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The territorial Police at Central Police Station Kampala yesterday 21st September 2023 responded swiftly to a wave of complaints on social media and through official channels regarding vehicle vandalism within the central business district. In a coordinated intelligence operation, the police managed to apprehend suspects involved in the theft of side mirrors and other motor vehicle parts. The suspects, who were caught red-handed in the act of stealing from both moving vehicles and those parked in Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) parking spots, have been identified as follows: Muhammed Ramathan Kabalega Deus Emron Lawrence Kazungu Enoch During the operation, a significant number of stolen motor vehicle parts were recovered from the suspects. Further interrogation of the apprehended individuals led the police to the Kiseka area, where they discovered shops engaged in the illegal trade of stolen vehicle parts. Additional suspects were arrested during this phas...

📸: Parliamentary Committee Chairperson on Trade, Hon Mwine Mpaka. The investigations into the alleged mismanagement of funds released to cooperative societies have taken a new twist, with the latest information revealing that there are some five ministers, including 25 MPs, who benefited from the funds.  In a closed-door meeting held at Parliament, there were reports indicating that over UGX 100 billion was lost in the process of releasing funds to the cooperatives. Source: NBS TV. #iip_updates  #Information_is_Power  #we_inform_the_uninformed

📷: Unsplash. Jansoni fought with Mataayo and broke his teeth. Jansoni was arrested and taken to court. His uncle told him that ‘their’ Kyazze had a lawyer in the family. So, Jansoni knew he would easily win the case because Mataayo was ‘too poor’ to hire a lawyer. On the day of court, someone showed up calling herself “State Attorney” and Jansoni was told that this was the government lawyer for Mataayo. Mataayo now thinks someone in government must hate him or else the whole government would not have hired a lawyer for Mataayo who cannot even afford to buy ‘meat’ on Sunday at his home.   WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?. When you report someone for a crime at police, the police carries out investigations and then sends the case to the government office that deals with taking crimes to court called the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).  At the DPP’s office the police file is received by the officials in that office who assess it to see if there is enough p...

📸: Betty Kamya (Left) Hands over IGG report to Hon Esther Afoyachan. Wednesday 20-9-2023. Esther Afoyachan, Commissioner of Parliament who received the report on behalf of Speaker Among asked the IGG to focus on the corruption taking place in the Parish Development Model, saying if this isn’t curbed, the intention of bringing the subsistence farmers into the money economy may not be achieved. "Take a lot of interest in the PDM. A lot of money is going into PDM, but there is a lot of siphoning. Eventually what is reaching the beneficiaries is a fraction of what it should have been. I want you to take interest in PDM, you will be shocked at the things happening there and yet you are aware that almost our entire budget is going towards PDM, so I would like our people’s lives to improve as long as PDM is there,” Afoyachan. Via Parliament Watch. #iip_updates  #Information_is_Power  #we_inform_the_uninformed

📷: Unsplash Kabuuma and Sadiq fought over Nabiryo last year. For a long time Kabuuma had been warning Sadiq to stay away from Nabiryo, but Sadiq had ignored him and continued to call her at night and even give her lifts on his bicycle.Then Sadiq got a job in Kampala and left Buikwe. Kabuuma thanked his gods for helping him but then then on Christmas of 2021, Sadiq now returned with a bodaboda and Kabuuma thought it was going to lose Nabiryo again. Around Easter, Sadiq bought a cloth for Nabiryo and that is how the fight started. In that confusion, Kabuuma hit Sadiq with a wheel spanner and for over a year, Sadiq was in a coma. Last week Sadiq died from those injuries.   Sadiq’s family want Kabuuma to be punished for ‘murdering’ their son. Do they have a point?  WHAT DOES THE LAW SAY?. By law, no one is allowed to take the life of another person unless this happens either as a punishment given by a court of law for a crime and that person has been found guilty...

MPs want an investigation into the Shs13Bn the Ministry of Tourism paid for Uganda to host the flopped 2020 MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA), that were  later cancelled over public backlash that Gov't wanted to use the awards to try whitewash Uganda’s image at international scene. The Auditor General revealed that the Ministry of Tourism, signed an agreement with a foreign company on 5th February 2020 to enable Uganda host the 2020 edition of MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) which events were slated for 13th June 2020 & Government agreed to a sponsorship fee of Shs13Bn, that was paid in two instalments of UGX10.4Bn that was paid on 12th March 2020 and another Shs2.6Bn paid on 19th January 2021. Via Parliament Watch. #iip_updates  #Information_is_Power  #we_inform_the_uninformed

The iPhone belonging to Galina Timchenko, a prominent Russian journalist and critic of the government, was compromised with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, a new collaborative investigation from Access Now and the Citizen Lab has revealed. The infiltration is said to have happened on or around February 10, 2023. Timchenko is the executive editor and owner of Meduza , an independent news publication based in Latvia. It's currently not clear who deployed the malware on the device. The Washington Post reported that the Russian government is not a client of NSO Group, citing an unnamed person familiar with the company's operations. "During the infection her device was localized to the GMT+1 timezone, and she reports being in Berlin, Germany," the Citizen Lab said. "The day following the infection she was scheduled to attend a private meeting with other heads of Russian independent media exiled in Europe to discuss how to manage threats and censorship b...