Evelyn Lirri’s report; “Corruption floods water, sanitation sector” (Saturday Monitor, October 31), seemed to be the least likely candidate for most important article in an issue of the paper that led with Kabaka Mutebi’s protests at President...

A 35-year-old local council chairperson in Soroti town was among pupils who yesterday completed writing their Primary Leaving Examinations. Sulaiman Ghanim, the LC1 chairperson for Central Cell, sat his leavers\’ exams at Pioneer Primary...

nalysis of the national voters’ register confirmed that “some ghost voters existed”. Speaking at a monthly caucus of MPs from the ruling party, President Museveni said the ghosts were discovered by researchers who were drawing up an NRM party

Buganda Road Court yesterday sentenced a man to a year in prison or a fine of Shs300,000 for refusing to give way to President Museveni’s convoy. Mr David Lyagoba, an official with an airline company, Air Uganda, was convicted on his own plea of...

Betty Nambooze, the Democratic Party spokesperson who was blocked on Monday from boarding a plane at Entebbe International Airport en route to South African where she had been referred for medical attention has accused government of sentencing her to...

Seven pregnant Primary Leaving Examination candidates have today sat their examinations in Masindi. The Ugandan law doesn’t stop pregnant pupils or students from writing their exams. The District Education Officer of Masindi, Deo Byakagaba says the...

More than a week after the Al-Shabaab announced that they would launch a terror attack on Uganda and Burundi, district leaders in Arua say the claims must not be taken lightly. The authorities here have ordered that all Somalis and other foreign...

Uganda’s leading telecommunications company, MTN, has rejected claims contained in a suit filed against it alleging breach of confidence in relation to use of mobile phone software. The suit that presents a test case for the way business is done in...

THE Government is going to crack down on media houses that publish pornography, ethics minister James Buturo announced on Thursday. Radio stations that advertise services of witchdoctors will also face actions as they contravene the Witchcraft Act...

An increasing number of teenage boys becoming victims of sexual exploitation by older women, research conducted by a human rights organization in Nebbi district says. The research conducted by Women Won’t Wait Coalition Nebbi found that many teenage...