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By Osuta Yusuf. Click here  on the link to watch the prayers at the funeral  and burial session. The political leaders, wananchi and technocrats from both Obongi District and Maracha District on Tuesday 12-December-2023 buried Mr Gasper Aluga, a Secondary School teacher who had taught in various schools in these two districts. Born on 1-April-1979 and died on 9-December-2023, the secondary teacher was said to have collapsed on the chair while seated at his home, rushed to St Joseph's hospital Ovujo and later on he was pronounced dead by the doctors at the hospital. The deputy headteacher for Obongi Senior secondary school, Mr Alfred Dratele described the deceased as a dedicated hardworking person who has been trusted at the school in the shortest period he has worked there. Maracha District woman MP Hon Driwaru Jennifer who pledged Shs 100,000 per term for each of the orphans left by the late, urged the clan people not to attempt grabbing some of the properties left for

By Andrew Cohen Amvesi ARUA. Yovan Adriko, the Vurra County Member of Parliament (MP) should prepare for a very tough moment during the 2026 elections following the rate at which his agents are crossing to opponents’ camps. The latest was on Friday when more than 50 agents of the incumbent MP including his sister publicly crossed to join Peter Pariyo’s camp. This was during a function Pariyo organized at his home in Ezuku, Vurra sub-county in Arua district to declare intention of contesting again in 2026. In the last election, Pariyo contested against Adriko as an Independent candidate after losing in NRM primaries but couldn’t still make it through due to the formidable team MP Adriko had built. Liberty-Opinira-stresses-a-point-to-the-excitement-of-Pariyo-L-during-his-defection-on-Friday.-Photo-by-Andrew-Cohen-Amvesi. The team included the majority of the agents who finally abandoned the MP on Friday to join Pariyo ahead of the 2026 general election. Some of the top ag

  By #BarefootLawyers. Allan had been saving the whole year in preparation for the church auction during Christmas. Every Christmas, the church asks people to bring different items like hens, goats, crops, etc., to sell them in church to the highest bidder. When the priest raised the hen for sale, Allan immediately shouted that he had 5000 for the hen. No one else spoke and on the third hammer, the hen was given to him. As he was standing to walk away with this hen, someone who was introduced as a Kampala don walked in and told the priest they wanted to pay 50,000 for the hen. The hen was forcefully taken away from Allan and given to the Kampala man. Allan broke down and cried, saying it was unfair because they had already given it to him and his family was expecting it. He has vowed to get the hen back.     WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?  According to the law, a contract is established when the parties agree. In circumstances of auctions, the contract is sealed and enforceable at the sounding

Published by Kampala Eye on October 15, 2023. Uganda has literally become a family business of sorts after President Yoweri Museveni’s family members, relatives and friends taking over control of key government and security positions.It should be noted that the National Resistance Movement (NRM) has been at the helm of Ugandan politics since 1986, which implies that President Museveni has distinguished himself as the only leader in conjunction with his closest family members who include brothers, children, in-laws, and cousins referred to as the ‘deep state’ in the running of the Republic of Uganda. He is also referred to as the Commander in Chief of all Defense forces, The Fountain of Honor as well as the Head of all Operations in Uganda. But here below is how his family members, relatives, proxies and colleagues have taken over control of the country? 1.Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho alias Salim Saleh He is the i

  Dikula is a village clown who is known for making people in the village laugh. This Christmas, he planned to give them all one big reason to be happy. He bought many sweets and decided to sneak into people’s homes at night and put the sweets in the houses. He thought this would make people happy, especially the children. When Christmas reached, he got his bicycle and went from house to house jumping the fences and entering to deliver the sweets. Since this was tiring work, he got hungry and started eating any food he found in the houses.   As he was leaving one house, the people made an alarm and called the police. They arrested him and charged him with trespassing and theft.   Dikula is confused because he just wanted to surprise the people and make them happy. Is that illegal?    WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?  According to the law, when a person enters the premises of another without permission, then it is called trespassing and is a crime for which one can be arrested. Simila

Lands Minister, Judith Nabakooba, has reechoed President Museveni’s directive of conducting no evictions in the festive holidays. While speaking in an end of year press briefing on December 21 at the ministry headquarters in Kampala, Nabakooba issued the dos and don’ts, and gave updates about this year’s achievements in her ministry. Nabakooba said during the festive season, all courts and land administration offices will be on holiday and cautioned land grabbers who expect to use this time to harass people. “The president issued this directive which still stands. It has not been withdrawn, it is still upheld. I advise all those with court orders or any issue to liaise with the district land security committee headed by the Resident District Commissioners to provide guidance on any evictions,” she said. Nabakooba asked the public to work closely with police and other security agencies to protect their land since the minis

The Ministry of Health has proposed to have the minimum age, people are allowed to drink alcohol in Uganda raised from 18 to 21 years, arguing that at 18 years, one’s brain is still developing and thus, shouldn’t be allowed to make a life altering decision like taking alcohol. "They (movers of The Alcoholic Drinks Control Bill) have put the age of 18 at which people are supposed to start drinking at 18 years, we are saying this age isn’t okay, it should be 21 years and there is already science around this age and research was actually done by many scientists and they found that if someone hasn’t taken alcohol or any abusive substance by the age of 21, there are so little chances of this person starting to take this substance," Hafsa Lukwata, Assistant Commissioner, Health Services at Ministry of Health. Lukwata made the remarks during a media training of journalists at Parliament, where she said Uganda has already set the precedent under the Tobacco C