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Kenya has recorded a second Ebola death, the health ministry said late on Friday, adding that the 65-year-old woman had developed symptoms during quarantine and was a close relative of a Kenyan man who died of Ebola earlier this month. links.monitor.co.ug/LAITJx #MonitorUpdates

Kenya reports second death from Ebola

Kenya's first Ebola case was identified this month in a man who travelled from Congo to Nairobi and ​died at a ​Nairobi ⁠hospital on October 5

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Mubende hospital restricts number of caregivers to tackle overcrowding. links.monitor.co.ug/eGpPNH #MonitorUpdates

Mubende hospital restricts number of caregivers to tackle overcrowding

Dr Emmanuel Paul Batibwe, the hospital director, said the measures followed concerns raised in patient satisfaction surveys about congestion and declining sanitation standards

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KCCA on the spot over floodlights failure as Villa maintain second spot. links.monitor.co.ug/u8latR #MonitorSport #MonitorUpdates

KCCA on the spot over floodlights failure as Villa maintain second spot

KCCA’s traditional rivals Villa consolidate second position on the log with a 2-0 home win over Mbarara City

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Teenage refugees carry valid Olympic dreams. links.monitor.co.ug/Y7DYVu #MonitorSport #MonitorUpdates

Teenage refugees carry valid Olympic dreams

More than 2000 participants took part in the Regional Trials.

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Busia Municipal Council enforcement officer stabbed to death by hawker. links.monitor.co.ug/1s1fKh #MonitorUpdates

Busia Municipal Council enforcement officer stabbed to death by hawker 

According to witnesses, the deadly altercation began after Ofubo stopped the hawker, who was selling electrical goods, and confiscated his stock of USB phone chargers for operating in a...

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ADVERT: Heritage connects us to our roots and inspires generations to come. Join the EMAALI Cultural Festival as the Iteso community shares its rich traditions with the world through food, music, dance, crafts and living heritage. Celebrate the past, experience the present and help build the legacy of Iteso. 📅 24th–25th October 2026 📍 Kololo Ceremonial Grounds, Kampala #EmaaliCulturalFestival
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Bill to change election of Leader of Opposition gazetted. links.monitor.co.ug/3sTbee #MonitorUpdates

Parliament to debate new proposal mandating all Opposition MPs to elect LoP

The Bill is sponsored by Buyaga West MP Dennis Namara (NRM), who obtained permission from Parliament on July 8, 2026, to introduce the Private Member’s Bill following a plenary session presided...

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Uganda tightens border controls, reinstates locator forms after traveller tests positive for Bundibugyo virus in Nigeria. links.monitor.co.ug/ZLlg9W #MonitorUpdates

Uganda remains Ebola-free as Health ministry probes Nigerian traveller infected with virus

Govt tightens border controls, reinstates locator forms after traveller tests positive for Bundibugyo virus in Nigeria

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Govt begins resettlement drive in Bugisu Sub-region. links.monitor.co.ug/0Znbkm #MonitorUpdates

Govt begins resettlement drive in Bugisu Sub-region

During the launch of the new resettlement drive PM Robinah Nabbanja said the initiative is part of the broader resettlement programme that the govt has been implementing since 2010 to protect...

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How hunger drives child trafficking in Karamoja. links.monitor.co.ug/gtnGYV #MonitorUpdates

How hunger drives child trafficking in Karamoja

“Some children from Karamoja are taken to places such as Mbale, Jinja, Kampala and Soroti, where they may be forced into street begging, domestic work or child labour"

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Stalled road leaves Mukono residents counting losses. links.monitor.co.ug/tvry5j #MonitorUpdates

Stalled road leaves Mukono residents counting losses

Traders have to make a difficult decision of either risking to cross the flooded River Matumbwe with their goods or opt for alternative routes that are both time-consuming and costly

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LETTER: Don’t ban charcoal, make it sustainable "Instead of a ban, government should license and trace charcoal from certified sustainable sources, so legal producers can finally outcompete illegal ones." monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/le…

Don’t ban charcoal, make it sustainable

Instead of a ban, government should license and trace charcoal from certified sustainable sources

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Residents decry deplorable state of Soroti City roads. Soroti City has over 1,000 roads connecting both the former municipality wards and the newly created wards links.monitor.co.ug/xDtZ8M #MonitorUpdates

Residents decry deplorable state of Soroti City roads

Soroti City has over 1,000 roads connecting both the former municipality wards and the newly created wards

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Building collapses in Kenyan capital, rescuers on the scene. It was not ​immediately clear what caused ​the building to collapse links.monitor.co.ug/AmUiyZ #MonitorUpdates

Building collapses in Kenyan capital, rescuers on the scene

It was not ​immediately clear what caused ​the building to collapse

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Shilling touches Shs4,500, weakest in 33 years. The slide is being driven by panic buying, huge demand from the energy sector and offshore investors attempting to exit Uganda's bond market links.monitor.co.ug/ur0-bb #MonitorUpdates

Shilling touches Shs4,500, weakest in 33 years

The slide is being driven by panic buying, huge demand from the energy sector and offshore investors attempting to exit Uganda's bond market

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Budaka completes District Service Commission after months of delays Staff recruitment stalled as Budaka DSC operated with four members. monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…

Budaka completes District Service Commission after months of delays

Staff recruitment stalled as Budaka DSC operated with four members

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Government seeks 600 more acres in Wakiso to expand Dei BioPharma to 1,000 acres to meet international standards, Lands Minister Nabakooba says. The facility, founded by Dr Matthias Magoola, currently sits on 400 acres and is expected to manufacture high-cost drugs including sickle cell treatment, potentially cutting prices by over 99%. Magoola says a similar project in Kamuli is 70% complete. 📹Noeline Nabukenya #MonitorUpdates
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Health officials race to trace source of Nigeria's Ebola infection. Ugandan authorities have said the woman had been in eastern Congo before transiting through Uganda links.monitor.co.ug/AtWLkG #MonitorUpdates

Health officials race to trace source of Nigeria's Ebola infection

Ugandan authorities have said the woman had been in eastern Congo before transiting through Uganda

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LETTER: Why the second half of the year is the time to protect your investment plan, not abandon it "As the second half of the year progresses, investors should take time to review their financial position." monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/le…

Why the second half of the year is the time to protect your investment plan, not abandon it

As the second half of the year progresses, investors should take time to review their financial position

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Jinja leaders back demarcation of Nile Bank forest reserve The forest demarcation targets encroachment. monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…

Jinja leaders back demarcation of Nile Bank forest reserve

Nile Bank forest demarcation targets encroachment

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