Former Buganda Katikkiros (premiers) Joseph Mulwanyamuli Ssemwogerere and Daniel Muliika declared their support for the Inter-party Cooperation (IPC), a loose grouping of opposition parties planning to field a single presidential candidate in the 2011 elections.

Ssemwogerere and Muliika said they were not joining any opposition party, but supported the IPC objectives, which Kiiza Besigye had outlined earlier.

DPP forwards CHOGM prosecution lead

The Director of Public Prosecutions, Richard Buteera tabled before Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi a list of criminal cases and officers implicated in the various investigations into the abuse of public funds during the 2007 CHOGM summit.

Usual suspects Sam Kuteea, VP Gilbert Bukenya, John Nasasira, Kagole Kivumbi, Ambassador James Mugume from the foreign affairs ministry among others, featured on the list.

The first case according to Buteera, (Uganda versus Eng.Bagonza Samson) was being prosecuted in the Anti-Corruption Court.

Museveni orders end of FGM

While on a one-day tour of Bukwo District, President Museveni said that Female Genital Mutilation was an outdated practice and an abuse to dignity of the girl-child that had no room in modern society.

Museveni urged the Sabiny to stop the practice as it was a science of ancestors that needed to be scrapped. "This cutting of girls must stop. Am happy that before I even signed the law you already had enacted a law against it," said Museveni.

Nurses highly fail exams

The May 2010 results released by the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Examinations Board indicated that of the 1,707 candidates who sat the exams, a total of 151 or 8.8 per cent completely failed the exams.

Of the 1,707 candidates, 37 scored distinctions, 967 credits and 552 received passes. The high failure rate was attributed to students who re-sit papers and fail to revise.

The Kazinis give daughter solace

Edward Muhwezi Bananukye, Azaria Kashaija and Tom Katuuka, brothers to the late Maj.Gen.James Kazini accepted to look after a 16-year-old Lukuresha Mbabazi, who claimed to be the deceased's daughter.

The trio said that they were to carry out further investigations about the girl's parentage before they could accept her fully as their brother's daughter.

EAC phases out work permits

Ugandan MPs in the East African Parliament disclosed that effective 1st July, 2010, East Africans would not be required to possess work permits in order to work in any country in the region.

According to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) MPs, the move followed the forthcoming Common Market Protocol on July 1.The Common Market move was aimed at easing travel restrictions among other benefits.

Ugandans, charged over narcotic drugs

Anne Birungi who was arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with cocaine worth Ksh85 million (sh 2.2b), denied charges of trafficking the drugs.

Another Ugandan John Mugisha was charged in a Kenyan court with trafficking about Sh2.2billion worth of cocaine. Mugisha refused to take plea in the court arguing that he had diplomatic immunity.

Police in Masaka arrested two nuns, Nanteza and Sister Rita from Bwanda Convent for allegedly participating in growing marijuana.

UBC, Multichoice battle for broadcast rights

UBC and Multichoice Uganda were involved in a battle on who had the broadcasting rights for the Word Cup in the Ugandan territory.

UBC claimed in a statement that they had secured the exclusive free to air rights for both radio and television and Multichoice claimed in a statement that they would be able to broadcast all 64 matches live in the country.

The possibility of both screening the matches remained high as UBC operates as free to air whereas Multichoice operates as pay TV. blog comments powered by Disqus

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