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JUST IN: UPDF Warns Bobi Wine, NUP Over Red Berets

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Linda Njoroge
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In the news this afternoon, the army has come out to warn individuals putting on clothes that resemble those of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) especially Berets, lanyards, and clothing which were banned in a general notice in the gazette in 2019 by the forces.

This warning comes at a time when the National Unity Platform (NUP) members and their president Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu are moving across the regions to drum up support, opening up offices and spread their gospel of regime change ahead of the 2026 general elections but wearing their red berets.

Bobi Wine, National Unity Platform fanatics had stopped wearing the red beret after the army banned it in 2019 but early last year resumed wearing them after veteran journalist Andrew Mwenda who is a brother to the then commander of the mountain division and operation shujaa now commander land forces Lt Gen Kayanja Muhanga went to the battle lines in Congo, flew in Military choppers and wore army uniforms but he went scot free without even a warning from the forces.

Mwenda In UPDF Uniform and Flying a Military Chopper

However, the first son who was then the commander of land forces Muhoozi Keinerugaba said it’s fine for Andrew Mwenda (a civilian) to wear army attires but it’s criminal for the rest of Ugandan civilians to wear anything resembling that. Mwenda is spokesperson for Muhoozi’s MK Movement.

“My bro Mwenda is part of the massive fan base that PDF has because of the great work we do. They want to wear our uniforms, hold our guns and even pretend to fly our aircrafts. It means nothing”-Muhoozi tweeted then

Andrew Mwenda On The Left In Military Attires

Bobi Wine and his NUP supporters have been putting on the berets and other attires like overalls and T.shirts without being warned or told to remove them off their heads. The army says now it’s the time whoever is wearing them to stop wearing them or face it rough.

Bobi Wine And His Supporters Donning Red Berrets

“1. The Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs has noted with concern the increasing number of Civilians in military insignia that are a preserve of the security forces. Such as: berets, lanyards and clothing.
2. Section 160 of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Act, 2005 subsection 2. part (c) prohibits none members of the Security Forces from receiving, possessing, selling or delivering any such attire mentioned above among others.
3. Whereas, the Uganda Gazette under General notice No 1013 of 2019, dated 18 Sept 2019 issued a notice describing and prohibiting members of the public from donning Military wears and decorations or so nearly resembling them.
4. We wish to again warn those individuals donning these items mentioned.
5. Failure to comply with this warning will invite legal action to the concerned individuals”-reads the warning in part

 

Army Warning

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Nebbi Catholic Diocese Rescues Over 100 Helpless Inter-Clan Victims

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By Hillary Alithum

More than 100 helpless victims of recent Pakia inter clan conflict in Akaa subcounty , Zombo district received basic relief items of basins , clothes, Jerrycans ,soap ,saucepans ,cups among other essential items from Nebbi catholic diocese and it’s CARITAS, humanitarian agency.

Rt.Rev.Raphael P’Mony Wokorach presided over commiseration Holy mass and blessed the relief items meant for the affected communities.

The conflict that was sparked by the “murder in cold blood” of the Chairperson, Zombo Tea Growers Cooperative Union ,late Mr. Jimmy Okello by unknown machete welding men along Kagera stream connecting the two clans of Pakia bonguyec and Palei ,prompted the deceased’s family and relatives to retaliate by torching over 130 huts , killing and looting of properties of the alleged perpetrators in the neighborhood villages of Akol,Agulu and Gwoknyeri.

More than 500 people were left homeless as their houses were burnt to ashes ,animals ,Irish potato seedlings and other properties worth million of shillings looted and destroyed.

The devastating effects of the conflict on the community urgently attracts interventions of humanitarian agencies and organisations to rejuvenate the social, economic and spiritual attitudes of the victimized communities.

Zombo district is not alien to mob justice , previous paradigm of destructive effects of mob justice has not delivered any sermon on the mountain for the people of Zombo, trajectory that when not intercepted and streamed will hatch into serious insecurity threat that wrong elements may take advantage of to inflict pain on the people .

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JUST IN: Judiciary Gets New PRO As Karemani Gets Elevated

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Linda Njoroge
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His Worship Ereemye Jumire James Mawanda the new PRO

The Chief justice Alphonse Owiny Dollo has in his August 28th letter appointed His Worship Ereemye Jumire James Mawanda as the new Judiciary’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) replacing Jamson Karemani Karemera who was recently elevated as a judge of the high court of Uganda.

Mawanda has been serving as the Acting Registrar Magistrates affairs and Data Management and Karemani who he ha replaced was also not only serving as the PRO of the judiciary but also Deputy Chief registrar and the new appointee will also take on the same roles as PRO and Deputy Chief registrar to her Worship the Chief Registrar HW Sarah Langa Siu.

“In exercise of the powers conferred upon the Chief Justice under Article 133 of the Constitution and in accordance with Section 3(a) of the Administration of the Judiciary Act, I hereby assign you as Public Relations Officer of the Judiciary, in addition to your duties as a Registrar,” reads Dollo’s Letter while appointing Mawanda.

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Who Is Eating The Revenue Being Collected In Soroti City?

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Steven Ariong
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Soroti city is grappling with heap of uncollected garbage making the town that gained city status to be the most dirtiest despite many revenue collection centres.
Ultimate news carried out investigations and found out that  revenue base of Soroti city is estimated between 12 to 18 billion however what the city declared in the financial year 2022, 2023  has raised concerns from the public on who could be chewing the money being collected.
According to the documents obtained by this website, it shows that  Soroti when it was still a municipality used to collect between Shs4 to 5 billion in a year with only 12 wards, but what’s challenging the minds of the Well wishers of Soroti city is that even when the city wards have increased to 25,the city still declares little revenue collection
John  Omoding a resident of Orwadai village  in Soroti city says since Soroti gained city status two years back, they are many  new revenue sources that have cropped up in the city among them, petrol stations, new buildings housing businesses, new markets and a new modern market facility that is estimated to collect up to 50million monthly, new hotels (Strikers hotels, Townview Hotel, Hersey resorts and many others), Soroti city but the city still declares less revenue collected.
“Imagine this financial  year, 2022/2023 with all these new sources of revenue, the city has since  declared to have collected less than 2 billion in the year 2022/2023, with a possible collection 11billion,”who is eating the rest of the money collected?”-he asked.
Moses Okiror  one of the anti corruption members in the city said the under declaration of these revenue has caused a serious standstill of garbage management in the city.
“The city is now littered with garbage and our leaders are very quiet”-he said.
Betty Akello another resident from pioneer ward appealed for thorough investigations to ascertain why the city has continued  collecting low revenue even when the city has gotten many business that would have increased in its revenue collection.
Mr.Christopher Daniel Kawesi the city town clerk when contacted promised to get back since he was locked up in a meeting but he could not honor his promise.
But the source at the city council who requested to speak on condition of anonymity fearing to be reprimanded told this publication that it’s also challenging some of the staffs on how most of the revenue collected is being utilized.
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Zombo Multi-Million Islamic School To Provide Evangelical Activities

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Linda Njoroge
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By Hillary Alithum

A delegation of eight senior lead role Islamic clerics from the Republic of Kenya with wide ranging reputation across the East African communities on 26th , August 2023 presided over Daawaah ,Islamic propagation that involved blessing the multi-million , Madrasakil Alganahu Islamia Paidha project located in close proximity to Salaama mosque in Paidha town council.

The Islamic faith based learning centre has scenic infrastructures of 6 classrooms block, 50 pupils spacious dormitory,12 standard washrooms and 10 lockup shops, nomenclature as Madrasakil Alganahu Islamia Paidha with project implementation cost of over 600 million shillings is purposefully established to conduct education and evangelization of Islamic faith.

Sheik Kagwa Abuduhamid Abdu Rijji ,Imam of Salaama mosque asked Muslim faithfuls to earnestly support the institution,” I pray for my people to support the institution jealously ,they need to support it in kind and materially in anyway ,today they have come praying for it the next day they will hand it over to us and we need now to stand by it such that our grandchildren should also come to benefit from this,” Kagwa told ultimate News.

The Madrasakil Alganahu is born at a time when the Islamic founded schools of Abdeen and Nuur have failed to competitively sustain themselves amidst the successful government and private Schools.

Thousands of Islamic believers from the different parts of Zombo district and West Nile Region thronged the premises of Salaama mosque to witness the Daawaah , blessing of the learning center that Will serve West Nile Region and parts of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Soroti Fish Traders Discover Lost Fish Cooler House In Kagwara Serere.

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Steven Ariong
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SOROTI: Fish and fresh food traders of Soroti city have been left in disbelief after the recovery of Shs2bn fresh food cooler house in Kagwara landing site in Serere district.
The cooler house donated by Italian government to the fish and fresh food traders of Soroti disappeared from Soroti old market in 2017 just after the contractors started demolishing the old market to rebuild the modern one. This publication learnt that all along the traders and the concerned residents of Soroti have been asking themselves including asking their leaders who took the cooler house and where it was but there was no answer.
However last week Anti-corruption monitors from Soroti city discovered the cooler house in Kagwara landing site being used by yet to be known private person to cool fish. Grace Nambose a fish trader in Soroti city said they were shocked when the information reached to them after the discovery of the cooler house in Kagwara.
“We traveled  to Kagwara landing site and we were surprised to get the cooler house being used in Kagwara yet it was a property for the traders of Soroti city,”She said.
Joel Otimong another and trader suspected that the cooler house which can shifted like a container could have been sold by their leaders given the fact that no one has ever explained to them.
“Soroti is one of the most corrupt city in the entire country look at how they are illegally selling people’s land and subleasing it without following the proper procédure said.
Officials from Soroti city have of recent been in the media over corruption. This publication  also learnt that the public address system which was within the market has also gotten lost and it’s whereabouts has remained unknown.
Mr.Paul Omer the Mayor of Soroti east division who happened to be the municipal mayor by the time cooler house disappeared could not be reached for the comment.  Mr. Christopher Daniel Kawesi  the Soroti city town clerk could also not pick up our repeated calls.
However the traders said they were mobilizing to storm to Kagwara landing site with the low bed truck to transport back the cooler house to Soroti.

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OWEYEGHA-AFUNADUULA: Musicians Should Not Disparage, Degrade Or Despise Each Other

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Linda Njoroge
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By Oweyegha-Afunaduula
25th August 2023.

I like music, don’t you? It soothes the spirit and the mind. I like talented musicians, but still love the music of those who become good musicians through sheer hard work, or those made by others.

I am not happy when musicians whose music soothes my mind and spirit publicly disparage, despise and downgrade one another. They should leave us who listen to their music to grade their music. But it is also true that one’s music will fluctuate from bad, to good, to excellent and back to bad if one allows it to.

Nevertheless what is bad to me may be good to another music enthusiast. If musicians respect each other we who listen to their music will also respect them.

Let their music also be the barometer with which the public can gauge their personalities in the music industry, and the value they add to the collective quality of life in our country.

We face so many problems, issues and challenges as a country. Music can be what we need to ease the burdens of life. Music is polluted when musicians allow themselves to be used by politicians to disparage their political challengers.

Let politicians today and tomorrow not politicize music. Music should be as pure as wisdom. Music is the tool we remain with to reduce the burdens of life created by bad governance, greed and selfishness.

When music is polluted by politics for the political gain of a few, it becomes meaningless and ineffective in easing our burdens of life by making us momentarily forget that we have bad governance, or greedy and selfish people all out to devour us and grab everything we knew was ours and God-given.

For God and My Country

The Writer Is a Ugandan Scientist And Environmentalist

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LIST: See Students Admitted At LDC For Bar Course

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Linda Njoroge
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Every year, 100s of fresh graduates with a Bach of Law apply and admitted the Law development centre in Kampala and its satellite campuses in Mbarara and Lira.

Those who finish this level come out as advocates and are employable in the Judiciary, Law firms and chambers, organizations, companies as others formulate their own law firms.

The admission lis has 1445 students admitted from 13 Ugandan Universities and others from foreign universities with Uganda Christian University (UCU) taking the lion’s share with 400 students, Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) having 345 students,  Makerere University ( MUK) with 250 Students, Kampala International University 189 students.

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The other universities whose Law graduates have been admitted at LDC include Bishop Stuart University with 31 students, Cavendish University 22 students, Gulu University 48 students, International University of East Africa 08 students, King Caesar University also with 08 students, Nkumba Univerity 44 students, The Uganda Pentecostal University 71 students, Uganda Martyrs University 14 students, Busoga University 04 students and 12 students from Foreign Universities.

A total of 794 students will study from the Kampala main campus, 201 students to study from Lira campus and 450 students to study from Mbarara campus.

CHECK THE ADMISSION LIST HERE OR HERE

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JUST IN: Top Museveni Minister Shot At In Hoima District

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Linda Njoroge
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In the news this afternoon, police and the army are pursuing three private security guards who shot at minister Sam Mayanja and his team who had gone to Rwobunyonyi village, Buraru parish in Kyabigambire sub-county in Hoima district to resolve a land dispute.

Junior Minister for lands Sam Mayanja was shocked to his dismay when guards deployed by Fred Mugamba to keep away residents off land which has been contested for some time now.

According to the affected residents, they claim Mugamba has ben keeping them away from his land and has been destroying their food and property and had called on Minister Sam Mayanja to help them seek justice and reign over Mugamba who is determined to make them landless.

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Mnister ordered the arrest of the private guards who shot at him citing that H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni ordered the removal of all private guards from private and it’s just a few individuals who are still using them to scare away aggrieved residents.

There’s rampant land wrangles in areas of Bunyoro but so much in Buganda, this has left several and majority landless as rich men and women use their money, courts of law, police and the army to steal people’s land.

This is a developing story, we are still updating it.

SOURCE: NTV UGANDA

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Digital Connectivity: Intellimedia Networks Africa Paves Way For Growth And Sustainability Across Kenya And The Continent

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Linda Njoroge
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US-based tech company Intellimedia Networks Africa has marked its robust entry into the African market with the start of the first batch of trainees for their market-changing connectivity solutions, setting the stage for a revolution in digital connectivity that aligns with the continent’s growth needs and the digitization goals of Kenya.

At the core of Intellimedia Networks’ innovative solutions lie cutting-edge interactive and VR/AR-based training platforms, advanced content distribution systems, and groundbreaking live event broadcasting solutions. These technologies, made more powerful by Intellimedia’s cost-effective last mile connectivity solutions, stand to reshape East Africa’s technological landscape and expand far beyond.

Chairman of Intellimedia Networks Africa, Mr. Alex Chesosi, described this expansion as a strategic move to unlock the untapped potential in technology and connectivity across the region.

He emphasized that this is more than just business expansion; it’s a commitment to transformation, nurtured talent, and regional economic growth.

Intellimedia’s connectivity solution aims to transcend urban boundaries and reach remote communities. These remote community connections could power vital services such as healthcare, education, and e-commerce, fostering socio-economic development even in the most isolated regions.

Intellimedia’s mission also targets vital sectors like education and healthcare.

Schools equipped with Intellimedia’s digital training solutions can access global resources, and hospitals can tap into telemedicine services, all made possible through seamless connectivity.

The growth of Africa is deeply intertwined with government and manufacturing sectors. Intellimedia’s solution aligns with Kenyan President William Ruto’s vision to establish a digital hub in every Kenyan ward, further enhancing governmental functions.

In manufacturing, the connectivity provided by Intellimedia’s technology will enable Industry 4.0 applications, driving efficiency and innovation.

The emphasis on connectivity resonates with the United Nations’ sustainability goals and international business and investors that want to participate in growing the African market backed by informed, educated, and entrepreneurial citizens.

Intellimedia’s approach aligns with global initiatives to foster rapid skill acquisition, poverty reduction, and sustainability.

By ensuring affordable and accessible connectivity, they enable various sectors to thrive, thereby supporting Africa’s growth.

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Konza Management symbolizes Intellimedia’s dedication to collaboration and forward-thinking, a move that will strengthen technological connectivity and education in East Africa.

Additionally, Intellimedia’s event broadcasting solutions foster both global connectivity and local engagement, ensuring that major conferences and events hosted in Kenya reach a global audience.

Intellimedia’s arrival in Africa heralds a new era of connectivity that is poised to drive transformation across the continent. Through a suite of comprehensive solutions that encompasses design, implementation, and support, they are making strides in connecting remote communities, schools, hospitals, government bodies, manufacturing, and more.

By aligning with the sustainability goals championed by the United Nations and Kenya’s focus on digitzation of the country, and fostering collaboration at various levels, Intellimedia’s Connectivity Solution becomes an essential element in supporting growth.

As Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi rightly noted, Intellimedia’s solutions will be warmly welcomed, not just as a business expansion but as a catalyst for high growth, empowerment, and new opportunities through emerging immersive technologies.

In a world where connectivity is the currency of progress, Intellimedia’s determination to provide accessible and reliable solutions is a game-changer for Africa.

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