A decision on whether the East African Community should have a Monetary Union will be taken during the East African Heads of State summit scheduled for November this year.
However, the petitioners say it is unfair to expel MPs over the remarks they made while exercising their constitutional role as members of the national parliament.
The closure of the Monitor and Red Pepper Publications entered its seventh day on Monday as police continue to occupy them under the pretext of looking for a letter written by General David Sejusa, the Coordinator of Intelligence Services. KFM and Dembe, two radio station owned by the Nation Media Group, the mother company that owns Daily Monitor, also remain closed.
The “Muhoozi project†refers to claims by some politicians that President Yoweri Museveni is grooming his son Brigadier Kainerugaba Muhoozi to replace him once he retires from office.
Police in Bundibugyo on Sunday blocked a meeting of the Bakonzo community, further heightening ethnic tensions between the Bamba and Bakonzo in the district.
Dan Ampadde, the officer in charge of Operations Mubende Police station identifies the deceased as Amos Nuwagaba, a resident of Caltex village in Mubende town council.
Ajedra says the four families that were opposed to the project, have accepted to sell their land to pave way for the establishment of the cement factory.
With just four days to the end of the exercise on May 31, mobile telecom operators say they are still receiving a huge turn up of those coming to register. Kevin Magomu, the Airtel Area Sales Manager Hoima, says the numbers have been increasing over the last one week. Magomu says they have been registering not less than 300 phone users per day.
