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Nov 6, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Richard Kyanjo |Dan Wandera
The Deployment of the Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) on the Lake Victoria waters that crumbled Mr Daniel Kasules’ fish business could have been a blessing in disguise after finding solace in the coffee farming business. Mr Kasule, a resident of Kyango Village, Kalisizo Sub-county in Kyotera District, found himself employed at a construction site when he was 10 years old. He had earlier dropped out of school while in Primary Four after his father died.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Richard Kyanjo |Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa
What you need to know:The project is expected to create about 20,000 jobs for youth, especially from Kyotera and Rakai districts. The National Environment Management Authority (Nema) has given a green light to the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries to expand its national oil palm project to Kyotera District.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Richard Kyanjo |Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa
The Agriculture ministry has asked the National Environmental Management Authority (Nema) to expedite the process of approving the oil palm project in Masaka District. The plan to roll out oil palm growing in the district was hatched three years ago, but challenges in land acquisition and securing Nema’s approval have both delayed the start of the project.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Richard Kyanjo |Fahad Malik Jjingo
Patients who need X- ray services at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital are currently requested to go elsewhere following the breakdown of the newly acquired machine. The X- ray machine, which was acquired and installed in February last year, broke down two months ago and has never been repaired. Currently, patients and their caregivers have to seek for services from private facilities where they pay between Shs30,000 and Shs50,000.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Issa Aliga |Richard Kyanjo
What you need to know:Mr James Bukoma, the Masaka regional environment police commander, said the affected farmers had earlier been directed to leave the area but they refused. Environment authorities in Masaka District have embarked on an exercise to restore wetlands which are grossly degraded in the area.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Richard Kyanjo
What you need to know:According to Ms Ms Justine Nameere, politicians accused of corruption have a tendency of hiding behind religious, cultural institutions as a shield The Senior Presidential Advisor in charge of Greater Masaka Affairs, Ms Justine Nameere has slammed clerics from different religious denominations who blessed the thanks giving ceremony of Lwengo District Woman legislator Ms Cissy Namujju who was recently released on bail on charges of budget corruption.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Richard Kyanjo
What you need to know:Muganzi, who is a senior pastor at Kyanika Fire Deliverance Church in Kabira Sub County, was arrested at Bwemijja Village on orders of the state Minister for Microfinance, Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo. Police in Kyotera District are still holding a Pentecostal pastor, Deo Muganzi, who was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly soliciting bribes from beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model (PDM) program.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Richard Kyanjo |Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa
The rise in water levels on the shores of Lake Victoria has delayed the planned reopening of different landing sites in Masaka, the district leadership has disclosed. This has left hundreds of fishermen in different fishing villages stranded and struggling to make ends meet.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Richard Kyanjo
What you need to know:The funds are expected to facilitate completion of construction works and equipping the health facilities. Buganda Kingdom has earmarked Shs3 billion towards completing works and procuring medical equipment for five health facilities currently under construction. According to Mr Joseph Kawuki, the kingdom’s minister of Local Government, the money was allocated in 2024/2025 financial year budget for the institution.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
monitor.co.ug | Al-Mahdi Ssenkabirwa |Richard Kyanjo
What you need to know:Mr Sowedi Sserwadda, the chairperson of Kibinge Coffee Farmers and Cooperative Society in Bukomansimbi District, called upon local leaders to enact by-laws to regulate the buying and selling of coffee in the region Coffee growing is steadily becoming a lucrative business given the current impressive prices. Currently, the farm gate price of a kilogramme of Robusta Coffee (FAQ or Kase) is Shs11,500, compared to Shs6,500 last year.
