10AM NEWS UPDATE WITH Orange With the national id exercise underway nationwide, President Yoweri Museveni and First Lady Janet Kataha Museveni travelled back to their village in Rwakitura in Kiruhuura district to register for ids. The President launched the mandatory and country wide registration exercise in april this year. According to State Minister for Internal Affairs, James Baba, Ugandans are required to present a birth certificate, baptism certificate, passport, school identification card, school report or marriage certificate to prove their citizenship. The President has called upon all Ugandans to register. Sending ripples down the spine of the Christianity across the country, Deputy Police spokesperson Polly Namaye has warned of a planned terror attack during the Martyrs’ Day celebrations at Namugongo. The fresh police warning comes high on the heels of a terror alert issued by the United States’ embassy in Uganda, saying extremists intend to attack places of worship Stringent measures have been put in place to help avert the attacks. Officials have confirmed that two police officers in India have been sacked for refusing to help search for two missing girls who were later found gang-raped and hanged, officials say. They were also charged with criminal conspiracy, police said, adding that three people had been arrested so far. The father of one victim said he was ridiculed by police when he sought help in finding his missing daughter. The husband of a woman facing the death penalty in Sudan for abandoning her religious faith has said he is hopeful an appeal against the sentence for apostasy will be successful. Daniel Wani said Meriam Ibrahim was well when he saw her on Wednesday a day after she gave birth in prison. According to Islamic law, she can nurse her baby daughter for two years before the sentence is carried out. Sudan has a majority Muslim population. Islamic law has been in force there since the 1980s. RADIOCITY NEWS:WE BRING THE WORLD CLOSER TO YOU
Posted on: Sat, 31 May 2014 07:10:35 +0000
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