NEWS UPDATES AT 12 O’CLOCK WITH ORANGE. Patients at Kisenyi health centre IV are stranded with many locked outside the hospital as health workers go on strike over nonpayment of their salaries. The medics allege that they have not been paid for the last three months as officials from KCCA and ministry of health continue to toss them about denying responsibility for their remittance. Pregnant mothers attending ante-natal visits are the most affected. Police has fired teargas at rowdy residents of Soowe in Mukono district to disperse them. The residents were protesting a murder of one of their own and yet to carry out mob justice on a private security guard. The guard is alleged to have killed his wife using his firearm. At least 144 members of school management committee and parents teachers Association of 12 primary schools in Adjumani district have been trained on how to promote peace and harmony among south Sudanese refugees and host communities. District authorities hope that the training will prevent clashes. The assistant district education officer Philip Akuku said the participants were also equipped with their roles and responsibilities of mobilization, disciplining, and planning including the operation and management of a school. Israel has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a truce in the conflict in Gaza. Hamas, which controls Gaza, has not formally responded. But its armed wing has rejected the plan as a surrender. The proposal urges a ceasefire starting imminently, followed by a series of meetings in Cairo with high-level delegations from both sides. Palestinian officials say at least 192 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes launched eight days ago to stop militants firing rockets into Israel. The UN estimates that over three-quarters of these were civilians. An estimated 1,400 Palestinians have been injured. At least four Israelis have been seriously injured since the violence flared, but no-one has been killed. RADIOCITY NEWS: BRINGING THE WORLD CLOSER TO YOU!
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:07:01 +0000
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