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Daily Monitor Thursday January 07 2021 Buganda Minister of Lands, Environment and Bulungi Bwansi, Hon Mariam Mayanja Nkalubo (l) and WWF Acting Country Director, Simon Peter Weredwong (R) singing the MOU (PHOTO/Courtesy) Summary Recently, the Government launched a programme aimed at restoring at least 16% of the forest cover that has been lost within the last two decades Advertisement KAMPALA — Buganda Kingdom Prime Minister Owek. Charles Peter Mayiga has called for joint efforts in environme...

Lives we lost: Bullet finds 58-year-old mother in her compound Wednesday January 06 2021 This photo handout shows 58-year-old mother of three Christine Zawedde who was shot dead during the deadly November 18/19 deadly protests. Read story below for details. PHOTO/NMG. Summary Her daughter, Ms Lear Namusoke Kizito, says Zawedde was the eldest daughter in her family and as such, took care of all her siblings’ children. Advertisement The 58-year-old’s death can only be described as bizarre. Sh...

Daily Monitor Wednesday January 06 2021 Summary We in the Opposition (or what is left of us) would make the necessary noise, but it is very likely that some of us would cash in on the money. Mr Patrick Amuriat Oboi and Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, would cry foul and say ‘the man’ is running away from a bloody fight they were visiting on him. Advertisement A statement authored and issued by the Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) called on the government to postpone the January 14 ...

Daily Monitor Saturday January 02 2021 Summary There are more than 20,000 people contesting for various positions, starting from the presidency, to parliamentary seats and local council leadership Advertisement Uganda’s elections and the issue of leadership is on every one’s mind. In about two week’s time we shall be choosing leaders to take up the mantle of running our country for the next five years. There are more than 20,000 people contesting for various positions, starting from the p...

How Bobi Wine is policed December 30, 2020 Hooded men on Bobi Wine’s campaign trail. PHOTO: INTERNET As presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu began his 200-kilometre cross-country campaign run on December 26, he was shadowed every kilometer by at least 12 police pick-up trucks, two water cannon trucks and an equal number of armoured personnel carriers (APCs) - commonly known as Mamba. The monstrous security detail also includes two oth...

I like Kyagulanyi – Kantinti Apollo Kantinti APOLLO KANTINTI is a former MP for Kyadondo East, which he lost to Robert Kagulanyi aka Bobi Wine in the 2017 by-election. Kantinti is now wrestling with 10 other candidates to reclaim the seat left vacant after Kyagulanyi decided to take on President Museveni for the presidency. Quick Talk caught up with him recently. Who is Apollo Kantinti? Golfing! Where from? When I have time I go to Entebbe Golf Cl...

The East African Monday December 28 2020 Summary Followers remove their shoes as they enter the main shrine. They have come from far and wide to pray for blessings, peace in their homes, love, harmony, healing, fortune and prosperity, and to have children. Advertisement When I arrived at the ancient traditional religious shrine at the Tanda pits on a cool morning, it was a beehive of activity as pilgrims prayed and smoked pipes, while others chatted, cleaned or prepared meals for the day. I pai...

Daily Monitor Monday December 28 2020 Hundreds of people cheer NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyaglanyi, aka Bobi Wine, after prayers at Our Lady of Sorrows Cathedral, Kitovu in Masaka City yesterday. PHOTO | DAVID LUBOWA Summary Mr Paul Bukenya, the EC spokesperson, said campaign meetings in the said districts, which are considered to be registering high spread of the virus, had been suspended indefinitely starting December 26. National campaigns end on January 12. Polling day is January 14...

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Daily Monitor Thursday December 24 2020 Advertisement The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party will spend at least Shs31.2b in facilitating campaigns for its flag bearers on parliamentary, city mayoral and LC5 seats ahead of the 2021 General Election. Mr Godfrey Kiwanda, the NRM vice chairperson for Buganda region, told Daily Monitor in Masaka City,  that the money is raised from remittances by the elected flag bearers from the President to the local governments. “The party has mo...