1:00 PM NEWS: President Museveni has congratulated the leaders of the South Sudan political Party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM), for signing a reunification agreement. President Salva Kiir of South Sudan signed on behalf of SPLM in Government, Riek Machar signed for the SPLM in the Opposition and Deng Alor Kuol signed for the SPLM former detainees. Teachers have marched from the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU) headquarters in Kampala to the ministry of education to meet the education minister, Jessica Alupo. Teachers dismiss claims that the Microfinance Support Centre Ltd (MFSC) released sh500m and sh140m to the Mukono-Kayunga and Luweero teachers’ SACCOs. They accuse the education ministry officials of peddling such a lie to hoodwink teachers into borrowing their own money. The Vice Chancellor of Makerere University Prof Ddumba Ssentamu has revealed that limited funding remains the biggest challenge faced by the university. Speaking at the 65th graduation ceremony yesterday, Ddumba said the university is currently engaged in a number of income generating activities to help address the existing funding gaps. An approximately 5 months old abandoned baby was last night rescued from a maize plantation in Kakooba division Mbarara municipality. BUSINESS: African Development Bank’s Vice-President Aly Abou-Sabaa says Africa’s abundance of natural resources (forestry, agriculture, minerals, oil and gas), offer a major opportunity to close the development gap. FOREX RATES: CURRENCY BUYING SELLING USD 2,897 2,907 GBP 4,380 4,395 EUR 3,357 3,369 KSH 31.59 31.69 TSH 1.6 1.6 ELSEWHERE: The Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo has thrown its weight behind protests against President Joseph Kabila extending his rule.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 10:20:24 +0000
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