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Katumba challenges govt officials to resign & earn Shs 25k SAGE fund December 23, 2020 John Katumba in Mityana Independent presidential candidate, John Katumba has decried the Shs 25,000 monthly gratuity disbursed by government to senior citizens, saying it is too little to sustain an individual for a month.  Government pays out Shs 25,000 to the elderly citizens aged 65 years and above under the donor-funded Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment (SAGE). Katumba, 24, Uganda’s youngest presidential candidate argues that the money is too littl...

Daily Monitor Sunday December 20 2020 NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, and his wife Barbie wave to their supporters in Rukungiri Town. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA Advertisement Independent presidential candidate John Katumba showed up at the Electoral Commission (EC) headquarters for an unscheduled meeting with the commission chief, Justice Simon Byabakama. The EC chief had earlier summoned FDC presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat, aka POA, and his National Unity Platform counterpart Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, for a meeting over the duo’s continued floutin...

"Karamoja region has plenty of minerals that can occupy thousands of youth, it's just a matter of building factories in Karamoja," he said. He vowed that he will scrutinize investors and only allow those with resources to be given mining leases. "We shall not allow even  mandazi dealers from India to come and occupy all the jobs claiming to be investors, with me as president Katumba that will not happen," he said. He also said his governmnet will prioritise healthcare so that Ugandans don't continue dieing due to poor health system. "Imagine mothers walking very long distance to access p...

Daily Monitor Thursday December 17 2020 Summary In the sixth installment of our continuing series, Manifesto Digest, our reporter, Arthur Arnold Wadero, examines the governance agenda of the 11 presidential candidates to protect the environment and safeguard the country and citizens against climate change hazards. Advertisement Uganda’s physical environment is under threat. Soil fertility is declining and the crop production has dropped. Unpredictable rain patterns and flash floods disrupt agricultural planning and output while ruining life, livelihoods and infrastructure. Put another way, ...

Daily Monitor Tuesday December 15 2020 Summary Mineral factor. Kasese is endowed with minerals including copper, limestone and salt. The government in 2017 cancelled the 25-year mining concession held by Hima-Tibet, a Chinese consortium, that was tasked to revamp the Kilembe Copper Mines.  The government has since promised to find another investor who would first construct a copper smelting plant in order to add value to the mineral that has not been mined since the 1970s when the world’s copper market went down.  Recently, Ms Sarah Opendi, the State minister for Minerals, said: “We ar...