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📸: Maracha District headquarter. The Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) which is a Government of Uganda financed programme launched on 24-1-2014 and designed as one of the interventions of Government in response to the high unemployment rate and poverty among the youth in the country, has made some Youths in Maracha District to run to Exile. 📸: LC V Hon Obitre Stephen during the council sitting on Friday 29-9-2023. Photo by Information is Power. The LC V Chairperson Hon Obitre Stephen while presenting Maracha District state of affairs address report in the 1st Ordinary Council Sitting of the 3rd session of the 3rd Council on Friday 29-9-2023, decried the behavior of the Youths who have fled to exile after borrowing the YLP funds. He appealed to them to come back to the district so that these issues can be resolved. 📸: Hon Amazi Sarah speaks during an interview on Friday 29-9-2023 after the Council Sitting. Photo by Information is Power. Maracha Dist...

  📸: Unsplash. If you are a football fan, you have probably heard of ‘VAR’ and how recently Arsenal vs Man Utd turned out and people are still talking about it. Some fans like it when its on their side while others hate it. (but we shall leave it there so MAN UTD fans don’t stop reading).   Anyway, how it works is this: a goal or a foul can be missed by the referee and another referee ‘up there’ will let him/her know that there was a mistake and this will get fixed. Either a goal will be confirmed, denied or a red card will be given for what had been missed as a dangerous foul or handball.   Cases in court are also like that. When you lose a case or you do not like the result, you ask the legal ‘VAR’ to check that decision to see if a mistake was not made. This is what we call an appeal. A higher court will look at the case again and decide if the decision was correct or legally reached.   Unlike that VAR in football, you have you have to ask the courts ...

By Julius Mugaga Tukacungurwa/Umoja Standard. Kampala, Uganda: On Wednesday 27-9-2023, Uganda’s Finance Minister of State for  Investment and Privatization, Hon. Evelyn Anite held an X-Space discussion with the public on Agriculture Credit Facility (ACF) and how Ugandans in Agricultural Value Chain can tap into it. At the moment, there is over UGX.800Billion as Agriculture Credit Facility from Government of Uganda ready for disposal to the interested small scale to large scale farmers across Agricultural value chain. Minister Evelyn Anite and officials are seen after the X-Space disscussion on Wednesday/Courtesy Photo. Important to note; The Agricultural Credit Facility (ACF) was set up by the Government of Uganda (GoU) in partnership with Commercial Banks, Uganda Development Bank Ltd (UDBL), Micro Deposit Taking Institutions (MDIs) and Credit Institutions all referred to as Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs). The Scheme’s operations started ...

A novel side-channel attack called  GPU.zip  renders virtually all modern graphics processing units (GPU) vulnerable to information leakage. "This channel exploits an optimization that is data dependent, software transparent, and present in nearly all modern GPUs: graphical data compression," a group of academics from the University of Texas at Austin, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Washington, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign  said . Graphical data compression  is a feature in integrated GPUs (iGPUs) that allows for saving memory bandwidth and improving performance when rendering frames, compressing visual data losslessly even when it's not requested by software. The study found that the compression, which happens in various vendor-specific and undocumented ways, induces data-dependent  DRAM  traffic and cache occupancy that can be measured using a side-channel. "An attacker can exploit the iGPU-based compression channel to perfor...

📸: Unsplash.  Joseph and his sisters lost their family land to a greedy relative when their parents passed away in a road accident. At the time they were 12 and 11 years old so they could not do anything about the court case their relatives took to court and stole their land. Now that Joseph is 21 and he has joined law school. He wants to tackle this case. Can he sue his relatives again? WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?  By law, when court makes a decision and you disagree with it or you are not satisfied with how the court came to that decision, you have a right to take your case to a higher court. This is called an appeal.  However, this right has a time limit. If it is a criminal case, then you have 14 days from when the court passed its decision. If it is a civil case (about a disagreement between 2 sides like that of Joseph and his relatives) then you have 30 days to make your appeal to the higher court. However if you have a good reason why you were unable to do ...

📸: Shamim Batariro with the stolen Pajero. Prison warders escort Shamim Batariro (in black jacket) from court after the first hearing of her case in August 2023. PHOTO/ROBERT MUHEREZA. By  Obed Kankiroho What you need to know: Following a brief conversation between Batariro and the church representatives, the court heard from the prosecution led by Mr Raymond Mugisa that on the fateful day, Batariro stole the car valued at Shs17.7 million thus violating sections 254 and 265 of the Penal Code Act. A 28-year-old woman who was arrested for stealing a car belonging to Church of Uganda’s diocese of Kigezi has been sentenced to 18 months in jail.  Shamim Batariro, a businesswoman and resident of Ruhinja village in Wakiso District was on Tuesday found guilty of stealing a grey Suzuki vehicle bearing registration number UAT 478N at the burial ceremony of  businessman Apollo Nyegameha, alias Aponye in Muhanga town council, Rukiga District on July 12, 2023. Kabale Chie...

Click here  on this link to watch the proceedings  from tye ceremony. 📸: Beneficiaries fetching water after it was commissioned. The people of Terego West Constituency in Terego District have been blessed with two motorized piped water system constructed by Islamic Centre for Education and Research. The two water systems whose projects costed 180m Shs was lobbied from ICER, by the area Member of Parliament Hon Leku Joel. Oriajini mosque Immum Omar Shaffie says this intervention to supply them with motorized piped water system has come at the right time. Ms Charlotte Letaru,  a midwife at Oriajini health centre III upon narrating their challenges they face as a health facility when delivering pregnant women, appreciated the water project and she is optimistic that, the availability of water will improve their services at the facility. Eng David Adrooa a personnel from Terego District Engineering department emphasized on a letter from Ministry of Water and Envi...

Steve Adcock and his wife Courtney retired early in their 30s and now live a happy, simple life in Arizona. Photo: Steve Adcock In 2016, at 35 years old, I  retired early  with a net worth of $900,000. It wasn’t until 2021 that I achieved my goal of becoming a self-made millionaire, with a net worth of $1.4 million. Now, at 41, I live a happy, simple and frugal life with my wife in Arizona. From the outside, it might look like I made all the right decisions. But there were some  life and money lessons  I had to learn the hard way. If I could start all over again, there are several things I’d have done differently — and sooner. My best advice? Do these five things now or regret it later in life: 1. Say “yes” more than you say “no.” Illustration: Ash Lamb for CNBC Make It In my early 20s, I was so afraid of failure that instead of addressing what scared me, I hid behind my potential. What I didn’t realize until later was that my constant avoidance of risk was a lot mor...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has summoned legislators under the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Parliamentary Caucus to Entebbe State House this Thursday, for among others, an urgent review of government service delivery. The NRM Caucus spokesperson Hon. Brandon Kintu, confirmed the president’s meeting but also reaffirmed it’s importance, which he said is “to review government service to citizens in line with implementation of the NRM manifesto.” He noted that the meeting is purposely to facilitate NRM MPs have an interaction and hold discussions with the party chairman “to understand the progress in serving Ugandans” during the current 5-year term of the NRM government which ends in 2026. However, sources indicate that on the agenda, will also be review in the implementation of the Parish Development Project (PDM) -one of the flagship program of the NRM this term, but also reports of corruptio...

📸: Daily Monitor. Okurut and Okello met at Mzee Maricha’s farm and immediately became friends. They even shared the same boys’ quarter as Shamba boys, and when Okurut bought a ‘kabiriti’ phone and they shared it and kept changing sim cards to call their families. They even ate ‘molokony’ together at Mama Adong Restaurant until Okurut left for a month to ‘settle’ things at home.  In that time, Okello met Alupot and it was love at first sight but he did not tell Okurut. After his return Okurut met a beautiful girl and he helped her with her heavy luggage, and he and that girl started meeting every Wednesday and Friday at her house for the next 2 months. Later, Okurut told Okello about the beautiful girl who has been making him sneak out at night and even promised to introduce them.   The next day, Okello came late for molokony and was shocked to find his ‘Alu’ holding hands with Okurut and he was sure Okurut was ‘playing around’ with his ‘love’. In anger, he went a...

📸: His name is Mr Jonathan Lee. He had sued a total of 260 people to court and won the cases.  Among those he sued were his mother who he accused of not taking good care of him and he won the case with the court offering $20,000 which his mother paid. He sued his best friend, his neighbor, some of his relatives, his girl friend, police, and even a judge. He also sued a company and also the former American President George Bush and won all the cases and was paid the charges by court.  His name was placed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the one with the highest number of cases he won.  When he saw his name in the Guinness Book of World Records, he sued them for making his private life public without his permission where he was paid $8,000,000 as damages.  Mr Jonathan was invited on a tv show to discuss his adventures. He was asked by the anchor why he was living his life alone without friends or well wishers. He immediately stood up and laughed an...

Monday 25-9-2023. Watch the community reactions   through the attached link. 📸: Arua District and Arua City stakeholders inspecting the road. Photo by Information is Power . The locals and government officials from both Arua District and Arua City have on Monday 25-9-2023 generated a sharp misunderstanding on who should take responsibility of maintaining 2km Ayiniva road which is a  community Access road starting from main road at Ewuata and the same road also acts as a shortcut to Islamic University in Uganda and Arua City. During a meeting on 23-9-2023, the community members came up with resolution that has since Saturday blocked the Arua City garbage truck from going to dump garbage at the City Compost Site which is located along that road in Ewuata village, Eruba parish in Vurra sub-county, Vurra Constituency in Arua District. Mr Apollo Ajule, a resident of Ewuata village says, their first meeting held on Saturday 23-9-2023 was deliberately boycotted by invite...

📷:Unsplash. When Bakasimba got a bigger house, he reached out to his best friend Selulu who is a carpenter to make chairs for him. Selulu told him to make it easy and quick; he should send him 18 million, and within a week, he would have his chairs ready. Bakasimba sent money to Selulu’s account immediately. Every time Bakasimba asks Selulu for his chairs, he tells him his snake print material is being imported from China or tells him there is no network as he has gone for a burial. Bakasimba got tired of the lies and reported the matter to court. When in court, Selulu told the court that the 18 million which was sent to his personal account was a thank you gift for being a friend and not chairs. The court ruled in favour of Bakasimba and told Selulu to pay back the 18 million and 10 million for wasting Bakasimba's time. Selulu is now worried as he did not think it would get this serious. His friend, a lawyer, has advised him to appeal the court's decision. WHAT IS...

📸: Hon Mawada Nkunyingi. 📸: List of the Delegation sent to UN General Assembly. The Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Muwada Nkunyingi led the Opposition in Parliament in protesting the 71 member delegation Uganda sent to the United Nations General Assembly, saying such wastage of public resources is insensitive towards Ugandan taxpayers. "We protest the selfish wasteful expenditure on foreign activity that totally disregard the welfare of citizens abroad but has now tilted to offering leisure for Ministers, their spouses & their staff. The billions of money spent on the big non-invited Uganda delegation could have been used in assisting the repatriating the stranded Ugandan citizens in the Middle East or boosting service delivery in Uganda,” said Nkunyingi.

By Information is Power. 📸: Community members attending the baraza on 12-Sep-2023. Click  here on the link to watch the community reactions  on PDM during the baraza on Tuesday 12-Sep-2023. A section of some Parish Development Model (PDM) Beneficiaries and supervisors in some parts of Maracha District have suggested government's departments, the Inspector General of Government (IGG) that is tasked with the roles of investigating corruption allegations and cases to come into the center of PDM money distribution in the District. The disgruntled people aired their opinions during a community baraza of over 500 people organized by Maracha constituency MP Hon Oguzu Lee Denis (FDC) who was sensitizing the community members in his constituency, about PDM guidelines, the recently passed bills including among others; The Anti-homosexuality law, the Veterinary practitioners Bill, and, the Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Bill 2023. T...

  📸: Unsplash. Okwi has been explaining to everyone since he was arrested why he did what he did. But no one believes him. Not his family or even that lawyer that was given to him free of charge. But he knows that if he can explain things to the judge for himself, he will win his case. What he wants to know is this, can he chase away the lawyer and stand in court ‘for himself’?   WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? By law, anyone who has a case before a court is allowed to either represent themselves or bring a legal representative (called a lawyer) to represent them and argue their case. However, by law some crimes are so serious that the government is supposed to give you a lawyer if you cannot afford one for yourself so that you have the best possible chance of defending yourself. These are those crimes where the punishment if you are found guilty can be death. The government must pay for a lawyer to represent you in this case free of charge. For example, if you are accused...

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📸: Unsplash. Kambukha collected ‘contribution’ from all his family members so that he could hire Makubuya as his lawyer. There were rumors that Makubuya had never lost a case, so Kambukha knew this was the ‘man he wanted fighting for him’. The problem is Makubuya is always busy.  It has been 7 months since he picked calls or even joined Kambukha in court. Kambukha has been warned that things are not looking good for him, and he may even end up in prison. Kambukha wanted to switch to another lawyer who can ‘save’ him but he is worried if the court will not just chase him away and order him to just do everything himself.   WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? By law, anyone who has a case before a court is allowed to either represent themselves or bring a legal representative (called a lawyer) to represent them and argue their case. This does not mean that you only get one chance to choose which lawyer represents you. If the case is still going on and the court has not made a fin...

Copied from here 👇   https://www.facebook.com/100064650341176/posts/699508812214124/   the official Facebook page of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). Friday 22-9-2023. #URAEnforcementAlert  Mutukula 🌍 Smuggling is a very risky venture that can cost those who try their luck in the dirty trade dearly. A smuggler soon found out in Mutukula this week when he noticed a customs enforcement vehicle on his tail from out of no where.  Instinctively, he stepped on the gas pedal with brute in a bid to put some distance between his Ipsum Reg No.UAM 012A and the Hilux in his hot pursuit. A costly maneuver that saw the vehicle skid off the road making a couple of backflips.  With the grace of God, the man emerged from the car unscathed and took to his heels in the fashion that would earn him a spot in the Fast and Furious franchise.  Unfortunately for the car, the story is different and we do pray he had not borrowed it from a fr...

Residents of Poo Clan, in Lamila,  Okokoro Town Council, Maracha constituency in Maracha District are this Saturday 23-9-2023 mourning the death of their clan leader Mr Wadri Yokana who was bedridden for weeks due to diarrhea and he died on 22-9-2023. Born in 1935 to Mr Nderia and Mrs Marium Ayirua, Mr Yokana had 5 Children, of which, one died and four are alive. He rose to position of leadership in 1972 as the then RC (Rural Council) and left it in 1976. Mr Yokana was also a member of Lamila Clan elders council. Locals remember him as a person of unity, love and good behavior. Mr Jackson Mawa the LC1 Chairperson of Oshi Cell which was carved out of Poo village in 2020, advised mourners to remain united amidst creation of new administrative units. He also cautioned parents to send their children to school as third term begins on Monday 25-9-2023 or they risk been arrested. Okokoro Town Council LC III Chairperson Hon Mungueconi Gilbert decried the overcrowding of Out-Pat...

📸: Telecommunication Antenna. A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed Sandman has been attributed to a set of cyber attacks targeting telecommunic koation providers in the Middle East, Western Europe, and the South Asian subcontinent. Notably, the intrusions leverage a just-in-time (JIT) compiler for the Lua programming language known as LuaJIT as a vehicle to deploy a novel implant called LuaDream . "The activities we observed are characterized by strategic lateral movement to specific targeted workstations and minimal engagement, suggesting a deliberate approach aimed at achieving the set objectives while minimizing the risk of detection," SentinelOne security researcher Aleksandar Milenkoski said in an analysis published in collaboration with QGroup. "The implementation of LuaDream indicates a well-executed, maintained, and actively developed project of a considerable scale." Neither the campaign nor its tactics ...

During a fundraising ceremony where Maracha District woman MP Hon Driwaru Jennifer was the Guest of Honor and Maracha East Constituency MP Hon Ruth Lematia Ondoru was the Chief Guest, Christians, Muslims, Business fraternity and politicians from Moyo, Yumbe, Koboko, Maracha, Arua and from other different parts of WestNile region on Sunday 10-Sep-2023 kicked off a campaign to raise 40 million Ugandan shillings to buy land and build a decent house for Maracha Muslim County Khadi Mr Adam Kassim Ibrahim who is currently sleeping in a grass thatched house. Secretary of the ceremony Mr Aziz Abdalla alluded that, the people at Nyoro in Pabura Parish, Nyadri Sub-county thought it wise to permanently absorb Mr Kassim to live and spend his life with them in Maracha District. Despite several financial challenges people are facing, we have decided to come and stand together with him in this fundraising drive, Ms Lucy Candiru a Christian from Maracha town council said, as she noted thre...