Browsing by Author "Mufumba, Isaac"

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    17 years later, Elgon Region waits for Mbale-Lwakhakha road to be tarmacked.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-06) Mufumba, Isaac
    In the run of the 2016 general elections, for the first than Uganda was holding under a military dispensation since 1996 when the national resistance movement shot its way into power.
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    40-year reign: From preaching Marxism to practising Capitalism
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-05-04) Mufumba, Isaac
    When Mr Museveni took power in 1986, his views appeared to suggest a leftist inclination. His views and actions led to several people to label Mr Museveni a Marxist. In today's article, analysts discuss whether or not the label was misplaced or correct and also when Mr Museveni could have taken on capitalism.
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    9 years later, farmers still wait for Walking tractors
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-07-19) Mufumba, Isaac
    On June 12, 2008, Dr Ezra Suruma, then minister for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, announced in his Budget speech for 2008/2009 that the country was to import walking tractors for distribution to farmers ahead of the next planting season.
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    Are health centres remembered only during campaigns?
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-12-13) Mufumba, Isaac
    In the run to the March 2016 General Elections, the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) released a campaign manifesto in which the party committed itself to presiding over a gradual increment in the number of workers in health facilities country wide.
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    Bank sued as Shs3.5b fraud continues to bite
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-02-22) Mufumba, Isaac
    As the fallout from the loss by Centenary Rural Development Bank of shs3.56b in a computer fraud rages on, a former employee of the financial institution has dragged it to the industrial court accusing it of unlawful and unfair dismissal.
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    Building dams with or without
    (Daily monitor, 2016-12-28) Mufumba, Isaac
    On June 26, 2008, President Museveni was in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, for the official opening of the First African Investment Conference. Mr Museveni, who opened the conference in his capacity as the chairperson of the Summit of East African Community (EAC) heads of states, lashed out at the World Bank for allegedly failing progress in the construction of Bujagali Dam.
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    Change seekers greet EU's resolution with scepticism.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-03-01) Mufumba, Isaac
    In the second half of last month, Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, the National Unity Platform (NUP) principal, addressed two high-profit meetings albeit virtually. First was the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy, which he addressed on February 18.
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    Girls wait on Museveni to deliver sanitary pads as promised
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-10-11) Mufumba, Isaac
    Promise Tracker; The promise tracker is Daily Monitor's weekly special feature that will track the promises made by leaders of all categories as well as public agencies to the people. The aim is to cause accountability, show status and analyse whether it was a realistic, unrealistic or empty promise.
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    Govt's delayed delivery of tractors frustrates farmers.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-11-15) Mufumba, Isaac
    One of the promises that the ruling NRM party made in the run up to the 2016 general election was to make deliberate interventions and investments in the agriculture sector to boost production and improve farmer's income and national revenue.
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    How baskets are making a difference among women in Namayumba
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-05-12) Mufumba, Isaac
    Emyooga is a Ugandan presidential initiative laughed in August 2019 to transform 68% of homesteads from subsistence to market oriented production.
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    How Museveni defeated rebels in W.Nile, Buganda
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-05-14) Mufumba, Isaac
    These conflicts were different in origin and scale but together they showed Uganda's internal wars were often tied to developments beyond its borders.
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    How safe is food on the market?
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-01-14) Mufumba, Isaac
    In mid 1979, hundreds of people were left dead after consuming adulterated alcohol. In 1997 and 1999, the EU slapped bans on Ugandan fish products amid allegations that some fishermen were using poison to increase their catches, such incidents have left many wondering how safe food items on our market stalls are.
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    Iran minister hops from Khartoum to Kampala to save Tehran agreement.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-03-21) Mufumba, Isaac
    Twenty nine years ago, on Tuesday last week, visiting Iranian minister for foreign affairs, Ali Akbar Velayati, announced that discussing the dispute between Uganda and Sudan with authorities in the two countries was high on his agenda.
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    Libya, PLO enter 1979 war as Tanzania advances on Kampala.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-03-14) Mufumba, Isaac
    Forty one years ago last Saturday, Libya dispatched a contingent of fighters to fight alongside the Uganda Army (UA) as it desperately fought to halt an advance by a combined force composed of the Tanzania People's Defence Force (TPDF) and combatants from exiled Uganda groups.
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    Mbale Industrial Park yet to see light of day five years later.
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-09-20) Mufumba, Isaac; Wambede, Fred
    Sub- county, on the Mbale- Tororo highway in Mbale district. The actual size of the land is difficult to tell. While local authorities believe that it is within the region of 800 acres, figures from UIA seem to suggest that it is 619 acres.
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    Monitor scholarship ignites dream
    (Daily Monitor, 2017-07-24) Mufumba, Isaac
    If Lugalambo Trading Centre, the earthen road winds through the Mehta Group's sugarcane plantation to Buvunya village, about 10 kilometer from Lugazi town.
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    Moshi conference opens in Tanzania.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-03-28) Mufumba, Isaac
    Forty seven year ago on Tuesday, a meeting of Ugandans who had fled into exile during the reign of then president Idi Amin and representative of groups that had been opposed to his rule opened in the Tanzanian town of Moshi.
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    Museveni promises to name successor as NRA veterans back Ssemo.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-04-26) Mufumba, Isaac
    Thirty years ago, President Museveni made his first public comments about the contentious succession question, telling a campaign rally that he would name a successor within the next five years. According to The Monitor of April 1, 1996, Mr Museveni made the comments on Saturday, March 30, 1996, in Bombo while addressing members of the Nubian community.
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    NGOs in a tight corner.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-03-29) Mufumba, Isaac
    Late in February, the bank accounts of some five Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) were frozen at the behest of the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA). Mr. Samuel Wandera, the FIA executive director, did not say why Agora Centre for Research (Agora CFR), Chapter Four Uganda (CFU), the Africa Institute for Investigative Journalism (AIIJ), the Centre for Constitutional Governance (CCG) and the Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies (GLISS) could not access their accounts.
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    Obote stings West, OAU for not stopping Idi Amin.
    (Daily Monitor, 2026-05-30) Mufumba, Isaac
    Forty six years ago on Wednesday, former president Milton Obote launched a virulent attack on countries in the West accusing them of killings of innocent Ugandans during president Idi Amin's eight-year rule. Instead of stopping the killings,