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The recently arrested 23 terror suspects allegedly used Kenyan and Somalia telecommunication networks to plan attack in Uganda.

At least one person has been arrested as police intercepted a group of youth who were carrying pigs to the country’s parliament.

The Cranes will face Emmanuel Adebayor's Togo on October 11 at the Mandela National Stadium, Namboole in a Group E tie of the qualifiers.

Affected academic programmes include; Bachelors of engineering, Surveying, Lands and Information services, building economics , land economics , Electronic Engineering, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Automotive engineering, Industrial engineering, Mechanical engineering, Water engineering, Telecommunication engineering, Manufacturing engineering, Computer Engineering , Automobile, Refrigeration and water condition engineering.

The current regulations set by the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) only allow NSSF to invest money within the East African region. According to Ivan Kyayonka, the NSSF Chairman, this limits their capacity to invest member funds in-order to generate higher returns.

Abdul Nsubuga, a technocrat at the National ID registration headquarters in Kololo says they are standing at 15.2 million registered Ugandans and that figure is what they have at their servers in Kololo. He explains that the research firm was simply estimating he says in the first three months, they had registered up to 14.8 million Ugandans and with the remaining time, they have been able to add an extra 400,000 people.

The Courts consist of independent persons other than the LC Committee members and have jurisdiction over limited civil matters and petty criminal offenses. They also deal with cases governed by customary law including property, interstate inheritance, and marital disputes.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has trashed a protest by the Federation of Uganda Football Association (Fufa) that some Zambian players who featured for their U-17 team are over age.

The Midwestern Region Anti-Corruption Coalition-MIRAC has tasked the District Chief Administrative Officer, The Education Officer and the Engineer to explain why two main structures built in the financial year 2011/2012 were not constructed in line with agreed standards. They include a five stance latrine facility which collapsed before usage and a two classroom block that is now heavily cracked.

Members of the Namalemba Twale claim that Iganga Muslim Supreme Council unlawfully sold 1.5 acres of land at Masgid Taqwa located in Namalemba trading centre in Namalemba Sub County to Muzamir Bogere Marijani, a business man.

Bebwajuba's troubles stem from the recommendations of the Finance Planning and administration standing committee meeting held on 30th May 2014. In that meeting, it was resolved that a letter be written appealing against the reduction of the unconditional grant to the district.

Police in Bukomansimbi is looking for a 30 year old man who is believed to have eloped with a 13-year old girl. The man Monday Muzzi is thought to have had a sexual relationship with the 13-year old girl for some time now.

Richard Rwabuhinga, the Kabarole district LC5 chairperson says some of the teachers who abandoned duty stations have irregularly been maintained on the payroll. However, the institutions are now demanding that the district assumes the responsibility of clearing the debts as a guarantor.

Museveni urges Parliament to reconsider its position on the proposed new taxes because they are critical for financing of infrastructure like roads and power to make Uganda more competitive. Should the new taxes not be approved, the revenue shortfall at the end of the financial year is estimated at about 130 billion shillings.

He said that Rugunda was warned by his friends in the government that he was being trailed by the Idi Amin intelligence. To evade capture, Rugunda was advised to shave his famous beard.