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By Xinhua Violet Ayesiza, 32, works as a nurse at Kasangati Health Center in the central Ugandan district of Wakiso. Now she has to work for more than 12 hours a day before she is relieved by her colleagues. She is among more than 70,000 registered nurses and midwives in […]

By Monitor team The National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine, secretly left his home in Magere, Wakiso District, hours before security forces surrounded it to prevent his departure. Bobi is said to have departed his home in Magerere hurriedly, together with his wife Barbie, after security […]

Uganda’s longest-serving President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Museveni was sworn in on Wednesday for his sixth-elective term of office at Kololo Independence Grounds. “I, Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, swear that I’ll observe the laws of Uganda and promote the welfare of the people of Uganda,” the 76-year-old veteran leader said. Mr Museveni, who […]

By Ritah Kemigisa As President Museveni takes oath for his sixth term today, Civil Society Organisations have highlighted four key areas the president needs to focus on in his first 100 days. Speaking to KFM, the executive director Centre for Constitutional Governance, Sarah Bireete says the president needs to urgently […]

The five-year term of the 10th Parliament came to an end yesterday. The closure will now pave the way for incoming MPs who will be sworn in next week from May 17 to 20, followed by elections of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker on May 21. Ms Rebecca Kadaga, the […]