[Monitor] While a cloud of uncertainty still lingers over the economy as a result of Covid-19, about 300,000 Ugandans are slipping into poverty.

[Monitor] Parliament's Appointments Committee has in a turn of events, approved the appointment of Ms Alice Kaboyo as Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister for Luwero Triangle-Rwenzori Region.

[Monitor] Busia Elders Council has written to the Gender ministry expressing their dissatisfaction over a new cultural leader.

[Monitor] Private health facilities managing Covid-19 treatment are pushing for special rates for utility bills, which they say are exorbitant.

[Monitor] The Ministry of Health is set to distribute 46,000 beds to all referral and general hospitals by the end of this month.

[Monitor] By Anthony Wesaka

[Monitor] A new report on the 2021 election has faulted the ruling NRM party for turning the digital space into a tool for manipulating voters by presenting fake information, placing data out of context, and targeting its opponents with it.

[Monitor] At least 68 people were killed in crime-related incidents last week despite the current Covid-19 induced lockdown that has curtailed business activities across the country.

[The Conversation Africa] Last month, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni tightened restrictions in the country following a worrying rise in COVID-19 infections and deaths. The new stringent measures included a 42-day lockdown and restrictions on the ...

[Nairobi News] Same script, different cast.

[Monitor] Local leaders in Pallisa District have attributed the rise in Covid-19 infections to cultural myths surrounding the spread and treatment of the disease.

[Monitor] The ongoing lockdown aimed at curbing Covid-19 has left several boda boda riders in Jinja City jobless following the seizure of their motorcycles over alleged failure to make contractual remittances.

[Monitor] Towards the end of the second quarter of this year, Uganda experienced a prolonged dry-spell after rains expected to start in March-April up to May-June did not come in sufficient amounts.

[Monitor] A total of 18 members of the National Unity Platform (NUP) are seeking the party endorsement to fill the Kayunga District chairperson seat.

[Monitor] Police and other security teams have completed the reconstruction of the crime scene of the attempted assassination of Works Minister Gen Katumba Wamala, Daily Monitor has learnt.

[Monitor] Leaders in Rukungiri District have decried the misuse of mosquito nets, which were distributed by government to curb the spread of malaria.

[East African] History has not been kind to the Batwa, the minority community of the Great Lakes region. Whether in Uganda, Rwanda, DR Congo or Burundi, old or young, their misery is deep and shared, like a culture.

[Monitor] Dr Kizza Besigye, considering how the virus is attacking us and the response that we have from the government and other respondents, aren't we losing the battle on this virus?

[Monitor] More than 100 people have been infected with a strange scabies-like disease in Amoni cell A, Asinge Ward, Malaba town council in Tororo District.

[Monitor] By Elizabeth Kamurungi

[Monitor] Only 1.5 per cent of close to $281m that is allocated to social assistance for the vulnerable population reaches intended targets in Uganda, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

[CAF] After nine years of waiting, Express Football Club were crowned Champions of the 2020/21 Uganda Premier League following a decision by the FUFA Emergency Executive Committee that convened on Tuesday in Kampala.

[Monitor] The president of the Uganda Law Society (ULS), Ms Pheona Nabasa Wall, has been dragged to court for alleged refusal to release information regarding agreements signed between the lawyers and the Buganda Kingdom in May.

[Monitor] Makerere University officials have finalised plans to establish an intensive care unit (ICU)and oxygen plant at the institution's hospital to enable staff and the public access alternative services at a cheaper price.

[Monitor] Western Ankole Civil Society (WACSOF), a civil society group operating in Ankole sub region with headquarters in Bushenyi town has suspended its anti-corruption related activities citing insecurity and hostilities allegedly mounted by the B...

[Monitor] It's usually the habit of government ministries, agencies and departments to award lucrative tenders away from the prying eyes of the public.

[Monitor] The Commercial Court has dismissed with costs, a multibillion case that the Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra), had instituted against a construction company, Dott Services, and an engineering firm, the Professional Engineering Consulta...

[Monitor] By Job Bwire

[Monitor] By Ismail Musa Ladu

[Observer] Airtel Uganda has shifted all its financial transactions to a new company, a move that adheres to the latest regulations in the market, and one that offers more protection to customer funds.