,206,825) outnumbering men (1,169,919). Tororo (609,117), Busia (412,018), Pallisa (...
Govt pushes for mercury free options for artisanal miners
The government has renewed its call to phase out the use of mercury among Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Miners (ASGM), citing severe health risks and environmental pollu...
Sebei farmers switch to barley growing to boost profits
Farmers in Sebei Sub-region are switching to barley growing in search of better profits. Some of the farmers have since abandoned Irish potatoes for barley growing, which...
US ‘Welcome Corps’ Helps Resettle LGBTQ+ Refugees Fleeing Crackdowns Against Gay People
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cabrel Ngounou’s life in Cameroon quickly unraveled after neighbors caught the teenager with his boyfriend. A crowd surrounded his boyf...
What other players give savers eager to grow money
If you had Shs100m in savings, where would you invest it? Would you consider safety first or simply dive into government bonds, or venture into stocks? Maybe your hard-ea...
ROT IN BANKS! DFCU Bank on spot for forcing client to repay 13year mortgage loan in 2years, refuses to hand over his property titles
A client has accused DFCU Bank of forcing him to pay their initial 13 year mortgage loan in only two and a half years but only to hold onto his property titles.