Daily Monitor
Friday February 26 2021
A section of traders explain their plight to Ms Sarah Opendi, the Minister of State for mineral development, during her recent impromptu visit to Malaba border last Sunday. Photo/JOSEPH OMOLLO.
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The business community in Malaba Town Council, Tororo District, have protested government’s continued closure of one of the gates at the Malaba border.
The gate, which is opposite Malaba Central Police Station, is said to be the busiest point of entry and exit at the border.
The traders under their umbrella association, Malaba Business Community Association, at a crisis meeting on Tuesday, said the closure is hurting their businesses.
Daily Monitor
Friday February 26 2021
A bus manoeuvres its ways out of the muddy road in November 2020. Most roads in the district are in a sorry state. PHOTO/FILE.
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Moyo residents on Monday held a demonstration calling on government to improve roads in the district.
The locals accused the district chairperson, Mr William Anyama, and some of his executive members, of conniving with the procurement office and the chief administrative officer to breach the procurement laws.
The demonstrators held placards with messages calling on the district leadership to account for the funds they received for the construction of Lot 3 Road in Metu Sub-county.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday February 17 2021
A UPDF officer (in the background) guards calves at Aswa ranch, in Pader District in 2017. PHOTO / FILE
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A row has erupted between locals and government officials managing Aswa ranch in Angagura Sub-county, Pader District.
Aswa Ranch is among the state-owned ranches in the country, where some 1,300 cattle are being bred under the management of National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Data Bank (NAGRC&DB).
In 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture through NAGRC&DB availed 1,300 animals (Ankole breed) to the ranch and upon multiplication they would be given to the communities in the region so that they can improve their livelihood through animal keeping.
Daily Monitor
Sunday February 14 2021
Summary
At bottom is gutter-level greed and plain indecency. What these fellows really mean is that politics is a trade, and as members of the ruling party, the State can be used as an insuring entity to compensate them for their election-related financial losses.
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Last Sunday, I highlighted the Ugandan situation, where members of the ruling NRM who have lost elections pester the President with demands that he use taxpayers’ money to ease their lives.
At bottom is gutter-level greed and plain indecency. What these fellows really mean is that politics is a trade, and as members of the ruling party, the State can be used as an insuring entity to compensate them for their election-related financial losses.
Daily Monitor
Friday February 12 2021
A blast from an explosive device believed to be a hand grenade on Thursday evening killed two people and injured two others in Adjumani District.
The deceased have been identified as Richard Owole, 17, and Patrick Lulu, 22, all residents of Okawa village, Lewa parish, Pakelle Sub-County.
One person died on the spot at the scene, while another succumbed to the injuries at Adjumani Hospital where they had been rushed. Two others have been referred to Lacor regional Hospital in Gulu in critical condition.
Eyewitnesses say the four victims, dug out the explosive device from an anthill in which they had been hunting for edible rats and unfortunately out of curiosity, one of them decided to drop it on the ground when it detonated.