NEWS UPDATES AT 12 O’CLOCK WITH ORANGE. Makerere University students have this morning engaged the police in running battles as they tried to close the university gates protesting the 10% increment in tuition fees. Currently, police is heavily deployed at the campus. The university guild president Ivan Boowe says they cannot just sit and watch as students are exorbitantly charged. He further demands that the campus Vice Chancellor, Prof Ddumba Sentamu “resign immediately as he has failed to run a public university in the interest the future generation of this country.” DPC Kampala, Sam Omara has blamed MUK leaders for not working on the institution’s issues before situations get out of hand and develop into strikes. Mbale municipality residents are crying foul over the poor sanitation in the region. For the past 15 years, the town has suffered heaps of garbage, human wastes in polythene bags along the streets and poor sewerage systems. The municipal spokesperson, James Kutosi has confirmed the situation and added that even after sensitization of the masses, the hygiene of people living in Mbale has failed to improve. The Nema health inspection report on the Mbale Municipality industrial division reveals that the Mbale regional Abattoir, food processing stores, eating places, wood works, small and medium industries and entire industrial area lack sanitary facilities and this is a clear reason why 600kg of human excreta is being discharged daily into yams and sugarcane gardens and surrounding bushes. East Africa’s first commonwealth medal winner and founder of Kampala Boxing Club, Tom Nseremye has expressed concern over the current encroachment on sports facilities by individuals as well as government’s reluctance to intervene. The retired civil servant also warned that if this is not checked, the current trend will finally kill the already bed ridden sports industry. Argentine police have clashed with rioters in the capital Buenos Aires after the countrys defeat to Germany in the football World Cup final. Thousands of people had earlier gathered around at the citys Obelisk monument to party despite the result. However, later in the evening, the scene turned violent as dozens of youths began throwing rocks at police and damaging store fronts. At least 50 people were detained and 15 police officers were reported injured. The mood among the crowd that had gathered after the match was initially good-natured. However, late on Sunday evening rioting broke out on the Avenida 9 de Julio the citys main thoroughfare. RADIOCITY NEWS: BRINGING THE WORLD CLOSER TO YOU!
Posted on: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 09:08:33 +0000
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