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Humility, generosity shone through Bishop Kaggwa’s life February 2, 2021 RIP: Bishop Kaggwa As the sun went down on January 20, news spread of the passing of Rt Rev JOHN BAPTIST KAGGWA, the bishop emeritus of Masaka. He was 77 years old. He is best known for his being an eminent church leader and an outspoken advocate for justice and human rights; he had a soft spot for those in need, writes Sadab Kitatta Kaaya. The softspoken prelate had lost his...

Daily Monitor Tuesday February 02 2021 Advertisement The concept and analogy of justice and fairness has been variously misinterpreted and under-estimated as far as the complexity and vitality of the subject matter.  This reflection can be evoked from the various concepts regarding substantive justice and justice based on procedural technicalities, for instance, as procedure has been correctly adhered to is to define a fair race, which is a race in which the competitors start together and no o...

Daily Monitor Tuesday February 02 2021  Fast forward, under the guise of true nationalism, the President came off blazing the anti-sectarianism gun.  It is a pity and a fact of life that no one can prick his/her own eyes. A keen observer of voting patterns in Uganda over the 35-year rule of Mr Museveni, will notice that at every election,  in his home district of Kiruhura, no other  different presidential candidate has scored even 1 per cent.  The two times that are very glaring are the 20...

Launching activities ahead of Kabaka’s birthday on April 13 th, Mayiga says the youth have a big role to play in the fight against HIV adding that it is for this reason they have made it the theme for this year’s Kabaka 66 th birthday celebrations. He says some of the highlights to celebrate Kabaka’s birthday shall include Kabaka’s birthday, which he has not cleared on how it will be carried out due to covid19 pandemic among others. A five member committee consisted of Owek.Prosperous N...

Daily Monitor Tuesday February 02 2021 Nyendo-Mukungwe MP-elect Mathias Mpuuga (right) displays his National Unity Platform (NUP) membership card as the party’s president, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, looks on August 13,2020. PHOTO/MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI. Advertisement All the legislators who defected to NUP are from the central region. Going by the current political trends, it is now evident that their departure left a vacuum as the party only managed to secure a few seats in the just ...

Daily Monitor Monday February 01 2021 President Museveni delivering a speech during the launch of the Covid-19 trials at Mulago hospital last week . PHOTO/ ppu Summary During a speech after he was declared winner in January 16, President Museveni blamed his defeat in Buganda Sub-region on secretarianism, something that other NRM politicians who were defeated in the region like Ms Esther Mbayo, the NRM deputy chairperson for eastern region and the Minister for Presidency, also attributed their f...

Daily Monitor Monday February 01 2021 We just concluded the highly contested, dramatic and historic general election in Uganda in which the incumbent President and chairman of the ruling NRM party, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, emerged winner with 58.6 per cent of the vote.  Mapping the voting patterns in this general election, the NRM garnered most support from the western and northern regions whereas their closest contestants, the National Unity Platform (NUP) were highly supported in the central ...

Daily Monitor Monday February 01 2021 The youth have been the subject of our political discussion for a while now. I get surprised by the kind of generalisation that seems to combine the youth in ways that for decades we spoke of women’s interests, as if they were a single homogeneous group.  There are some incredible young people, doing amazing things and who mean well. And there are the lost souls. You see them from time to time.  When interviewed for his 85th birthday by a Nigerian journ...

Daily Monitor Sunday January 31 2021 Summary January 26, 1986, marked the beginning of a painful chapter in Uganda’s history characterised, inter alia, by corruption, moral decadence, oppression, violence, impunity, witchcraft and tyranny which reminds me of Psalm 13 by King David. Advertisement On Tuesday, January 26, about 50 invited guests assembled at State House Entebbe to mark the 35th anniversary of “NRM Liberation Day” which for the vast majority of Ugandans, especially those who ...

Ssemujju Nganda: Only FDC MP-elect in central who resisted ‘red wave’ Sunday January 31 2021 Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda, the FDC mouthpiece, managed to retain his seat by demolishing his opponents. Photo | File Summary Wakiso District and to some extent Kampala have been painted red after most of the political positions at all levels were scooped by members of the National Unity platform (NUP). However, without supporting NUP’s presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, Ssemujju Ibra...