8AM NEWS POWERED BY Orange: Provosional results for the Amuru district woman Member of Parliament by-election show that the NRM candidate was leading by press time,closely folllowed by the joint opposition candidate. Women in Bunyoro sub-region have petitioned the government to start for them a bank that will cater for their financial needs. The chairperson of the Inter-Religious Council in Kigezi sub-region, Rev Fr Gaetano Batanyenda, has said he will continue criticising the deployment of UPDF soldiers in the Naads programme. Immigration officials have arrested 45 Chinese nationals in Munyonyo, Makindye Division for working in the country without permits. Three days after Ryan Ssemaganda was run over and killed by a car belonging to the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), he is yet to find rest—as his death yesterday became fodder for a contest between Opposition politicians and the police. BUSINESS: The Commercial Court has summoned the government to defend itself against allegations of vandalising construction equipment belonging to a company of late Andrew Kasagga aka Zzimwe. Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has bust a route used by smugglers of mobile phones into Uganda and impounded mobile phones worth Shs34 million. ELSEWHERE: Two Tunisian policeman convicted of raping a woman in a police car have had their sentences more than doubled in a high-profile court case. SPORTS: Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure, Swansea striker Wilfried Bony and West Ham top scorer Diafra Sakho are among the Premier League players who may miss club games in the new year to compete in the Africa Cup of Nations.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 04:52:54 +0000
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