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1 week ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Stephen Otage
What you need to know:The US announced multiple tariffs on major trading partners and critical sectors in April. While many of these are on hold, the combination of measures and countermeasures has hiked global tariffs to levels not seen in centuries The convergence of reduced Western aid and increased Chinese investment has necessitated strategic fiscal adjustments.
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1 week ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Stephen Otage
What you need to know:Aga Khan High School is the only one in Africa that is competing with nine other schools around the world. Khan High School was yesterday named among the top 10 schools around the world competing for the 2025 World’s Best School Prize for overcoming adversity. According to Ms Racheal Mwagale, the executive director of Junior Achievement Uganda, the school is the only one in Africa that is competing with nine other schools around the world.
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1 week ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Stephen Otage
What you need to know:Uganda currently has no legally enforceable minimum wage. The last statutory wage, set in 1984, was pegged at Shs60,000 per month, an amount that has long been rendered obsolete by inflation and economic changes. The government has resumed discussions on introducing a national minimum wage, a move seen as long overdue in a labour market increasingly dominated by low-paying and unregulated jobs.
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1 week ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Stephen Otage
What you need to know:Future nurses to train in tech-driven, patient-focused AKU programme. Aga Khan University says its Bachelor of Nursing direct entry programme is designed to equip the next generation of nurses with the advanced skills and knowledge essential for today's dynamic healthcare environment.
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1 week ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Stephen Otage
What you need to know:EFRIS is a digital system introduced to monitor financial transactions, particularly those subject to Value Added Tax (VAT). The Ministry of Finance has called for consensus between the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) and landlords regarding the timing of issuing Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS) receipts for rent payments.
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2 weeks ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Stephen Otage
What you need to know:Dr Cliff Aliga, the patron of the university’s environmental club, said currently, the university is set to start funding a students’ water purification project in northern Uganda where they use sand, charcoal and some chlorine to purify water for domestic use and the university is encouraging students to come up with innovative ideas to compete with students in the other university branches in Tanzania, Kenya, United Kingdom, Pakistan and Canada.
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3 weeks ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Stephen Otage
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Bank of Africa, say they are partnering with the Joshua Cheptegei Development Foundation to promote the socio-economic transformation of Mt. Elgon region. While receiving a donation of assorted reading books last Friday, Ms Nnwanne Uwadde Obahor, the UNDP country representative, said over the years, they have been supporting the foundation in different areas. “We have been supporting the Joshua Cheptegei Foundation over the years.
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3 weeks ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Stephen Otage
What you need to know:He was connected to the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU). Funeral details are expected to be announced in the coming days. Cedric Babu Ndilima, a prominent Ugandan media personality, sports administrator, and political figure, has died at the age of 46, a close family source confirmed to Monitoron Saturday. Babu passed away just days after a public fundraising campaign had been launched to facilitate an urgent heart transplant abroad.
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1 month ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Stephen Otage
What you need to know:The company was a flagship enterprise of the early NRM government after it came to power in 1986 The Grain Council of Uganda (TGCU) has welcomed the government’s decision to revive the Uganda Grain Milling Company (UGMC), describing it as a timely intervention that will streamline the export of Ugandan grains and pulses.
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1 month ago | 
monitor.co.ug | Stephen Otage
What you need to know:The faithful celebrate the 45 Catholic and Anglican converts who were killed in the 1880s on orders of Buganda’s King Mwanga. National Water and Sewerage Corporation has said the organising committee for the annual Namugongo Martyrs' pilgrimage has asked them to start purifying the “holy water” pilgrims usually use and also fetch to take back home.
