Author: Temiteo Okwakol

By Julius Peter Ochen It’s a sunny Saturday morning, 15th day of December 2063. I am presenting a lecture on African traditional education at Gulu University. My phone rings. It’s Franco, an elderly Uganda’s Ambassador to Jordan. “My old friend” he started. “The country has gone to the dogs”. I am quiet. “The President has ascended to the Bill. There are no more public schools, learning centres and health facilities in Uganda,” He dropped the news. I paused fleetingly.  This was after the President had ascended to numerous disgusting grimy horrifying Bills including Assisted Suicide Bill (2058) – permission to…

Soroti City: The Woman Member of Parliament for Soroti City, Joan Alobo Achom has handed over a water facility to the area locals of Arapai Ward in Soroti city West Division, who had faced water crisis for a longer time. The piped water project aims to ease access to water by households, especially those in lower settings that had not been reached by National Water and Sewerage Cooperation (NWSC). Speaking during the handover of piped water to the locals of Mugana Cell and Opauber Trading Center, Alobo said that the achievement is her total commitment to deliver services to her…

By Emmanuel Eumu. Mbale: The Director of St. Mary’s Secondary School, Mbale district, Francis Owino is in trouble for allegedly providing students with fabricated Uganda certificate of Education ( UCE) and Uganda Advance certificate of Education (UACE) results. He was apprehended on Friday following a tip off from a concerned parent who claimed Owino had asked for shillings one million in exchange for genuine results. Rogers Taitika, the Elgon Region police spokesperson confirmed owino’s arrest, noting that the police are actively searching for the other two school directors involved in the case. Reportedly, the 2022 UCE and UACE results for…

A section of Legislators representing Soroti city from the National Assembly have confirmed that Parliament has picked interest in the continuous outcry of public land grabbing in Soroti City. Joan Alobo the Soroti City Woman MP and Jonathan Ebwalu the Soroti City West Division Mp have in regards to this called for a fact finding meeting with the public set for October 2nd 2023. A public notice seen by this website states, ”the Woman Mp Soroti City the Hon. Joan Acom Alobo and Hon. Jonathan Ebwalu the Soroti City West division Mp invites the city Land Land committee and all…

RUHINDA- The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has given out 25 brand new HP laptops to parish chiefs in Ruhinda North, Mitooma District to help in the implementation of the Parish Development Model. Tayebwa, who is the Ruhinda North area Member of Parliament, also distributed 6 (six) brand new HP printers to all the sub counties that make up his constituency. Tayebwa was responding to feedback from PDM beneficiaries after multiple reports indicated that parish chiefs were illegally charging between 10,000 and 40,000 to put each beneficiary on the system. He gave out the laptops and printers during a…

Soroti City: The Woman Member of Parliament for Soroti City, Joan Alobo Achom has handed over a water facility to the area locals of Arapai Ward in Soroti city West Division, who had faced water crisis for a longer time. The piped water project aims to ease access to water by households, especially those in lower settings that had not been reached by National Water and Sewerage Cooperation (NWSC). Speaking during the handover of piped water to the locals of Mugana Cell and Opauber Trading Center, Alobo said that the achievement is her total commitment to deliver services to her…

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has praised the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) for their continuos efforts in clearing the Allied Democratic Forces in DRC. A recent UPDF offensive of air and artillery against the Allied Democratic Forces has killed one of the top most commanders of the terrorist group, Museveni has said. Giving a report about the offensive, the president said many ADF fighters were also killed. “According to subsequent intelligence, it seems that a lot of terrorists were killed, including the notorious Meddie Nkalubo, who has been the author of the bombs in Kampala – e.g. those near the…

  The two men have been fighting a brutal internal war since April, which the UN says has left more 5,000 people dead. The head of Sudan’s army has told the BBC he is willing to talk to the commander of rebel forces whom he is battling for control of the country. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said he was ready in principle to sit down with Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The two men have been fighting a brutal internal war since April, which the UN says has left more 5,000 people dead. It…

Lira-The Health Minister, Jane Ruth Acieng has made a call to the Association of Surgions of Uganda (ASOU) to continue conducting medical camps in Lango Sub – Region after over 1400 patients showed up on shot notice during the recently concluded activity. A total of 1,407 patients with different ailments underwent surgery in Lango region during a one week’s medical camp activities. The surgeries were undertaken during a free surgical camp conducted by the health ministry and surgeons under the Association of surgeons of Uganda (ASOU). The association president, prof. Frank Asiimwe said that surgeons also conducted consultations on over…

By Emmanuel Eumu. The government has finally accepted defeat on running the Teso Fruit Factory and now at the helm of handing the company to private hands. Soroti Fruit Factory was established as part of the Government plans to improve on the production of citrus fruits in Teso Sub – Region. This website has learnt that the Government is considering privatizing the factory. According to unrevealed sources key among the contenders to win the deal include the former Ethiopian first lady Azeb Mesfin Zenawi. We have learnt  according to plan that the investor will be given a task to buy…