Daily Monitor

11/09/2025

UPDATE: Taxi operators and local authorities in Koboko District are raising concerns over rising insecurity on the Uganda–Juba highway, following the killing of another Ugandan driver, Innocent Metaloro, in an ambush near Juba. This brings the number of drivers from Koboko killed on the route to 10. The drivers are urging the South Sudan government to address the violence or risk a halt in bilateral trade. Efforts are underway to retrieve the body from the Uganda–South Sudan border at Elegu.
📹: Rashul Adidi

11/09/2025

Oil revenues should serve as a catalyst for, not a replacement of broader economic growth https://bit.ly/3I7lBFW?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Daily_Monitor

Resource dependence comes with risks. Extractives are marked by volatile prices, unpredictable revenues, and exhaustibility

11/09/2025

Cost-to-income ratio improved to 7.9% (from 9.7%), while the administration cost fell to 0.88% of assets (from 1.02 %) https://bit.ly/46hwKvK

11/09/2025

UPDATE: Over 60 people have gathered at the Electoral Commission this afternoon to submit petitions to Chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama, citing dissatisfaction with the ongoing nomination process for various local government positions.
📹: lbrahim Kavuma

11/09/2025

WATCH: Justice Simon Byabakama, Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, has stated that security forces have no role in the upcoming elections other than maintaining law and order, and ensuring peace and stability. Byabakama emphasizes the importance of each stakeholder in fulfilling their responsibilities to ensure a smooth and peaceful electoral process.

📹: lbrahim Kavuma

11/09/2025

PHOTOS: Several individuals have gathered at the Electoral Commission headquarters this afternoon to submit petitions to Chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama, citing dissatisfaction with the ongoing nomination process for various local government positions.
📸: lbrahim Kavuma

11/09/2025

What began as a whisper of calling in Kyotera has now become a song of faith sung on the world’s largest stage.

To avoid allowing this situation to derail him, his grandmother transferred Kiriggwajjo to Seeta High School in Mukono, where he continued his Ordinary Level education

11/09/2025

What we put in doesn’t match what we got out. We’ve been neglected, yet agriculture is a major contributor to the country’s economy. Why doesn’t the government set regulations to fix prices for farmers? – Mr Zimwanguhiiza.

Last season, a kilogramme of maize was sold between Shs900 and Shs1,000, but this season the price has fallen to between Shs500 and Shs700

11/09/2025

At a tender age of three he was enthroned on September 12, 1995, after the death of his father, Omukama Patrick Olimi Kaboyo II, on August 26, 1995.

At a tender age of three he was enthroned on September 12, 1995, after the death of his father, Omukama Patrick Olimi Kaboyo II, on August 26, 1995

11/09/2025

"Our pursuit of excellence will go hand-in-hand with a commitment to access for the disadvantaged. Aga Khan University already provides nearly 60 million dollars annually in financial assistance to patients and students across its campuses. Here in Uganda, we will expand our assistance programmes to enable access to life-saving care and a life-changing education," His Highness Aga Khan V.

📸: Abubaker Lubowa

11/09/2025

"Our commitment to international standards of excellence will, I believe, bring transformational impact to Uganda and the region. It is a known fact that poor-quality health care costs as many lives as lack of access to care. Moreover, despite spending years in school, countless young people acquire only a fraction of the knowledge and skills they are meant to. Poor health and limited education rob individuals of their potential. At this campus, AKU will invest in developing the potential of Ugandans," His Highness Aga Khan V.
📸: Abubaker Lubowa

11/09/2025

"This investment in AKU’s new academic and student housing facilities, together with its hospital, embody the belief of my late father, which I share, that Ugandans deserve the very best access to international quality higher education and health care. The University’s campuses across Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda create an integrated system to share knowledge and expertise, and allow the mobility of faculty and students across the region," His Highness Aga Khan V.
📸: Abubaker Lubowa