THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 , 2025.
Good morning !
On this day in 1986:
Lake Nyos in Cameroon experienced a limnic eruption, releasing a massive cloud of carbon dioxide gas that killed nearly 2,000 people and a large number of livestock in nearby villages.
And on the same date in 1911:
The Mona Lisa , a famed Leonardo da Vinci painting, was stolen by a museum employee. It was recovered 2 years later in Italy.
If you are born today - then you share your BD with the Jamaican sprinter - Usain Bolt.
Later today on TUB: we review 'Work and Prosper' by Charles Peter Mayiga. Please keep your inbox open.
In the news.
📌Kampala traders yesterday stopped their two day strike after meeting with Prime Minister - Nabbanja.
Mbu, In Kenya, a 40 - foot container of clothes is taxed Ush 44 million, In Rwanda it's taxed Ushs 65 million - but in Uganda it's taxed Ushs 487 million 😳
📌 Gov't has got a Ushs 1.1 trillion loan from the AFRIEXIM bank. The money is for; expanding our Oil & gas operations, construction of special export zones & industrial parks and for generating, transmitting and distribution of electricity - said the Finance Minister.
📌 Meanwhile, Uganda Prisons will construct VIP cells to accommodate Senior Gov't officials.
"I have seen my bosses become my clients: from the Vice President to cabinet ministers. There was one who was released and immediately appointed Minister of Internal Affairs" Dr. Johnson Byabashaija. CG of Prisons.
📌 In politics;
ℹ️Muhammad Nsereko, the leader of Ecological Party and Kampala Central MP, yesterday picked presidential nomination forms.
ℹ️Also, MP Theodore Ssekikubo has left NRM party after defeat in the 'Kamyuufu'
ℹ️ And, a man who turned up with stilts to pick presidential forms was sent away ..see him here
📌 Finally, In CHAN - defending champions Senegal arrived yesterday. We battle them this Saturday at 5pm in Namboole stadium.
That's all. Find these and others stories in Monitor, Bukedde & Newvision and others.
Have a blessed and patience filled Thursday.
The Sanyu Daily Team.
DAILY QUOTE
"This is threatening business because colleagues in other countries who would buy from us no longer come" Ms. Bridget Mwagale - a Kampala Trader.