3 OCLOCK NEWS UPDATE WITH Orange Calm has returned to Makerere University’s Faculty of Economics and Management following earlier unrest over delayed release of exam results. A meeting is underway between the faculty administrators and the student leaders to address the students’ grievances. The third year students of Bachelor of Economics external are now camped at the School of Economics. ………………………… The Uganda AIDS Commission is to develop messages targeting teenage girls in its fight against to HIV/AIDS. This comes amid debate on a report by the ministry of health indicating that the HIV prevalence rate among the teenage girls is higher than in boys standing at 4.2 and 2.2 respectively. ………………………………… The High Court in Kampla has further postponed the ruling on an appeal filed by jailed nurse Rose Mary Namubiru. Namubiru was convicted and sentenced to three years in jail after Buganda Road Court found her guilty of criminal negligence that could have led to infection of an infant with HIV. ……………………………….. Shadow minister for Finance Geoffrey Ekanya wants parliament to put stringent provisions in the public Finance bill that will deal with misappropriation of public resources. Ekanya said billions of shillings of taxpayers money is stolen by public officers but the penalties against the culprits are weak. ……………………………….. The committee on Commissions of statutory Authorities and State Enterprises has heard that Uganda Broadcasting Corporation incurred a loss of UGX 1.5B in nugatory expenditure in penalties by URA on accumulated tax arrears worth ugx 900M. A sum of UGX.9.2 Bn was reportedly charged on items which do not reflect the nature of expenditure(mischarge). ……………………………………… INTERNATIONAL NEWS The head of the UN mission charged with fighting Ebola in West Africa has revealed that he does not yet have the resources necessary to defeat it. Tony Banbury said more help was urgently needed, despite significant contributions from the UK, China, Cuba and the US. THE NEWS IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY ORANGE Talk and Tokota for 24 hours at only 1,000/= with Tokota Unlimited from Orange. Simply dial *134# to subscribe and talk day and night for just 1,000/=. Banging KB changes with Orange. Today changes with Orange.
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