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🇺🇬𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
📌Private tourism industry leaders have slammed global media stories implying that Uganda is failing to curb the Ebola pandemic. Many claim that this type of reporting has resulted in cancellations in the sector, resulting in revenue loss.
According to Herbert Byaruhanga, president of the Uganda Tourism Association, the sector has had a number of cancellations since the Ebola outbreak was declared last month.

🇺🇬𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝟏𝟎 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞
📌The Judiciary has redeployed 10 officers at the rank of Chief Magistrate and Magistrate Grade One, in a move explained as a reshuffle. According to a statement from the Judiciary communications unit, the Chief Registrar, Sarah Langa Siu, the changes are part of improving efficiency in the administration of justice in the courts. The two Chief Magistrates, Principal Magistrate Grade One, Senior Magistrate Grade One and eight Magistrates Grade One, are supposed to report to their new duty stations on 1st November 2022.

🇺🇬𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐚𝐰𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠
📌 A Police officer attached to Kawempe Police station, Sam Bazibu was killed in a road crash after he was run over by a Fuso Truck in the wee hours of today morning. Assistant Superintendent of Police, Luke Owoyesigyire, the deputy Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson stated that the deceased Policeman was knocked alongside his colleague Brenda Nabifo at Bwaise and the driver just sped off until he was intercepted by Police in Natete.

🇺🇬 𝟑𝟎-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐂𝐄 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐬𝟐.𝟓𝐦
📌The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) detected another case of impersonation in the ongoing Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination. An examination supervisor at St Francis secondary school in Kampala’s Kawempe division was shocked to see a male candidate having a female name ‘Rebecca’ on his scripts. According to Jennifer Kalule, the UNEB spokesperson, the supervisor smelt a rat, but first stayed quiet and looked around only to find that there was a female candidate who had not yet filled out her name on the script and when the supervisor requested her to write her name, she instead wrote a male’s name. On interrogation, it was discovered that Rebecca Munyezi, 30, had procured the services of a one Asuman Kidawuli to write her UNEB exams at a fee of Shs2.5m.

🇺🇬𝐇.𝐄 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐬
📌 President Museveni expressed the need to retool the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa with new technologies to effectively get rid of Desert locust swarms that pose a severe threat to agriculture-based livelihoods in East Africa. He said this while speaking to the Council of Ministers of the Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa (DLCO – EA) at State Lodge Nakasero.

🇺🇬𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐬𝟐𝟕𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥
📌UK based Ugandan businesswoman, Emolyne Ramlov has donated a fully equipped ambulance to aid Whisper’s Magical Children’s Hospital in Jinja in carrying out emergency response services. The $73,000 (Shs270 million) cheque for the ambulance was handed over to Veronika Cejpkova, the founder of Whisper’s Magical Children’s Hospital during a fundraising dinner held at Protea Hotel in Kampala under the theme “Make A Difference, Save A Life.”

🇺🇬𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚
📌 In a 28th October 2022 circular released by the Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary, with immediate effect, it suspended all school visitation days and leavers parties until the end of the current school term to strengthen the existing infection prevention measures at school level. According to the ministry, Learners in boarding institutions should also be discouraged from making non-essential trips out of the school.

🇺🇬𝐔𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚’𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡’𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐍𝐀𝐒𝐀
📌Uganda is set to have its first Satellite launched into Space this year, tentatively on 6th November 2022. The PearlAfrica Sat-1 will be launched by US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island in Virginia. The program began way back in 2020 under the Joint Global Multi-Nation BIRDS Satellite project, a cross-border interdisciplinary Satellite project for non-space faring countries initiated by Kyusu Institute of Technology in Japan.

🇺🇬𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬
📌The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has issued a set of Standardized Complaints Handling Guidelines for licensed electricity distributors, as one of the measures to effectively handle complaints from consumers. According to officials at ERA, the Complaints Handling Guidelines are designed to set a standard for licensees to handle complaints in relation to their obligations under the Electricity Act and relevant Regulations.

🇺🇬𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐈𝐈, 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐞
📌Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has donated a comprehensive package of maternity ward to Kolir Health Centre III and cautioned district leaders against misuse of government infrastructure aimed at improving access to essential services by the people. She made the call in her message delivered by Budiope East Member of Parliament Moses Magogo Hassim while breaking ground for the Construction of the Ward at Kolir Health Centre III in Bukedea District.

🇺🇬 𝐊𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐀: 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐎𝐏𝐌
📌The State Minister of Information, Technology and National Guidance who represented the Office of the Prime Minister handed over relief food to the Residential District Commissioner, Pheobe Namulindwa together with the LCV chairman, Mr. Zimula which was promised to the people of kassanda district who are affected by Ebola lockdown.

🇺🇬𝐊𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐄: 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐃𝐂 𝐌𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐰𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐎𝐁𝐑 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝
📌The Kasese Deputy Resident District Commissioner in charge of Busongora County, Zepher Mubingwa has come out and exposed to deal and arrest the local residents reportedly encroaching on Obusinga Bwa-Rwenzururu land in upper Basecamp in Kasese Municipality.
📌Mubingwa asked the suspected encroachers to leave before the long hand of the law catches with them.

🇺🇬𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐄: 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫-𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐝𝐚𝐤𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬
📌According to Rogers Mukose, the Budaka Town Council Mayor, installation of solar street lights in Budaka Town Council has excited residents. The lights installation and reconstruction of the 99.23 km Nakalama – Tirinyi –Mbale road was undertaken by Dott services Construction Company with a tune of Shs135 billion fully funded by the Ugandan government.

🇺🇬 𝐌𝐔𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄: 𝐌𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐄𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭
📌The Ministry of Health commissioned a newly constructed ETU in Mubende district, to create more space for handling patients on admission. The new unit is located at the Works yard in Mubende town, accommodating 60 patients. Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng said that the new unit will start operations on Monday to relieve the pressure on the 42-bed capacity unit at the Mubende Regional Referral Hospital.

🇺🇬 𝐊𝐈𝐊𝐔𝐔𝐁𝐄: 𝐋𝐂𝟏 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞
📌 According to Amlan Tumusiime, the Kikuube Resident District Commissioner (RDC), the murder of Julius Irumba, 43, chairperson LCI of Musaijamukuru village, Buhimba sub-county, in Kikuube district is linked to a land dispute. Tumusiime alleges that a day before Irumba was killed, he had led a group of people from Musaijamukuru village to the RDC’s office protesting the emergence of a fraudulently acquired title in their village.

🇺🇬𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈: 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝟏𝟖𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐
📌Masindi Grade One Magistrates Court on Friday adjourned hearing of the case in which Masindi based journalist; Aseera Gerald was shot dead in June this year by Simon Ekou, a 38-years-old private security guard working with Blue whale security company Ltd. The Magistrate, Selsa Biwaga adjourned the case hearing to 18th November 2022.

🇺🇬 𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐄: 𝟑𝟎-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫
📌 Rodgers Titika, the Elgon Region police spokesperson revealed that Police in Mbale arrested Sarah Namboze, 30, on allegations of assaulting and torturing a 5-year old boy. It is alleged that Namboze has been denying the 5-year-old boy food and often assaults him on several occasions.

🇺🇬 𝐊𝐘𝐄𝐍𝐉𝐎𝐉𝐎: 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐮𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬
📌National Forestry Authority Officials revealed that they attended a District security meeting yesterday Friday 28th October 2022 with residents and Leaders of Kyamutunzi Town Council, Nyankwanzi and Nyakisi Sub-counties, where they sensitized residents about the opening of Muhangi and Kagora Forests boundaries.

🇺🇬𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐖𝐀: 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐮𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐰𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐰𝐚 𝐒𝐮𝐛-𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲
📌Buwambwa Sub-County leaders commended the office of Resident District Commissioner for reopening Mufutu market in Buwambwa Sub-county. The market had been closed due to wrangles that surrounded its leadership which had turned violent.

🇺🇬 𝐊𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐄: 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟒𝟎 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧
📌About 40 local developers in Nyamwamba Division in Kasese Municipality were dragged to court for building out of plan. Lillian Kisembo, the Assistant Senior town clerk for Nyamwamba Division said that the legal battle between her office and the local developers was forced by the local residents without physical plans, putting up structures on road reserves, drainage channels and utility service lanes.

🇺🇬𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐈: 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
📌 The Masindi Chief Magistrate, Kosiya Kasibayo yesterday remanded Mr. Hosea Kiiza, 54, the head teacher of St. Kizito Primary School in Muuro Village, Bwijanga Sub County, to Masindi Prisons until 8th November 2022 over aggravated defilement. His arrest on Sunday happened after police had received multiple accusations from parents, pinning him of defiling and impregnating pupils at the same school.

🇺🇬 𝐊𝐈𝐊𝐔𝐔𝐁𝐄: 𝐌𝐏, 𝟐 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠
📌 Hon. Stephen Aseera, the Member of Parliament of Buhaguzi is accused along with Charles Ochaki Nyabongo and Job Muhumuza, of unlawfully handling a joint title for 127 hectares of land covering three towns containing plot 172, block 22 in Musaijamukuru. The impacted towns are Musajamukuru A, Musajamukuru B, and Kibingo in Musajamukuru ward, Buhimba Sub- County in Buhaguzi East constituency.

🇺🇬𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐎: 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠
📌John Asiimwe, a primary head teacher based in Isingiro left his teaching job after winning over Shs50 million from sports betting. Asiimwe, who has been teaching in one of the local schools in Isingiro met his luck after he risked his savings to purchase fixed games online.

🇺🇬 𝐊𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐄: 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫
📌Authorities in Kabale district intensified security at Katuna border by establishing an Ebola screening point as a way of curbing down the spread of the disease. The decision was reached yesterday during the disease surveillance Taskforce meeting, that was chaired by Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Godfrey Nyakahuma in the Rukiiko council hall at Kabale district headquarters, to devise means and improve on surveillance and preparedness in the wake of the increase in Ebola cases in Kampala.

🇺🇬𝐊𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐄: 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞
📌During a one week training on capacity building on human rights monitoring and reporting for local leaders and human rights defenders across the Rwenzori region organized by the United Nations (UN) at Fort Breeze Hotel in Fort Portal City on Thursday, the leaders together with civil society organizations requested human rights defenders to investigate escalating cases of incest marriage acts for redress since they fall under human rights violation.

𝐀𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐒
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🌍 𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐀: 𝐔𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭
📌 According to Russian officials, Ukraine has carried out a “massive” drone attack on the Black Sea Fleet in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol, damaging one warship.
A top official said that nine drones were used in the attack.