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A total of 3,600 men and women tied the knot in the mass wedding sponsored by the state's government and organized by the Hisbah board, a religious police force. 💬 "A significant milestone in fulfilling our pledge to promote cultural traditions and social cohesion was achieved today, as we formalized the matrimonial union of 3,600 men and women in Kano," said Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.

📸: Hon Adriko Yovan. Story By Andrew Cohen Amvesi. ARUA . Yovan Adriko, the Vurra County Member of Parliament (MP) in Arua district has been committed to six months civil prison for failing to clear debts amounting to shs55,677,400. Adriko was on Thursday evening sent to Arua government prison to serve six months shortly after his arrest at Slumberland hotel in Arua City. MP Adriko warrant of committal judgement debtor to jail. Paul Mawa of T/A Vitality Associates, the court bailiff assigned to arrest the MP, duped him to come and pick some money for a land transaction at Slumberland hotel where he picked him like a baby after a long hunt. Adriko was immediately arraigned before Her Worship Karungi Leo, the Deputy Registrar of Arua High Court who later committed him to imprisonment not exceeding six months. Part of Adriko’s warrant of arrest issued b court Adriko was sent to the coolers for failing to clear shs48m which is the princip...

  📸: Deputy Speaker Rt Hon Thomas Tayebwa. Deputy Speaker, Thomas_Tayebwa was forced to temporarily adjourn Parliament for 10minutes after Juliet Kinyamatama  (Rakai DWR) accused Francis Zaake (Mityana Municipality) of making defamatory remarks against her during his recent visit in Rakai district. 📸: Hon Ssemujju Ibrahim. However, her request to have the video played was challenged by Ibrahim Ssemujju (Kira Municipality) who wondered why remarks Kinyamatama had said couldn't be uttered out of her mouth should be played on national TV. "I have a problem with matters happening outside Parliament coming here and they become part of parliamentary business. The colleague complaining has said that what was said, she can’t utter it. How on earth can Parliament listen to what she said she can’t utter it?" Ssemujju. 📸: Hon Juliet Kinyamatama, Woman MP Rakai District. This prompted Deputy Speaker to have the matter referred to Parliament's Rules, Privileges & Discipline...

The chaos over Land that erupted between the leaders of Industrial Park and residents of Masanda cell in Nabitiri Ward has come to an end.  This came following the meeting that was held last week to discuss how best the leadership of industrial park and residents can be in good terms.  The meeting involved Sino Uganda Mbale industrial park Manager who represented the Park, local leaders who represented the residents, Hon Karim Masaba the Area Member of Parliament among others. During the meeting Kassaja Bosco the Lc2 of Nabitiri parish expressed locals concerns like Fear of forceful grabbing of their land and demand of involvement local leaders in anything concerning locals and the park. He added the local demand for prevention of any danger which can be caused by the tunnel of the park.  Bosco further noted that the locals working in the park should be provided with provisional gate to ease transport on the other side of the park and also the park should look...

📸: First Daughter walks together with Deputy Speaker Rt Hon Tayebwa, Tuesday 10-10-2023. First Daughter, Patience Museveni hailed Parliament for passing into law the Anti-Homosexuality Act, saying Uganda sided with God instead of the devil, in this spiritual battle by choosing to criminalize homosexuality.  "The passing of the Anti-Homosexuality Act which has garnered so much international backlash, is at the heart of the spiritual war that is raging allover the world. Uganda has sided with the Lord and I congratulate the Parliament and the President for standing firm with that decision. There was great national prayer backing up that decision, the question is, what happens next? Where do we go from here?” Patience Museveni. Patience Museveni also urged Ugandans to take advantage of the redemptive winds of God that are moving across the world, by seeking for redemption of Uganda, stating that God has a unique redemptive purpose for Uganda that the country ...

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📸: Hon Minister Ruth Nankabirwa. The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa has revealed that by 2030, all Ugandans would have access to electricity, despite testimonies from MPs that their constituencies are engulfed in darkness and grappling with load shedding.  The Country is targeting to achieve 100% access by 2030, given the progress so far, the sector requires funds to implement project to take us to this target. However, the ministry has secured funding from the world bank under the Electricity Access Scale Up Project (EASP) that will be utilized partially for free connections across the country. This is expected to increased connections by over 1 million," Nankabirwa.

📸: Unsplash. Earlier we told you that the law allows you to sell the property of the ‘loser’ in a court case to pay off the money the court has ordered them to pay to you. This process is known as attachment. For this process to happen, you must follow a number of steps.  1. After winning the case, you have to apply to court to allow you to attach the property of the ‘loser’ to recover your money.  2. The court listens to your application and may then grant you an order (called an attachment warrant) to attach that property you mentioned. This order cannot be enforced by you, but by officers of the court called court bailiff.  3. Once the court bailiff receives this order, they can sell the property on behalf of the court in a process known as a public auction. You, the person demanding may be prohibited from buying that property in the interest of justice.  4. Once the property is sold, you (the winner), will receive the money that you demand, the baili...

The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa asked men in Uganda to step up in their roles of providing for their families, saying its their fulfillment of their responsibilities at home that will guarantee their titles as heads of families, not merely putting on trousers. "Where is it written in our laws that the head of the household is a man, where? The head of the household is someone who is looking after the household. It doesn’t have to be a man, putting on a trouser doesn’t make me the head of the household. If it is my wife who is feeding me, paying school fess and rent, she is the head of the household. Its not that you put on trousers, women also put on trousers, only that you call them pants,” Tayebwa. Source: Parliament Watch.

  Hon. Kabahenda Legislators have expressed mixed reactions on a recommendation by the Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development urging government to build more remand homes. According to a report presented to Parliament on Thursday, 05 October 2023 by the Committee Chairperson, Hon. Flavia Kabahenda, there is need to set up more remand homes and expand the existing ones due to population increase. She said that with the exception of Ihungu Remand Home in Masindi and Kapiringisa National Rehabilitation Centre, the other six across the country are overcrowded. “Overcrowding in homes creates practical challenges such as infringing on the right to privacy, and makes access to basic necessities like soap and sanitary towels difficult,” said Kabahenda. Hon. Nelsa Avako (NR...

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  • Put your right foot on the left-hand pedal (the brake) and push down • Start the car by twisting the key or pressing the start button • With your foot still on the brake, move the shifter to ‘D’ (if you want to drive forward) or ‘R’ (if you want to reverse) • Lift your foot off the brake, this will cause most automatic vehicles to ‘creep’ forwards • To gain speed, gently press your right foot down on the right pedal (the accelerator) • Once moving, the gearbox will select the correct gear for the situation and do all the hard work for you. • Look around for safety.  How to stop an automatic car • As you reduce the speed, the automatic transmission will shift down in gears for you • When you’ve finished your journey, press down on the brake pedal until the car stops • While stationary, keep your foot on the brake and shift the lever to ‘P’ • Apply the handbrake (either a lever or button usually next to the gear selector) • Then turn the ignition off In the image above, you ...

📷: Unsplash. Nalule’s husband died one year ago. Her late husband’s brothers came in immediately after the burial and took over all the property in the house. They even chased Nalule out of the house. Nalule was stuck in Kotido begging and looking for transport and food to return to Buikwe when she met Nafuka who advised to go to court and seek for justice. Nalule’s problem is that she could not even afford food or transport to Buikwe, so then how would she afford to take her husband’s relatives to court? WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? Justice must be available to everyone regardless of the wealth they have. This means that everyone is equal before the law, and they should not be denied justice just because they are ‘poor’. In Uganda, the law allows people who cannot afford to hire a lawyer or pay the court fees associated with their case to bring their case before court. If you are unable to afford to hire a lawyer or even pay for court fees, in the  law you are referred to as a "pauper...

 Wednesday 4-Oct-2023. Muwada Nkunyingi (Kyadondo East) said that out of the delegation of 71 members, 10 of them were accredited, but 61 weren’t accredited & these attended as advisors, with Okello Oryem, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (International Relations) accrediting his own wife to represent Uganda at UN, despite not holding any official position in Government to represent Uganda. “I now pray that the Minister of Foreign Affairs be directed to brief this House on how the delegation was sanctioned and purpose of each member on the delegation. This isn’t the first time that Uganda is being represented but we are questioning how come we had a bloated delegation which we term as wasteful expenditure as Opposition,” Muwada. #iip_updates  #Information_is_Power  #we_inform_the_uninformed

  #PRESSRELEASE  The security operation conducted on Thursday, 5th October 2023, was a success and concluded peacefully. Joint deployments, including both overt and covert officers, were strategically positioned, and snap checkpoints were established on all roads leading to Entebbe and along Gayaza road. A total of 40 suspects, including Member of Parliament Hon. Matovu Charles (Busiro South), were apprehended for inciting violence. Various items intended for use in processions, such as red berets, handheld megaphone speakers, and white and red T-shirts branded "Kunga Uganda," were recovered and exhibited. Relevant statements were taken, and all 40 arrested suspects underwent fingerprinting and profiling. These individuals will face charges in court as operations persist. P. Onyango   SSP   PRO KMP   6th October 2023

Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has rejected accusations by the Opposition that there are no high profile people in Uganda seeking treatment in Mulago, with many flying abroad, saying he personally receives treatment from Mulago Hospital & that recently, Ssemujju Nganda (Kira Municipality) testified in Parliament that his own mother sought for treatment at the National Referral hospital.  "The other day, MP Ssemujju Nganda gave a testimony of how his mother was saved at Mulago. Personally, I get treated at Mulago, if you go there, they will tell you that two weeks ago, my father was operated at Mulago, my own father. I have the capacity to take him anywhere. Is it because I don’t love him? No, it is because Mulago has capacity," Tayebwa.

  📸: Courtesy. Apple on Wednesday 4-Oct-2023 rolled out security patches to address a new zero-day flaw in iOS and iPadOS that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as  CVE-2023-42824 , the kernel vulnerability could be abused by a local attacker to elevate their privileges. The iPhone maker said it addressed the problem with improved checks. "Apple is aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited against versions of iOS before iOS 16.6," the company  noted  in a terse advisory. While additional details about the nature of the attacks and the identity of the threat actors perpetrating them are currently unknown, successful exploitation likely hinges on an attacker already obtaining an initial foothold by some other means. Apple's latest update also resolves  CVE-2023-5217  impacting the WebRTC component, which Google last week described as a heap-based buffer overflow in the VP8 compression format in libvpx. T...

📸: Hon Oguzu Lee Denis during a plenary session in Parliament. Maracha County MP Hon. Oguzu Lee has written to CAO Maracha District to explain why the district hasn't utilized Ugx 250m, part of the 1bn  grant meant for road maintenance.  📸: Letter Written by Hon Lee Oguzu Denis. In the letter dated 2nd October 2023, Oguzu drew the CAO's attention to previous return of funds to the Consolidated Fund which he says derails service delivery. In his letter, the MP pursuant to reporting provisions of the Public Finance Management Act  requested to be availed with Quarter 1 reports so as to evaluate budget performance of the District in the quarter. "The budget execution circular for FY 2023/24 requires accounting officers to be held responsible for failure to execute the budget in a timely manner and in accordance with approved work plans," the MP noted. Many implementers have been querying decision of Parliament with regard to the reallocation of ...

The Ministry of Health has cautioned Ugandans not to take pride in being the leading alcohol consumers in Africa, saying alcohol dependence has imposed a huge burden on Uganda’s health sector. "Uganda is among the three leading consumers of alcohol in the world, now the latest, is the worst and we have been leading in Africa. That isn’t really a trophy we are very proud about, we should be proud about these trophies of sports but not carrying the trophy of high alcohol consumption," Henry Mwebesa, Director General Health Services- Ministry of Health.

📸: Some of the Musicians while attending the plenary sitting in Parliament on Wednesday 4-Oct-2023. Artists through their body, Uganda National Musicians Federation, have petitioned Parliament asking to have radio and TV stations to dedicate 90% of airtime to Ugandan music as a way of promoting local content and supporting the development of Uganda's  music industry. The artists also want Gov't to impose a tax levy on devices (computers, laptops, photocopiers etc) used in the reproduction of copy right protected works and have the proceeds shared equally between Gov't and holders of copy rights. The artists also want amendment s to the Copyright And Neighboring Rights Act 2006 to cater for the changes in technology & ensure revision of the charges for caller back tunes where the artists would receive 60% proceedings, while Government and Telecom Companies would be left to share the 40%. #iip_updates  #Information_is_Power  #we_inform_the_uninformed

📸: Courtesy. Kasokoso has been called  ‘greedy’,  ‘money hungry’  and a  ‘muyaye’  before because of how he demands for his money. Yesterday, he went to Baluku’s farm and took 4 Friesian cows to pay himself back for the 4 million Baluku failed to pay him back.  When asked why he did it, Kasokoso told Baluku and the LC Chairman that court would take long yet he wants to send his children to school for third term. When is Kasokoso allowed to sell Baluku’s property? Lawyers told him that he has to wait for the court's decision before he does anything, but he has refused to listen. Are his actions lawful?.   WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?. According to the law, you are allowed to sell the property of someone you demand money from, but this cannot be done by you personally. Instead, this can only be done by the court officials in charge of selling property known as ‘court bailiffs. On top of that, not even a bailiff is allowed to sell that property unl...

📸: Hon Oguzu with a red cap, Deputy Speaker in the middle and Mr Adia Charles take a photo after the meeting. The Deputy Speaker who chaired the session of the House has on Wednesday 4th October 2023 given Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives 30 days to address the issue of non payment of West Nile Tobacco Farmers who are demanding government worth 9,708,095, 300 Shs. The directive follows a petition presented to the Deputy Speaker, by WestNile Farmers Cooperative Union Chairperson Mr Adia Christopher being accompanied by Maracha County  Member of Parliament Hon Oguzu Lee Denis who has been at the forefront in ensuring the farmers get paid. The claim arose from failure by Continental Tobacco, a company licensed by Government to fully pay the farmers tobacco worth 2,084,500kgs bought in the FY 2018. Rt Hon. Tayebwa was concerned that after payment of Bunyoro farmers, it has taken government this long to clear West Nile's farmers despite commitments from various ...