Information is Power

📸: People fetching a contaminated running water in Maracha town council, Maracha east constituency. Pragmatic Help Achieving Social Empowerment (PHASE) an NGO registered in Somalia in 2014 with funding from iDRF in Canada has on Monday 22-4-2024 held an inception meeting with Maracha District politicians, technocrats and clergies, to discuss distribution of a water project that will benefit 9 Sub-counties in Maracha East constituency. The pre-planning meeting which was attended by the concerned stakeholders in the District resolved to drill the shallow wales lobbied by Mr Aduma Yeero Justus for the 9 Sub-counties in Maracha East constituency based on needs assessment. 📸: Aduma Yeero Justus  The country director and also the Program and Technical manager for PHASE Organization, Mr Aduma Yeero Justus says areas that will benefit from this water project will be done on needs assessment. He assured the people that, this charity program meant to benefit the com...

Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has said that the current times are the worst for anyone to be a politician in Uganda, wondering whether it is even worth it for anyone to be in involved in Uganda’s politics given the hatred and intrigue in society. "When they saw the name Tayebwa, they concluded it is Deputy Speaker. It is been painful because the way such videos go viral and the negativity of our politics in this country, people easily jump on it. I think this is the worst time to be a politician in Uganda and I don’t know if it is even worth it. Because really, the kind of society we have managed to build, the hatred spreading, it is really painful,” said Tayebwa. The Deputy Speaker made the remarks in a media interview at Parliament, where he was responding to a viral video made by a one Esther Ruhunde, who accused Tayebwa of stealing her family land, torturing and later imprisoning her husband following a land wrangle, only for the lad's allegations...

Street Vendors in Arua city were on the 18th of April 2024 engaged in serious running battles with security agencies following the demonstrations over the implantation of the trade order which seeks to bring order among the business community through curbing illegal practices such as street vending and wrong parking among others. These riots emerged after the make shift structures of the street vendors were destroyed by unknown people in the previous night angering the traders to cause destruction within the city center through demonstrating.. The angry street vendors, who turned up for work to only find their structures destroyed, resorted to demolishing clearing all the structures most especially those that survived most especially in areas of Lobida market ,Terego House and other areas. Obindu Jackson a vendor dealing in eggs attributes the rowdiness by the traders to discrimination in the implementation of the law. Ahmed Dramani another vendor dealing in carpets says...

Head of the Military Intelligence Directorate Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva | File photo: Gideon Markowicz. Haliva was among the first to take responsibility for the intelligence failure on Oct. 7 when the Hamas onslaught took Israeli forces by surprise. By  Lilach Shoval Published on  04-22-2024 10:37 Last modified: 04-22-2024 10:52 Head of the Military Intelligence Directorate Maj. Gen. Aharon H...

As a car owner, you’ll agree that there’s almost nothing more troubling and frustrating than automatic transmission grinding noise when shifting gears . The transmission may make several noises when shifting gears. These noises include rattling, whining, grinding, and clunking noise when shifting gears or accelerating. Most times, any transmission noises indicate a severe underlying transmission problem. A mechanic should track where these noises are coming from and proffer solutions before they escalate to total transmission failure. This article will discuss the causes of automatic transmission noise when put in gear. We’ll also look at how to rectify them. There should be minimal noise when you shift your transmission to gear. The transmission should shift easily and run smoothly. If the transmission grinds when it is in gear, you have a problem that needs urgent attention. Therefore, if you’re asking, ‘why is my automatic transmission grinding...

MPs have asked Gov’t to avail Shs31.330Bn for the payment of a Shs60M monthly salary to each of the 17 gazetted traditional leader (Kings & Chiefs), &  also have additional Shs17.2Bn to be provided for the construction of Palaces for the; lteso, Tieng Adhola, Buruli & Rwenzururu kingdoms as per Presidential directive.  Flavia Kabahenda, Chairperson, Parliament’s Gender, Labour & Social Development Committee revealed that the total annual budget requirement for emoluments for Traditional Leaders is Shs32.170Bn but only Shs840M has been provided, leaving a shortfall of Shs31.330Bn. "Ministry of Finance should avail Shs31.330Bn to cater for the implementation of Cabinet's directive on emoluments to the 17 gazetted Traditional/Cultural leaders. Construction of Palaces for the lteso, Tieng Adhola, Buruli & Rwenzururu Kingdoms. The Ministry of Finance should provide Shs17.2Bn for the construction of palaces for the lteso, Tieng Adhola, Buruli and Rwen...

Parliament also urged Gov’t to provide additional Shs4Bn to UTB to engage international and national media houses in production of positive media stories for improved destination image, following reports of drop in number of tourists from US, Europe and China visiting Uganda. "The National Development Plan targeted to cumulatively attract 281,760 International Tourist arrivals from US, Europe & China but only 67,252 arrivals were registered by the end of the first half of FY 2023/24. The U.S, Europe & China were key target source for leisure tourist who stay longer than business tourists. However, statistics show that international arrivals from the aforementioned areas have continue to drop. The UTB requires Shs4Bn to engage international & national media houses in production of positive tourism stories to improve destination perception in light of recent controversies that shade the destination in a bad light. However, this has remained unfunded,” said La...