8:00PM NEWS WITH EMMAH ATAI POWERED BY @ORANGE: The former FDC leader Dr. Kizza Besigye had a standoff with the police in Luweero today as he travelled the district to drum up support for the opposition’s sole candidate for the woman parliamentary seat,Brenda Nabukenya. Police in Uganda says they are closely monitoring the security situation in neighboring Kenya after at least four people were killed and dozens others wounded when bombs exploded in two buses on a busy highway in Nairobi, Kenya at the weekend. Police spokesperson Kampala Metropolitan area ,Patrick Onyango says they have reactivated all their surveillance mechanisms across the country. The UPDF has promoted five officers including the Director of ISO Col Ronnie Barya and the Commander of Military Police, Col. Kayanja Muhanga, who were promoted to the rank of Brigadier. A section of youths leaders in south western Uganda have rejected a proposal to endorse president Museveni as the sole NRM candidate in 2016 elections. Confusion and divisionism have erupted between Kabale district councilors as they demand the eviction of Kabale district chairperson from the Kabale district house for failing to pay house rent worth 10.8million. HEALTH: The Speaker of Parliament has expressed concern at the shortage of midwives and other specialized health workers in the country, a situation she says has to be quickly addressed. BUSINESS: President Yoweri Museveni is in London for the UK-Uganda business Forum where he is marketing Uganda’s business potential to foreign investors. ELSEWHERE: Nigerian Islamist militant group, Boko Haram says it carried out the abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls in April. About 230 girls are still believed to be missing, prompting widespread criticism of the Nigerian government. SPORTS: Liverpool forward Luis Suarez has been voted the 2014 Footballer of the Year by the Football Writers Association.
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 16:58:43 +0000
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