NEWS UPDATE LUKWAGO RELEASED: Kampala Lord Mayor Lukwago was released from Nagalama Police Post minutes past midnight, hours after his arrest yesterday. No charges were leveled against him. MP Abdu Katuntu, the shadow attorney general, is today leading a team of legal brains to the High Court where they are to appeal against the tribunal report that faulted Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, clearing the way for his impeachment. REPORT DUE IN COURT: MP Abdu Katuntu, the shadow attorney general, is today leading a team of legal brains to the High Court where they are to appeal against the tribunal report that faulted Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, clearing the way for his impeachment. By nightfall Monday, Lukwago was still being held at Naggalama police following his arrest at his Wakaligga home. MAYOR STRIPPED: The Toronto city council has voted to strip Mayor Rob Ford of most of his authority, as the embattled city leader resists growing pressure to step down. On Monday, the council transferred most of Mr Fords budget and many of his powers to the deputy mayor. Mr Ford, 44, who has promised to fight the councils decisions, criticised the vote as a coup detat. The mayor of Canadas largest city has faced intense pressure to resign after admitting to smoking crack cocaine. CHAPLAIN REFUSES TO RETIRE: Makerere University’s St Francis Chapel chaplain Rev Can Johnson Ebong-Oming has vowed not to hand over office after the university asked him to leave upon clocking retirement age. In a November 5 letter to the Vice Chancellor, Can Ebong argues that the university did not instate a committee to investigate allegations levelled against him but his services were terminated and he was scrapped off the payroll. PUSH FOR AMENDMENTS: The African Union (AU) will push for amendments to the Rome Statute to provide immunity from prosecution to sitting heads of state and government tomorrow in The Hague. This was revealed by Kenyas Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary, Amina Mohamed speaking on the sidelines of the Kuwait Afro/Arab Summit. Kenya’s president is set to become the first sitting head-of-state to be tried by the ICC when his trial starts on February 5th, 2014. C.A.R VIOLENCE WORSENS: Communal violence in the Central African Republic risks spiralling out of control, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said. He warned the Security Council that armed groups were inciting Christians and Muslims against each other. Mr Ban also backed the establishment of a UN peacekeeping force before the crisis leads to widespread atrocities. ZIMMERMAN ARRESTED AGAIN! Multiple Florida news outlets are reporting that George Zimmerman has been arrested following a domestic dispute involving his girlfriend. Zimmerman has been taken to jail and booked, according to a press release from the Seminole County sheriffs office. Hes being held without bail, police said at a press conference. Police have charged Zimmerman with aggravated assault, battery, and domestic violence. Zimmerman was acquitted in July of the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 07:02:43 +0000
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