10:00 AM NEWS WITH NAKABUYE SHEILAH: Pope Francis yesterday roundly condemned jihadist violence and the brutal persecution of religious minorities in a Christmas message to the worlds 1.2 billion Catholics and millions of others. Three people were yesterday morning killed in an accident involving a Toyota tour vehicle and an omnibus at Ruhanga 8 kilometres off Ntungamo Mbarara road.The Ntungamo police officer in charge of traffic Charles Drabo blamed the accident on recklessness on the side of both drivers. By press time, only the driver of the tour vehicle Ignitious Tayebwa had been identified among the dead. Mbarara district Woman Member of Parliament Mrs. Emma Boona Kebirungi has asked government to provide special diet to children who stay with their mothers in prison to would ensure better health and growth of the children. A security guard working for a local security firm Security Group Limited is lying on a hospital bed in severe pain after shooting himself in a bizarre mishap. BUSINESS: Boxes filled with more than US$2 million (5.5 billion Ugandan shillings) in cash spilled out of an armoured van onto a major Hong Kong highway on Wednesday, sparking a frenzy as drivers and passers-by tried to get their hands on the notes. ELSEWHERE: A memorial has been held in the Indonesian town of Banda Aceh for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami - the first in a series of events marking a decade since the disaster. SPORTS: Arsene Wenger admits the figures do not bear scrutiny but he is certain that Arsenal have not slipped backwards during the last 12 months.Last Christmas, Wenger’s side were nicely poised in second place in the Barclays Premier League, with 36 points from 17 games and trailing leaders Liverpool only on goal difference. Alan Pardew believes Manchester United under Louis van Gaal are a different proposition from the David Moyes side beaten by Newcastle last December.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 07:14:27 +0000