Politicians proudly give hoes to the poor to go work the fields, but after toiling throughout the planting and harvest season, the best the hoe-holding farmer collects are five sacks of maize worth at best Shs500,000, less than $140, much less if one takes the current dollar exchange rate, writes Moses Khisa.
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Policy missteps and elusive transformation
Given my professional training, I tend to approach major societal questions like poverty and underdevelopment from a political standpoint
EDITORIAL: Review NGOs suspension to ease pressure on shilling.
Nearly a year after the suspensions, the country must confront the wider consequences of these decisions.
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Nearly a year after the suspensions, the country must confront the wider consequences of these decisions.
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Review NGOs suspension to ease pressure on shilling
Nearly a year after the suspensions, the country must confront the wider consequences of these decisions
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, 71, said on Saturday that his presidential term would end in 2030 and that the question of his departure from office was settled, reaffirming that Egypt's constitution would not be amended.
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Egypt's Sisi says his presidency will end in 2030
Sisi, 71, is serving a six-year term after winning re-election in December 2023
Will a new leader and a new name boost the rebellion in eastern Congo?
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Will a new leader and a new name boost the rebellion in eastern Congo?
The big questions now are whether Kabila can translate his political stature and regional connections into broader support for the rebellion
Govt commissions Shs191b Katonga Bridge, demands 120-year lifespan from engineers.
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Govt commissions Shs191b Katonga Bridge, demands 120-year lifespan from engineers
The commissioning brings an end to months of transport disruptions and uncertainty for motorists traveling along the vital trade corridor connecting Kampala to southwestern Uganda and neighboring...
M23’s name change and Kabila’s power dreams, writes Asuman Bisiika.
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M23’s name change and Kabila’s power dreams
Joseph Kabange Kabila, the immediate former president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is the chairperson or political leader of FRN
Apac road works stall as MPs shun meetings to form roads committee.
Committee prioritises district road needs and ranks roads requiring routine, periodic, rehabilitation or emergency intervention, and provides political and technical guidance https://links.monitor.co.ug/TKOYoH #MonitorUpdates
Committee prioritises district road needs and ranks roads requiring routine, periodic, rehabilitation or emergency intervention, and provides political and technical guidance https://links.monitor.co.ug/TKOYoH #MonitorUpdates
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Apac road works stall as MPs shun meetings to form roads committee
Committee prioritises district road needs and ranks roads requiring routine, periodic, rehabilitation or emergency intervention, and provides political and technical guidance
Govt gazettes Nyabongo I as Omukama of Tooro.
The process completes the government's recognition of his succession to the throne despite earlier controversies https://links.monitor.co.ug/WYAEXf #MonitorUpdates
The process completes the government's recognition of his succession to the throne despite earlier controversies https://links.monitor.co.ug/WYAEXf #MonitorUpdates
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Govt gazettes Nyabongo I as Omukama of Tooro
The process completes the government's recognition of his succession to the throne despite earlier controversies
Archbishop Emeritus Kasujja urges youth to stand for truth, reject lies.
Archbishop Kasujja emphasised that truth and justice are essential for peaceful coexistence https://links.monitor.co.ug/KsUu9Y #MonitorUpdates
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Archbishop Emeritus Kasujja urges youth to stand for truth, reject lies
Archbishop Kasujja emphasised that truth and justice are essential for peaceful coexistence
Ex-Senegal president Macky Sall withdraws from UN chief race.
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Ex-Senegal president Macky Sall quits race to succeed UN chief Guterres
Leaked tallies revealed that both Uganda's Olara Otunnu and Sall had been losing ground among council members
Who benefits from Uganda-South Sudan trade?
Uganda exports more than 24 times what it imports from South Sudan https://links.monitor.co.ug/BJIHt3
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Who benefits from Uganda-South Sudan trade?
Uganda exports more than 24 times what it imports from South Sudan
Three KCCA officials, land dealer remanded over Shs600m Munyonyo land fraud.
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Three KCCA officials, land dealer remanded over Shs600m Munyonyo land fraud
Four arraigned, two summoned over irregular title issuance and land fraud
NRM Secretariat reinstates Bahati as Kabale District party chairman.
He had been forced to step aside after he opted to contest as an independent candidate for the position of the Member of parliament for the Ndorwa West Constituency https://links.monitor.co.ug/k1E1TT #MonitorUpdates
He had been forced to step aside after he opted to contest as an independent candidate for the position of the Member of parliament for the Ndorwa West Constituency https://links.monitor.co.ug/k1E1TT #MonitorUpdates
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NRM Secretariat reinstates Bahati as Kabale District party chairman
He had been forced to step aside after he opted to contest as an independent candidate for the position of the Member of parliament for the Ndorwa West Constituency
Two arrested over killing of Gulu University student.
According to police, the two suspects confessed to the security agencies during joint interrogations https://links.monitor.co.ug/kA23GZ #MonitorUpdates
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Two arrested over killing of Gulu University student
According to police, the two suspects confessed to the security agencies during joint interrogations
Fears grow over Isimba dam flooding as rains loom.
There is also concern that the contractor has done little to repair a spillway that engineers say cannot safely handle its full design capacity https://links.monitor.co.ug/e4VMvU #MonitorUpdates
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Fears grow over Isimba dam flooding as rains loom
There is also concern that the contractor has done little to repair a spillway that engineers say cannot safely handle its full design capacity
Namiti: The pastors’ anger is hard to understand. If indeed they can perform miracles and have evidence of past miracles they have performed, why the anger?
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No pastors’ miracles in cancer wards or on amputees. Why?
If pastors struggle with mere death prophecies, how can they perform miracles, such as curing cancer?
"You have a government that has accumulated years of experience without necessarily acquiring the wisdom necessary to deal with basic socio-economic problems. Consistent, repeated failures in poverty eradication have not produced any noticeable institutional learning," writes Gawaya Tegulle.
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The pathology of PDM and a tale of lazy economics
Even in a hospital, the doctor who gets the diagnosis wrong cannot get the prescription right