Uganda: Soldiers Grab Bobi Wine's Promoter From Press Conference

Monitor

UPDF soldiers have arrested Mr Andy John Mukasa, the proprietor of Bajjo Events and Marketing Agency Limited, at a press conference in Kampala. Read more »

Uganda: Why South Sudan Cattle Rustlers Keep Terrorising Northern Uganda

Monitor

When Uganda and South Sudan leaders agreed in March to work together to stop cattle rustling, illegal logging and smuggling of goods, it was news good enough to revive hope,… Read more »

Uganda: I Will Implement Museveni's 10-Point Programme - Bobi Wine [interview]

Monitor

Are you going to run in 2021 elections? Read more »

Uganda: Statistician Counts Money in Garden

Monitor

He is young, determined and passionate about farming. The youthful farmer is popular on social media due to his inspiring posts accompanied by photos about the various farming… Read more »

Uganda: 38 Arrested, 592 Illegal Drug Shops Closed in NDA Operation

Monitor

At Butaba village, Buyanga sub-county in Bugweri district, a senior one dropout has been arrested after allegedly being found selling drugs at Desire Drug Shop, a substandard drug… Read more »

Uganda: To Use or Not to Use Chemicals

Monitor

There is a lot of debate going on about whether farmers should use manufactured agricultural chemicals or not. Read more »

Uganda: Four Dairy Products You Can Make At Home

Monitor

On average, a smallholder farmer gets 10 to 15 litres of milk a day, with the one milked in the morning being sold while the evening one is sometimes lost due to poor storage. Read more »

Uganda: Use Rabbit Urine to Repel Pests

Monitor

Farmers can reduce the money they spend on pesticide by using rabbit urine to wipe out whiteflies, sap-sucking insects that attack crops such as vegetables, coffee, macadamia,… Read more »

Uganda: 100 Babies Dead - NGO Wants U.S. Missionary Prosecuted in Virginia

allAfrica

Missionary Renee Bach, who runs a local non-governmental organisation called Serving His Children in eastern Uganda is being accused of representing herself as a doctor, and… Read more »

Uganda: WHO Emergency Panel Meets On Ebola After Uganda Deaths

Citizen

The World Health Organization emergency committee will decide Friday whether to declare a raging Ebola epidemic an international threat, after an outbreak that began in Democratic… Read more »

Uganda: Is mzungu Savior Killing Babies in Mayuge?

Independent (Kampala)

None of the mothers knows what exactly happened to her child. What they all say is their children were not growing normally and were possibly malnourished. They all went to Renee… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Uganda, DRC Ebola Outbreaks Affect Turkana Fish Market

Nation

An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is threatening incomes of Lake Turkana fish traders. Read more »

East Africa: Uganda, DRC Ebola Outbreaks Affect Fish Market in Kenya

East African

An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda is threatening incomes of Lake Turkana fish traders in northwestern Kenya. Read more »

Uganda: Business At Katuna Remains Slow Despite Border Reopening

Monitor

The Katuna border weekly market popularly known as World Market inside Uganda remained dull and abandoned because of the absence of Rwandans, who are the major customers. Read more »

Uganda: Investors Lose Shs180b in Rwanda Border Closure

Monitor

Ugandan investors have lost about Shs180b since Rwanda closed its border with Uganda at Gatuna, the Private Sector Foundation-Uganda (PSF-U) has said. They also intend to petition… Read more »

Uganda: Police Free UPDF Soldiers Arrested At Robbery Scene

Monitor

Two soldiers attached to a Major General of the Uganda People's Defence Forces, who were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of being part of a robbery gang in Kampala city, were… Read more »

East Africa: Budget - EAC Govts Count On Infrastructure for Growth

Monitor

East African governments will again be a burden to their citizens with the responsibility of funding their budget priorities for the next financial year 2019/2020. Read more »

Uganda: Mityana Hospital Doctor On the Run After Patient's Death

Monitor

A medic at Mityana General Hospital has gone into hiding after neglecting a patient which consequently led to her death. Read more »

Uganda: Two Bombs Recovered in Luweero

Monitor

The Anti-terrorism squad of the Uganda Police Force on Wednesday night safely detonated an abandoned grenade and secured another from two different places in Luweero District. Read more »

Uganda: Umeme Seeks Shs262b Loan to Fund Final Leg of Concession

Monitor

Umeme, has submitted a request seeking to get $70m (Shs262b) in debt financing from Internal Finance Corporation (IFC). Read more »

Uganda: Kyaligonza Runs to Police Over Defamation

Monitor

Maj Gen (retired) Matayo Kyaligonza has distanced himself from statements attributed to him on social media that disrespect the orders of the courts saying they were concocted by… Read more »

Africa: Courts Push Back Against the Might of Big Tobacco [column]

Legalbrief

For some years I have been following the progress of tobacco control court challenges across Africa. Two things have struck me. First, each new law or regulation aimed at forcing… Read more »

Uganda: Three Suspected Ebola Victims Escape From Kanungu Isolation Centre

Monitor

Three suspected Ebola victims have escaped from the isolation centre at Kihihi Health Centre IV in Kihihi town council in Kanungu District in western Uganda. Read more »

Uganda: I Want a Modern Ugandan - Museveni

Independent (Kampala)

President Yoweri Museveni has urged the Karimojong to wake up from what he describes as traditional practices to the modern era. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Uganda to Repatriate Ebola Patients Back to DRC

Observer

Uganda is set to repatriate the five confirmed and suspected Ebola patients back to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read more »