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The Daily Monitor is Uganda’s leading independent daily newspaper. Its name is shared by the Saturday Monitor and Sunday Monitor, which are also published by Monitor Publications Limited. It has an online readership of over 1,000,000. The newspaper was established in 1994 as The Monitor and relaunched as the Daily Monitor in June 2005. The paper asserts that its private ownership guarantees the independence of its editors and journalists. Source

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Six Mbale students filmed assaulting, robbing colleague from different school arrested

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By Yahudu Kitunzi
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Police in Mbale City, Eastern Uganda are holding six students of Nkoma Secondary School after they were reportedly filmed assaulting and robbing a senior four student of Mbale Progressive Secondary School. According to Elgon Regional Police spokesperson, Rogers Taitika, the 5pm April 14, 2026 attack along Nabuyonga Rise, Kichafu Cell, Namakwekwe Ward, Northern Division, Mbale City was recorded on a video that has since gone viral.
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Kenya requests emergency World Bank funds to cushion Iran war shocks

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Kenya has requested rapid financial support from the World Bank to help it manage the economic shocks triggered by the Iran war, its central bank governor told Reuters. Like other nations that are heavily reliant on energy imports, the East African country is scrambling to stave off shortages of essential commodities including petrol, while managing cost increases that could drive up inflation.
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Eight arrested as police foil attempt to marry off 15-year-old student

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By Barbara Nalweyiso
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A man offloads from the car some of the items that had been brought as dowry during the giveaway ceremony of a 15-year-old girl in Kagoga Village, Kyomya Sub-county in Kiboga District on April 16, 2026.
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Uganda appoints Citibank to mobilise funds for $3.19b SGR

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Uganda said on Thursday it had appointed Citibank to mobilise financing needed to fund the country's planned 2.7 billion euro ($3.19 billion) Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project. In a post on the X platform, the East African country's finance ministry said Uganda is "in talks with the World Bank to support the project." Earlier this month the Washington-based global lender confirmed to Reuters it was considering "an array of potential financing options" for the project.
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Uganda secures Shs11b to manage fistula

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By Karim Muyobo
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L-R: Ambassador Hildigunnur Engilbertsdóttir, Head of Mission at the Embassy of Iceland, Ms Kristine Blokhus, UNFPA Country Representative and Dr Richard Mugahi, Commissioner Maternal and Child Health, during the signing of the five programme partnership at UNFPA offices in Kampala on Friday.PHOTO | KARIM MUYOBO What you need to know: Ambassador Hildigunnur Engilbertsdóttir, Head of Mission at the Embassy of Iceland, said obstetric fistula is a clear sign of gaps in health systems The...
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12 districts join 3 million tree drive to fight deforestation in northern Uganda

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By Tobbias Jolly Owiny
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A total of 12 districts across northern Uganda have embarked on a three-million-tree-seedling planting drive aimed at averting the negative climatic impacts of severe deforestation that the region now experiences. On Thursday afternoon, schools, political and cultural leaders camped at Gulu High School in Gulu City for the launch of the initiative spearheaded by My Tree Initiative Uganda and Absa Bank Uganda.
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Final stand for Man City as leaders Arsenal visit

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This time last month Arsenal were seemingly in the fast lane to their first Premier League title in 22 years, with a stuttering Manchester City leaking points and losing ground. On Sunday, however, a rejuvenated City will know that victory over the north London club in a showdown at the Etihad Stadium would make them favourites to reclaim the crown.
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Nsubuga reappointed to lead pension sector following board shakeup

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By Ismail Ladu
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What you need to know: URBRA is a government agency responsible for licensing, regulating, and supervising retirement benefits schemes in both public and private sectors in Uganda. Despite attempts to boot him out by the now dissolved board of directors, Mr Martin Nsubuga has been reappointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA).
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Eight youth activists sentenced to 11 months in prison over 'Stop EACOP' protests

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By David R. Walugembe
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What you need to know: The activists, operating under their umbrella group "Rooted in Resistance", formerly "Students Against EACOP Uganda",have been on remand since August 1, 2025. The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate's Court has sentenced eight environmental activists to 11 months in prison on charges of public nuisance.
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The greatest battles children fight are carried quietly in their hearts

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At the heart of every child’s school experience is a deep desire to belong. Children want to be seen, accepted, and included. They want to feel that they matter within their peer groups. Yet, this sense of belonging is not always guaranteed. The beginning of a new term often brings subtle but significant shifts. Friendships that once felt secure may change. New alliances are formed, while others quietly fade. For some children, this transition is smooth. For others, it is confusing and painful.
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Daily Monitor Journalists

Acemah, Harold
Adude, Paul
Ageno, Catherine
Ainebyoona, Felix
Akullo, Charity
Bagala, Andrew
Batte, Edgar R.
Bichachi, Odoobo C.
Budakova, Lyubomire
Bugembe Kizito, Deusdedit
Butagira, Tabu
Chekwech, Allan
Deogratius, Wamala
Haguma, Gloria
Ismail Musa, Ladu
Jumbe, Benjamin
Kabengwa, James
Kanyike, Swaib Raul
Kasasira, Risdel
Kiggundu, Joseph
kigongo, Juliet
Kyeyune, Allan Darren
Lutalo, Trevor Godfrey
Madoi, Robert
Mugenyi, Brian
Mugerwa, Francis
Mugerwa, Yasiin
Mulera, Muniini K.
Mushoborozi, Tony
Mushoborozi, Tony
Musisi, Frederic
Muzaale, Fred
Mwanguhya, Andrew
Nakaweesi, Dorothy
Nakirigya, Shabibah
Nalugo, Mercy
Nantume, Gillian
Nasasira, Roland D.
Ndagire, Betty
Ninsiima, Enid
Oketch, Bill
Oketch, Martin Luther
Oluka, Esther
Otage, Stephen
Samilu, Busein
Semakula, Othman
Sengoba, Nicholas
Ssejjombwe, Isaac
Ssemogerere, Karoli
Ssemugabi, Abdul-Nasser
Ssenkabirwa, Al-Mahdi
Ssentongo, Patrick
Sserugo, Peter
Tabaire, Bernard
Tacca, Alan
Tumushabe, Alfred
Tumwebaze, Sarah
Wadero, Arthur Arnold
Wandera, Dan
Wandera, Stephen
Warom Okello, Felix
Wesaka, Anthony
Wesonga, Nelson