Fred Muzaale

Uganda

Journalist at Daily Monitor

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Articles

Agropastoralists embrace micro-scale irrigation

6 days ago | monitor.co.ug | Fred Muzaale

On a cold Wednesday morning in the sleepy Bbaale Trading Centre, in the cattle corridor of Bbaale County in Kayunga District, five men ride into the milk collecting centre. Several workers are busy in the enclosure, sieving milk and pouring it into a large cooling plant. The five men offload jerrycans of milk from their mud-stained motorcycles. The milk is recorded, sieved, and poured into the cooling plant.
Planned construction of Shs150m canteen for Kayunga officials sparks outrage

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Fred Muzaale

A plan by Kayunga District leadership to construct a Shs150 million modern canteen for district officials has sparked outrage with a section of district councillors opposing the "selfish" move. According to the plan, which the district finance committee has already approved, the luxurious canteen would save the district officials, including district councillors, the "shame" of eating from a makeshift restaurant, which is located near the district office block.
Minister orders arrest of an investor in Kayunga

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Fred Muzaale

An investor in Kayunga District, who allegedly razed tenants’ houses and crops to pave way for the construction of a multi-million project, is in trouble after the State Minister for Lands, Mr Sam Mayanja, ordered her arrest. Ms Penina Awori, who had embarked on the construction of a children and women's hospital and an orphanage centre in Nalusanja Village in Kayonza Sub-county, allegedly razed the crops and houses of sitting tenants on the land without compensating them.
Buikwe mobile money gent robbed, shot dead

2 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Fred Muzaale

What you need to know:The deceased was returning home on Saturday, April 26 at around 9 pm when he was waylaid by thugs wielding machetes and a gun. Police in Buikwe District are investigating the circumstances under which a mobile money agent at Ngogwe Trading Centre was robbed of an unspecified amount of cash and shot dead. The deceased was identified as Mutebi Kifumba, 30, who had been operating a mobile money shop in Ngogwe Trading Centre.
Man arrested over defiling two-year-old daughter in Kayunga

3 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Fred Muzaale

What you need to know:Polices preferred a charge of aggravated defilement against the suspect.
Man arrested over defiling two-year-old daughter

3 weeks ago | monitor.co.ug | Fred Muzaale

A 25-year-old man has been arrested in central Uganda for allegedly defiling his two-year-old daughter, police said Monday. The suspect, a casual laborer in Kotwe village, Nazigo Sub-county, Kayunga District, is accused of committing the offense on Good Friday. The child is receiving treatment at Kayunga Regional Referral Hospital for injuries sustained during the alleged assault. The child's mother, Prossy Mbabazi, said she left her daughter in the care of her husband while she went to...
Apac district boss decries stagnated development despite abundant natural resources

1 month ago | monitor.co.ug | Fred Muzaale

What you need to know:“Apac District is thirty years older than Kayunga District, but this baby district has developed faster than mine. What is the problem? Both districts share the Lake Kyoga shoreline,” Mr. Odong lamented Apac District Chairman, Mr Asante Odong, has expressed concern over the stagnated development in his district, which he attributed to the underutilization of locally available natural resources.
Kayunga leaders block Shs1.5b project after developer destroys tenants’ gardens, homes

1 month ago | monitor.co.ug | Fred Muzaale

What you need to know:Police said in their latest crime report that a total of 7,674 cases of criminal trespass were reported to the Police countrywide in 2024 compared to 8,436 cases reported in 2023, giving a 9 per cent decrease in this crime category.
Kayunga hospital project paused after developer razes tenants property

1 month ago | monitor.co.ug | Fred Muzaale

Leaders in Kayunga District have halted the construction of a Shs1.5 billion Children and Women’s Hospital project in Nalusanja Village, Kayonza Sub-county, after the developer razed homes and crops belonging to the existing tenants on the land. The decision to halt the project was made during a heated meeting on Sunday April 6, 2025, following an outcry over the actions of Ms Penina Awori, the developer.
Man who married seven wives sires 7 children in one year

1 month ago | monitor.co.ug | Fred Muzaale

Ssalongo Nsikonnene Habib Ssezigu, a traditional healer based in Mukono District who married seven wives on the same day almost two years ago, has sired seven children. Nsikonnene says he has disproved critics who insisted that his polygamous marriage would not last a year. Each of his seven wives has given birth to one child — four boys and three girls.