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Most of the roads in the town council have developed gullies, bridges have been washed away by floods and drainage channels are clogged by solid waste.

Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has instructed Barclays Bank to return 29 million Shillings sent to his account on October 24th by the Parliamentary Commission. He becomes the eighth legislator to return the 29 million Shillings deposited on individual accounts of MPs for consultation on the proposed removal of presidential age limits.

The district was supposed to recruit five specialists at Nakaseke hospital, 11 agriculture extension staff, Primary and secondary school teachers as well as tertiary tutors. Part of the money was meant for payment of gratuity arrears for four pensioners.

Charles Peter Mayiga mentions land conflicts, theft of crops and animals, abuse of drugs and alcohol, especially within the youths as some of the problems exacerbated by the absence of functioning local leadership.

Three supporters of the ruling National Resistance Movement NRM are still admitted at Bukomansimbi Medical Centre after they were severely beaten for attempting to disrupt a consultative meeting convened by Veronicah Nanyondo, the District Woman MP.

Kampala bus operators have embarked on passenger property safety ahead of the end year festivities.

The officers include Joel Aguma, the commander of the police Professional Standards Unit PSU and Nixon Agasirwe, the former commander of the Special Operations Unit. They were escorted the Makindye based court by Military Police personnel from Makindye military detention.

The deceased, identified as Jackson Katashaya alias Kadogo, was stabbed by the minor after he broke into a bar in which she was sleeping a 4 a.m. He is a resident of Rwabareera cell, Kitojo parish in Rubanda District.

William Ahabwe, the Bushenyi district inspector of schools says that the decision, reached by the top district administration, now restricts visits to Wednesdays. Ahabwe says that several teachers and head teachers have been abandoning schools claiming that they are always at the district headquarters handling administrative matters.

The move is in line with a resolution by the Uganda Local Government Association ULGA to petition Parliament for an amendment to the Local Government Act, to provide for minimum educational qualifications for persons seeking to contest as councillors at sub-counties and districts.

At least USD 135 million 488 billion Shillings of this was provided by the U.S. Department of States Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR and multiple non-governmental organizations.

The rally organized by Baryayanga is slated for Sunday, October 29, at Kabale Main stadium. The independent legislator says the rally is aimed at consulting voters on the constitutional amendment that seeks to lift the cap on the presidential age. He has previously opposed the proposed amendment.

The recruitment was scheduled for October 28 at Kapchorwa District Headquarters. But the region has been devastated by an outbreak of Marburg, a highly virulent epidemic-prone disease associated with high case fatality rates. The virus is transmitted by direct contact with the blood, body fluids and tissues of infected persons or animals.

According to a source in the intelligence circles, Baroza has been implicated in the murder of slain police boss, Andrew Felix Kaweesi. The Late Andrew Felix Kaweesi was gunned down in Kulambiro, a suburb of Kampala, early this year alongside his Driver Godfrey Mambewa and Bodyguard Kenneth Erau.

The meeting will be attended by members of the Central Executive Committee, NRM District Chairpersons, NRM Municipal Mayors/ flag bearers, NRM EALA MPs, members of NRM Historical Leaders Forum, members of all special organs and chairpersons of the NRM branches in the diaspora.