Busein Samilu

Kampala

Reporter at Chimp Reports

Works @DailyMonitor , Uganda's leading Daily Newspaper Former Reporter at Sunrise Newspaper

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NRM moots smart voter cards for party primaries

1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Busein Samilu

The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) is considering using smart voter cards in the forthcoming party primaries. Mr Emmanuel Dombo, the party spokesperson, said this is aimed at ensuring the internal party elections are efficient, transparent, and credible.
MPs start debate to force civilians to army courts

1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Busein Samilu

Members of Parliament are expected to kick-start the journey of returning civilians to be tried in military courts, barely three months after the Supreme Court blocked the trial of civilians in the army courts. The journey is expected to start with re-tabling of the UPDF (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which was withdrawn by the government's Chief Whip Hamson Obua on February 20.
Boda-boda riders front colleague to unseat Museveni

1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Busein Samilu

Boda-boda riders in Kampala have fronted one of their own, Francis Mawejje, to challenge President Museveni in the upcoming 2026 general elections. Mawejje, a 2024 graduate of Cavendish University, was unveiled on April 14 at a ceremony held in Mengo-Lungujja, a Kampala suburb. During the event, he launched his “Boda-boda manifesto” and outlined a seven-point programme which he said would rescue Uganda from its current social and economic challenges.
Youths with hearing impairment demand sign language interpreters in health facilities

1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Busein Samilu

Young people with hearing impairments have called on the government and relevant stakeholders to deploy sign language interpreters in health centres across Uganda. They say the lack of interpreters makes it difficult to access essential services, especially in the area of sexual and reproductive health (SRH).
Opposition challenges Museveni over Shs100m MPs cash scandal

1 week ago | monitor.co.ug | Busein Samilu

What you need to know:“Let him not go around in circles, the critical issue is the Shs100m given to MPs to thank them for passing the coffee bill and to easily pass the amendment to the UPDF Act. That's what he should respond to,” Mr Ssenyonyi.
I was kept in confinement and beaten, Pakistani national testifies against human trafficker

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Busein Samilu

What you need to know:His trafficker held him in confinement for 28 days in Namuwongo, a Kampala suburb, and forced him to sell his house to pay him over Shs30m. One of the 16 Pakistani nationals who were trafficked from home country to Uganda by one of their own has told the Court that his trafficker confiscated his phone and passport, held him in confinement for 28 days in Namuwongo, a Kampala suburb, and forced him to sell his house to pay him over Shs30m.
Opposition MPs in trouble over Shs100m

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Busein Samilu

Opposition leaders are investigating reports that some of their members received a Shs100m financial bailout. Leaders from the National Unity Platform (NUP), Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC), and the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) said they have initiated inquiries to determine if any of their MPs were involved in the cash bonanza.
How MPs sourced Shs100m bailout

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Busein Samilu

The plan by some parliamentarians from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party to get a financial bailout from President Museveni started as an informal discussion in July last year.
Museveni gifts MPs Shs100m each

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Busein Samilu

A section of Members of Parliament (MPs) from the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), independents, and opposition parties have reportedly received Shs100 million each from President Museveni as a cash gift. Sources privy to the transaction told Monitor that the NRM MPs collected the money from the Office of the Government Chief Whip at Parliament between 8pm and 9pm on April 7 and 8, while others reportedly received theirs from the Nakasero residence of Speaker Anita Among.
Promoting access to inclusivity in education in Yumbe, Obongi

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Busein Samilu

The right to education has been a distant dream for many vulnerable children in Yumbe and Obongi districts where many children do not enroll in school at all. For those who enroll, the completion rate is very low and for those who complete, their learning outcomes fall far below national average.