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Kotido officials arrested over Shs1bn roads fund misuse
Kotido — Police in Kotido Municipality have arrested four senior officials of Kotido Municipal Council over alleged corruption and misappropriation of funds earmarked for road rehabilitation and maintenance. According to the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, the suspects include Town Clerk Okaja Emmanuel, Senior Civil Engineer Okidi Gasper, Senior Internal Auditor Akello Deo Nyanga, and Assistant…
Watoto unveils the ‘Goliath’ of Christmas trees
Watoto Church has set the stage for what it calls the “tallest, biggest Christmas ever” as final preparations intensify for its annual Christmas Cantata 2025. The church’s towering Christmas tree, erected at Old Kampala Senior Secondary School, measures 20 metres wide and 20 metres high, promising a spectacular visual centrepiece for the city’s festive celebrations….
Rev. Canon Prof. Lubaale consecrated as 4th Bishop of Busoga
Rev. Canon Prof. Grace Lubaale has today been consecrated as the fourth Bishop of Busoga diocese in a colourful ceremony, succeeding Rt. Rev. Paul Moses Samson Naimanhye, who retired after 9 years of service to the church. The consecration that was led by the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, His Grace, the Most Rev….
No water for 9 years, Kabale residents cry out
Kabale — Residents of Nyanja Parish in Maziba Sub-county, Kabale District, have appealed to their area Member of Parliament, Wilfred Niwagaba, to urgently intervene in a severe water shortage that has persisted for nearly a decade, forcing families to spend heavily on basic water needs. Locals told Daily Monitor that the community’s water system—originally built…
IP a pillar of Uganda’s future economic growth, says WIPO chief
The Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), Mr Daren Tang, has reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to supporting innovation and enterprise development in Uganda, saying intellectual property will be a pillar of the country’s future economic growth. Mr Tang, who is in Uganda on an official working visit at the invitation of the…