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By Information is Power reporter, Kundu Ronald. Kiryandongo, Uganda: Contention has risen over the anticipated resettlement of the Nubian and Kibyama communities on ranch 11 by government. The developments came after government budgeted for 200 million shillings for resettling the affected communities, something that has been in process for about 20 years.  According to Hon Karubanga Jacob Ateenyi, there has been delayed justice for people who were displaced by government and Lakwena wars and so it became necessary  for government to resettle the affected communities.  He notes "Government promised to resettle the Kibyama and Nubian communities on ranch 11 after Uganda wildlife authority ruthlessly evicted people without compensation from Karuma wildlife game reserve in 1999"  He further observed that during late President Iddi Amin's tenure as president, government evicted people from the former Palestinian farm land and after his overthrow people returned before th...

📸: Ajia Sub-county VHTs in one of their meetings on 16-6-2023 at the Sub-county headquarter. Photo by Information is Power . Village Health Teams (VHTs) are fearing for their lives after they were swiftly abandoned by LC1 and LC2 Chairpersons during an operation against open defecation in Ajia Sub-county, Arua District among other numerous challenges they face in their dedicated field of service. During the sanitation and hygiene awareness meeting, there was some cross-examination by secretary for works and social services Hon Candini Luiji on why they (VHTs) end up grabbing people's chickens and goats during the operation, Mr Edema a VHT from Ombizoku replied that, those are fines they all agreed upon as Sub-county health teams so that whoever is defiant, they pick a chicken or goat and the owner will bring 10,000 shs or 20,000 shs before they release the animal. While reading progress of the operation in her village, VHT Mrs Ajio Irene reported a slight improvement o...

In a significant move to strengthen international cooperation and bolster security measures in Somalia, the Uganda Police Force (UPF) has deployed ten highly trained officers to the African Union Transition in Somalia (ATMIS).  The officers were briefed on June 27, 2023, at the Joint Operations Center in Police Headquarters, led by Senior Commissioner of Police (SCP) Wilson Omoding, Deputy Director Operations UPF. During the briefing, SCP Wilson Omoding emphasized the importance of discipline and professionalism among the officers, as they would be representing not only Uganda but also the entire UPF in Somalia. He stressed the need for upholding the highest standards of conduct and performance. Omoding highlighted the fact that their actions would be closely observed by counterparts from other countries. Teamwork emerged as a crucial factor for success in their mission, with SCP Omoding underscoring its significance. Encouraging the ...

📸: NCS Staffs take group photo with District Officials in WestNile Region after the Meeting on Monday 26-6-2023 in Arua Hill Division Council Hall. Photo by Information is Power . The Uganda National Council of Sports has on monday 26-6-2023 organised stakeholders engagement meeting with LC V Chairpersons, DEOs, CAOs and Sports officers in Westnile region in order to digest problems and solutions as far as sports activities are concerned. Arua district chairperson for social services Hon Natalia Drateru vented her frustration on how government is ignoring sports champions from WestNile region, like Mrs Inzikuru Dorcus who is now abandoned by government after making Uganda proud worldwide. She said, several promises made by government for WestNile region and Mrs Inzikuru Dorcus during her glorious years of World champion, have remained as a  nightmare. Hon Natalia pleaded to National Council of Sports to also help make some follow-ups on these issues. The LC V Chairpe...

📸: The main gate of Otravu Secondary School in Oluffee Sub-county. Photo by Information is Power . Unofficial information from a source at the school this night 11pm Monday 26-6-2023 indicates that, the students of Otravu ss are striking because most of them were earlier today 26-6-2023 stopped from going to moral boost for their school and also spectate in this year's maracha district athletics tournament which took place at Paranga primary school in Paranga sub-county, Maracha district. The source further narrated that, there was also a rising tension from the students who wanted to go for revenge after students of maracha secondary school at around Ovujo, allegedly hit the wind mirror of their (Otravu SS) truck on their way from the tournament  at Paranga. Stay tuned here as we shall continue to give updates on this latest trend at the school. #iip_updates  #Information_is_Power  #we_inform_the_uninformed

📸: Hon Leku Joel assembling some of the beds together with technical staffs in Cilio health centre III. Photo by Information is Power. The health department of terego district has received 10 hospital beds lobbied from Ministry of Health by Terego West Constituency MP Hon Leku Joel. The incharge for Wandi Health Centre III Mrs Amundaru Rozely appreciated the area MP, reiterating that, they were having problems in the facility in terms of number of beds because they do offer admissions, OPD and maternity delivery services in the health centre. She appealed to government through Hon Leku Joel to have the inpatient facility expanded to solve the problem of congestion. Mr Kisa Eric the acting incharge for Aripea health centre III thanked Hon Leku Joel for buying and donating mattresses with marking thoans that fit Ministry of health standards. He said, the current beds at the health centre have worn out mattresses and marking thoans which at times result into infecting some ot...

By BarefootLawyers. Wuhu is a well-known businessman mu kikuubo.  He has 12 children, all of whom he wants to take over his business empire when he dies. He has insisted that the children do not need to go to school and all they need to learn is in kikuubo.  They are often seen carrying luggage for their father, balancing books of accounts and interacting with other businessmen downtown. In order to teach them business skills, he also sends them to the streets to sell things to people in traffic.  They have now become very skilled businesspeople. However, Nalu their maternal aunt has promised to report Wuhu to the police for child labour. Wuhuu says even he did not go to school and started heavy work at 12 years old so his children must do the same and learn skills instead of wasting time in school.   WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?  The law states that child labour is any work that is harmful to a child’s mental, physical, and social development. The law als...

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Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin says he ordered his mercenaries to halt their march on Moscow to avoid “shedding Russian blood”. Prigozhin said while his men are just 200km (120 miles) from Moscow, he decided on Saturday to turn them back to prevent killings. “We are turning our columns around and going back to field camps,” he said. The comments by Prigozhin in an audio message came after Belarus’ leader Alexander Lukashenko said he negotiated with the mercenary boss to stop Wagner’s troop movement. He accepted Lukashenko’s offer to halt the Wagner group’s advance and further steps to de-escalate the tensions, Lukashenko’s office said, adding the proposed settlement contains security guarantees for Wagner troops. It did not elaborate. Prigozhin did not say whether the Kremlin responded to his demand to oust Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu. There was no immediate comment from the Kremlin. President Vladimir Putin faced the biggest threat to his rule yet with rebel mercenaries advancing t...

A team from the Directorate of CID has today 23.06.2023 arrested Mr Yinghe Chen aged 43 years of Chinese Nationality and a resident of UCB Zone in Bukoto 1, Nakawa Division in Kampala. This follows an interagency investigation by the National Cyber TaskForce into allegations of fraud  by Acclaim BLQ Sports SMC, with its five (05) subsidiary companies.  The National Cyber Taskforce is comprised of CID, Crime Intelligence (CI), ISO, ESO, CMI, Bank of Uganda, NIRA, NITA Uganda, Uganda Banker Association,  among others. This brings the number of those arrested in relation to this fraud to five(05) people.  On 11.05.2023, Police arrested Awori Mary, the wife to Mr Yinghe Chen and the registered Director of Acclaim BLQ Sports SMC. On 12.06.2023, Police arrested Akoth Justine Oboth, Achola Mary, and Biira Shamim. These four suspects were all produced in court.  The estimated number of victims stands at 6000 Ugandans with losses of over 4.5 billi...

By Kundu Ronald Youths in Kiryandongo District, western Uganda have decried the delayed operationalization of Bunyoro Public University after very many years of unfulfilled hope. While attending the annual District youths council on Friday, the youths through their leaders wondered why the university has taken such a long period of time to kick-start operationalization ever since the President’s directive to establish the institution over 10 years ago. Mr Benjamin Muhumuza, who chaired the youths council noted that President Museveni proposed the construction of the Bunyoro Public University in 2007 but wondered why up to now there is nothing operational put in place. Bright Ssentambi attending as an ex officio noted that youths have to travel very long distances to access education noting that this is something very costly therefore very many young people lose morale of attending university. Tumwesige Derrick Collins, the Kigumba Sub County youths councillor observed that ...

By BarefootLawyers.  Sibibye is a mechanic who has watched too many ‘Fast and Furious” movies. Yesterday, he was given a Subaru to repair and decided to ‘do donuts’ and drift with the car. Long story short, the Mugaga’s Subaru collided with a shop and it is no more. The Mugaga had only brought the car for service, what is he supposed to do now that Sibibye has destroyed it. WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? Earlier today, we told you that to take something that does not belong to and use it without the owner’s permission is theft. However, sometimes arresting someone for theft does not restore what was taken or stolen if it is damaged or destroyed. In this case, the law allows you to sue the person who has ‘stolen’ and damaged your property in “civil courts” for what the law calls ‘conversion’. Conversion means intentionally taking away or using the personal property of someone else without their permission or authority. Now if the Mugaga proves that the Subaru was his and that h...

By BarefootLawyers.  No one washes cars better than Kanaabi. He can make even the oldest car look new when he decides to scrub it. He has washed ‘Mpenkonis’, Benzs, BMWs, Hummers and even a Lamborghini. Recently he met Zaina when she came to the washing bay to deliver fruits, and she mistakenly thought he was the owner of the ML Benz that he was sitting inside to clean. So, he promised to take her for lunch the next week.  When Big Don, the washing bay’s best customer brought his new BMW for a ‘full service’ wash, Kanaabi saw this chance and drove the car to take Zaina for lunch. While whispering ‘sweet nothings’ in jam, Big Don saw them in his precious ‘brand new’ BMW and called the traffic officers to arrest the ‘thief’ playing with his car. Kanaabi tried to flee but he was arrested and up to now, Kanaabi is in a police cell for theft. He has sent relatives to plead with Big Don to forgive him because he was not stealing the car but was going to bring it back aft...

The Kitchen Facility at Ajia Secondary School in Arua District. Photo by Information is Power . Teachers, workers and local leaders are worried over a kitchen block worth 60 million shs at Ajia Secondary School in Ajia Sub-county, Arua District which was constructed by Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)  under Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project  (DRDIP) without approval of Arua District engineering department. Mr Simon Arionzi the procurement officer for the project said, their high expectations to have a complete kitchen facility with some rooms, vanished after they saw the contractor coming up with such kind of a shade. Senior woman teacher for Ajia Secondary School Mrs Eyotaru Margaret who doubles as the treasurer for the project expressed her disappointment with the construction design and said, she even raised a concern to DRDIP engineer over it but she was overruled by the Engineer who asked her, "Where have you ever seen rain drip into the ...

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Terego District woman member of parliament Hon Obigah Rose has on Wednesday 21-6-2023 eulogized late Justice Stella Arach Amoko, as a mentor and a strong pillar to the legal fraternity. Click  here on this link to watch the plenary  session. Mary Stella Arach-Amoko (16 April 1954 – 17 June 2023) was a Ugandan judge who had served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda from 20 June 2013 to 17 June 2023. [1] Stella Arach-Amoko Born Mary Stella Arach-Amoko 16 April 1954 Protectorate of Uganda Died 17 June 2023 (aged 69) Kampala , Uganda Alma mater Makerere University ( LLB ) Law Development Centre ( Diploma in Legal Practice ) Occupation(s) Lawyer, judge Years active 1979–2023 Known for Law Title Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda .  #iip_updates  #Information_is_Power  #we_inform_the_uninformed

Source Jurist Org. Estonia Parliament passes bill allowing gender-neutral marriage Estonia’s Parliament, the Riigikogu, passed a bill Monday to allow gender-neutral marriage in the country. The bill was sent to President Alar Karis for approval on Tuesday. Estonia is the first Baltic nation and the first former Soviet Union nation to legalize gender-neutral or same-sex marriage. The bill defines marriage as being between two people of legal age—regardless of sex or gender. The bill also allows a “cohabitation” option for couples, which will allow much of the same privileges of marriage, with an accessible process to transition from a state-sanctioned “cohabitation” to a marriage. The bill also protects the inheritance rights of children raised in a same-sex marriage, as well as the adoption rights of same-sex couples. The Riigikogu celebrated the bill, calling it a “fully realized” version of previously passed laws such as the Cohabitation Act passed in 2014...

Blood donors who received certificates take group photo with Red Cross officials and political leaders during the ceremony. Photo by Information is Power . Political leaders and well wishers in Westnile  have on Tuesday 20-6-2023 pledged to intensify blood donation and awareness campaign to save lives in the region. This year's celebration which is themed Give blood, save life and share often, has been held on Tuesday 20-6-2023 at OPM grounds in Arua City. Red Cross project officer for first aid and blood donor recruitment, Mrs Stella Ajore Ekatan thanked blood donors in Westnile for donating blood to save lives but urged more people in the region to embrace and be consistent with it because there is still unmated demand for blood. Mr Fred Owuma Okumu, the Red Cross branch manager for WestNile region rallied the general public to get registered with Uganda Red Cross society by paying a membership fees of 50,000 Shs each. We don't have any factory that manufactures blood, Mr Owu...

By Kundu Ronald, Information is Power. The Uganda National Roads authority (UNRA) has revealed that it will start off emergency restoration works on a section of Karuma bridge  that was destroyed yesterday by a truck that plunged into the over speeding river.  The truck driver who has been identified as Tumusiime James who was driving a SINO truck UAT  113F and two other occupants were all swept away and efforts to retrieve the wreckages is still on ongoing.  A team from the UNRA Masindi branch has been dispatched to restore the destroyed protective rails according to Allan Ssempebwa the UNRA media relations manager.  Karuma bridge has been at the spotlight of many minor accidents overtime including one last week where a truck broke off the protective rails.  Area residents pray that government constructs a standard bridge with strong protective rails to reduce on the high cases of accidents at the bridge. Stay tuned here for more news and updates on region...

The Directorate of Crime Intelligence in partnership with the territorial Police at Lugazi police Station, have successfully tracked down an individual who proclaimed himself as a member of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a terrorist organization.  The suspect identified as Kalenzi Resto, 25 years, claimed in a viral TikTok video to have taken part in the recent attack at Lhubirira Secondary School in Kasese District. The arrest was made following the circulation of a video on TikTok, where Kalenzi Resto proudly confessed to his involvement in the brutal murder of students at Lhubirira Secondary School. This video has been widely shared and garnered significant attention on social media platforms. Kalenzi a  shop attendant and resident of Namengo village in Lugazi Municipality, has been taken into custody at the Central Police Station in Lugazi. The investigation into his alleged participation in the attack is currently underway.  The Lugazi Police, in coo...

By Information is Power reporter, Kundu Ronald. Members of the Bunyoro parliamentary caucus took a visit to Karuma Hydro power project yesterday. The visit was to establish the progress of its construction and also find out about the Corporate social responsibility(CSR) and Community Development Action Plan (CDAP).  Eng. Paul Tumwine the deputy project manager Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) said that the construction is at 99% with construction and installation compete. He stated that commissioning is in process with 3 units out of 6 already commissioned and operational implying that 300 MW are ready for dispatch.  He noted that due to challenges along the Karuma- Kawanda line, currently only 100 MW are being dispatched along Karuma - Lira line. He further said that the 4th line will be commissioned on June 25th,2023.  "As far as CSR is concerned, we have built school blocks of Diima P/S in Kiryandongo district, Kamaji P/S in Nwoya district and Dicw...

By Information is Power reporter, Kundu Ronald. KIRYANDONGO- A Mercedes SINO trailer registration number UAT 113F on Tuesday 20-6-2023 afternoon overturned at Karuma bridge drowning instantly. According to eye witnesses, the trailer coming from Elegu was over speeding a distance close to the bridge before the driver lost control and rammed into the high speed waterfalls.  There is no any trace of a trailer that can be seen at the scene, however bottles of beer are seen broken and scattered all over the point of the ram. It is suspected that the over speeding driver was drunk leading to loss of accident.  Eye witnesses say that the trailer had 3 passengers (2 males including the driver and one female). Police investigations have sparked off to establish the real cause of the accident and identify the casualties. Stay tuned here for more news and updates on regional, national and international stories that matter to you. #iip_updates  #Information_is_Power  #we_inform_...