Browsing by Author "Kyarisiima, Jovita"

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    Drainage channel works start in Ibanda after decade-long risk.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-03-10) Kyarisiima, Jovita
    Authorities in Ibanda Municipality have begun construction of the Kakorogoto Drainage Channel, which residents say has posed a danger to the community for more than a decade.
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    Rise in fuel prices push food, transport costs higher.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-04-27) Wambede, Fred; Okaba, Patrick; Emwamu, Simon Peter; Kirunda, Abubaker; Seebe, Ronald; Nakato, Tausi; Muhereza, Robert; Biira, Naume; Byamukama, Julius; Kyarisiima, Jovita; Ainebyoona, Felix; Oketch, Bill; Ojok, Santo; Ashaba, Alex; Segujja, Byomugabi; Owiny, Tobbias Jolly
    The high fuel prices across the country are pushing up the cost of transportation and also goods and services. Since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran that resulted in the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, some filling stations in different cities and urban areas across the country have gone out of business due to a lack of fuel.
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    Ugandans play cat and mouse games over online loans.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-04-21) Oketch, Bill; Samilu, Busein; Nakato, Tausi; Ainebyoona, Felix; Byamukama, Julius; Kyarisiima, Jovita; Okello, Felix Warom; Aluma, Clement; Edema, Denis; Emwamu, Simon Peter
    Ugandans are increasingly diverting mobile money transactions to other lines, or initiating withdrawals directly from accounts of senders, in order to evade or defer payment of loans picked from telecoms and other online creditors. Officials hail the onboarding of 51 million Ugandans—majority previously under-banked or unbanked—onto mobile money services, as evidence of deepening financial inclusion of the poor and the informal sector.