1:00PM NEWS WITH EMMAH ATAI: Legislators want immediate investigations into allegations that changes were made to the design of the Mbarara bypass. The 41Km road is expected to reduce congestion in Mbarara town. City hall court has dismissed a case of the 9 youths who were arrested along Speke road at the independence monument carrying a coffin in protest of the increased cases of unemployment among the youths in the country. Short people (Midgets) in the country have decried the increased stigmatization, and nick-naming directed towards them. A member of the Short People’s umbrella group, Little People of Uganda, Godfrey Bagada wants government and civil society organizations to sensitize the communities to change their attitude towards the disabled and stop wrongly believing that being short is a curse. HEALTH; The Director General of Health Services, Dr Jane Aceng has revealed that the Health Ministry is sending 79 health workers under the African Union (AU) to help in combating Ebola in West Africa. BUSINESS: Ugandan cocoa producers have to deal with the drop in cocoa prices due to the increased supply of cocoa on the international market from West African producers. FOREX RATES: Currency Buying Selling USD 2,769 - 2,779 GBP 4,323 - 4,339 EUR 3,439 - 3,452 KSH 30.54 - 30.65 TSH 1.61 - 1.62 ELSEWHERE: At least 100 people, 80 of them children, have been killed in a Taliban assault on an army-run school in, Pakistani officials say. WEIRD NEWS: Police in Pennsylvania have mounted an intense search in the Philadelphia suburbs for a man suspected of killing his ex-wife and five former in-laws. Bradley William Stone of Pennsburg killed his ex-wife and her mother, grandmother and sister, as well as the sisters husband and 14-year-old daughter . But Stone didnt harm his two daughters, who were living with his ex-wife.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 10:17:19 +0000
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