A lot has been said since an advert by Quickway Auctioneers and Court Bailiffs appeared on page nine of the Daily Monitor on May 18. The advert was putting tycoon Patrick Bitature’s Protea Hotel – Naguru Skyz, Elizabeth Royal Apartments and Moyo Close Apartments on auction. 

President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s Cabinet will convene at State House Entebbe today, May 23, to discuss how much money scientists, science teachers and health workers will be earning every month starting July 2022. 

Officers of the Uganda Police Force (UPF) have arrested opposition leader and activist Dr Kizza Besigye as he tried to leave his home in Wakiso District’s Kasangati area to protest the rising commodity prices and the rumored succession plan from President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni to his son Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

Internal Affairs Minister Maj Gen (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire has in recent weeks been tackling religious issues head-on.  

A secondary school headteacher has reportedly ‘fired’ science teachers who joined a strike demanding for salary increment. 

The final graduation list for students graduating from Makerere University and Makerere University Business School (Mubs) is out just a few days to next week’s 72nd graduation ceremony at the country’s premier institution of higher learning. 

Now, coming to the issue of high commodity prices of: petrol, diesel, sugar, salt, bar soap, powder soap, cooking oil etc., we have to remember the nature of the challenge: Kubandama (collapse) or survive (kuhonoka). As already pointed out above, the problem of high commodity prices is not as dangerous as covid-19. However, if it is not handled correctly, it can lead to collapse. Yet, with patience and correct response, it will turn out to be an advantage for the country.

First lady Janet Kataaha’s Ministry of Education and Sports has directed schools to collect all parents’ National Identification Numbers (NINs) as well as their mobile phone numbers. 

Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) has spoken out on reports that the Kamwokya-based party is a project of long-serving leader President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni and his ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).