1:00 PM NEWS WITH NAKABUYE SHEILAH POWERED BY Orange Government has been urged to fast-track the passing of the National Legal Aid Policy and Bill into law to help regularize the activities of legal aid providers.Lady Justice Solomy Balungi Bossa of the Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court asked parliament and the finance ministry to amplify debates and expedite the adoption of the long-awaited National Legal Aid Policy and Bill.Legal aid is the provision of free legal services to people who cannot afford those of a paid lawyer. The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Justice Irene Mulyagonja, has written to court to remove Attorney General Peter Nyombi from defending the IGG in a case where Chinese company CICO sued the government over the cancelled Mukono-Katosi road project.Ms Mulyagonja on Thursday filed the application in Nakawa High Court seeking permission to defend herself over her actions against CICO. A Makerere University don has said Uganda has no policy on national peace and reconciliation and that government should develop one to heal the wounds of war-scarred communities. Daniel Ruhweza, who lectures at the oldest university in the country, said “a clear national framework would act as an impetus to the promotion of nation cohesion and healing process”. The joint candidature in the Amuru District Woman MP by-election conducted on Thursday gave Opposition a huge advantage. Although the contest had five candidates, the real race was between NRM’s Jane Frances Amongin Okili and the joint Opposition’s Lucy Akello, the eventual winner. Ms Akello garnered 7,420 votes against Ms Okili’s 6,701 out of the 15,342 total votes cast. BUSINESS: University students have been urged to get involved in negotiations of trade, bilateral and investment agreements rather than leaving it to technocrats and politicians. Cargo volumes at the Mombasa port grew by 8.3 per cent in the last 10 months, surpassing volumes handled at the port in a similar period last year. Kenya Ports Authority said it has so far handled in excess of 15.8 million tonnes since January this year up from 14.5 million tonnes over a similar period last year. ELSEWHERE: An outbreak of the plague has killed 40 people out of 119 confirmed cases in Madagascar since late August.There is also a risk of the disease spreading rapidly in the capital, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. SPORTS: Barcelonas Lionel Messi became the Spanish leagues all-time top scorer with a hat-trick against Sevilla. Messi finally matched Telmo Zarras 251 goals with a fantastic free-kick, having failed to score in his last three La Liga matches. Sevilla levelled through a Jordi Alba own goal, but Neymar made it 2-1. The MTN marathon 42km race was won by Ugandas Alex Chesakit (men) and Carolyne Migadde (women) this morning. The early morning pour which receded into a drizzle throughout the entire race period featured as a subplot of an event whose theme was Run for Water.
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