Arthur Wadero

6 days ago | monitor.co.ug | Arthur Wadero

Last week, a faction of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) held grassroots elections in the Lango sub-region as part of a nationwide effort to select a new party president ahead of the 2026 general elections. Challenging the decade-long incumbent Jimmy Akena is Mr Dennis Adim Enap, a lawyer and former Makerere University guild speaker. Monitor’s Arthur Arnold Wadero sat down with Mr Enap to explore why he believes he can succeed where others have struggled to revive the UPC.

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Arthur Wadero

What you need to know:The alternative Shs55.7 Trillion budget is built on the theme Combating Corruption: The Sure Way to Effective Service Delivery As the finance and economic development minister prepared his sh72.3 trillion budget speech, which was delivered at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds yesterday, the office of the Leader of Opposition (LoP) also prepared a Shs55.7 trillion budget, in which the opposition presented Uganda’s key programmes and development areas and their funding plan.

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Arthur Wadero

The Office of the Inspector General of Government (IGG) has, in its latest findings, revealed that the education and health sectors posted highest bribery requests from Ugandans who applied to be added to the public service payroll.

3 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Arthur Wadero

Weeks to the commencement of the fourth session of the August House on June 6 last year, the US and UK governments, respectively, slapped sanctions on Speaker of Parliament Anita Among and several MPs, including her husband Mr Moses Magogo. Two months earlier, the House was reeling from the four Parliamentary commissioners, Esther Afoyochan, Prossy Mbabazi, Solomon Silwany, and Mathias Mpuuga, pocketing a Shs1.7 billion token as service award.

4 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Arthur Wadero

What you need to know:The House Committee on Health came to the conclusion that the poor hygiene practices that make the contamination of carcasses likely are attributed to the fact that “there are no standard designs of slaughterhouses in the country.” How safe is the meat that ends up on your dinner plate? Audits carried out at a number of abattoirs in all four corners of the country have found major hygiene failings in the vast bulk of meat plants.