NEWVISION
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI OFFERS TO BROKER PEACE IN SUDAN
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Summary: President Yoweri Museveni has expressed willingness to mediate between the warring parties in the ongoing conflict in Sudan, should both parties be open to his involvement. “I am ready to mediate the conflict if they are agreeable,” President Museveni said during a meeting with the United Nations (UN) envoy for Sudan at State House Entebbe on Monday.
BANK OF UGANDA TO KEEP LAND TITLES OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
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Summary: The Government has started a nationwide exercise to survey and title all land belonging to schools. The programme, which also targets untitled school land owned by churches (Anglican and Catholic) and the Muslim faith, is intended to protect school land from potential land grabbers.
UGANDA PLANS ROAD LINK TO CENTRAL AFRICA
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Summary: President Yoweri Museveni yesterday disclosed a plan to establish roads linking Uganda and the East Africa Community (EAC) to the Central African Republic (CAR). The President made the revelation during the 62nd Independence Anniversary celebrations at Busikho Primary Teachers College grounds in Masafu Town Council, Busia District, where he was accompanied by the President of CAR, Prof. Faustin-Archange Touadéra, as his special guest.
GHANAIAN INVESTOR TAKES OVER KITEEZI LANDFILL
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Summary: The Government has partnered with the Ghana-based Jospong Group of Companies to add value to the waste material that was being dumped at Kiteezi landfill for the last 28 years.
GOVERNMENT TO ESTABLISH MORE REGIONAL HEART CENTRES
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Summary: In an effort to healthcare services, improve the Government, through Ministry of Health and the Uganda Heart Institute (UHI) plans to establish additional regional heart centres. The new centres will be established in Mbale this financial year, followed by Soroti and Gulu in the next financial year. Currently, regional heart centres are located in Jinja, Mbarara and Masaka.
UBOS CLARIFIES TRIBE POPULATION STATISTICS
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Summary: The Executive Director of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), Dr. Chris Makiza has clarified the figures related to Ugandan tribes reported in the 2024 census, emphasising that no tribe’s population has declined. Mukiza said the discrepancies noted in the report, which indicated a reduction in four out of the 14 main tribes, were the result of errors made by data entrants while comparing the 2024 figures with those of 2014.
DAILY MONITOR
RAILWAY BACK ON TRACK – PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
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Summary: President Museveni has said the rehabilitation of the old metre gauge railway and construction of the new Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) are on track. The rehabilitation of the metre gauge railway from Malaba on the Uganda-Kenya border in Tororo, Eastern Uganda, to Gulu and Arua in Northern Uganda is almost complete. The President said the twin railroads projects would cut transportation costs for goods and services.
74 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NOW ACCESS NIRA DATABASE – BOU
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Summary: Bank of Uganda (BoU) has indicated that at least 74 supervised financial institutions now have access to the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) database.
