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Arusha, (TZ): The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has handed down a judgment in the case filed by a number of civil society actors that sought to challenge the construction of the East-African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The actors including the Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), Natural Justice, Centre for Strategic Litigation, the Centre for Food and Adequate Living Rights (CEFROHT) Limited, in November 2020 filed a case against the governments of Uganda and Tanzania, and the Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC), challenging the construction of the EACOP at the EACJ. The applicants wanted a temporary injunction to stop the construction of the EACOP until the questions of environmental, social justice, and climate justice concerns raised in the case were heard and determined. The Court sitting in Arusha on Wednesday ruled on the preliminary objections raised by Tanzania’s solicitor general. The court uph...

📸: Portrait of Engineer Tiyo William Odaa. Following ongoing activities and declarations by Arua District Engineer Tiyo William Odaa to contest for the position of MP Ayivu East Constituency come 2026 general elections, a politician in Arua City (name withheld for security reasons) has reported him to Kampala over corruption related allegations. In one of the leaked conversations from a club near OB Plaza, the politician was heard saying, If Eng Tiyo doesn't get arrested on that day Minister for Economic monitoring Hon Akello Beatrice came for supervision in Arua, he would go home and castrate himself. Stay tuned as Information is Power continues to analyze and report some of the occurrences in WestNile region. #iip_updates  #Information_is_Power  #we_inform_the_uninformed

WASHINGTON — The C IA has sent out an internal email cautioning employees against posting political messages on social media after a senior officer posted a pro-Palestinian image on Facebook. The email to staff members was “simply a reminder of existing policy,” a U.S. official told NBC News. The warning was issued after the agency’s associate deputy director for analysis posted an image depicting a man waving a Palestinian flag that is sometimes used in commentary critical of Israel. The Financial Times first reported on the social media post. The career analyst who posted the image has not been disciplined, a person with knowledge of the situation said. The analyst has “extensive background in all aspects of the Middle East and this post was not intended to express a position on the conflict,” the person said. The analyst also has posted messages condemning antisemitism, the person added. Recommended A CIA spokesperson said in a statement: “CIA offic...

📸: Unsplash. Ana was invited by her boyfriend for a date. She suspected that he had prepared a surprise for her. She jumped into a taxi and went to visit him. On coming out of the taxi, she was so excited about where she was going that she forgot to look both ways on the road. A speeding truck came from the right while she was crossing in the middle of the road. When she saw the truck, she was in so much shock that she could not move. She saw her entire life flash before her eyes, she thought she was going to die. She just fell to her knees in the road, put her hands on her head and screamed loudly. The truck driver was hooting very loudly, and people had gathered and were screaming as they observed what was happening. Thankfully, the truck stopped right in front of her, and she was not harmed physically.     However, since that day Ana cannot sleep, she keeps seeing that moment in her dreams. She has lost peace and weight because of the emotional trauma of n...

📸: Hon Sarah Opendi. 📸: Ramathan Ggoobi. Secretary to Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi has cleared Sarah Opendi (DWR Tororo) to proceed with the enactments of the Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill 2023, after he issued a certificate of financial implication, indicating that her bill won’t impose a charge on the consolidated fund. "Just yesterday, I saw the letter from the Secretary to Treasury, in response to our request for the certificate for financial implication and he did respond, but this has been overtaken  by events, because we had to rely on our Rules that give the MP 60days. And so, when he responds now to give me a certificate, with comments, it is beyond the 60 days rule. But the certificate was issued and it clearly shows that that there is no charge on the consolidated fund,” said Opendi. She made the revelation while appearing before Parliament's Health Committee to defend her Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill 2023. While appearing before ...

Francis Zaake (Mityana Municipality) has asked the Rules & Discipline Committee to halt investigations into allegations that he used derogatory words to attack Juliet Kinyamatama (Rakai DWR), until the ban imposed by Speaker Among on Opposition MPs not to attend committee sittings for boycotting plenary sittings is lifted. Zaake made his request through his lawyer Elias Lukwago who said that following the pronouncement of the ban, Zaake isn’t in position to take part in the Committee proceedings to which he is a key witness. Lukwago said, "If he is to appear here as a witness, the lawyer has to be here. The lawyer can’t be a witness because he is being investigated as Member of Parliament, he isn’t being investigated, he isn’t being investigated as an outsider or stranger." However, Lukwago’s request was met with protest from Charles Onen, Vice Chairperson Rules Committee who insisted that Zaake was appearing as a witness not MP before the Committee, an asse...

  📸: Unsplash. Last week, God finally smiled at Kyobe. He bet on 7 football matches and guessed the correct scores and winners of all of them. He won 32 million, and being the ‘responsible’ person he is, he hurried to his bank Kafufu Bank LTD, on Monday to pay back the loan of 13 million he got in August. To his surprise, the bank refused to take the exact amount that was the balance and insisted that he keep paying slowly until next year as agreed. Kyobe is tired of that loan and wants to know if he is not allowed to repay his loan earlier than agreed.    WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? According to the law, people are allowed to make any contract between themselves as long as it is not for something illegal, and the law or government will not interfere with them. This includes things such as getting loans and borrowing money.    When a bank gives someone a loan, they plan to make a profit on that loan through interest (a certain amount of money a person pa...

Just In The Ayokya Yokya hit maker Cindy has confirmed, she will be Live at Hotel Le Confidentiel to usher the people of WestNile region into New Year 2024. https://youtube.com/shorts/zZNiuJwtOYc The exclusive music show which will start on New Year's Eve on 31-December-2023 to the morning of 1-January-2024 has tickets ranging from Shs 10,000 the Early bird,  Shs 20,000 for Ordinary,  Shs 50,000 for VIP,   Shs 300,000 for table of 5 with beer  and  Shs 500,000 for table of 5 with wine. https://www.tiktok.com/@informationispowah/video/7306120278998895878 The earliest bird catches the fattest worms! Call telephone number  +256761688181 Or Email: reception@hotelleconfidentiel.com  for bookings. #iip_adverts #iip_updates #Information_is_Power   (iip) #we_inform_the_uninformed

By Andrew Cohen Amvesi     ARUA.  The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party mobilizers in West Nile have outrightly rejected the demand made by officials from the Office of the National Chairperson (ONC) to have their pressure groups registered each at shs350,000. The team led by Frank Sserubiri, the national chairman of NRM pressure groups network in the ONC faced a tough moment in the office of Arua Resident City Commissioner (RCC) mid last week as they attempted to convince NRM pressure groups in the region to pay the said amount of money as part of their registration requirement. Sserubiri (L) shares a light moment with Raster Guy at the home of Late Idris Mustafah, the former Vice President shortly after the meeting in RCC’s office. Photo by Andrew Cohen Amvesi “I’m the one in charge of the preparation of the pressure groups. Yes, we are having pressure groups but each group has its own vision, aims, missions and others. But ...

📸: Some of the Chefs at Hotel Le Confidentiel. https://youtu.be/0-Eu5pJZlR4 Hotel Le Confidentiel Remains Committed to Delivering Environmentally Clean and Hygienic Hotel Services in WestNile region, Uganda https://www.facebook.com/100064086151247/posts/742505004562365/ Well aware that, adding ingredients / flavors into the food alone doesn't determine its taste but rather the environment around the premises and also the hygiene of who cooks the food determines it, Hotel Le Confidentiel is always superb and committed in regards to maintaining the environment and hygiene of Chefs at the luxurious hotel. https://www.tiktok.com/@informationispowah/video/7305535202439220485 The fragrant environment and hygiene at Hotel Le Confidentiel increases your appetite for food and drinks. https://www.threads.net/@informationispowah/post/C0FihztOdqn/ Call telephone number +256761688181 Or Email: reception@hotelleconfidentiel.com for bookings. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C0Fhuz...

National Unity Platform (NUP) president, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi's gateman and gardener,  Sharif Higenyi, is among 1,862 graduands at the Kampala International University's 28th graduation ceremony today. Higenyi is graduating with a diploma in Public Administration. "A security guard by night, gardener by day, and student by weekend. He graduates today from Kampala International University. Thank you for making us proud and for being an inspiration to many other Ugandans who seek self development amidst challenging  circumstances," Mr Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine said. #iip_updates  #Information_is_Power  #we_inform_the_uninformed 

By Anguzu Vincent. The NRM Director Finance And Administration, Hajjat Medina Naham Ojale, visits Mityana District. DAF was welcomed by the party leadership of the District under the chairmanship of Mr. Kintu. She held a meeting with the party leaders at the NRM office before proceeding to the field. Together with the leaders, the DAF paid courtesy to Mityana School of nursing and midwifery under the proprietorship of Mr Kintu, the NRM District chairman. She also visited Tumwebaze Farm which is one of the renowned model farms in the municipality under the proprietorship of Madam Tumwebaze Faith the NRM admin of Mityana. Later on, she visited AVEMA Vocational training school under the proprietorship of Mr John Mary Kamya Bugembe who also doubles as the NRM MP Flag bearer of Mityana Municipality. The Director Finance And Administration applauded the proprietors of these institutes for their efforts towards development of the pri...

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the logo of Google mail, a free email service provided by Google is seen displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Google will start deleting inactive Photos and Gmail accounts next week, on December 1st 2023. This is a planned move that Google announced back in May, with the company explaining that accounts that haven’t been active for two years will face deletion. That includes wiping all content associated with an account, which could be Drive, Google Photos and Docs files. In a post on its blog, The Keyword, Google’s VP of product management, Ruth Kricheli, explained that this is a necessary security measure. “If an account hasn’t been used for an extended period of time, it is more likely to be compromised. This is because forgotten or unattended accounts often rely on old or re-used passwords that may have been compromised, haven't had two factor authentication set up, and receive f...

MPs have warned that the move by Gov’t to bloat the Supreme Court with 21 justices & Court of Appeal with 55 justices, will see taxpayers pay Shs37Bn in salaries & other emoluments in the mid-term, an expenditure they said is unsustainable in Uganda. You are telling us to create a bill of US$10Mn (Shs37.9Bn) annually, that is in the medium term. Oh dear, the taxpayer deserves better. Judges should be doing their job, they should be more efficient and more effective. You don’t know how many mothers are dying while giving birth up to today. And instead, we are allocating the meagre resources in areas where we think we can work differently and we achieve the same results," said Katuntu. The warning was issued by Abdu Katuntu (Bugweri County) who rejected proposals by the Judiciary, Law Development Centre & Uganda Law Reform Commission that backed the proposal contained in the Judicature Amendment Bill 2023, while appearing before the Legal & P...

📸: Chief Magistrate Sylvia Nvanungi and State Attorney Jackline Bako before the dock. Sembabule Chief Magistrate, Sylvia Nvanungi and State Attorney Jackline Bako from the DPP's Ssembabule Field Station have been charged with corruption at the Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala. They're accused of soliciting a Shs2.5 million bribe from the relatives of one John Ambasize, who was on remand, in exchange for his bail.   📸 Abubaker Lubowa

📸: Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Hon Norbert Mao. Gov’t has backed out of plans to establish a constitutional review Commission, citing lack of funds & has instead proposed to have this role to be undertaken by Uganda Law Reform Commission, yet the same entity is among the agencies set to be merged into the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. "It is regrettable that the constitutional review commission hasn’t been constituted. In light of the financial constraints that we are facing, since we don’t have all the money for the constitutional review commission, we have decided to recommend to the President and Cabinet that the Uganda Law Reform Commission takes charge of the process," said Nobert Mao, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. 📸: Speaker of Parliament Rt Hon Annet Anita Among. Mao's remarks were in response to a question by Speaker @AnitahAmong who asked the Minister to explain why Government is a...

Col (Rtd) Fred Mwesigye presents credentials to Malawian president Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera at the Kamuza Palace in Lilongwe officially accrediting him as Uganda’s High Commissioner to Malawi. “Mr President, during my tenure as High Commissioner of Uganda to Malawi, the relationship between the two countries will be further strengthened and consolidated in the interest of our two sisterly countries,” he said. Diplomatic relations between Uganda and Malawi were established in 1964. During the last 25 years Uganda's exports to Malawi have increased at an annualized rate of 8.52%, from $300,000 in 1995 to $2.31 million in 2020. 📸 Ministry of Foreign Affairs

📸: Acting Secretary Uganda Land Commission (ULC) Mr Andrew Nyumba. Uganda Land Commission shocked MPs when it revealed that the land titles for Uganda’s Mission in Pretoria and Ambassador’s official residency are all missing, with both the current and former ambassadors denying to have ever seen these titles while in office. "We actually got a request from Ministry of Foreign Affairs last week to avail these titles. We have checked in all our titles, unfortunately, we haven’t been able to come across the titles for the chancellery in Pretoria and the official residency. I talked to the current Ambassador Paul Amoru, he told me he has never seen those titles, but he agreed that he can conduct a search with the deeds office in South Africa, and if necessary, they can obtain a substitute," said Andrew Nyumba, Acting Secretary, ULC. Via Parliament Watch Uganda. #iip_updates  #Information_is_Power  #we_inform_the_uninformed 

📸: Rt Hon Anita Annet Among, Speaker of Parliament. Speaker Anita Among has told off MPs attacking her on social media over her decision to expel MPs who have chosen not to attend plenary sitting, saying she’s immune to their attacks because the impasse on human rights violations was created by the Executive, and not Parliament. "Those who go to social media, TVs, radios attacking me over what I am supposed to do, telling you to be in the House, don’t waste your energy, because I am now immune, I am immune to your attacks. All I want is people to be in the house to do what you are sent to do, be productive. You are here to serve the nation, so if you can’t be here to serve the nation, then the Rules will apply. And when we discipline one person, we aren’t disciplining the party, it will be a personal liability," said Speaker Among. Dan Kimosho (Kazo County) asked the Speaker to also ban Opposition MPs boycotting Plenary sitting from eating food from the Parliame...

📸: Parliament Watch. Gov’t has tabled The judicature Amendment Bill 2023, in which it is seeking to increase the number of Justices at the Supreme Court from 11 to 21 & increase number of Court of Appeal Justices from 15 to 55. Nobert Mao, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs defended the increment of judges on grounds that there has been an increase in population, crime rates and increased awareness among the public of their legal rights which has resulted into the high demand for Judiciary services and court use. Acute case backlog requires more man power to deliver justice to the people of Uganda effectively. In the circumstances, it has become necessary to amend the Judicature Act, Cap. 13 in section 3 and 9 to increase the number of Justices of the Supreme Court and the number of Justices of the Court of Appeal as envisaged by articles 130 and 134 of the Constitution respectively," said Mao. According to Gov't, Case backlog as at 30th April, 202...

President Museveni has directed that each kingdom in Uganda gets facilitated with shs60 million per month. The deputy speaker of Parliament communicated the directive, Thomas Tayebwa during the wedding reception for Kyabazinga William Gabula Nadiope IV and Jovia Mutesi at Igenge Palace, in Jinja City on Saturday. ”The president made a directive that the Kingdom must be well facilitated, let’s go and implement the President’s directive of giving each Kingdom Shs 60 m. I promise on behalf of all members of Parliament that the directive will be implemented because after here we are going to work it out,” Tayebwa said. The directive will benefit Buganda, Bunyoro, Acholi, Tooro, Busoga, Rwenzururu and Bamasaba from the shs60 million facilitation. Since the restoration of traditional leaders in Uganda in 1993, the consent of Kingdoms like Buganda has served as an important support base for Uganda’s growth politicaly and economically, a reason Museveni feels they shouldn’t be ...

These remarks were made by police during three days community sensitization program that started on Wednesday 15th November 2023 and ended on Friday 17th November 2023, covering some selected communities of West Nile Region. The communities were tactfully Selected depending on the prevalence of crimes in them. The program started in Lobule Subcounty on Wednesday 15th November 2023, on Thursday 16th it was in Odramacaku Trading Center in Ayivu West Division in Arua City, on Friday 17th it was at Vurra Customs in Arua District.  Present for the community policing sessions were Regional Police Spokesperson West Nile SSP Angucia Josephine, Regional head of Child and Family Protection Unit West Nile SSP Angomoko Emily, Regional Community Liason Officer West Nile SP Asea Collins, Representative of Regional Head of Investigations West Nile IP Masereka Solomon, IP Matua Alfred CLO Arua Central Business Division, area DPCs, OC CID, OC Traffic, in charge crime intelligence and Community Lias...

📸: Unsplash. No one, not even Hajji Musa himself, expected to die when he did. One day he took his usual morning walk on the farm, just slipped, banged his head on a sharp stone and died just like that. So, there was no will, no instructions about how he wanted his 200 acres and wealth distributed.  Since then, there has been no peace in his home. Different family members have taken sides and even threatened to poison each other if they are ‘cheated’ out of their inheritance. Hajji Kawumi is worried about how his former friend’s family has been split and wants them to help them deal with the inheritance issues and distribution. What can he tell them?   WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?  When a person dies without leaving a will about how they want their property dealt with, we say that person has died ‘intestate’ (dying without having made a will). When this happens, the law says that the family has to handle the distribution of the inheritance by getting permission fro...

  The territorial police of Arua Central Business Division arrested 38 persons in an intelligence led operation which was conducted jointly with officials from Ministry of Health, Department of tobacco control division and health inspectors of Arua City. The purpose of the operation was to enforce tobacco control laws in the communities. It took place in the evening of Friday 17th November 2023. Out of the 38 arrested, 3 were women and 35 were men. This time the operation targeted mainly Shisha smoking, and the arrested people included those found smoking Shisha as well as the proprietors of Shisha business. They were arrested for being in possession of banned tobacco products like Shisa and smoking in public places contrary to tobacco control Act 2015, Part 3, sections 11, 12 and 16. The intelligence led operation covered swalia cell, Baruku cell and Junior Quarters all in Arua City Central Division, where the vice is common, and will be extended to other areas of Gr...

Lango parliamentary group legislators have rejected the move by the government of Uganda to "maliciously exclude Akii-Bua stadium from hosting AFCON 2027. The chairperson Lango Parliamentary group, Kole District Woman MP Kole, Judith Alyek said the reasons given for lack of an airport and good roads are unjustifiable since construction of roads and airports are a function of government which "it failed to fulfill in Lango sub-region despite several calls" by its leaders to do so over the years. " Even then, the remaining three years are sufficient enough to have these requirements met. Lango Parliamentary Group distances itself from the proposal to construct Akii-Bua stadium in a phased manner since previous efforts to carry out the construction failed to take off and the sub-region got a raw deal. We also demand that the plan to construct Akii Bua stadium to host AFCON 2027 be maintained and implemented within the ti...