The ''Daily Monitor'' is a

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n independent daily newspaper. Its name is shared by the ''Saturday Monitor'' and ''Sunday Monitor'', which are also published by Monitor Publications Limited. ''Daily Monitor'' averaged a daily circulation of 24,230 newspapers in September 2011. By the fourth quarter of 2019, that figure had dropped to 16,169 copies daily.

Location

The headquarters of the ''Daily Monitor'' and the Daily Monitor Publications, as well as the printing press of the newspaper, are located at 29-35 8th Street (Namuwongo Road) in the Industrial Area of

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, Uganda's capital and largest city.

Overview

The newspaper was established in 1992 as ''The Monitor'', and relaunched as the ''Daily Monitor'' in June 2005. The paper asserts that its private ownership guarantees the independence of its editors and journalists. The newspaper headquarters are housed in the same building that houses the other investments owned by Monitor Publications Limited, including ''Daily Monitor'' newspaper, Monitor Business Directory, ''Ennyanda'' sports newspaper (in Luganda), 90.4 Dembe FM radio station (in Luganda and English), 93.3 KFM radio station, ''Daily Monitor'' e-paper, The Monitor E-paper app, and ''Daily Monitor'' social media channels. Monitor Publications Limited and all its subsidiaries listed above are owned by

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, a media conglomerate, based in

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and whose shares are listed on the

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and are crosslisted on the

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, the

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, and the

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2013 police raid

The premises of the ''Daily Monitor'' were raided by Uganda police on 20 May 2013. This happened soon after the paper had published a letter allegedly written by army General

David Sejusa General David Sejusa (born 13 November 1954) (aka David Tinyefuza) is a Ugandan lawyer, military officer and politician. He was the coordinator of intelligence services and a senior presidential adviser to President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni. He ...

, threatening that those opposing

Muhoozi Kainerugaba Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba (born 24 April 1974) is an Ugandan general and son of president Yoweri Museveni. He has been commander of the Special Forces Command (SFC) from 2008 to 2017, and again from December 2020 to 2021, then commander of the l ...

for the presidency risked their lives. Kainerugaba is the son of the long-standing president

Yoweri Museveni Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa (born 15 September 1944) is a Ugandan politician and retired senior military officer who has been the 9th and current President of Uganda since 26 January 1986. Museveni spearheaded rebellions with aid of then ...

. The same letter was also published by another Ugandan newspaper, '' Red Pepper'', whose offices were also raided. The police siege ended on 30 May 2013, and the newspaper and its radio stations 90.4 Dembe FM and 93.3 KFM Uganda, which had been switched off during the siege, were reopened.

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2013 police raid

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