8:00 AM NEWS UPDATE: The NRM acting secretary General Dorothy Hyuha has defended the decission by the ruling party to use Resident district commissioners (RDCs) to accredit NRM party delegates, saying that was part of the party’s strategy to rule out security threats. she also lashed at the main opposition party FDC for descussing NRM party issues while at their deligates conference last week. Kabale Chief Magistrate’s court has dismissed an application in which former FDC party president Kizza Besigye, Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago and Rukungiri Municipality MP Roland Kaginda are seeking the dismissal of a case in which they are accused of inciting violence and causing malicious damage with claims that the charge sheet was defective. ELSEWHERE: Junior doctors at Sierra Leones main hospital went on strike yesterday in protest over inadequate equipment to fight the Ebola epidemic ravaging the impoverished nation. SPORTS: Gary Neville believes Manchester United have no chance of winning the Premier League this season as they dont have enough quality in defence. Louis van Gaals side managed just three shots in the match, the lowest number by any team in the Premier League this season. However, it is Uniteds defensive quality that really concerns Neville, and the former full back believes his old side are some way off being able to challenge for the league title. BOXING: Amir Khan celebrated his 28th birthday yesterday by declaring himself so much a better fighter than he was a year ago that he is now the future of boxing. If he can demonstrate that to the world with a statement performance against America’s Devon Alexander on the Las Vegas Strip on Saturday night, he hopes the public will give him the present he wants above all others, namely, that long awaited fight with Floyd Mayweather.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 04:56:12 +0000