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The alleged transgender Mr Adroni Ramijo Jembe Charles Agupiyo. Photo by Information is Power . The police in vurra constituency, Arua district on saturday 17-6-2023, arrested Mr Adroni Ramijo Jembe Agupiyo Charles a Youth with five names in Pajuru parish, Arivu sub-county on assumption of being a transgender person. Mr Ramijo Jembe Agupiyo Charles who was arrested during a land dispute resolution meeting in the above referenced residence was found wearing ear rings and conducted himself like a woman from the way he dresses, besides his long five names that prompted the authorities to ask for his National Identification Card to prove his identity but he failed to produce it, stating that, he left it at home. Some people that were present during his arrest and they spoke off record, expressed their discomfort over the conduct, adding that, such dresscodes & behaviors can easily be tagged with promoting homosexuality, which violates Anti-homosexuality (LGBTQ) law recently...

Mp Jenifer Driwaru addressing community members at Nyoro central stage on Sunday. Photo by Information is Power. Story          by maracani Maracha district woman member of parliament, Driwaru Jenifer on Sunday embarked on road safety campaign to  locals a bid  to reduce on rampart cases of accident on deadly spots. while addressing community members who included bodaboda riders, women and children at Nyoro trading center, mp Jennifer rallied community members and road users of tarmacked Arua koboko highway to exercise vigilance and always take traffic precautions while crossing over the deadly highway. "Always watch movement of your friends while crossing the road, alarm him or her while  when you see a vehicle advancing and also don't forget to look left and right atleast twice before crossing over for you to have better judgement", Driwaru emphasized. In Maracha district ,Nyoro trading centre is amongst accident blackspo...

Story by Information is Power reporter Kundu Ronald . The victims during the meeting. Photo by Kundu Ronald , Information is Power. Kiryandongo District . Land victims in Kiryandongo who have awaited government resettlement for a very long period of time breathed a sigh of relief after government provided for 200 millions meant for their resettlement on ranch 11 in the 2023/2024 financial budget.  The victims who include those evicted from Karuma wildlife reserve, those evicted from the former Palestinian farm land, the landless Nubian community, veterans on ranch 11 and the Kibeka/Nyamakere forest reserve settlers have all been waiting for their permanent resettlement as promised by the president for a long period of time. BACKGROUND . The first conflict started around 1911 when people who until then lived in today's Murchison falls game park where resettled southwards upon its creation with people and institutions losing land. After gazetting the park peop...

By BarefootLawyers. Did you know that today is the international day of the African child? The International day of the African child has been celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991, when it was first introduced by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The purpose of this day is to honour those who participated in the Soweto Uprising on June 16th, 1976.   It also serves as a reminder to keep raising awareness for the improvement of education provided to African children. As we celebrate this day, let us remember to reflect on our rights and duties as citizens towards children.  The Ugandan Constitution states that all children have the right to be cared for, protected, and maintained but also, they all have the right to education. Let collectively work to ensure that we work towards providing care and education for all children in Uganda as we remember this day of the African child. 📷: Unsplash

📸: The abandoned market facility at Malaba boarder. Photo by Information is Power. In many areas where modern market facilities are generating millions of shillings in terms of revenue collection for the government and also improving the livelihood of people in such areas through businesses, in Maracha District, the story is different. Traders and locals from both DRC Congo and Uganda have abandoned multi-million newly constructed Malaba market facility after they were mercilessly beaten by UPDF soldiers during enforcement of Covid-19 SOPs in March-2021. 📸: DRC Congo  - Uganda boarder, Malaba. Photo by Information is Power on Friday 9-June-2023. The facility which costed Shs 70,000,000  is located at Malaba boarder between DRC Congo and Uganda in Paranga Sub-county, Maracha District and its project was funded by government of Uganda under Discretionary Development Equalisation Grant (DDEG) program. WHAT THE TRADERS ARE SAYING. The traders and locals ...

By THN. An updated version of an Android remote access trojan dubbed  GravityRAT  has been found masquerading as messaging apps BingeChat and Chatico as part of a narrowly targeted campaign since June 2022. "Notable in the newly discovered campaign, GravityRAT can exfiltrate WhatsApp backups and receive commands to delete files," ESET researcher Lukáš Štefanko said in a new report published today. "The malicious apps also provide legitimate chat functionality based on the open-source OMEMO Instant Messenger app." GravityRAT is the name given to a  cross-platform malware  that's capable of targeting Windows, Android, and macOS devices. The Slovak cybersecurity firm is tracking the activity under the name SpaceCobra. The threat actor is suspected to be based in Pakistan, with recent attacks involving GravityRAT targeting military personnel in India and among the Pakistan Air Force by camouflaging it as cloud storage and entertainment apps, as disclosed by Meta las...

By BarefootLawyers. Pingu has not been to his village for the last 9 years. Recently, he decided to take his children to meet their grandparents. Everywhere he stopped in the village, he would get insults and they would tell him that he has abandoned his children. When he reached home, his parents were packed and ready to move to Kampala so he can look after them from there. Pingu wants to know if there is a law that makes him look after his parents WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY? The law says that the government must create ways to look after the elderly people in Uganda. Other than this, there is no law that makes it rule that children should take care of their parents. However, if you choose to look after your parents, then they become what the law calls 'dependants' . This means that your parents are dependent on you for their well-being and it also means that they must be provided for in your will or if you have no will, then when your property is being distributed, the...