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Daily Monitor Sunday February 28 2021 Summary Boost. Tired of fluctuating market price, Phillip Mulangira did a short research about chilli production and marketing something which enabled him identify some chilli exporters besides learning some export requirements for chilli. “During my research I happened to meet some exporters in Kampala who advised me on the production of the crop for both local and international markets,” he said. Advertisement On a Saturday afternoon at Barogole Centr...

African Swine Fever (ASF) is a highly fatal viral disease of domestic pigs and can cause mortality of up to 100 per cent of affected pigs

Daily Monitor Thursday February 25 2021 Dr Richard Echodu, one of the researchers, examines samples at Gulu University laboratory on January 24. PHOTO/TOBBIAS JOLLY OWINY Summary Trend The Uganda National Malaria Control Programme (UNMCP) relies on strategies targeting mosquito vectors such as the use of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets, spraying, and larva source management, according to the Health ministry.  Uganda has the 6th highest number of annual deaths from malaria in Africa, acco...

Daily Monitor Sunday February 21 2021 Summary The other day I watched someone from Kitgum attempting to justify why they ‘imperatively’ need to join in the scramble for NRA/M high table-crumbs while it lasts and I thought, ‘what would Luwum say’!  Advertisement When I escaped NRA torture and went into exile in the late 1980s, among the few non-Ugandans I accidentally got in contact with was an Anglican priest who happened to have known Archbishop Janani Luwum personally. Of his immedia...

badboo | Bigstock.com Following confirmed outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) across several regions of the Philippines, others are taking active measures to keep the infection out. Since the first cases of African swine fever (ASF) were confirmed in the Philippines in July 2019, the disease has spread sporadically. According to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), more than 300 outbreaks are considered to be ongoing. Direct losses of pigs exceed 342,000. With many restrictions in...

Daily Monitor Friday February 19 2021 Summary Mr Okodan Akwap says: Those who voted NUP. .. were angry at Museveni. Museveni is also now angry at them. Advertisement We are still deep into the post-mortem phase of the January 14 polls. Indeed, the analytical phase of this election could last a little longer than what happened in previous times. This is largely because of the news bombshell Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, a former presidential candidate of the National Unity Platform (NUP) and...

Daily Monitor Thursday February 18 2021 The Education Service Commission (ESC) is set to recruit 3,096 secondary school teachers in 100 seed schools across the country following submission from Ministry of Education and sports. PHOTO/ FILE Advertisement The Education Service Commission (ESC) is set to recruit 3,096 secondary school teachers in 100 seed schools across the country following submission from Ministry of Education and sports.  Prof Samuel Luboga, the ESC chairperson, yesterday said...

Kitgum Woman, 26, jailed 28 years for killing husband over Shs 10,000 February 18, 2021 Written by URN A 26-year-old woman was on Wednesday evening sentenced to 28 years and eleven months in jail for murdering her husband ov...

Swine fever kills over 500 pigs in Kitgum, pork eating banned February 17, 2021 Pigs in a sty Government has banned the movement, slaughter and consumption of pork in Kitgum following the death of more than 500 pigs due to an African swine fever (ASF) outbreak. The deaths have been reported in the villages of Bajere, Bajere East, Bajere South, Okwici East and Oget in Labongo Akwang sub-county. The incident has created panic and left many pig farm...

PHOTO BY TREVOR BROWN Draped by a Ugandan flag, Jaffari Makanda basks in the adulation during opening ceremonies of the 2014 world lacrosse championship. For Uganda, For Africa Wed Feb 17 2021 | Matt DaSilva | Fuel This story originally appeared in the September 2014 edition of Lacrosse Magazine. It is being republished as part of US Lacrosse’s celebration of Black History Month. It tells the story of the Uganda mens lacrosse team — the first African nation to play in the world lacrosse cha...