NEWS; Tooro King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV has lifted a ban on leasing land after restructuring the kingdom’s land department. The Speaker of Parliament, Ms Rebecca Kadaga, has said she will not allow plans to have major municipalities in the country elevated to city status if Jinja is left out. Former Rukiga County Member of Parliament in the 6th parliament, Manzi Tumubweine has been appointed the new Kabale University council chairperson. Mbarara health officials have accused traditional healers of sabotaging health services delivery in the district. Order is slowly returning to Iterikawa Sub-county in Adjumani District following land clashes that left houses torched and eight families displaced. BUSINESS: In a bid to promote private sector investment in the agricultural sector, the government, through the sector line ministry, is putting in place support mechanisms to foster increases in production and productivity. US Federal Reserve officials do not believe that they will raise the benchmark short-term federal funds interest rate before April. ELSEWHERE; The governments emergency committee Cobra is to meet later following the attack by gunmen at the Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. SPORTS: Lionel Messi is happy at Barcelona and will stay with the club until at least the end of his contract in 2018, says president Josep Maria Bartomeu.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 05:00:39 +0000
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