1:00 PM NEWS WITH NAKABUYE SHEILAH POWERED BY Orange The president’s convoy was involved in an accident on Monday evening along the Kampala-Gulu highway at Nakitoma trading center in Masindi district.Poly Namaye, the deputy police spokesperson says one of the vehicles in the president’s convoy veered off the road in an attempt to avoid a head-on collusion with a coach reg. number UAG 414F belonging to Otada Bus Company, but noone was injured. Former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi last week warned the NRM leadership not to use the party’s organs to fight political wars. This is according to sources who attended the November 13 Central Executive Committee (CEC). Mbabazi, who had largely kept to himself since his sacking, told bemused senior NRM leaders at State House, Entebbe, that organs like the parliamentary caucus and CEC had been used as platforms to character-assassinate people like him. The eloquent Sam Akaki, who has been serving as opposition FDC envoy to UK and European Union, has resigned his position. A well known critic of President Museveni, Akaki threw in a towel this week, ending almost a decade as the opposition’s representative to Europe – a position he used to mobilise funds and international bodies to throw their weight behind FDC to challenge Museveni’s hold on power. Kampala Minister, Frank Tumwebaze has blasted Kampala Capital City Authority for the incidence in which a toddler who had been taken to see her arrested mother at city hall was ran over by a car belonging to the authority today. The Electoral Commission will today start distribution of polling materials ahead of the woman parliamentary bi-election in Amuru district. The people of Amuru will tomorrow choose between five candidates including NRM’s Jane Frances Okili and the joint opposition candidate Lucky Akello. BUSINESS: Fresh statistics from the ministry of Energy and Mineral Development indicate a steady increase in Uganda’s mineral reserves, a development that could transform the country’s outlook. Energy Minister Irene Muloni released the figures during the fourth Joint Sector Review meeting for the ministry of Energy and Mineral Development at Speke Resort Munyonyo last week. FOREX RATES: CURRENCY BUYING SELLING USD 2,730 2,740 GBP 4,272 4,287 EUR 3,421 3,433 KSH 30.31 30.41 TSH 1.58 1.58
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