/-/691150/691150/-/b5cpt3/-/index.html http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Soccer/-/690266/1316542/-/n90bf4/-/index.html Novak Djokovic cemented his place at the top of men’s tennis by outlasting Rafael Nadal in a five-set epic to retain his Australian Open title. 2012-12-29T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Editorial/-/689360/1406342/-/b2fqd7/-/index.html With the 2012/13 budget reading set for next month, Ugandans will be waiting to hear whether government’s plans will relieve them from the pressures of a harsh financial year. A number of instabilities including; high inflation, the unstable currency market and high fuel prices have contracted Uganda’s economic growth slowing from a projected 6.7 per cent in 2011/12 to the current 4 per cent - according to the IMF. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/OpEdColumnists/CharlesOnyangoObbo/Let+rich+water+and+grass+investors+solve+mess/-/878504/1406350/-/20fa67z/-/index.html So, for the nth time, a few days ago Kenyan Turkana crossed the border and stole cattle from our Dodoth in Karamoja.Kenya security forces recovered 30 herds of the cattle and two Ugandans were killed in the raid. Sometimes, it is our people who cross into Kenya to rustle cattle. This has been going on for, well, for over 100 years. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/Here+is+how+we+can+attract+this+country+s+youth+to+agriculture/-/689364/1406354/-/ky3yd4z/-/index.html One way of addressing this problem is to come up with strategic interventions to attract the youth to agriculture. The call for the youth to return to rural areas will be meaningful if they are encouraged to be more involved in farming. And to do this, agriculture must be transformed from purely subsistence to commercial farming, where farmers undertake agriculture as a business that can help them earn enough income. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/The+valuable+mvule+tree+will+bring+wealth+for+Busoga+region/-/689364/1406358/-/11ie8phz/-/index.html The mvule tree’s history in Uganda is an interesting one. These giant hardwoods that dotted the land were an obvious, valuable resource for the British colonialists. At that time, the tree’s value for the Basoga remained as community gathering spaces under the forgiving shade. They were so important that the Basoga coined a proverb: Emivule n’akasulya kabusoga which means “The mvule is the shade (or roof) of Busoga”. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/HomesandProperty/Go+retro++inspired+by+the+Big+Brother+Stargame/-/689858/1406440/-/qcevsd/-/index.html Retro decor is a great way to give your home an older vintage feel, it can give your design a little something different from the regular fully saturated colours that you see often in modern-themed decor. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/AU+will+not+bar+Sudan+s+Bashir+from+summit++minister/-/688340/1406380/-/13tb4obz/-/index.html The African Union has "no reason" to bar Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir from the pan-African grouping's summit in Malawi in July, a minister said on Monday. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/HomesandProperty/Trade+secrets+for+value++low+construction+costs/-/689858/1406442/-/exp3g2/-/index.html So how do we achieve good building design and affordable construction without breaking the bank? What we need is careful planning. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Kenya+slashes+2012+economic+prospects/-/688340/1406386/-/a0gfjcz/-/index.html The reduction in growth forecast is attributed to inflationary pressure, high lending rates and political risks ahead of the general election — as well as the crisis in Europe. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Parliament+again+defers+voting+on+nodding+disease/-/688334/1406782/-/j3xhp9z/-/index.html Voting on the motion to declare areas affected by the nodding disease syndrome in Acholi sub-region a humanitarian emergency area was yesterday deferred for the second time after government called for dialogue with the affected stakeholders. The same motion was last week deferred when Parliament failed to realise quorum after scores of NRM MPs walked out of Parliament before voting. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/LC3+chief+held+over+rival+s+death/-/688334/1406444/-/jj9ka0z/-/index.html The LC3 chairperson of Panyangara Sub-county in Kotido District, Mr Paul Loru Nabolikoko, has been arrested in connection with the death of a political rival. Francis Tete, a former LC3 chairperson of Panyangara, was shot dead at his home in Panyangara Trading Centre on June 3 last year shortly after handing over office. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Africa+trapped+in+a+hunger+cycle++new+UN+report+shows/-/688340/1406384/-/2imhtmz/-/index.html Sub-Saharan Africa remains the world’s most food insecure region despite recent runaway economic growth rates, a new United Nations report released Tuesday shows. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Sudan++S+Sudan+move+from++crisis+to+catastrophe+/-/688340/1406398/-/dxqvnx/-/index.html Heavy rains coming soon in Sudan and South Sudan will add to the woes of civilians after a border conflict and civil war forced thousands to flee their homes, aid agencies warned Tuesday. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/It+is+clergy+s+duty+to+guide+politicians+++sheikh/-/688334/1406414/-/ouc8e3z/-/index.html Sheikh Zubair Kayongo, the leader of a faction of Muslims opposed to Mufti Shaban Mubajje, at the weekend said even political leaders need guidance from the clergy. Sheikh Kayongo, who was presiding over the consecration of 16 sheikhs at Mukoko Mosque in Bukulula Sub-county, Kalungu District, said: “When the politicians are not honest to their people and show tendencies of greed, it is the responsibility of the religious leaders to try and bring them to order.” 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Sports/Athletics/Exciting+talents+unearthed+at+Rwamuhanda+Memorial+Championship/-/690274/1406558/-/4fcg2u/-/index.html Dorothy Akampurira and Ronald Bwonyanda are potential world beaters, Western Region Athletics Association (WRAA) coaches have said. The duo, aged 13, humiliated older opponents at the Rwamuhanda Memorial Championship held in Kabale at the weekend. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Sierra+Leone+s+shambolic+media+looks+inwards/-/688340/1406390/-/34bmpy/-/index.html Sierra Leone's Independent Media Commission (IMC) is under pressure to act tough against the increasingly compromised media in the country. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Opposition+vow+to+boycott+EALA+polls/-/688334/1406780/-/f5t5cwz/-/index.html Opposition MPs yesterday said they will not be party to the election of Uganda’s representatives to the East African parliament if the process abuses, breaks or fails to respect the provisions of Article 50 of the Treaty that forms the East African Community. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/World/Hollande+sworn+in+as+French+president/-/688340/1406392/-/154kjkk/-/index.html Francois Hollande was sworn in as president of France on Tuesday with a solemn vow to find a new growth-led strategy to end the debt crisis threatening to unravel the eurozone. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/HomesandProperty/-/689858/1406454/-/yvtxvmz/-/index.html Lighting is one of the key elements that helps make your house a home. The proper lighting enables you to perform tasks easily, makes you feel safer and more comfortable, and allows you to enjoy your home at its full potential 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Policemen+held+over+shooting+passenger/-/688334/1406496/-/almuln/-/index.html Police in Bugiri District have arrested two of their colleagues following an incident in which a traveller was shot dead on Sunday evening at Busowa on Bugiri-Tororo road. The regional police spokesperson, Mr Samson Lubega, said the deceased was a passenger, adding: “The police officers are said to have stopped the driver of the vehicle but he refused. So the police driver and a constable decided to give a chase in which the victim was shot.” 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Police+blame+murders+on+former+militia+teams/-/688334/1406422/-/jd9h0kz/-/index.html The police announced on Monday that they were holding six people in connection with a series of brutal murders in Gulu. Mr Latif Zaake, the Officer in-charge of Gulu Central Police Station, said the suspects include one serving member of the UPDF. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Prince+murder+file+goes+missing/-/688334/1406424/-/dbgscm/-/index.html The case file of the murder of Toro Kingdom Prince Charles Kijjanangoma and Stephen Kaganda alias Mulokole has reportedly gone missing, putting the prosecution of a recently-arrested suspect in balance. A police source who preferred anonymity said the brother of death row convict John Sanyu Katuramu, who had eluded police for 13 years over the same murder, is now out on police bond for different charges besides the Kijjanangoma murder. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/HomesandProperty/You+will+be+glad+you+bought+land+in+these+places/-/689858/1406366/-/5v17sf/-/index.html Land keeps on accumulating in value and so do rental apartments. To profit from these ventures of real estates, you have to know where to buy, when to buy and when to sale. It is a sure deal and you can not go wrong if you decide to invest your money here. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Rebel+s+mother+on+bended+knee/-/688334/1406418/-/13387fxz/-/index.html “The government should help my son, however weak he is so that he comes and buries me. This will also give both of us the chance to see one another.” These were the words of the 90-year-old Lucia Alal, the mother of captured LRA field commander ‘Maj. Gen.’ Caesar Acellam. Struggling to contain her emotion despite sobs from her sisters upon seeing a Daily Monitor picture of Acellam, Ms Alal narrated how, for 24 years, she got nightmares over her son’s absence. 2012-05-15T21:00:00Z