NEWS UPDATES AT 8 O’CLOCK WITH ORANGE! Government plans to enforce the ban on polythene bags in the country. Although the ban on the importation of the polythene bags and an exercise tax of 120% imposed on the importation were introduced in 2007, implementation has severely failed. Minister for Environment, Flavia Munaba has now announced new measures to help put into effect the ban. There will be introduction of alternative carrier bags, sensitization of the public and meetings with traders and major supermarket chains. The minister has promised significant change in six months. The High Court in Kampala has denied bail to three people from the same family accused of murdering their father Daniel Karuhanga. The widow Jovia Karuhanga; her children Grace Niwamanya and Alice Nayebare have been remanded back to Luzira prison after Justice Jane Alividza denied them bail on grounds that they might interfere with the on-going investigations. Prosecution alleges that armed with pangas, sticks and hoes, the three suspects together with 11 others raided the home of Mzee Karuhanga at Kacumbiro in Kiruhura district and hacked him to death. They committed the offence on August 17th, 2013. Ugandan government will not screen passengers for Ebola from Kenya despite World Health Organisation’s warning that the country is high risk as it is a major transport hub. Ministry of health says that the passengers don’t pose any threat. Meanwhile, the scale of the Ebola outbreak appears to be vastly underestimated, the UNs health agency says, as the death toll from the disease reaches 1,069. WHO said its staff had seen evidence that the numbers of reported cases and deaths do not reflect the scale of the crisis. The outbreak began in Guinea in February and has since spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. However, the WHO said the risk of transmission of Ebola during air travel remained low, as the disease is not airborne. As a consequence, Kenya Airways has rejected pressure to suspend its flights to the Ebola-hit states of West Africa. Drinking, smoking or eating badly could put your baby’s health at risk - years before it is conceived. The latest research suggests that a wild lifestyle in your teens or 20s could come back to haunt you if you become a parent later. Scientists say there is now ‘overwhelming evidence’ that poor health can be recorded in a father’s sperm or a mother’s eggs. The research, published in the journal Science, suggests that babies whose parents had poor lifestyles before conception were more likely to have health problems such as diabetes, heart issues and immune disorders. RADIOCITY NEWS: BRINGING THE WORLD CLOSER TO YOU!
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 05:10:33 +0000
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