🗞️Your weekend starts here with special coverage on victims of crime. Also inside: How police traaced UPDF traced gun used in city crimes Suicide crisis: Uganda tops Kenya, Tanzania 🔺All that and much more in your Friday Daily Monitor, already available on e-paper: epaper.nation.africa/ug

Just in: Former Busiro County Member of Parliament, Charles Matovu, has died. National Unity Party President Robert Kyagulanyi confirmed this on Thursday evening. His death comes at a time when the High Court in Entebbe had commenced the hearing of a petition in which he challenges the election of NRM’s Kenan Opio. FULL STORY: links.monitor.co.ug/Fcx5Yn #MonitorUpdates

They had little money but big dreams for their wedding links.monitor.co.ug/RfAgth #MonitorUpdates

Regional Cyber Scare: Uganda silent as Kenya, global tech giants patch critical software bug. links.monitor.co.ug/F1PRPH #MonitorUpdates

NRM’s Ofwono Opondo decries impunity, demands answers over security excesses. links.monitor.co.ug/h86ydc #MonitorUpdates

IGG orders interdiction of state mining company boss, legal chief over graft probe. links.monitor.co.ug/FT973R #MonitorUpdates

Ssenyonyi, Opondo lash parliament over abductions, torture. links.monitor.co.ug/fS0GXa #MonitorUpdates

Kyando Hill: Where slain Bishop Hannington’s final moments live. links.monitor.co.ug/RFOpyO #MonitorUpdates

What should I do if my car breaks down far from help? links.monitor.co.ug/IRLQiJ #MonitorUpdates

President Ruto calls for more intra-COMESA trade. links.monitor.co.ug/Zf5Ezc #MonitorUpdates

Museveni okays Trust Seal to boost confidence in Uganda’s digital trade. links.monitor.co.ug/PWkZn8 #MonitorUpdates

How patients can access doctors without visiting hospital. links.monitor.co.ug/uaDdLc #MonitorUpdates

How KCCA budget shortfall of Shs 325bn threatens roads, drainage and waste management projects. links.monitor.co.ug/9eUvWO #MonitorUpdates

Will my family car handle the demands of ride-hailing? links.monitor.co.ug/7sAUPF #MonitorUpdates

UPDATE: Nutrition and legal experts have warned traders and manufacturers dealing in banned, highly hazardous pesticides of legal action, citing risks to public health and Uganda’s agricultural exports. David Kabanda, Executive Director of the Centre for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT), called for enforcement of existing laws against local and international companies selling the chemicals. Legislator Brenda Nabukenya said hazardous pesticides were contributing to rejection of Uganda’s agricultural exports in Europe, Kenya and South Sudan. The remarks were made on Thursday during the launch of the National Strategy to Phase Out Highly Hazardous Pesticides and Scale Up Agroecology in Uganda. #MonitorUpdates 📹: @PrinceWdavid

UPDATE: Omukama Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I has held his first meeting with members of the Babiito royal family at Karuziika Palace in Fort Portal. The meeting, presided over by Omujwera Musuuga Charles Kamurasi, saw the royal family urge the King to work closely with its members in his leadership. Nyabongo pledged to consult and seek their advice before making decisions. State Minister for Culture Kamuli Kuteesa officially handed over the government gazette recognising Nyabongo I as Tooro’s cultural leader, alongside two vehicles for the King. #MonitorUpdates 📸: Alex Ashaba

Audi Q7: Luxury meets Kampala’s road realities The layout looks sophisticated, although drivers accustomed to conventional buttons may need time to familiarise themselves with the touchscreen controls links.monitor.co.ug/RBRIOE #MonitorUpdates

Lawyers warned against emotional entanglement with clients’ cases. links.monitor.co.ug/MvAG7G #MonitorUpdates

Ask the Counsellor: My wife has taken our bedroom dispute to her parents Response: links.monitor.co.ug/vkvPk- #MonitorUpdates

Boat operators reject proposed Shs450,000 licensing fees Fishermen are challenging the proposed inland water transport charges.  monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…