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Copyright AFP 2017-2021. All rights reserved. Facebook posts shared multiple times have used a purported screenshot of a tweet to claim that Muhoozi Kainerugaba — a son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and a high-ranking military officer — had threatened to “crush” the Buganda Kingdom in Uganda. But the Facebook posts are false; there is no evidence Kainerugaba made such remarks on Twitter. AFP Fact Check further established the tweet was fabricated, while...

A tour around Kampala City unearthes rich history Saturday April 24 2021 Summary How much do you know about your city? Have you ever imagined the rich history that lies behind the existence of each of Kampala’s landmark features? Are you aware that you do not need to spend days or break the bank to tour around these places? Gabriel Buule takes us on a trip around Kampala City. Advertisement It is 10:40am and I am finalising plans to set off to coordinate a trip around Kampala City, organised...

Daily Monitor Saturday April 24 2021 Summary Despite the reluctance of the old guard within the NRM to give way, younger members of the party are pushing hard for change within their party and government in general, and the NRM has big decisions to make. Advertisement Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda last week got out of his customary shell to make an attention-grabbing statement, looking straight into the camera and declaring that he is not about to retire from politics. The amiable politician,...

Daily Monitor Friday April 23 2021 A family that was displaced off Lusanja land in October 2018 sets up a temporal shelter. PHOTO /Abubaker Lubowa Summary Advertisement President Museveni has promised to dismantle “the old and barbaric land laws” that for long have hard-pressed Ugandans through rampant illegal evictions.  Without disclosing the specifics of the planned constitutional amendments to the Land Act, the President, with the support of NRM MPs-elect, undertook to implement the Ju...

Mr Noah Kiyimba, the kingdom spokesperson and information minister, cited the factors presented by Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga when he appeared before the Bamugemereire Commission on April 25,...

Government to establish feedlots at regional level April 24, 2021 Cattle at a feedlot As the demand for Uganda’s beef across the world continues to rise due to our organic production systems as well as unique genetics and the favourable environment, government has embarked on efforts to create community feedlots to increase production, writes Ernest Jjingo. On the Masaka-Mbarara highway alone, three major abattoirs have set up in a space of one y...

The Katikkiro I know is committed to Buganda Thursday April 22 2021 The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga addressing journalists in Kampala about the Kabakas health on April 16, 2021. PHOTO | MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI Advertisement Social media has been a wash with talk about the health status of His Majesty the Kabaka of Buganda. Indeed it is worrying but as believers in God, we should put everything in His hands as the best remedy is sought. Our living God listens and for sure He will lis...

Daily Monitor Thursday April 22 2021 Some of the MPs-elect from Northern Uganda during the meeting with the President in Kyankwanzi District on Tuesday. Photo | PPU. Summary This was during a three-hour meeting with the legislators led by Mubende Municipality MP-elect Bashir Sempa, and Ms Shartsi Musherure, the Mawogola North MP-elect,  last Saturday. Advertisement President Museveni has pledged to work with newly-elected National Resistance Movement (NRM) legislators from the central region t...

Stop speculating about Kabaka’s health - Mengo Wednesday April 21 2021 Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga (right) at a press conference on April 16, at Bulange, Mengo, where he announced that Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II is suffering from an allergy. PHOTO/MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI Summary Advertisement Buganda Kingdom has warned of a ploy by its enemies to use the health of Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II to destroy the kingdom. A statement issued yesterday by the Kabaka�...

Kadaga to meet Mayiga over Kabakas health April 19, 2021 Speaker Rebecca Kadaga The speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga will meet the Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga over the Kabaka’s health. Last week, Kabaka Ronald Muwenda Mutebi caused concern among his subjects when he appeared for his 66th birthday celebrations looking frail ill and seemingly struggling for breath. Mayiga, later explained that the Kabaka was suffering from aller...