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Four Kenyan long-distance cargo truck drivers and two turn-men have reportedly been kidnapped by unknown gunmen at Terekeka town in South Sudan, media reports in Uganda indicate. The town is located on the Western bank of the Nile, 53 miles North of the capital Juba, the Daily Monitor adds. It is said the kidnappers are demanding 15 million South Sudan pounds in exchange for the freedom of the captives. Besides the Kenyans, a Ugandan truck driver identified as Vincent Mulika, alias Kamand...

Daily Monitor Sunday May 02 2021 Summary Aruu County MP Samuel Odonga Otto lost his seat to Independent candidate Christopher Komakech in the just concluded elections. The long-serving MP has also been in and out of police cells since then, and blames his woes on Deputy Inspector General of Police, Gen Paul Lokech, who he says is trying to finish him off politically to protect his relative. Advertisement At 6:36pm on March 30, outgoing Aruu County MP Samuel Odonga Otto tweeted: “Deputy IGP [I...

For years, the sugar industry has been booming until last year when a trade war with Kenya led to the sugar exports earnings deteriorating from Shs42.3b to 27.3b

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Daily Monitor Saturday May 01 2021 Vincent Mulika alias Kamanda, the Uganda cargo truck driver allegedly beaten at Terekeka checkpoint in South Sudan, receives treatment at the hospital. Photo | Courtesy Summary He becomes the latest Ugandan truck driver to fall victim of the attacks along the Nimule-Juba highway which are mainly targeting foreign cargo drivers from the neighbouring East African countries plying the route. The highway is a lifeline for South Sudan, which imports almost everythi...

All teachers ordered to take Covid-19 jabs Tuesday April 27 2021 A teachers conducts a class session. Teaching usually involves direct contact thus highly exposing parties involved to potential spreaders of the Covid-19 virus. PHOTO/FILE Summary The country is struggling with low uptake of the vaccines with hesitancy among some frontline workers who include teachers. Advertisement Government has issued a directive, asking all teachers to go for the Covid-19 vaccination as a requirement to stop ...

Elegu Township in dry season –Photo by Jesse Johnson James Susan Afoyocan’s fear of losing her restaurant business started when she saw the first drops of rain. It was at the onset of the rainy season last month, as the farming communities eagerly began preparing their gardens that she knew she had to do something about these warning signs. Last year, around the same time, heavy rains destroyed Afoyocan’s local eatery and washed away her fruit stall in the process. And now the 33-year-old...

Daily Monitor Thursday April 22 2021 A Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier receives a Covid-19 jab at the Senior Officers’ Diagnositic Centre in Mbuya, Kampala, on April 18. One of the reasons why a number of Ugandans have shunned vaccination is fear and uncertainty which are fueled by lack of accurate and adequate information. PHOTO | DAVID LUBOWA Summary The issue: Vaccination Our view: Now that we have the vaccine, what’s stopping us from using the same level of vigilance and...

Covid-19 vaccines will expire in July, says Health ministry Wednesday April 21 2021 A Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier receives a Covid-19 jab at the Senior Officers’ Diagnositic Centre in Mbuya, Kampala, on April 18. More than 280,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines could expire before being used. photo/DAVID LUBOWA. Summary Amuru District is one of the districts which Dr Alfred Driwale, the Head of immunisation programme at the Health ministry, had earlier singled out over low vac...

April 21, 2021 A section of Soroti hospital Medics at Soroti Regional Referral hospital have said that the surviving Amuru siamese twin has recovered and is completely out of danger. Last month, the doctors successfully separated a dead conjoined twin from her living sibling. The twins were delivered by caesarean section at Amuria health centre IV in Amuria district in northern Uganda to Joyce Alinga, a 21-year-old who conceived during the long COVID-19 lockdown. But moments after the caesar...