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Friday, December 12, 2025 By Juliet Kigongo. What you need to know: Cultural cleansing allowed for man convicted of bestiality.  A 22-year-old man has been convicted and cautioned by the Chief Magistrate’s Court in Pader District after pleading guilty to having sexual intercourse with a goat, a crime considered “against the order of nature” under Uganda’s Penal Code. Acting Chief Magistrate Martin Kirya cautioned Emmanuel Ocen at his own plea on the charge of carnal knowledge of a goat under section 134(b) of the Penal Code Act. Court records revealed that the incident occurred on October 1, 2025, at Abilin Nino Village, Angangura Sub-County, Pader District. Ocen gave a detailed confession before the court, admitting he had mistaken the animal for his girlfriend. “It is true; I had sexual intercourse with the goat thinking I was having sex with my girlfriend,” he told the court on Friday. Ocen explained that he worked for a local traditional healer, and a female visitor...

Story by Osuta Yusuf.    Maracha District. 14-12-2025. 📸: The poster of Independent Candidate for Maracha Constituency MP election, Obeta Moses Drakua. What You Need to Know: ⚫ Recent research for the 2024 / 2025 done by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) indicates that, 754 million adults worldwide remain illiterate, out of which, the 2024 National Population and Housing Census released by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), shows approximately 11.9 million Ugandans are considered illiterate. The NRM-Leaning Independent MP Candidate Obeta Moses Drakua, who, in his campaign trails across the 8 Sub-counties of Maracha Constituency, keeps on campaigning and distributing the posters of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has pledged to establish Adult Literacy Learning Program (ALLP) if he is elected as the MP for Maracha Constituency in the upcoming 15-1-2026 general election. He emphasized this as one of his manifestos while addressing ...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 10-December-2025. Click here on the link to watch the whole fracas broadcasted Live on #Information_is_Power YouTube channel on Tuesday 9-December-2025. Courtesy Photo: Ofeku Gabriel, Maracha District NRM Party Chairperson. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter. National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party leadership in Maracha District has on Tuesday 9-Dec-2025 survived attack from angry youths in Okokoro Town Council over improper accountability stemming from the said 35m Shs facilitation monies that were given for mobilization towards President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni’s campaign in the district on 14-10-2025. The violence against the party leadership over lack of transparency and proper accountability, took place on Tuesday at Oribani Primary School playground in Anyafio cell, Poo Ward, Okokoro Town Council, Maracha Constituency during NRM Party structure campaigns for its flag Bearers for Local Council positions, Parliamentary and P...

Story by Osuta Yusuf.  Maracha District. 6-Dec-2025. 📸: Obeta Moses addressing the gathering in Ayivu B Ward, Ovujo Town Council in Maracha District. The NRM-Leaning Independent candidate for Maracha Constituency MP election has pledged to empower farmers in Maracha Constituency by allocating monies for farmers group as a seed capital. He made the remarks while campaigning for his MP bid  in Otravu Cell, Ayivu B Ward in Ovujo Town on Friday 5-December-2025. Obeta Moses Drakua who is also a farmer and was visited in 2023 by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni over his wealth creation efforts through farming, advised the residents to embark on farming as one of the methods of alleviating them from poverty. 📸: The crowd which gathered to listen to Obeta Moses Drakua’s campaign manifesto. “I have seen and known our people going through lots of hunger and poverty over mainly three things; mindset, weather challenges and lack of support”, Obeta noted as he pro...

Maracha District.  5-December-2025. 📸: Residents gathered around the lake as they searched the missing body of the student. Photo by #Information_is_Power's news reporter.  This afternoon Friday 5-December-2025, a student from St Joseph Laboratory Training School in Maracha hospital, a one  Araku Denis drowned in Rokoze water body in Nyadri Sub-county and the  body has not been retrieved upto this night as the police and residents searched for it and in vain but they are expected to resume retrieving it tomorrow Saturday 6-December-2025. 📸: Photo of the deceased which we captured on his phone screen this night. Araku and his fellow students had  reportedly gone to pass time at water point after completing exams papers of today. Him and callagues got attracted to swimming at water body where he perished.  By press time, efforts to retrieve his body proved futile as the body remains invisible on water surface.  Rokoze water body...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 4-December-2025. 📸 : Hon Driwaru Jennifer being warmly welcomed with a dance. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter. The Incumbent woman MP for Maracha District, Hon Driwaru Jennifer who was on Wednesday 3-December-2025 given a thunderous and exciting welcome by the voters in Awiziru Sub-county during her first round of the campaigns in all the 19 Sub-counties of Maracha District as she is also expected to repeat the second round of the rally to all the Sub-counties in the district as per her campaign campaign program submitted to the Electoral Commission, has pledged to lobby for the upgrade and maintenance of the road which starts from the main road to Curube health center and passes across to Okokoro Town Council via a stream river which also lacks a bridge. 📸: The Incumbent woman MP for Maracha District, Hon Driwaru Jennifer who is a staunch NRM party member, holds the NRM party flag as the official party c...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 25-11-2025. 📸: Uhuru Nelson addressing the crowd during the rally in Ayiko Parish on Tuesday. The NRM Party Candidate for Maracha Constituency MP election, Uhuru Nelson has on Tuesday 25-11-2025 castigated some politicians in Maracha District for using Women Groups in the district for their own selfish political gains. While campaigning in Ayiko Parish, in Obiba Sub-county, the youthful Uhuru Nelson decried the alarming exploitation of Women through formation of Sacco Groups under the pretext of empowering them through some financial handouts. 📸: Residents that gathered to listen to Uhuru Nelson in Ayiko Parish on Tuesday afternoon. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter. In his speech to the crowd that gathered to listen to his manifesto, Uhuru referenced the Women in Koboko District as an example of real empowerment after several of them got financial donations from former Koboko Municipality MP, Minister Hon. Anite E...

UPDATE ON NUP PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN ARUA DISTRICT/CITY. 20-11-2025. On Wednesday, November 19, 2025, Arua District and City hosted NUP presidential candidate Hon. Robert Sentamu Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, as part of his campaign tour. He began his campaign at Okazara Primary School grounds in Vurra Sub-County, Arua District; however, he was unable to address the rally there. He then proceeded to Ovisoni Trading Centre, also in Vurra Sub-County, where he waved at people by the roadside. From Ovisoni Trading Centre, Mr. Kyagulanyi and his team moved towards Giligili area in Ayivu West Division, Arua City, before proceeding to Ediofe Mission. They then turned right toward Onduparaka Trading Centre in Ayivu West, where he again waved at the people. At Onduparaka Trading Centre, he attempted to access the City Centre via a direct route that was not agreed upon in the prior meeting. However, he was blocked and unable to proceed. He then made a U-turn, apparently ...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 20-11-2025. 📸: The NRM Party MP Candidate for Maracha Constituency MP election, Uhuru Nelson addressing the people in Robu Parish, Awiziru Sub-county on Wednesday. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter. Following continuous outcries from the public over unfair and unequal distribution of Parish Development Module (PDM) money to the beneficiaries in Maracha District ever since its Countrywide official launch by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in 2022, the NRM Party Candidate for Maracha Constituency MP election, Uhuru Nelson has castigated some officials in Maracha District for using segregative and unequal method of selecting and paying the beneficiaries of the program. 📸: The people who gathered to listen to his campaign message. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter. The remarks were made at Talia, Robu Parish in Awiziru Sub-county on Wednesday 19-11-2025, where the NRM party MP Candidate Mr Uhuru who is canvassin...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 19-11-2025. 📸: Obeta Moses addressing the crowd. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter. The Maracha Constituency MP Candidate who is contesting as an Independent Candidate, has promised to end the syndrome of forcefully clinging on to the position of Member of Parliament until the person is voted out after a fierce and tedious campaign battle instead of willingly stepping down after serving the people for maximum of two terms in Parliament. 📸: The Crowd that gathered to listen to his message and campaign manifesto on Monday. Photo by our news Reporter Osuta Yusuf. In his address to the crowd that gathered at Lamila Ciru primary school playground in Okokoro Town Council on Monday 17-11-2025, Obeta Moses Drakua stated that he wants to end this self entitlement of feeling this MP position only belongs to me and whoever wants it must grab it by force. As the campaigns heat up ahead of 15-1-2026 general election for Preside...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 18-11-2025. 📸: Uhuru Nelson, the Maracha Constituency MP NRM party flag bearer addressing voters in Oluvu Parish, Awiziru Sub-county. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter. The NRM party flag bearer for Maracha Constituency MP election, Uhuru Nelson has pledged to fight corruption in Maracha District if he is voted to become the MP for Maracha Constituency in the upcoming 15-1-2026 general election. Uhuru Nelson who made the remarks while campaigning on Tuesday afternoon 18-11-2025 in Oluvu Parish, Awiziru Sub-county, Maracha Constituency in Maracha District, has condemned the high level of corruption in Maracha District, arguing that, it is killing the future of children in the District. While referencing the recent renovation project of some government primary school blocks in the district where the BoQ for the projects were highly inflated, Uhuru said if this level of corruption goes unchecked by the elected leaders, it is going...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Terego District. 15-11-2025. Click here on the link to watch the rally of Babanga Wilfred Erima we broadcasted Live on our News channe l on YouTube. 📸: Some of the voters that gathered to listen to the campaign message and manifesto of Babanga Wilfred Erima, the NRM Party candidate for Terego East Constituency MP position. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter.  The Terego East Constituency MP Candidate on NRM Party ticket, Babanga Wilfred Erima has on Saturday afternoon 15-11-2025 urged the people of Ombokoro parish in Odupi Sub-county to vote for him in the upcoming 15-1-2026 general election so that he uses the opportunity to consolidate development in Terego East Constituency by fostering on Agricultural Mechanization. 📸: The Terego East Constituency NRM Party Candidate Babanga Wilfred Erima addressing the voters. Photo by Our News Reporter Osuta Yusuf.  Babanga who got 11,000 votes in the NRM Primary election to become the...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 14-11-2025. The forum for democratic change (FDC) party Presidential Candidate, Hon. Nathan Nandala Mafabi has pledged to revamp Cooperatives, empower vendors and farmers by distributing 100m Shs per village every year if he is elected to be the President of Uganda in the upcoming general election. He made the remarks on Friday 14-11-2025 while campaigning in Maracha District ahead of the 15-1-2026 general election which has a total of 8 Presidential Candidates. The FDC Presidential Candidate who also doubles as the incumbent MP for Budadir West Constituency in Sironko District, criticized the ruling NRM Party government led by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for improverizing the citizens and only offers remedies as solutions for people's poverty and problems. More details here in the link attached.  #iip_updates  #Information_is_Power  #we_inform_the_uninformed 

13-11-2025. Kampala socialite Bryan Kirumira, commonly known as Bryan White, has been charged with human sacrifice, manslaughter and several related offences in connection with the death of a 25-year-old woman who allegedly sustained fatal burn injuries at his Kyamula residence in Makindye Division, Kampala. Although his name appears on the charge sheet as the lead suspect, Mr Kirumira did not appear in the dock on Thursday when the charges were being read to his co-accused persons. His wife, Daisy Nalunga and their co-accused, identified as Daphine Abaho, Naava Nakato, and Joyce Irene Nambalirwa, appeared before Grade One Magistrate Teddy Nakawuki at Makindye Chief Magistrates Court, where the charges were only read to them by the court clerk. The magistrate remanded them to Luzira Prison until December 18, 2025, when the case will come up again before Chief Magistrate Sarah Basemera for formal reading of the charges. ““The accused persons are hereby remanded until Decembe...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 13-11-2025. Click here to watch the campaign rally we broadcasted Live on our news channel on YouTube. 📸: Obeta Moses Drakua addressing the crowd at Opi's ground in Ovujo Town Council, Maracha Constituency in Maracha District. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter. The Maracha Constituency MP Candidate, Obeta Moses Drakua who is contesting as Independent Candidate for the MP seat, has on Thursday 13-11-2025  rallied the people of Ovujo Town Council and the other two town councils, Okokoro and Agaii Town council, to support the creation of Ovujo Municipality which is to be curved out of Maracha Constituency. The appeal by Obeta Moses comes at a time when Rtd CAO Hon. Tivu Mark, Former Maracha County MP Hon Olubo Magara, together with other stakeholders, held several consultative meetings to strategize and mobilise support for creation of Ovujo Municipality, a matter which sparked controversy from some people in the district and...

Story by Osuta Yusuf. Maracha District. 12-November-2025. Click here on the link to watch Mr Drakua Moses Obeta's campaign rally we broadcasted Live on our News Channel on YouTube.  📸: The Crowd at Cubiri, Obiba Sub-county that gathered to listen to the campaign message of Obeta Moses Drakua. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter. One of Maracha Constituency MP Candidates, Obeta Moses Drakua who is an NRM-Leaning Independent Candidate, has on Wednesday 12-November-2025 taken his message of Wealth Creation to Obiga Sub-county while campaigning for his MP hid for Maracha Constituency ahead of 15-1-2026 general election. 📸: Our Drone Camera showing one of the Trading Centers in Obiba Sub-county. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter. While addressing a gleeful mammoth crowd at the venue in Cubiri, Obiba Sub-county, Mr Obeta Moses described Obiba Sub-county’s strategic location at the border with DRC Congo as source of Wealth and urged the young people wh...

Click here on the link to watch his Campaign we broadcasted Live on our News Channel on YouTube. Story by Osuta Yusuf. Terego District. 10-November-2025. 📸: Drone camera photo taken on 10-Nov-2025 showing some of the lands in Azapi Parish, Odupi Sub-county in Terego East, Terego District. Photo by Osuta Yusuf, Our News Reporter. Residents in Azapi Parish, Odupi Sub-county, Terego East Constituency in Terego District have on Monday 10-November-2025 pleaded to Terego East Constituency NRM Party MP Candidate, Babanga Wilfred Erima to intervene in what they described as “Alarming Land Grabbing” orchestrated by a politician in their area. 📸: Voters clapping and showing “Thumps Up” sign for Babanga Wilfred as he makes his remarks during the campaign. Photo by Our News Reporter Osuta Yusuf. The voters made their appeal to the MP hopeful Babanga as he went to Azapi Parish, in Odupi Sub-county to launch his first official campaign for the MP bid ahead of 15-1-2026 gen...

Story published on 3-November-2025. Djibouti's parliament removed the age limit for presidents with a unanimous vote on Sunday, its speaker told AFP, opening the way for leader Ismail Omar Guelleh to run for a sixth term. Guelleh, 77, has held power since 1999 in the tiny Horn of Africa nation, a major port that hosts military bases for the United States, France, China, Japan and Italy. Djibouti's lawmakers unanimously approved the change to the constitution to remove a bar on running for president past the age of 75. The move allows Guelleh to run in the next election in April 2026, likely facing minimal opposition in a country with limited freedom of expression and press. "The National Assembly ratified the removal of the age limit today, so it is official," said parliament speaker Dileita Mohamed Dileita. Parliament had already passed the motion a week earlier in an initial vote that was then approved by Guelleh and sent back to lawmakers for the final vote. Dileit...

Story by Juliet Kigongo. Veteran minister and Ugandan politcian Gen Moses Ali. PHOTO/RASHUL ADIDI What you need to know: Kakwenza, Kiggala ask Constitutional Court to block Gen Ali’s candidacy.  The Constitutional Court has been petitioned challenging the nomination of ageing Gen (Rtd) Moses Ali as the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer for Adjumani West Constituency, citing concerns over his frail health and physical incapacity. Writer and self-exiled activist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija and human rights defender Ssuuna James Kiggala through their lawyers of Kiiza & Mugisha Advocates, lists the NRM, the Electoral Commission, and the Attorney General as co-respondents alongside Gen Ali, who currently serves as the Second Deputy Prime Minister and deputy leader of government business in parliament. According to the petitioners, the nomination and endorsement of Gen Ali to contest for re-election in his current state violates the citizens’ constitutiona...