7:00 PM NEWS WITH NAKABUYE SHEILAH: Democratic Party President Nobert Mao has expressed great confidence in the shared attitudes amongst the political parties under the inter-party cooperation adding that through joint efforts, previous mistakes will and can be avoided. Mao noted that the political climate in the country is ripe for change following the return of renegade General David Sejusa, the in-house fighting and continuous defections from the ruling NRM party. A team of medical workers and human rights activists this morning stormed Mulago hospital demanding an explanation from the management regarding the baby swap scandal. This is after one Fred Sanyu and his wife Province Atwongire claimed that their baby had been exchanged for a dead one after she gave birth. Meanwhile the couple is currently at the hospital mortuary where they are yet to have a DNA test carried out on them to establish if the dead child really belonged to them. A Ugandan doctor has been voted among the best west African personalities for the year 2014. Dr. Atai Omoruto led a medical team that went to Liberia to offer expatriate services in July following the most deadly Ebola outbreak in Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, the US and Mali. Parliamentary aspirants for Kibale County, Kamwenge district have rejected the proposal to endorse area Mp Frank Tumwebaze as the NRM sole candidate in the ruling party primaries ahead of the 2016 general elections. In a telephone interview , Aggrey Natuhamya who lost to Tumwebaze during the NRM primaries in 2010 said the move to declare his main challenger as a sole candidate denies internal democracy in the party. BUSINESS: The Nigerian naira is predicted to see a steady decline in 2015, despite measures taken to stabilise the currency. David Faulkner, South African and sub-Saharan African economist says the pressure on the naira can be attributed to the falling oil price as well as the high demand for the US dollar, which translated into significant pressure on the macro balances, particularly the fiscal deficit and also the external balance. Kenya’s sugar industry is under threat as the country’s final extension of sugar import safeguards comes to an end. As it stands, the East African country has exhausted the reprieve limit set by Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) which gives a market access at zero-rate tariff to goods from member states. ELSEWHERE: An Israeli military court has sentenced a Palestinian man to three life terms for the abduction and murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank. Hussam Qawasmeh, a member of Hamas, must also pay $63,000 in compensation to the victims families. SPORTS: Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is on the brink of finalising an 18-month deal to join Los Angeles Galaxy. The 34-year-old will sign a contract worth about £6m across the 18 months, making him one of the highest earners in Major League Soccer.
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