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If you are a couple with children whether married or just staying together, and things have not worked out well and you decide to separate or divorce. Sooner or later, you will need to agree on how to deal with children and their wellbeing. Yesterday we told you about a parental agreement to help you resolve these issues.  Today, we want to talk about what you will need to be clear on.  1. Custody Arrangements:  This is about who stays with the children (physical) and who has the right to make certain decisions over their lives such as education, healthcare, and religion (legal custody). It can be on one parent (sole custody where one parent has primary custody and the other has visiting rights) or joint (shared) where children take turns to stay with one parent and then another parent takes their turn.    Visitation Schedule: if only one parent has custody over a child, then you may need to come up with a schedule for when the other parent can visit to see the ...

📸: One of the two bridges under construction. The construction of two bridges in Paranga Sub-county, Maracha east constituency has raised eyebrows as local leaders decry district engineering department's supreme decision over the works. The two bridges, Lurua bridge and Osu bridge both in Paranga Sub-county whose BoQ is estimated to be 260 Million Shs is said to be worked on as, Forced on Account. 📸: Madira Rhonny  Aligo village LC1 Chairman, Madira Rhonny who has been employed as watchman at the construction site says, he is constantly taking care of the materials brought at the site. 📸: Mr Yassin Atiku  Ajikoro parish LC2 Chairman, Yassin Atiku while recounting the accident cases caused by deplorable state of these two bridges and road, he thanked the district and government of Uganda for thinking about them. He however pinned the engineering department for concealing financial information regarding this project. 📸: Hon Osutre Godfrey  Paranga Sub-county LC3 Chairma...

Liam and Sophia were once a happy couple, blessed with two beautiful children, Lily and Logan. However, their relationship became difficult. Years down the road, Sophia moved on with Jeremy and they are planning out their wedding this year. Liam heard rumours of Sophia's intentions to marry another man and could not bear the thought of someone else raising his children.  One day, while Sophia was out shopping for the week’s groceries, Liam took matters into his own hands and picked up Lily and Logan from their nursery school without Sophia's consent. Sophia was very upset when she got there to pick them up and their teacher told her that Liam had picked them up and mentioned that they were not going back to the school.  Upset and totally in tears, Sophia reported Liam to the authorities for abduction. Now, the police are caught in a complicated situation, trying to determine if a parent can indeed be guilty of kidnapping their own children.   WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?  ...

The District Executive Committee (DEC) members and District councilors of Maracha District have passed a resolution to charge 10,000 Shs as clearance fees on each loan applicant who is a Maracha District local government employee seeking to process a loan from financial institutions. The resolution was passed during the 3rd ordinary council sitting of the 3rd session of the 3rd council on Thursday 22-2-2024, in which the council members unanimously agreed to the resolution brought to the council by the District Executive Committee (DEC) members. The LC5 Vice Chairperson for Maracha District Hon Asea Bosco who is also the councilor representing people of Agaii town council to the district council moved the motion to present, debate and approve the District Executive Committee (DEC) report on the loan charge. The councilor for Oleba Sub-county, Hon Atiku Robert welcomed the move and urged the district council to continue identifying more areas that can be identified and taxed to generate...

When Nankya’s man left Masaka for Kampala, she knew he would make it. She was aware of the many warnings that her friends had made to her concerning the lies people sometimes tell, but she knew that her man was different. She had no reason to doubt him when he called her to join her in the big city and told her of the fortune God had blessed her with.  On Saturday while they were taking a stroll through Kampala, her man kept showing her some of his properties including Mapeera and Workers House. She also showed him some gardens around City Square that had grass only and said it was his as well. He decided to gift it to her as a Valentines gift which excited Nankya. She has always liked to be handy and decided she would wake up the next morning and dig this garden at City Square. She thought to herself, “how can we waste such good land and not plant some matooke for sell?” Indeed, the next morning she was up very early at 5am digging at city square. She did not manage to go long bef...