Daily Monitor
MP Nantaba rescued by SFC from irate land tenants
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- MP Nantaba rescued by SFC from irate land tenants
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Former State minister for Lands, Idah Nantaba and a landlord on Sunday evening survived being lynched by angry land tenants in Lugasa village, Kahonza Sub County in Kayunga District.
Ms Nantaba, who is also the Kayunga District Woman Member of Parliament had accompanied Rev Can Yusuf Turyomwe who claims to be the landlord of a 40-acre contentious piece of land in Lugasa village to meet his tenants.
Tempers flared before her SFC guards swung into action to save her.
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- I will not mortgage Uganda over loans- Minister Kasaija
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- 1:21
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- “Almost every Monday when Cabinet sits there are always new demands for supplementary budget. Now, I have learnt to politely keep quiet. Even when the President says Kasaija find money for this … I say yes, but I don’t do anything because there is no money and I will not borrow indefinitely,” Finance Minister Matia Kasaija said, noting that the issue of supplementary requests must be stopped.
Video by Collins Muhwezi
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- Families of missing Bobi Wine supporters petition court
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- 10:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Family members of some of the missing Ugandans who were allegedly abducted by security operatives ahead of the 2021 general election have petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking their unconditional release.
Represented by city lawyer, George Musisi, the distressed family members want court to declare their relatives’ continued detention without trial as a violation of their Constitutional right to liberty.
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- Bobi Wine escapes 'house arrest', emerges in Katwe
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- 0:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Supporters chant the name of National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine moments after he arrived in Katwe, Kampala following his escape from his home in Magere, Wakiso District where he had been put under house arrest since yesterday over a planned protest against bad roads in the country.
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- Ugandans go 'fishing' on city pothole-riddled roads
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- 1:55
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- "This is lake Nansana. We have potholes as big as fish ponds. I'm taking this fish to President @KagutaMuseveni to tell him that the roads are now full of fish."
Ugandans protest over pothole-riddled roads in Kampala and surrounding areas.
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- Don't make fun of my assassination attempt- Pastor Aloysius Bugingo
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- 11:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- "No one should ever mock anyone in trouble because nobody is immune to trouble, danger or disaster. We should learn to empathize with those in vulnerable situations," city pastor Aloysius Bugingo after surviving an assassination attempt.
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- 'Deploy in western Uganda where there's ADF, not at NUP'
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- NUP leaders slam security as Police deploy at Kirowooza village in Masaka City where the party members are holding memorial prayers for former presidential candidate, Bobi Wine's private bodyguard, Frank Ssenteza who died after he was allegedly run over by a military truck during presidential campaigns.
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- Woman beats security to meet Museveni
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- 2:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- ICYMI: President Museveni's guards intercept a woman as she attempted to force her way to where he (Museveni) was seated during the launch of 12 Saccos for the ghetto youths at Kololo ceremonial grounds in Kampala on December 20, 2023.
She was later allowed to meet the president who announced that he would inject Shs1.2 billion into the ghetto youths' Saccos.
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- Christmas: Stranded travellers brave long queues, rain to buses en route to up country
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- 5:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Hundreds of people travelling to different parts of the country to celebrate Christmas are stranded at the Link bus terminal in Kisenyi, Kampala due to inadequate buses.
"I have been here waiting for the bus since 7am," one of the travellers told this publication at 11:30am.
At YY Coaches terminal in Kampala, travelers endured heavy downpour as they queued to book bus tickets.
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- Joel Ssenyonyi replaces Mathias Mpuuga as new leader of Opposition in Parliament
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- 6:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The National Unity Platform (NUP) led by Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine has announced a new shadow cabinet to be led by Nakawa West MP, Joel Ssenyonyi. Ssenyonyi replaces Nyendo-Mukungwe MP, Mathias Mpuuga as the new leader of Opposition in Parliament.
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- MPs paid Shs100m bribe each to pass supplementary budget- Bobi
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- 3:23
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The leader of National Unity Platform (NUP) has revealed that each of the Members of Parliament, including opposition legislators have been paid Shs100 million as a bribe to approve Shs5.2 trillion supplementary budget
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- Museveni propagandists twisting my gay comments in London - Bobi Wine
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- 1:37
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- National Unity Platform (NUP) principal Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine said on Tuesday that his comments during an interview on BBC radio in London were taken out of context.
According to Mr Kyagulanyi, his remarks were twisted by regime apologists
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- Traders flee burning City House shopping centre through windows, one dead
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- 5:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Several traders are counting losses after City House shopping centre along William Street in Kampala caught fire.
Many people, including kids were seen fleeing and being evacuated through the windows of the burning building that also houses Democratic Party (DP) offices before the fire brigade arrived.
By press time, a police inquest to establish the cause of the Monday morning fire that started at around 8am was underway.
The decades, a male victim is yet to be identified.
His body was conveyed to city mortuary at Mulago, according Kampala Metropolitan Police deputy spokesperson, ASP Luke Owoyesigyire
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- Fire burns City House business centre in Kampala
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A Monday morning fire whose cause is the subject of a police inquest tore through the walls and roof of City House along William Street in Kampala.
City House, a large business and shopping complex in Uganda's capital houses several rentals, including Democratic Party (DP) Offices.
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- UPDF to evict 40,000 settlers on Apaa land
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- 3:38
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) have ordered at least 40,000 illegal settlers to vacate contested land in Apaa following fresh tribal clashes that broke out last week in the area.
On Tuesday, Brig Michael Kabango, the UPDF 4th Division commander, told thousands of locals at Zoka C Centre in Adjumani District that those who illegally settled inside the contested area between 2014 and 2023, will be forcibly evicted by the army.
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- Boda boda rider survives drowning in Kampala
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- 0:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- One arrested, explosives making materials recovered in Wakiso
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- 8:22
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Security operatives say they have recovered materials for making Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) in Bulenga-Kikaaya, Wakiso District and arrested one suspect.
Maj Charles Kabona, the UPDF First Division spokesperson has urged Ugandans to remain vigilant as we approach the festive season.
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- Half of Kampala- Masaka road closed after caving in
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- 0:52
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Half of Kampala-Masaka road has been closed after it caved in at Busega roundabout section on December 6, 2023.
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- UPDF orders illegal settlers out of Apaa
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- 6:53
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- UPDF 4th Division Commander Brig MIchael Kabango has ordered the eviction of more than 40,000 illegal settlers in Apaa citing rising tension and depletion of the tree cover arising from commercial charcoal production.
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- UPDF decry sorry state of roads in eastern DRC as pursuit for ADF continues
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- 5:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- UPDF soldiers deployed in Ituri province, eastern DR Congo to fight the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels have decried the sorry state of the roads in the province, especially in sector four.
The Mountain Division Commander, Major General Dick Olum who's overseeing operation Shujaa said they're finding it hard to supply logistics to soldiers due to impassable roads.
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- Land distribution in Uganda
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Highlights from Bobi Wine's countrywide tour
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- 9:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Daily Monitor Live Stream
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- 0:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- 17 dead, scores injured after taxi collides with Fuso truck in Kagadi
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- 3:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- At least 17 people have been confirmed dead following a road crash involving a taxi and a Fuso truck in Kagadi District.
The incident occurred at around 8pm on Sunday at Muhorro town council along the Kagadi-Kyenjojo-Fort Portal Highway.
According to eyewitnesses, a taxi which was heading to Kagadi from Fort Portal, collided with a Fuso truck that was transporting silverfish.
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- Vendors count losses as fire destroys Mbale market
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- 4:02
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Kumi Road Market vendors in Mbale City in eastern Uganda are counting losses after a devastating fire razed down their business premises, burning property and merchandise worth millions of shillings.
The cause of the fire which started at around 9pm on Thursday and tore through more than 50 shops, restaurants and stalls that are mainly made of iron sheets and timber, is still a subject of police investigation.
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- Child miners dig for gold in Karamoja during school hours
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- 3:12
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Children filmed digging for gold in Rupa Sub County, Moroto District in Karamoja sub region, north eastern Uganda during school hours on July 12, 2023. Local authorities said several children in the area have dropped out of school to eke a living in the gold mines.
Report by Simon Peter Emwamu
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- Uganda's security forces inspect Kampala after UK terror alert
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Security operatives led by the commander of military police, Brig Gen William Bainomugisha and Kampala Metropolitan Police commander, SCP Steven Tanui have this afternoon inspected Kampala central business area to establish the vigilance of traders following a new alert issued by the United Kingdom (UK) that a terror attack in Uganda is likely.
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🎥 Abubaker Lubowa
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- Hundreds of mourners in Nebbi welcome Justice Stella Arach-Amoko's body
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- 3:20
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Hundreds of mourners in Nebbi town welcome the body of the deceased Supreme Court judge, Stella Arach-Amoko on June 30, 2023 ahead of her burial ceremony slated for July 1.
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🎥PATRICK OKABA.
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- Fuel tanker bursts into flames along Kampala-Gulu highway
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- A fuel tanker exploded into flames today at Amwa along Kampala-Gulu highway in Oyam District, northern Uganda.
More details to follow on www.monitor.co.ug
🎥 Courtesy
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- Kampala gridlock: What causes it?
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- 7:52
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Motorists frustrated over unending gridlock in Kampala City.
What causes it?
Zaidan Kakooza seeks to find out.
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- YMCA holds 25th graduation ceremony
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- 4:02
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- YMCA graduands recount school struggles, look to future
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- 3:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Interviews with graduands at the 25th YMCA graduation ceremony in Kampala.
By Zaidan Kakooza
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- UPDF commander describes how suspected rebels raided Kasese school, killed students
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- 10:55
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- What is your most stressful moment as a student?
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- 2:30
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- University students talk about their most stressful moments
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- How university students in Kampala balance books and business
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- 9:05
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Scarcity of thatching grass hits Teso
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- 2:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Scarcity of straw grass that has over decades been used for thatching huts in Teso has left many mothers in areas of Katakwi moving for kilometers in search for grass. The problem has worsened following an influx of people from districts of Bukedea, Kumi, Ngora, Serere and Pallisa who equally move to Katakwi in search of the same scarce straw grass .
Video by Simon Peter Emwamu
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- I have been watching Mao for a very long time - Museveni
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- 4:02
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- President Museveni Wednesday said he had appointed Democratic Party (DP) president, Norbert Mao as the new Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister partly because of his individual qualities as a leader after observing him for him for “a very long time.”
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- Uganda: Food crises and hunger rife in Karamoja
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- 3:04
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- In northeastern Uganda, the region of Karamoja is in the grip of a hunger crisis. People are suffering a food shortage caused by drought, pests and insecurity. Over 22,700 children under the age of five are under-nourished and in need of treatment.
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- Former Makerere lecturer accused of killing his two children arrested, says he was provoked
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- 2:43
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Mr Sabiiti Emmanuel Ndyanabo, a 70-year-old former MUBs lecturer accused of hacking his two children to death has been arrested.
“I was provoked by the woman with whom I have been staying. She rejected me and started sleeping around. She got pregnant and still claimed I was responsible yet we had not slept together for two years. She blocked me from the business I had given her to manage”- he said.
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- Mozambique President Filepe Tours Kawumu presidential demo farm, NEC industries Kapeeka
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- 3:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Mozambique president Filipe Jacinto Nyusi arrives in Uganda for three-day state visit
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- 2:13
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- President Museveni and the First Lady Janet Museveni receive Mozambique president, Filipe Jacinto Nyusi and his wife, Dr Isaura Goncalo Ferrao Nyusi at State House, Entebbe upon their arrival in Uganda for a three-day state visit.
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- Rwanda's Paul Kagame graces Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba's birthday in Uganda
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- 9:25
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- "Paul Kagame's visit on my birthday is the beginning of many good things to come" - First Son, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba
“The 48 years have been used very well” - Paul Kagame to Museveni
“Muhoozi was a gift to us in our young age of struggle” – Museveni
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- Let Oulanyah's son carry NRM flag in Omoro by-election, Museveni directs
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- 6:52
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- President Museveni who doubles as the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) chairman has directed that the party flag for Omoro County by-election be given to Andrew Ojok Oulanyah, the son of the late Speaker Jacob Oulanyah.
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- We've a duty as a generation to carry the revolution forward- SFC deputy commander Bainababo
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- 7:46
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Brig Gen Charity Bainababo has taken over office as the new deputy Special Forces Command (SFC) commander. President Museveni early this month elevated Baibabo from the rank Colonel to Brigadier General and appointed her deputy SFC commander, replacing Brig David Mugisha.
She now deputises Brig Felix Busizoori, the acting SFC commander.
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- Africans in Ukraine scramble to return home as Russia invades
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- 3:13
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Russia's invasion of Ukraine has precipitated a massive wave of displacement, including thousands of Africans trying to make it home. Governments are airlifting citizens from neighbouring countries like Poland, Romania and Hungary, especially after reports some were mistreated or blocked at the frontier.
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- Nkumba pupils stranded after wind blows off dormitory rooftops
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- 2:28
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Several pupils at Nkumba Primary School in Katabi Town council have been left without accommodation after wind blew roofs off their dormitories during heavy rainfall last night.
#MonitorUpdates
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- Daily Monitor Live Stream
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- 0:30
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
- Description
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- Building Africa's resilient food systems | NATION LEADERSHIP FORUM
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- 1:18:27
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Building Africa's resilient food systems | NATION LEADERSHIP FORUM
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- 59:18
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- Man collapses at Kampala taxi park allegedly due to hunger
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- 3:17
- Date posted
- 5 years ago
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- A man only identified as Kawalaata by nickname on Tuesday collapsed at the new taxi park in Kampala due to suspected hunger. According to colleagues, he has been earning from carrying people's luggage. He was later picked up Uganda Red Cross and police officers and taken for medical attention
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🎥 Michael Kakumirizi
