THE NEWS UPDATES AT 12:00 PM Authorities in Pader district are investigating some members of Village Environment Committees (VEC) in the district for promoting deforestation. They say the members have formed a strong racket of charcoal traders in the district instead of combating the vice widely blamed for deforestation in the district. A bag of charcoal in Pader costs between 20,000 and 35,000 shillings. Otuke district is still here to stay. This stems from the comments of Quinto Ojok, the Otuke district speaker. He told our reporter that as councillors they have resolved not to apportion the land in Atira for the establishment of the district stock farm. Ojok criticizes the district chairman Venacious Ogwang Ogoo whom he says forcefully wants to allocate the land in Atira to the government for the establishment of a district stock farm. Friends and relatives of the late canon Simoni Petero Bwajojo have started arriving at Namirembe Cathedral in Kampala to pay their last respects to the deceased. The exiled former spymaster Gen David Sejusa’s father passed away on Sunday morning at Mulago Referral Hospital in Kampala where he had earlier been admitted with heart complications. After the church service, the body of Bwajojo will be taken to his church, Kawanda Church of Uganda, Sembabule for another service which is expected to be attended mainly by locals. ELSEWHERE Islamic State (IS) militants have entered the key Syria-Turkey border town of Kobane and taken control of three districts after street-to-street fighting with Syrian Kurd defenders. SPORTS Former Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion boss Roberto Di Matteo has been appointed as the new manager of German club Schalke. The Italian, 44, succeeds Jens Keller following the Bundesliga clubs inconsistent start to the season. Schalke are 11th in the league, having won just twice and gained eight points from seven games. They are third in their Champions League group after two draws, including holding Chelsea 1-1 at Stamford Bridge. WE GET IT FIRST, WE GET IT RIGHT.
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 09:19:51 +0000
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