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📸: Sign post of the hospital.  #MDLGBriefing | Government of Uganda extends significant support to St. Joseph Hospital Maracha, a private non-profit community hospital serving Maracha District and surrounding areas. The hospital, owned by the Catholic Diocese of Arua, receives annually UGX 1 billion in support, comprising UGX 600 million worth of Primary Health Care (PHC) funds and drugs, and UGX 400 million in salaries for 17 staff members deployed by Maracha District Local Government. The Medical Superintendent Dr. Jacob Kevio expresses gratitude to the government for this vital contribution, which enables the hospital to operate efficiently and provide services at a reduced cost to the community. Courtesy photo. Source: Maracha District Local Government. 

11-February-2026. 📸: The Unexploded Rocket Bomb. Update Unexploded Ordinance removed from Patiko sub-county A joint team of security Officials from 4th division have safely evacuated an unexploded Bomb that was last week discovered from Angany Village, Pawel Parish, Patiko Sub-county in Gulu district.  Patrick Komakech the Patiko Sub-county LC3 Chairperson, confirms this incident saying that Villagers digging their garden discovered this unexploded Ordinance last week. Komakech says, they collaborated with security and the locals who kept the unexploded Ordinance safely before it was evacuated.  A Man identified only as Okot, a resident of Pawel Parish says that locals had kept the unexploded Ordinance for over a week before it was evacuated by security.  Cases of unexploded bombs have been common in Northern Uganda because of the 20 years LRA Insurgency in the past. Some unexploded Ordinance have in the past injured and killed many people By Patrick Uma

A Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier, identified as Mbaale Akugizibwe Mbaale, aged 35, was on Sunday evening 8-Feb-2026 shot dead after allegedly failing to pay a Shs2,000 entrance fee to watch a local football match in Kyaterekera Town Council, Kagadi District. The incident occurred as fans were entering a match between Super Lions FC and Lyanda FC, where each entrant was required to pay Shs2,000. 📸: CroozeFMNews Reports indicate that Akugizibwe did not have the money and attempted to gain free entry, prompting a security officer to allegedly open fire, fatally shooting him on the spot. Source: CroozeFMNews 

  VICTORY MESSAGE ON WINNING THE MP MARACHA EAST GENERAL ELECTIONS 2026. Dear People of Maracha and Well-wishers, Again with humility and gratitude today, I stand to confirm that indeed the voice of the people is the voice of God. I have listened, I have seen, I have experienced and I have believed to affirm this Philosophy. In confidence, I now bring you greetings from AMA TUALU and NRM fraternity following the outcome of elections on 15th January 2026, for which we celebrate the resounding win, intended for a better future of our people of Maracha East and Maracha District. Emphatically, I discern that with God at the fore-front, compounded with your faithful determination on the polling day, you loudly asserted and confirmed by your choices that the VOICE OF THE PEOPLE IS THE VOICE OF GOD by casting your votes in my favour. For this, I reflect backwards, I see God in my background, and I know that every action I have taken is guided and directed by divine...

UPDATE: Outgoing Mawokota South MP Yusuf Nsibambi who lost his Mawokota South MP seat to NRM's Suzan Nakawuki,  has disconnected electricity he extended to his village before the general election. He claims to have used his personal resources to extend the electricity and he expected votes in return. 📸: Tembo 103.5 FM. Another report indicates that, he has also cancelled bursaries for approximately 60 students in his constituency, citing a lack of appreciation from voters who did not support him through voting in the 15-1-2026 general election. Stay tuned.

Story by Nick Springate & Maia Davies. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's sister told Libyan media he had died near the Libya-Algeria border Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya's former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, has reportedly been shot dead. The death of the 53-year-old, who was once widely seen as his father's heir apparent, was confirmed by the head of his political team on Tuesday, according to the Libyan News Agency. His lawyer told the AFP news agency a "four-man commando" unit carried out an assassination at his home in the city of Zintan, though it was not clear who may have been behind the attack. In a competing version of events, his sister told Libyan TV that he had died near the country's border with Algeria. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was long seen as the most influential and feared figure in the country after his father, who ruled Libya from 1969 until being ousted and killed during an uprising in 2011. Born in 1972, he played a key role in Libya's rap...

By Desire Alimocan. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Secretary General, Richard Todwong, has said he will never apologize to any party candidate who lost in the recent elections because the party did not support them.  Todwong made the remarks during NRM victory celebrations in Gulu City, where he was explaining why the party’s candidate for the mayoral position, Alfred Okwonga, lost to Julius Acire Labeja, popularly known as Gunya, an independent NRM-leaning candidate.He added that, as Secretary General, he opted to support Labeja, who had previously served as his political assistant when he was appointed Minister without Portfolio in 2012.|#TruthOnTime |#UGDecides2026  Source:  ugandaradionetwork.net/story/i-will-n…  

📸: The prison officer. A prison officer who told an inmate "I'm literally praying to have your babies", in what the judge described as the most shocking case of its type he could remember, has been jailed. Charlotte Winstanley, now 27, began an intimate relationship with gang member Jabhari Blair, 30, shortly after starting her job at Lindholme Prison, near Doncaster. She was discovered to have smuggled various forbidden items for him, including a mobile phone through which they exchanged explicit photographs and footage. Winstanley has now been sentenced to two-and-a-half years at Sheffield Crown Court. The court was told how communications discovered between Winstanley and Blair revealed they referred to Mondays as their "date nights". She also boasted to a colleague that she was "having sex daily and it was the best sex she ever had". The court heard on Friday how messages uncovered between Winstanley and Blair included them saying how Mondays were...

By Brian Adams / 2 February 2026 : 09:55 ” No dish on the roof. No technician waiting somewhere between 8 a.m. and “maybe this afternoon”. Just… bars of signal where there shouldn’t be any. Outside, fields blurred past the window. Everyone was doing that same little ritual: tilt the phone, stretch the arm, curse the dead zone. One guy across the aisle muttered something about needing to send a file “before the tunnel kills me again”. Two minutes later, his video call came back to life like nothing had happened. Starlink’s new mobile satellite service doesn’t ask you to change your phone, or drill a single hole in your wall. It quietly hijacks a habit we already have, and flips the rules of coverage on their head. Starlink goes pocket-sized: what “no installation” really looks like Picture someone on a fishing boat, 40 kilometers off the coast, checking Instagram stories like they’re in downtown London. That’s the spirit of Starlink’s mobile satellite launch. The company is ...

Surgeons have been banned from practicing plastic surgery after a billionaire patient died during a penis enlargement procedure. Belgian-Israeli diamond dealer Ehud Arye Laniado, 65, died of a heart attack during the procedure to enlarge his penis at the Saint-Honore-Ponthieu aesthetic clinic in Paris. His star surgeon, known as Guy H, was known for operating on wealthy clients and he treated Ehud two to four times a year in procedures costing tens of thousands of euros. Wealthy Omega Diamonds owner Ehud would be operated on out of office hours. He had been having injections into his penis to make it appear larger. An investigation was swiftly opened into potential manslaughter chargers following his death, though it soon shifted to charges of failing to assist a person in danger, drug offences and practicing medicine without a licence. A Paris court on Wednesday suspended Guy H's licence and sentenced him to 15 months behind bars. His surgeon, who had been...

Wednesday 28-1-2026. The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Defence Council, sitting at the Land Force Headquarters, has elected ten representatives to the 12th Parliament. Those elected are Lt Gen Sam Okiding, Lt Gen James Mugira, Lt Gen Sam Kavuma, Maj Gen Henry Matsiko, Maj Gen James Kinalwa, Maj Gen Joseph Ssemwanga, Brig David Robert Gonyi, Col Sylvia Meeme, Col Christine Nekesa, and Col Night Ikiriza. The election was presided over by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the UPDF, H.E. Gen (Rtd) Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who chaired the Defence Council meeting convened specifically to elect the UPDF’s representatives to Parliament. In his address, President Museveni emphasised that successful political leadership is anchored in identifying and addressing the people’s real and solvable needs. “Political leadership which succeeds does so because leaders accurately identify solvable needs and then solve them,” he said. Reflecting on the just-concluded elections, Pres...

📸: The NUP Party Candidate Simon Kasirye fainted down on the floor this early morning around 2AM, 28-1-2026. Photo by Denis Edema. The National Unity Platform (NUP) flag bearer in the Jinja South Division mayoral race, Simon Kasirye has collapsed at Jinja City tally centre as he protested "inflated votes" for his opponent, Mr Faruwa Kitakule of the ruling National Resistance Movement - NRM  According to Kasirye, some of the declarations of results (DR) forms from some polling stations were forged in favour of the NRM candidate. Source: Daily Monitor.

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 📸: Uhuru Nelson addressing the media after his nomination on 22-10-2025 at Maracha District Electoral Commission Office. Photo by Osuta Yusuf. Following the recently concluded 15-1-2026 general election, the NRM party candidate for Maracha Constituency MP position, Uhuru Nelson emerged victorious after defeating the Incumbent MP Candidate Hon Oguzu Lee Denis, the FDC Party Candidate who has served the Constituency for two terms (10 years) from 2016 - 2021 and 2021 - 2026. The 26-years-old Uhuru Nelson won the hearts of the voters after promising them job opportunities through establishing a technical school, fight against corruption, women empowerment and establishing secondary schools with constructions currently ongoing in Oluffe, Obiba and Kijomoro Sub-county.  Uhuru Nelson was declared the winner of the 15-1-2026 general election after he garnered 13,696 votes, followed by Independent candidate Obeta M...

Tuesday 27-1-2026. 📸: The recovered guns. Photo by Uganda Police.  Security agencies have arrested five(05) suspects in connection with a series of aggravated robberies within the Kampala Metropolitan Policing area and recovered three firearms. The arrests were made during intelligence-led operations conducted between 24th and 27th January 2026 in Kiti A Zone, Kirinya Parish, Bweyogerere Division, Wakiso District . The suspects have been identified as; Amutuhairwe Robinson, a discharged former army personnel, Okello Daniel, guard working with Fortebet ,Kasango Arafat, Luyirika Joseph innocent and Alphonse Daniel. During the operation, officers recovered three guns and three magazines, among other exhibits. Following interrogation, the suspects confessed to their involvement in the murder of ASP Bagenda Emmanuel, the Officer-in-Charge of Ntawo. The incident occurred on 23rd November 2025 at about 10:00pm along the Ntawo–Nyenje Road, Ntawo Cell, Ntawo Ward, Mukono Cen...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 24-1-2026. In a tightly contested race to vote the directly elected Councilor for Yivu Sub-county to Maracha District Council to serve in the next five years (2026 - 2031), Hon Alema Dicky the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party Candidate has defeated Drileyo David the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) party candidate during Thursday 22-1-2026 Local Council elections held Countrywide Hon Alema Dicky whose campaign manifesto focused on lobbying a Seed Secondary School, boreholes and piped water for Yivu Sub-county, won the heart of the people by getting 1,722 votes, defeating the UPC Party Candidate Drileyo David whose campaign manifesto focused on transparency, equality for all Sub-counties, accountability, roads, bridges and fighting corruption but he ended up getting 826 votes.  It should be noted that, the position for the Councilor for Yivu Sub-county to Maracha District Council stayed vacant for 2 years and 9 months after the Incumbent ...

📸: Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Hon. Norbert Mao. Courtesy Photo. Fr Charles Onen, the incumbent Laroo-Pece Division Legislator, has conceded defeat to Norbert Mao, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs in the just concluded Parliamentary elections. Mao, who is the Democratic Party President General, was announced the winner of the hotly contested Laroo-Pece Division parliamentary race in Gulu City by Mike Jjuko, the electoral commission Returning Officer on Friday afternoon. Mao polled 7,359 votes, defeating the incumbent Charles Onen, who garnered 5,562 votes. Onen says he has accepted the outcome of the results and wishes the victor success in his next five-year term in office serving the people of Laroo-Pece Division. Onen, however, says that while he has conceded the defeat, he still needs to assess why he lost, arguing that there were flaws in the electoral process, especially after the malfunctioning of the Biometric Voters Verification ...

In a remarkable development preceding the 2026 general elections, the Government Chief Whip, Hamson Obua, suffered a surprise defeat in the Ajuri County Alebtong District seat in Northern Uganda's Lango sub-region, losing to Samuel Okwir.  To take a way the shame of the whip loosing, electoral Commission has alleged called for vote recount to suggesting a by election on day one.  Despite running as the official candidate for the National Resistance Movement, Obua was ousted by Okwir, who successfully contested as an Independent candidate. Formerly a teacher, Samuel Okwir effectively positioned himself as a grassroots alternative, focusing on localized issues such as enhanced health services and direct community engagement, thereby distinguishing himself from Obua's emphasis on national parliamentary duties in Kampala.  Okwir's triumph is noteworthy, as he garnered substantial support from the NRM's traditional base, underscoring the growing influence of Inde...

📸: Robert Kasinante addressing a campaign rally recently. Courtesy Photo. Robert Kasibante, presidential candidate for the National Peasants Party (NPP), has filed an election petition with the Supreme Court challenging Yoweri Kaguta Museveni's victory in the recent presidential and parliamentary polls After securing 33,440 votes, thereby finishing sixth with 0.30% of the total votes cast, Kasibante is seeking court intervention to annul the election results, order a fresh presidential poll, and direct an audit of electoral processes.  The petition alleges widespread electoral irregularities, violence, and a perceived lack of neutrality on the part of the Electoral Commission.  📸: Copy of the Election Petition filed at Supreme Court of Uganda. Furthermore, concerns are raised regarding polling stations that were not officially gazetted, the conduct of security personnel, the use of biometric voter verification devices, and alleged instance...

Animal industry Minister Bright Rwamiram Kanyontore declared unopposed in the race for Isingiro North parliamentary seat. This follows the withdrawal of Alliance for National Transformation candidate Anthony Rutahwire from the contest under circumstances that remain unclear. Earlier, the Electoral Commission had disqualified other contenders, including Ankunda Best Anorld of the PFF and Ntanda Sharif, after determining that they had allegedly forged the signatures of their seconders, despite having initially been nominated.

Police in Gulu City are investigating a case of attempted murder of an Election Special Police Constable identified as Cpl George Komakech.   David Ongom Mudong, the Aswa West Police spokesperson says the incident occurred on Monday at Layibi A&B Cell, Pece-Laroo Division in Gulu City at around 02:45am.  It's alleged that on Sunday, Caneroma Immaculate, the segment commander of Aywee briefed 24 ESPCs who were on duty and thereafter cpl Komakech George was booked out to Layibi Center, Pece-Laroo Division in Gulu City for night patrol with 24 Election Special Police Constables.  On Monday as they were heading back to the station, they came across four men along the road of whom one ran away when the patrollers inquired where they were heading to. Cpl Komakech ran after him and when his colleagues followed him they found when he had already been stabbed with a knife.  The victim was rushed to Gulu Referral Hospital for medical assistance. Three people we...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 20-11-2025. 📸: The crowd that gathered to listen to Obeta Moses Drakua on Friday 19-12-2025 at Kijomoro primary school playground in Dranzipi Ward, Okokoro Town Council, Maracha District. Photo by Osuta Yusuf,  Our News Reporter.  The Maracha Constituency MP Candidate,  an NRM-leaning after the NRM party primary election, Obeta Moses Drakua who is contesting for the position of MP for Maracha Constituency, has pledged to end the politics of abuses and blackmail in Maracha by being the last to be the victim of such a bad politics in the political history of Maracha District. 📸: The campaign poster of Obeta Moses Drakua, Independent Candidate for Maracha Constituency MP election.  What you need to know; ⚫ In 2016 MP election campaign for Maracha Constituency Oguzu Lee Denis (FDC Party candidate) was blackmailed as a child with a lot of mucus in his nose unfortunately, he defeated the then Incumbent MP Hon Alex Onzim...

Friday, December 12, 2025 By Juliet Kigongo. What you need to know: Cultural cleansing allowed for man convicted of bestiality.  A 22-year-old man has been convicted and cautioned by the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Pader District after pleading guilty to having sexual intercourse with a goat, a crime considered “against the order of nature” under Uganda’s Penal Code. Acting Chief Magistrate Martin Kirya cautioned Emmanuel Ocen at his own plea on the charge of carnal knowledge of a goat under section 134(b) of the Penal Code Act. Court records revealed that the incident occurred on October 1, 2025, at Abilin Nino Village, Angangura Sub-County, Pader District. Ocen gave a detailed confession before the court, admitting he had mistaken the animal for his girlfriend. “It is true; I had sexual intercourse with the goat thinking I was having sex with my girlfriend,” he told the court on Friday. Ocen explained that he worked for a local traditional healer, and a female visitor...

Story by Osuta Yusuf.    Maracha District. 14-12-2025. 📸: The poster of Independent Candidate for Maracha Constituency MP election, Obeta Moses Drakua. What You Need to Know: ⚫ Recent research for the 2024 / 2025 done by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) indicates that, 754 million adults worldwide remain illiterate, out of which, the 2024 National Population and Housing Census released by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), shows approximately 11.9 million Ugandans are considered illiterate. The NRM-Leaning Independent MP Candidate Obeta Moses Drakua, who, in his campaign trails across the 8 Sub-counties of Maracha Constituency, keeps on campaigning and distributing the posters of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has pledged to establish Adult Literacy Learning Program (ALLP) if he is elected as the MP for Maracha Constituency in the upcoming 15-1-2026 general election. He emphasized this as one of his manifestos while addressing ...