NEWS UPDATE AT 9 AM WITH ORANGE The NRM Youth League delegates from Agago District who got stranded in Lira Town after the cancellation of the delegate’s conference on Monday have asked the party to meet their cost of transport and accommodation in Lira, The irked youth who travelled from different parts of Agago allege that they spent over 1 million shillings on food and lodge fees after the party called off the conference. However Northern Youth MP Evelyn Anite says that she had advised the youth not to travel before her confirmation adding that they were supposed to only be seven members not 20 as alleged by the youth. The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga is at Makerere University on his countrywide fundraising drive for the restoration of Kasubi Tombs before his United Arab tour. Mayiga will take a tour around the university library before speaking to the students. However, proceeds from this drive will be channeled towards the completion of Bulange Plaza. The Kenyan tourism sector is destined for a financial blow as hundreds of British tourists are being evacuated from Kenya after the Foreign Office warned of a high threat terrorist attack from the Somali based Al-shabab terrorists believed to be already in the country. Tour operators Thomson and First Choice cancelled all flights to Mombasa until October and said holidaymakers would be flown back as a precautionary measure in a move that has affected more than 500 tourists. Industry players are worried that the move could also affect other East African countries as tourists are now issued with a sinle tourist visa that sees them tour all other three east African countries. UK Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned that Syria’s Presidential elections will be a parody of democracy. Hague said Syrias government had an utter disregard for life, and President Bashar al-Assad decision to call an election for 3 June disgusted the international community. President Barack Obama has joined September 11 survivors and rescuers at the dedication of a memorial museum on the site of the attacks in New York. Mr Obama told those gathered that it was a sacred place of healing and of hope.The Museum includes thousands of personal items and parts of the World Trade Center towers themselves. Meanwhile Firefighters have beaten back parts of the nine blazes raging in southern California, allowing thousands of displaced locals to return to the area. RADIOCITY NEWS: WE BRING THE WORLD CLOSER TO YOU
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 06:16:42 +0000
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