By James Wafula in Nairobi T he story of how a low placed subordinate staff at Kenya’s National Hospital and Insurance fund earning under Kshs 20,000 a month used to charter a helicopter to fly over the constant traffic jams in Nairobi once stunned Kenyans to the core! Not even the president was ever reported…
DAILY MONITOR MBALE JOURNALIST BENEFICIARY By Our Reporter The Egyptian government has given a Daily Monitor newspaper journalist Ms Olivier Nakanwagi scholarship to pursue a one month training course for young African Journalists in Cairo from August 16 to September 4, 2025.Ms Nakanwagi who is a Uganda Journalists Union (UJU) member based in Mbale, joins other…
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), has successfully concluded the first-ever Eastern Africa regional legal roundtable that aimed at reinforcing protection for journalists facing legal persecution in Somalia, Kenya and Uganda while building unprecedented cooperation, mutual support and grassroots-driven legal defence campaigns. Held from…
By Our Correspondent in Paris May 24, 2025 The Peace and Democratic Transition Organization has welcomed the US State Department’s decision to impose sanctions on the Sudanese army following its use of internationally prohibited chemical weapons during the armed conflict in Sudan in 2024.The serious step sends a clear message to all those who violate…
By Our Correspondent in London A huge rally in solidarity with Sudanese victims of chemical weapons was organized May 18 in front of the United Kingdom parliament in London with calls for peace in the Sudan. The demonstration gathered over 100 people from different European Union and UK organizations as well as a coalition of Sudanese…
Stephen Ouma Bwire Co-operative Bank of Kenya’s AGM on May 16, 2025, will approve a KSh1.50 ($0.011) dividend per share, totaling KSh8.8Bn ($65.1M), with assets at KSh743.2Bn ($5.5B). The Co-operative Bank of Kenya (Co-op Bank) is set to hold its eagerly anticipated Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 16, 2025, a gathering expected to both celebrate…
By Our Reporter. As part of strengthening economic and trade relations between Sudan and Uganda, the Sudanese Business Club Abroad Forum organized an economic forum in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, with the participation of a number of Sudanese investors and French and Ugandan companies. The forum was held at the Four Point Hotel yesterday, Saturday,…
By Namukasa Joan. julianjoaner@gmail.com The Kuwaiti Direct Aid Society announced that it had provided 306 tons of food supplies to Sudanese in the Kirangdingo refugee camp. The Society’s Ugandan office director, Mr. Nour Al-Huda Al-Ajab Abdullah, said that the aid was successfully transported to the camp over three days via 12 trucks. He confirmed that…
By Dr. Badreldeen Khalaf. With a large turnout from the Sudanese community in Kampala, the Popular Initiative to Support Sudan and the Sudanese Embassy in Uganda launched a popular initiative to support the homeland and celebrate the recent great victory achieved by the Sudanese army. The celebration included patriotic songs and speeches by representatives of…
By Our Correspondent in Geneva, Switzerland. A big demonstration in solidarity with the Sudanese people, who are victims of chemical weapons and calling for peace in Sudan, was organized on March 29th in front of the broken chair next to the United Nations in Geneva. The demonstration gathered over 50 people from different European Union…