Industrial Park Watch: Trade, Industry and Cooperatives ministers Hon. Sanjay Tanna and Hon. David Bahati toured Namanve Industrial Park, visiting Ntake Edible Oil Refinery, Luuka Plastics, Steel and Tube Industry and Staunch Machinery, where manufacturers flagged erratic power and poor roads as key cost drivers; they urged solar adoption under net metering and more skilling/apprenticeships. Roads & Accountability: Works and Transport Minister Fred Byamukama says the Busega–Mpigi Expressway could jump from Shs 600bn to about Shs 2tn due to delays, design changes, funding gaps and alleged corruption, with engineers suspended and revised terms pushing completion to end-2028. Ebola Response & Logistics: WHO reports DRC’s Bundibugyo Ebola at 2,124 cases and 828 deaths, while Uganda records no new cases since June 21; separately, seven American aid workers are quarantined in Kenya for 21 days after US travel restrictions. Education Safety: Uganda suspended all school trips after the King David Junior School crash in Kapchorwa killed at least 20 pupils and the school founder, raising questions about why existing trip safety rules failed. Agri-Innovation: Tanzania researchers unveiled an AI platform (Pataintel) to guide onion and garlic farmers with location-specific advice to cut losses and boost incomes. STEM & IP Rights: Uganda’s STEM exhibition reignited debate on who owns student innovations and who benefits if ideas scale beyond school. Health Tech for Rural Uganda: Welsh and Ugandan researchers say catnip-based lotion can repel mosquitoes as effectively as DEET, offering a cheaper rural alternative. Ebola Diagnostics: A portable rapid test prototype for Bundibugyo Ebola is being developed in DRC with WHO-linked emergency momentum.