NEWS UPDATES AT 8 O’CLOCK WITH ORANGE. Amid the alarming spread of Ebola in West Africa that has killed over 600 people, suspected cases of the disease have been detected in Democratic Republic of Congo DRC. Now, Ugandan health experts are vigorously monitoring the situation lest Uganda be affected. The permanent secretary in the ministry of Health, Dr. Asuman Lukwago said that the suspected cases were in Aruu and other parts or Northeastern DRC and that samples were being tested. He said, if the disease is confirmed, Uganda will send a medical team to work with the Congolese in a bid to control the deadly illness from there. Uganda and DRC have in the past been affected by Ebola, a hemorrhagic fever that has no known cure. Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone are suffering the effects of the disease since early this year. The tendency of public officers attending unnecessary trainings is a waste of government funds. Now, minister for works and transport, Abraham Byandala has warned them saying that they must follow the procedures of staff development in public service such that there is efficient and effective implementation of public policies. It has been revealed that senior managers recommend the same officers to attend workshops and training not giving opportunity to others. This was during a three day performance enhancement training workshop for the middle managers of the ministry of works. Police in Karamoja region has intensified operations on the female genital mutilation vice. In Moroto district, 13 people including suspected FGM traditional surgeons, victims and their parents have been rounded up, charged and sent to jail. Moroto district police commander George Obia said that even though FGM was outlawed in 2010, the perpetrators had resumed the practice. Moroto LC5 Mark Aol Musooka appealed to government to continue supporting the fight against the vice. US Secretary of State John Kerry says there is overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the downing of a Malaysia Airlines plane in Ukraine. Kerry called on Russia to take responsibility for the actions of the rebels, saying their handling of the dead had been grotesque . All 298 people on flight MH17 died when it was reportedly hit by a missile. Russia has been accused of providing the rebels with an anti-aircraft system that was allegedly used in the attack. Earlier, the remains of up to 196 people were loaded on to refrigerated rail wagons in eastern Ukraine, to be taken to an unknown destination. Australias Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has called on pro-Russian separatists not to use the bodies as pawns in their conflict with the Ukrainian authorities. There are 298 bodies on that site - their families, their loved ones want them home now, she said. RADIOCITY NEWS: BRINGING THE WORLD CLOSER TO YOU!
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 05:14:19 +0000
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