6 OCLOCK NEWS UPDATE WITH Orange Uganda is ranked among the 10 worst places to grow old in the World, according to an index of the quality of later life in 96 countries. HelpAge International’s Global AgeWatch Index measures the social and economic welfare of those over 60. Among the 10 worst places to be old is Iraq, Zambia, Uganda, Jordan, Pakistan, Tanzania, Malawi, West Bank and Gaza, Mozambique and Afghanistan. …………………………. Two people are in police custody over dumping four pigs in the middle of Bombo road in Kampala this morning. The unidentified woman and man are suspected to have left the pigs, painted in yellow, near Watoto church. The Golf car registration number UAL 370S has also been impounded. ………………………………. Uganda Wildlife Authority has confirmed that the forty families whose members were attacked by crocodiles in Mayuge are to be compensated. Over a hundred fishermen have been eaten by crocodiles over the past five years in the Ugandan district of Mayuge. The Busuyi village on its own has lost fifteen of its inhabitants in recent years. ……………………………… President Museveni has returned three bills to Parliament including the recently passed Excise Duty Bill, 2013 in which Parliament rejected the 200 shillings proposed duty per litre of Kerosene. Other bills that the President returned to Parliament for reconsideration include the Finance Bill, 2014 and the Public Private Partnership Bill, 2012. …………………………. DP president Nobert Mao says president Museveni is now playing a pay as you go politics. He says that president now has to mobilize and offer fuel to attract supporters an indication that he is no longer popular. His remarks follow the welcome party for the president when he returned over the weekend from the US where he attended the UN General Assembly. ………………………… WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy skies are to expected for Kampala and surrounding places for the earlier part of the night, later though some scattered showers will be experienced in different areas. Temps will drop to a low of 17Degrees 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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