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📸: One of the pupil receiving his award. Arua District in partnership with Arivu Primary School and Old Pupils Association on Saturday 17-2-2024 awarded the two candidates who passed PLE in first grade. Added to the two was the pupil of Bondo who also passed in first grade. The Guest of Honour for the function, Hon Okuonzi Alfred who doubles as the LC V  Chairman for the district, thanked the old pupils of the school for paying homage to the school more so to the learners. He also thanked the two MPs, Sitaraya Jina and Major Arua for joining hands in supporting the candidates. He called the people to send children to school and support them by feeding them and providing them  with the school requirements. He thanked the two district councilors of the sub county for supporting the initiative. He called upon the team to embrace education and move away from bad politics of sectarianism but rather promote unity in the district.

📸: Minister Moriku Kaducu  Moriku Kaducu, Minister of State for Primary Education has confirmed that results for the Uganda Certificate Education (UCE) will be released tomorrow Thursday 15-2-2024 by Uganda National Education Board. This followed a meeting held between officials of Ministry of Education and UNEB where she noted, “We were together with the team from UNEB looking at the results which is going to be released tomorrow and before that. The Minister has admitted that, the current legal provisions don’t give Gov’t enough powers to impose sanctions on schools charging exorbitant fees, which is why several circulars and guidelines issued to schools regarding their fees structure haven't been adhered to by school managers.  "The law has some gaps in terms of statutory instruments and regulatory framework and that is why when the Ministry of Education took the framework paper for regulating such that we eventually get the statutory instrument,” said Minister...

📸: Courtesy image Chinese women are turning to AI boyfriends for companionship and emotional support, with apps like “Glow” offering customizable virtual partners. Users praise these AI companions for their understanding and ability to provide comfort, highlighting the challenges of finding ideal partners in real life due to personality differences. “He knows how to talk to women better than a real man,” said Tufei, from Xi’an in northern China, who declined to give her full name. “He comforts me when I have period pain. I confide in him about my problems at work,” she told AFP. “I feel like I’m in a romantic relationship.” While AI technology still has room for improvement, it addresses the loneliness prevalent in China’s fast-paced urban lifestyle. Source: Fossbytes However, concerns about data privacy and regulation linger despite the growing popularity of AI relationships.

  James has been on Esther’s case begging for love for a year now. Esther has always played it cool and ignored him. But she came home to find a crowd and James was right in the middle threatening to go on a hunger strike if Esther does not see him on Valentine’s Day and ‘accept his love’. He even sent her a video of himself throwing away all the food in the house to prove he was starting to starve himself. Esther is worried that she might be arrested if something should happen to James because she has rejected him. WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?.   By law, no one can be legally held for what happens to you unless they have some legal duty to look out for your wellbeing. In law this is called a duty of care.   For example, if your child starves because you did not want to force them to eat, then you as a parent will be held responsible because a parent has a duty to protect a child (even from themselves) and make sure that child is well fed. This duty applies to doctors and their...

📸: Hon Anguyo Godfrey, Ayivu North Councilor. The Councilor representing people of Ayivu North, to Arua City council, Hon Anguyo Godfrey has shown interest to contest for the position of MP, Ayivu East Constituency come 2026. Ayivu East Constituency was curved out of Arua City in 2020, and currently been represented in the Eleventh Parliament by Hon Feta Geoffrey. The Councilor becomes the second potential candidate to show interest, after Eng Tiyo William Taylor Odaa showed his a year ago. The two candidates will be tusslung out to oust the incumbent, Hon Feta Geoffrey who is currently on NRM party ticket. Stay tuned here for more updates and news on regional, national and international stories that matter to you. #iip_updates #iip_vote_wisely #iip_opinion_polls  #iip_civic_education  #Information_is_Power #we_inform_the_uninformed #Politics_Must_Develop_Not_Destroy #Vote_Leaders_of_Substance_Value_and_Integrity

Juliet Kinyamatama (DWR Rakai) has asked Parliament’s Rules Committee to subject Francis Zaake (Mityana Municipality) to a thorough mental checkup and have him thrown out of Parliament for the two and half years of his remaining term in the 11thParliament. "My prayers are that the Hon. Zaake is subjected to a thorough mental examination to any of the national mental facilities to ascertain the mental state of the member given his conduct in and out of parliament. Hon. Zaake be suspended from Parliament and all its premises and the rest of the session for the 11th Parliament,” said Kinyamatama Kinyamatama made the appeal while appearing before the Rules, Privilege & Discipline Committee following the Committee’s resumption of probe into the alleged derogatory remarks made by Zaake targeting Kinyamatama in 2023. MP Kinyamatama also wants Parliament to force Zaake to render an equivocal apology before Parliament, retracting the defamatory statement as contained in the...

📸: Eng Tiyo William Taylor Odaa during the wedding in Lamila Kanisa, Photo by Information is Power. It was all excitement at Lamila parish, Kijomoro sub-county in Maracha county when Eng. Tiyo Odaa was the best man at the wedding of the cousin to Arua chairman business community Mr. Obeta moses. Mr Alija Yosia, a farmer in Poo clan, Lamila ward in Okokoro Town council, Maracha Constituency in Maracha District on Saturday 10-Feb-2024 wedded Alice in Trinity Church of Uganda Lamila. Tiyo William, who was composed at the wedding is the main challenger of Hon. Feta Geofrey the incumbent MP Ayivu East Constituency. Tiyo, who is highly religious and is loved among the people of Ayivu is the grand-son to Odaa who was once an MP representing Arua in the early days of Uganda's independence. Tiyo Taylor William is so much loved among the Ayivu for his calmness and humility. The people of Ayivu East have therefore promised to send him to the 12th Parliament replacing the incumbent. Eng. Tiyo...

  📸: Unsplash  Musa and meat can’t be separated. Growing up, there was at least some beef or goat, chicken or even duck soup as part of his meals. Recently after chasing after some ‘deal’ the whole day, he was told to come to Meat King barbeque to finalize the deal. After signing and receiving the money, he was invited to eat with the clients. Musa did not hesitate. Immediately he dived in and on his 6th stick, people at the next table said “mbizi ewoomye”. (The pork is delicious). When Musa realized that he what he had eaten was haram(forbidden), he started screaming. Karim (who knows Musa) had just parked near the tables overhead it and wanted Musa arrested for his ‘sin’. Was it a crime for Musa to accidentally eat the pork?   WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? In Uganda, the law (the constitution) says we all have freedom of worship. This means that every person is free to enjoy and practice their religious beliefs. However, the law does not punish sins. It only deals with crimin...

Just this week the office of the Speaker, most especially Rt Hon Thomas Tayebwa, the Deputy Speaker gave me an oppprtunity on thursday 8th Feb,2024 to present a matter of national importance about the extortion and harassment by some officers attached to Fisheries Protection Unit at Elegu border and Pakwach. The message reached and His directives coupled with the assurance of our Prime Minister have beared fruits.   I extend my special appreciation to HIs Excellency President Yoweri Museveni,  Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Senior Presidential Advisor on Special Operations for the quick intervention and directives which have been executed by Hon Vicent Ssempijja, minister for defence and veteran affairs, working with his state minister Hon Oboth Oboth, Maj Gen Mugisha, commander SFC, Hon Hellen Adoa, minister of state for fisheries, Hon Grace Freedom K, minister of state for Northern Uganda. The UPDF commanders, my own Mr Eseru Paul, Resident District Commissioner for Pa...

  📸: Unsplash  Nwoya never trusted that “Total Results Church” or their pastor when they came to his village. From their name, to how the pastor dressed and how he kept people’s wives till late at church, everything was fishy. In December, Nwoya’s wife Fille joined “Total Results Church” and immediately started the same ‘bad manners’. She would stay at church until 11pm and on Sunday, she would leave home and 5am and come back on Monday morning.   At the start of December, the church declared a ‘total breakthrough fast’ for 80 days. Fille did not even eat the Christmas meat that she always looked forward to, and even when Nwoya tried to get her to eat something, she called him ‘the tempting satan’ and shifted to the church. Yesterday, Nwoya got the news that his wife and other church members died of starvation.   Nwoya has been crushed by this news and wants to sue that church for killing his wife because they made her ‘fast’ Can Nwoya sue them?   WHAT DOES THE...

📸: Hon Ruth Lematia on the left takes photo with DHO Dr Onzubo Paul near the Ambulance. The Maracha District health department has yet received another boost for its services, with a one brand new Ambulance lobbied by the Maracha East Constituency MP Hon Ruth Lematia Molly Ondoru. 📸: DHO Dr Onzubo Paul inspects the equipments in the Ambulance as Hon Ruth Lematia looks on. Signed, received and inspected at Ministry of Health head office in Kampala this morning Thursday 8-February-2024 by both the area MP and DHO Dr Onzubo Paul, the Ambulance has fully fledged emergency medical equipments including oxygen among others. Labeled "Maracha East County", the Ambulance now brings the total of Ambulances in the district, to four, with two of the Ambulances been given by the district Woman MP Hon Driwaru Jennifer who bought them with her own money in August 2021 in order to ease service delivery in the health department of the disrict. #iip_updates  #Information_is_Power  #we_inform_...

📸: Mairungi, Courtesy photo. President Museveni has signed five bills passed by parliament in law. The deputy speaker of parliament,  Thomas Tayebwa said on Tuesday that the president has assented to the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2024, Judicature Amendment Bill 2023, The Explosives Act 2023, Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Act, 2023 and The Competition Act 2023. The new laws The Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances (Control) Bill, 2023 allows the licenced farming and use of marijuana strictly for medical use, and sets harsh penalties for a multitude of offences related to substances abuse. The new law allows the cultivation of marijuana and khat strictly for medical and other authorised use, with extreme penalties included like forfeiture of properties and lengthy jail terms and hefty fines for violators. It was passed by parliament last year. On the other side, the Civil Aviation Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2024 that will bring Uganda's aviation authority in ...

📸: Ms Anakuru Regina during the interview with Information is Power reporter. One of the 2021 general election candidates for Woman Member of Parliament seat in Terego District, Ms Anakuru Regina who was reported in the media to have joined Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has come out to defend herself. During an interview in Leju town council, Terego District, with our reporter, the Terego District NRM publicity for workers league, Ms Anakuru Regina who is also the owner of Anakuru Holdings Ltd Hotel, told our reporter that, in January 2021 when FDC Party went to Yumbe Town to organize a meeting that was hosted by her hotel, she just stood up to welcome and address the dignitaries but her welcome statements were captured and shared viral in both news and Social Media claiming she had defected to FDC party ahead of the 14-1-2021 general elections. According to her, the welcome remarks she made as the owner and also one behalf  of management of the hotel, to welcome FDC Party Pre...

The closer Emma’s wedding day came, the less he could sleep and the more weight he lost. 50 friends and family members had pledged contribution for his wedding but only 5 had cleared with 12 days to the wedding.  The wedding committee did its best but the remaining 7 ‘pledgers’ still had not cleared up. So, Emma called them personally. Julius who had pledged 5 million for beers, told Emma that he was still ‘abroad’ but told him to go ahead and order for the beers and he would clear on the wedding day when he returned. Aunt Diana who pledged to cover the wedding gown, told Emma to just borrow money and she would cover it by the wedding day. The others simply dodged all Emma’s calls. Long story short, on 23rd January, the wedding was a success. Julius even drank 2 whole crates of beer and Aunt Diana danced and took photos with the Mugole in her gown. It been almost 2 weeks since then, and the people Emma borrowed money from keep calling day and night for their money. Julius has refus...

MEN are not as bad as we ladies think they are... men's Actions reflect to the pains they have been through, and how hurt they have been.. men are the most loving and caring beings on earth and women can't compromise that .. 99% of men can love a lady that has nothing and make her something by building and investing in her growth and stability.. But just 50% of women can do that... every lady wants an already made man for a relationship,, nowadays ladies aren't ready to start a relationship with a nobody, they want a guy that has what their fathers didn't give them . but it wasn't so in the beginning.. our mothers were loving and obedience to Their Husband's and the women were the ones that was practically taking care of their homes..  but this generation only depends on men for everything,, they sell their bodies for Money and material things... and when they get of age for marriage and no man is coming forth, they start going to Shiloh with someone's son ...

   Sandra did not want to be like that guy Komaketch they caught cheating in the exam, but the truth is she had not read for the exam and failure was guaranteed. So, she went to Wandegeya and hired an ‘expert’ at cheating. She paid 500k and even gave the expert her exam card, ID and she met the ‘expert’ right before the exam started and she was impressed. The expert had done make up and looked almost like Sandra. Unfortunately, the invigilator was a family friend of Sandra and he noticed that the ‘Sandra’ writing the exam did not seem like the one he knew. After a brief struggle, the ‘expert’ was arrested and taken to the police. The bad news is that the expert has confessed and thrown Sandra under the bus.  Sandra wants to know if the police can arrest her for merely cheating on her exam.  WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?  Earlier today, we told you about the difference between doing something wrong and committing a crime. We told you that copying or cheating in exams is...

By Alex Esagala. 📸: Deputy Speaker, Rt Hon Tayebwa. KAMPALA. The Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has slammed bureaucratic procurement procedures that cause unnecessary delays in implementing national strategic projects. Tayebwa made the remarks while chairing the plenary sitting on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, following a statement by Mr. Fred Byabakama, the State Minister for Transport on the status of Kampala-Jinja Expressway. The Deputy Speaker wondered why the procurement process for the construction of the Kampala - Jinja Expressway has taken more than five years, a development he said is already costing the taxpayers’ money. “Why should procurement take five years? You told us that you were starting the road when a bag of cement was still at shs20,000 now it is at shs35,000. Who is going to pay for this?” Mr. Tayebwa wondered. The Kampala-Jinja Expressway Project loan amounting to Shs842 billion secured from the African Development Bank has already cost the taxpayer Shs3...

 When Komaketch was given a government scholarship at the University, the whole family celebrated. But now it has been 4 years since he started a three-year course and with how things had been going, he was sure he would fail the exams and spend a 5th year in the same course. So, he decided to do everything ‘hook and crook’ to leave the university.   For the first two papers, he managed to copy from his friend who kept exchanging answer sheets with him and writing on his behalf. Unfortunately for the next exam, his friend was given a different seat, so Komaketch wrote notes on his shirt, arms and even carried a phone to get ‘outside’ help. The lecturer caught him ‘mid-call’ and the police was called in. As we speak, Komaketch is still in the police cell, and he wants a way out without contacting his parents.  Is copying in exams a crime? WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?  There is a difference between a wrong thing and a crime. Copying/cheating in school exams is an academic wr...

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📸: Prayer Session on 3-February-2024  Story by Anguzu Vincent. The Director Finance and Administration; National Resistance Movement - Hajjat Medina Naham Ojale represented the President, His Excellency; *Yoweri Kaguta Museveni* during the final send-off of Retired, *Major General Yusuf Gowan* in Arua City yesterday the 3rd of February 2024. Maj Gen Yusuf Gowan Mogi who hails from the Waju Clan of Koboko was born on 30th December 1942. He served as prisons officer from 1963-1971 under Uganda public service commission. He joined the army in 1971 with the army number  UO-640 ranked as Major General. In 1978 he was appointed and served as army chief of staff  till 1979. When war broke he was exiled to Congo till 1994 when he was officially repatriated and given amnesty by the government of Uganda. Later he served as chairperson of the veterans association of West Nile and in 2017, he stepped down due to his ill health. Major Gen. Gowan died on 2nd Fe...

📸: Unsplash    It took Nakimuli 4 months to save for the ‘Brazilian’ hairpiece she wanted for Valentine’s month. After travelling from work in Yumbe, reached Kampala in the evening and immediately went to Kikuubo to get her ‘dream’ hairstyle. She dropped into Maaku’s beauty salon “your beauty is guaranteed” and sat down. 40 minutes into the saloon work, she dozed off and woke up when the salon lady was done.   She looked at herself in the mirror and rushed to meet her boyfriend. That night, as they were admiring her hair, Nakimuli found that the salon lady had not worked on the middle of her head and had simply covered it up and stolen one of her ‘Brazilian’ hairpieces.  Now who does Nakimuli go to get her money back and her Brazilian hairpiece? Is it the salon or the hair lady herself?  WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?  The law on sale of goods, does not only deal with selling physical goods, but also with how one person sells their services to another person....