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Cabinet ministers who supervised projects as part of the November 2007 Chogm should not be allowed to travel abroad until they have accounted for their actions, MPs investigating the matter said yesterday.

Concerned that government’s proposed electoral reforms are not deep enough, the Opposition has sought leave of Parliament to bring a Bill that will amend the Constitution and allow for more landmark changes.

The government has summoned the manufacturers of the police helicopter that crashed on Monday, injuring Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi and five other people on board.

Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi who is recuperating at Mulago Hospital in Kampala after suffering minor injuries in a Monday plane crash has told of how he survived death.

At least four schools have been closed due to flooding of classrooms and latrines in Butaleja district.

The initial public offer of the National Insurance Corporation (NIC) shares defied expectations by picking sh2.3b in oversubscription. NIC, previously a government parastatal, sold the last 40% of its shares to the public yesterday.

The long-standing land wrangles between Busoga Kingdom and Iganga District administration have intensified, with the latter voting to evict the cultural institution from its land.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said his government will send evidence to France to prove that Ms Agathe Habyarimana, the widow of the assassinated president Juvenal Habyarimana, participated in 1994 Rwanda genocide.

An NRM candidate who lost the Rukiga by-election primaries has defied the President’s request to bow out of the race in favour of the official flag bearer.


 

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