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How bodas are helping charcoal dealers beat security in West Nile. The racket involves the motorcycle operator, often a link in a chain involving charcoal burners, middlemen, dealers, collection point operators and eventual buyers https://links.monitor.co.ug/DB5cXq  #MonitorUpdates
LETTER: The bereaved deserve empathy, not insults

I concur with someone on social media who said the departed king was simply too good to be among us. We must carry the cross and admit that we failed him at a certain point https://links.monitor.co.ug/JPIy1D
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Egg prices rise as poultry costs surge. Rising feed, medication and chick costs are pushing egg prices higher, squeezing farmers, traders and consumers across the country https://links.monitor.co.ug/_lV_Bj  #MonitorUpdates
Low turnout delays Adjumani West by-election kickoff. Most registered voters were at work and were expected to show up later https://links.monitor.co.ug/-R_4dX  #MonitorUpdates
Parliament assesses UPDF training quality, facilities.
The committee has been split into two teams visiting different UPDF establishments across the country https://links.monitor.co.ug/TRrf87  #MonitorUpdates
Nabakooba orders probe into 1,500-acre land dispute.
The Lands minister says those who participated in converting customary land into freehold should be arrested https://links.monitor.co.ug/nkQbrr  #MonitorUpdates
Seven health facilities get neonatal equipment to curb newborn deaths.
Director General of Health Services Prof Charles Olaro said the equipment will bring critical newborn care closer to populations in lagging areas https://links.monitor.co.ug/2i7ntU #MonitorUpdates
84 per cent of TVET candidates attain full competence — UVTAB.
The performance marks an improvement from 2025, when 81 per cent attained full competence https://links.monitor.co.ug/qakVgX #MonitorUpdates
Otuke councillor flees with grandmother's Shs5m cattle compensation.
The minister directed security agencies including the RDC and police to pursue and arrest the councillor and ensure the money is recovered https://links.monitor.co.ug/KBd9bI #MonitorUpdates
Govt pushes industrialisation to boost local revenue, avoid debt crisis.
The next budget will be anchored on seven strategic shifts, with revenue-led fiscal consolidation as the first priority https://links.monitor.co.ug/00rAjf  #MonitorUpdates
Kanungu leaders demand share of gold proceeds to boost services.
Leaders proposed a memorandum of understanding with the licence holders to allocate at least one percent of gold mined to infrastructure development https://links.monitor.co.ug/8uK1nf  #MonitorUpdates
Minister tasks Makerere to turn prototypes into market products. The government invests about Shs30 billion annually in research and innovation at Makerere https://links.monitor.co.ug/pkThgv  #MonitorUpdates
Govt warns Ugandans to vacate disaster-prone areas ahead of El Niño rains.
The rains are expected to trigger flash floods, severe storms, landslides, waterlogging, damage to infrastructure and disease outbreaks https://links.monitor.co.ug/mEJdCe  #MonitorUpdates