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Daily Monitor
Daily Monitor is an independent daily newspaper in Uganda. It launched in 1992 as The Monitor, establishing itself as a voice critical of the government. It is the second-largest English-language paper in Uganda, after the state-owned New Vision.
The paper is published by Monitor Publications Limited, which is majority-owned by the Nairobi-based Nation Media Group.
The Monitor was launched as a weekly newspaper in 1992, and became a daily paper in 1996. In 2000 it was purchased by the Nation Media Group, the media division of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, and was renamed Daily Monitor. The Fund announced in March 2026 that it had agreed to sell a controlling interest in Nation Media Group to Rostam Aziz's Tanzanian media company Taarifa Ltd.
Sister papers Saturday Monitor and Sunday Monitor were merged into a single Weekend Monitor in March 2026.
In the last quarter of 2019, the government-owned New Vision had a circulation of 23,636 copies, and the Daily Monitor had a circulation of 16,169 copies.
The newspaper and its journalists have repeatedly come into conflict with the Ugandan government.
In 1993, the Ugandan government banned all government agencies and ministries from advertising in The Monitor due to its perceived anti-government slant; the ban was rescinded in 1997.
In 2013, Ugandan police raided the newspaper's premises and shut down its operations. They were attempting to retrieve a letter, allegedly written by General David Sejusa, which had been published by the Daily Monitor and the Red Pepper. The letter raised concerns that those who opposed the rumored succession of President Museveni by his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba would be assassinated, and called for an investigation. Two radio stations associated with the Daily Monitor were also shut down. Journalists protesting the closure were beaten and tear-gassed. The newspaper resumed publication 11 days later and the radio stations went back on the air. The Ugandan Minister of Internal Affairs said that the Daily Monitor had agreed "not [to] publish or air stories that can generate tensions, ethnic hatred, cause insecurity or disturb law and order."
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Daily Monitor
Daily Monitor is an independent daily newspaper in Uganda. It launched in 1992 as The Monitor, establishing itself as a voice critical of the government. It is the second-largest English-language paper in Uganda, after the state-owned New Vision.
The paper is published by Monitor Publications Limited, which is majority-owned by the Nairobi-based Nation Media Group.
The Monitor was launched as a weekly newspaper in 1992, and became a daily paper in 1996. In 2000 it was purchased by the Nation Media Group, the media division of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, and was renamed Daily Monitor. The Fund announced in March 2026 that it had agreed to sell a controlling interest in Nation Media Group to Rostam Aziz's Tanzanian media company Taarifa Ltd.
Sister papers Saturday Monitor and Sunday Monitor were merged into a single Weekend Monitor in March 2026.
In the last quarter of 2019, the government-owned New Vision had a circulation of 23,636 copies, and the Daily Monitor had a circulation of 16,169 copies.
The newspaper and its journalists have repeatedly come into conflict with the Ugandan government.
In 1993, the Ugandan government banned all government agencies and ministries from advertising in The Monitor due to its perceived anti-government slant; the ban was rescinded in 1997.
In 2013, Ugandan police raided the newspaper's premises and shut down its operations. They were attempting to retrieve a letter, allegedly written by General David Sejusa, which had been published by the Daily Monitor and the Red Pepper. The letter raised concerns that those who opposed the rumored succession of President Museveni by his son Muhoozi Kainerugaba would be assassinated, and called for an investigation. Two radio stations associated with the Daily Monitor were also shut down. Journalists protesting the closure were beaten and tear-gassed. The newspaper resumed publication 11 days later and the radio stations went back on the air. The Ugandan Minister of Internal Affairs said that the Daily Monitor had agreed "not [to] publish or air stories that can generate tensions, ethnic hatred, cause insecurity or disturb law and order."