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Daily Monitor Thursday December 17 2020 Summary The improved infrastructure in major towns has enabled Mbarara, Jinja, Masaka, Arua, Fort Portal, Mbale and Gulu  to attain city status while others have been lined up in the coming two years to become cities.  Advertisement Lugazi Municipality in Buikwe District has again secured Shs9b for roadworks from the central government. The money is part of the Shs12b that was given to Lugazi Municipality in the 2019/2020 fiscal year. However, the munic...

Daily Monitor Wednesday December 16 2020 Summary Apac was found to have the highest number of mosquito bites in the world, standing at 1,564 bites. Advertisement The distribution exercise kicked off on Monday.  However, local leaders have decried the discrepancy in the supply.  The mosquito nets were supposed to be distributed according to the number of people in each household, with one net per two people. Mr Francis Ayo, the chairperson of Ilera Cell Village, Agulu Division in Apac Municipa...

Daily Monitor Sunday December 13 2020 Police detectives at the scene where two people were murdered at Wabigalo Village, Nakasongola District on December 8, 2019. PHOTO/DAN WANDERA. Summary The State prosecution relied on the evidence that included the postmortem reports for the deceased persons, the charge and caution statement of the accused, among other documents exhibited in court.  Advertisement The beheading of six people by unknown assailants within three days at one village in Nakaso...

Daily Monitor Thursday December 10 2020 Alliance for National Transformation presidential candidate Mugisha Muntu, and the party deputy national coordinator in charge of finance and administration, Ms Alice Alaso, at Kamod Trading Centre in Serere District yesterday. PHOTO / SIMON PETER EMWAMU Summary Maj Gen Muntu also appealed to residents of Serere to vote an honest man like him, saying with the alleged mineral exploitation in the district, a dishonest president spells doom to the sector Adv...

Were expected to sign that phase one trade deal that the financial markets had really been anticipating. now the question is will there be an apac summit at all or will trump and xi jinping meet somewhere else, perhaps in the united states, to sign that trade deal. officials scrambling to get us whatever the back-up plan is and maybe scrambling to put together a back-up plan now. >> boy, another country hosting apec. this is three weeks away it was supposed to be, not even. that is a massive und...

We have some developing news for you. chiles president just now cancelling that countrys role as this years apec hoets. president trump was supposed to be at apac. he talked about wanting to sign that fade one trade deal there with chinese president xi. i want to bring in eamon javers, my buddy in the booth at the white house. youve confirmed this reporting on apac. if the president and president xi arent going to sign a trade deal there, where and when might they do? >> they are scrambling at t...

That prohibits the entry, and theyre on the record supporting those kind of movements. now, its a question, do you want to go over there to participate in the protest or did she want to visit her grandmoth grandmother? that has been mixed. once she appeals on humanitarian reasons, israel said you can come in. she said no, i want to express my rights. >> this is a place where both j street, which is on the left, as well as apac agree, as well as senator lieberman, who not one of us could argue is...

Op twitter the president said theyre fast becoming the face of the democrat party. and they hate israel. well prime minister netanyahu saw the tweet and said the soul purpose of the lawmakers trip was to quote harm israel and increase incitement against it. the prime ministers decision was roundly criticized. senator marco rubio called it a mistake to deny the lawmakers entry. maine senator susan collins said the administration should have encouraged the visit. apac the american-israel public af...

Like hes following trumps orders, and trump looks like hes interfering in israeli politics to take aim at two, lets be frank, freshmen congresswomen. >> and what did israel have to lose by allowing the two congresswomen to visit. >> nothing. ostensibly, they have broken a law by supporting the bds, the boycott sanctioned movement against israel, meant to pressure israel to give more rights and opportunities to the palestinians, but in fact, other people who support bvs have been able to go there...

The extent that these people plan everything. it might have some effects in places like florida where theres a if im an american jew, i understand theres usually an instinctive, no tolerance of criticism of israel policy. in this case you had apac who was telling trump that what he was doing is wrong. what bothers me for the 100th time with this is the guy ran and said im going it do what i say, and im going to say what i do and i dont care about being correct. he clearly told the israelis not t...