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Jan 13, 2025 | 
monitor.co.ug | Noeline Nabukenya
What you need to know:A First-Class is the highest honours degree awarded to students with exceptional academic ability and outstanding results throughout their undergraduate studies. A total of 491 students from Makerere University will graduate with First-Class degrees, during the institution’s week-long graduation ceremony, which begins today. The First-Class graduates achieved a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of above 4.40, as per the university rules.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Noeline Nabukenya
What you need to know:This heartfelt call was made during the commemoration of the fourth anniversary of the riots, which resulted in the devastating loss of over 50 lives and left many others injured. The National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, has made an impassioned appeal to relatives of the victims of the November 18, 2020 riots to direct their blame at President Museveni, rather than him.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Noeline Nabukenya
The Mufti of Uganda Sheikh Shaban Mubajje has advised Muslims to marry their true friends if they are to foster lasting compassion and keep their families intact. He noted that some people get blinded by the physical beauty of women and when they get married, they regret their decisions.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Noeline Nabukenya
What you need to know:The project, commissioned by Local Government Minister Raphael Magyezi on November 1, aims to provide clean water to the community. Residents of Bukalango in Wakiso District are rejoicing after the launch of a solar-powered water project, funded by the United Alliance for Social Development Goal (UnASDG) at a cost of Shs120 million. The project, commissioned by Local Government Minister Raphael Magyezi on November 1, aims to provide clean water to the community.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Noeline Nabukenya
What you need to know:Uganda Police Force Director of Health Services, Dr Moses Byaruhanga said on Sunday that the latest report indicates that out of the 24 victims, at least 18 are males whereas six are females. The death toll from the Tuesday Kigoogwa fuel tanker explosion on Kampala-Gulu road in Wakiso District has risen to 24, the Uganda Police Force has confirmed.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Busein Samilu |Noeline Nabukenya
Several businesspeople in Kigogwa Town are counting losses after a fuel tanker exploded at a trading centre on Tuesday. The northbound tanker overturned before bursting into flames that engulfed the area, destroying several shops that included hardware, stationery, salons, and eateries, worth millions of shillings. Kigogwa, a modest trading centre, lies some 25.5 kilometres or an hour's drive away on the Kampala-Gulu Highway.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Noeline Nabukenya |Busein Samilu
PrimeWhat you need to know:By yesterday, the police confirmed that the blaze in Kigogwa had claimed 15 lives. A teenager who died while trying to rescue children who were caught up in the Kigogwa fuel tanker blaze has been described as selfless. Joseph Muwonge, 19, chose not to run away from the inferno on Tuesday evening as five children caught in the crosshairs cried out for help. The children had gone to a gaming store that Muwonge opened last year.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Noeline Nabukenya |Busein Samilu
What you need to know:Residents worry that without immediate action, more tragic accidents will continue to plague the trading centre. Residents at Kigogwa Trading Centre yesterday blamed the deadly road crashes in their area on government failure to install road humps. The residents, including traders, landlords, hawkers and motorists, told this publication yesterday that the trading centre has become a black spot for road crashes because the government has failed to listen to their pleas.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Noeline Nabukenya |Andrew Bagala
What you need to know:The fuel tanker overturned as it tried to avoid colliding with a taxi that had suddenly stopped The horror that befell the sleepy town of Kigogwa in Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District, yesterday was there for all to see after an inferno claimed 11 lives. By the fringes of the road lay the charred remains of a tanker that swerved off the road after trying to avoid colliding with a taxi that stopped suddenly to pick up a passenger.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Noeline Nabukenya
At least 10 bodies had by Tuesday evening been recovered from the scene of a fuel tanker explosion at Kigogwa Town on Kampala-Bombo road in Wakiso District. Another person is said to have died at Kiruddu Referral Hospital where several of those who sustained severe burns were rushed for treatment following the 3pm incident. Police who are still combing the scene for leads and more bodies said the driver of the tanker lost control before it overturned and burst into flames moments later.
