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Story by Osuta Yusuf.  Maracha District 12-August-2026. 📸: Some of the stakeholders attending the inception meeting on Friday. Photo by Osuta Yusuf. Various stakeholders ranging from politicians, religious leaders and technical officials in Maracha District have on Friday 7-August-2026 welcomed and extended their words of applause to PHASE Organization for taking for them another shallow water well project in this year 2026 on top of another water projects they received from the same organization in the previous years in 2025, 2024 and in that same year 2024 and 2023 a relief food aid (rice, sugar, cooking oil and posho) donation project for the elderly and vulnerable people in the District. 📸: Group photo after the Inception meeting on Friday 7-August-2026. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter. Maracha District which has a strategic 5-years (2023 to 2028) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Somalia-based NGO, PRAGMATIC HELP ACHIEVING SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT (PHASE) Organiza...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Yumbe District  4-August-2026. 📸: The NRM Party members from Sub-county to the District, Elders, LC3 Chairpersons and Opinion Leaders attending the meeting in Yumbe District resource center on Sunday 2-Aug-2026. Photo by Osuta Yusuf. The Director of Legal Services for the National Resistance Movement (NRM) political party, Counsel Enoch Barata and the Director for Finance and Administration for the party, Hajjat Medina have both tasked NRM Party members and the police in Yumbe District to recover millions of monies that were allegedly stolen during the Party's mobilization campaigns and baraza ahead of the women Council and LC1 Chairpersons elections. This mega meeting which took place at Yumbe District headquarter on Sunday 2-August-2026 follows the arrest of the Yumbe District NRM Party Chairperson Mr Aniku Majid and the Admin Mr Adiga Rasul who were briefly arrested on Tuesday evening 28-7-2026 on orders of the State Minister for Information, Communication...

Yumbe District. 29-7-2026. 📸: Yumbe District Central Police Station. The NRM Party Chairperson for Yumbe District Mr Aniku Majid and the NRM Admin Mr Adiga Rasul have been arrested and detained in Yumbe District Central Police Station on orders of the State Minister for Information, Communication, Technology and National Guidance, Hon Alioni York Odria. Their arrest under SD Reference Yumbe GEF 011/2026, which took place on Tuesday 28-7-2026 follows allegations of their involvement in mismanagement of 345 million Shs, which the NRM Party had sent to Yumbe District to facilitate village baraza and the election of Women Council and LC1 Chairpersons. It should be noted that, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party recently sent to all the districts in Uganda, monies to facilitate the process and campaigns for their candidates contesting in women council and LC1 Chairpersons elections across the country. It's claimed that the Yumbe District NRM Party Chairperson and the Admin emb...

9-August-2026. President Museveni has called on National Resistance Movement (NRM) Members of Parliament to uphold integrity, strengthen internal party democracy, and intensify the war on corruption, warning that graft at both local and national levels continues to undermine public trust and economic growth. Addressing the NRM Parliamentary Caucus on Friday, August 7, 2026, at Speke Resort Munyonyo, the NRM National Chairman instructed lawmakers to actively monitor government programmes and expose officials squandering public funds. "Corruption weakens government institutions just as diseases weaken the human body. It diverts resources meant for development and creates resentment among the people," President Museveni told the legislators. The high-level meeting brought together NRM MPs, Cabinet ministers, members of the Central Executive Committee (CEC), the NRM Secretariat, and the Party Electoral Commission. Among the key resolutions, the ruling party caucus agr...

3-August-2026. 📸: Burned Hand of the Child.  Police at Jinja Road Division are actively investigating a case of child torture that occurred on 1st August 2026 at K3, Kyambogo, Nakawa Division, Kampala District. The victim is a four-year-old female child. Preliminary findings indicate that the child was allegedly scalded with hot water from a kettle by her biological mother, identified as Zabaki Maklean. It is alleged that the suspect assaulted the child after accusing her of eating rice in her absence. Efforts are underway to trace and arrest the suspect, who is currently on the run. The Uganda Police Force strongly condemns all forms of child abuse and torture. We urge parents, guardians, and all caregivers to protect children and resolve disciplinary issues without resorting to violence. We also call upon members of the public with any information regarding the suspect's whereabouts to report to the nearest police station or contact the Police immediately to facilita...