1:00 PM NEWS WITH NAKABUYE SHEILAH POWRED BY @ORANGE: A few days after students ended their 2-day violent strike over increased graduation fees, lecturers at Makerere University have issued a 3-week ultimatum for their arrears to be paid. Government has moved a step forward to crack the whip on Shell and Bolton International, a suspected company which posted a racist advert in New Vision this week. The secretary general of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party Alice Alaso says the party can do without Treasure Nandala Mafabi and his deputy Jack Sabiiti. A 35 year old man who acted insane after murdering his wife in a domestic related case has turned out to be normal after a medical checkup at Ruhoko health center IV. BUSINESS: The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has paved 305km of roads this year closing in on the national development target of 1,100 kilometers of roads to be paved by 2015. Unexplained irregularities at Uganda Communications Commission and absence of a national standard to police telecom firms explains why more than 17 million mobile-phone subscribers are paying for unsolicited messages and calls, MPs heard yesterday. SPORTS: Kyambogo University soccer team has blamed their narrow lead in the University Football League on the heavy rains just a few hours before kickoff yesterday. Police are investigating a claim that Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli threatened a woman who was taking pictures of his Ferrari. ELSEWHERE: The Mali government has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the country.
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:27:56 +0000
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