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Sheikh Abdu Khai Mukiibi, the Deputy Mufti of Uganda has been injured critically in a motor accident.

Out of the 466 teachers in 19 schools in Lira town, only 120 are accommodated at their schools while the rest commute from outside, and a result some of them reach school when they are already too tired to teach.

The opposition Forum for Democratic Change has sent a team of four lawyers to Arusha, Tanzania, to file a petition on Friday in regard to East African Legislative Assembly polls. The team led by the shadow cabinet attorney general Abdu Katuntu, also includes Jackson Kafuzi, Paul Mwiru and Wandera Ogalo who is already in Arusha.

DP and UPC on Wednesday stealthily went behind FDC and nominated candidates to contest for the two slots in breach of an agreement they had made to boycott the elections until court decides on the matter.

Uganda blood transfusion services under the ministry of health will construct a new blood dispatch centre at Jinja regional referral hospital in October 2012.

In the promotions announced today, all Regional Police Commanders have been elevated to the rank of Assistant Commissioner of Police, while their deputies will be at the rank of Senior Superintendent of Police together with their Regional Criminal Investigations Officers.

His body was found lying in a pool of blood without identification after a gun-battle with a joint force of the police and UPDF.

Environmentalists have slapped a ban on stone quarrying in Jinja district saying the operators have not followed the right procedures. In a statement issued on Thursday, Jinja district environment officer, Moses Maganda, says the activity poses a great threat to residents in the locality.

The Electoral Commission has set July 12th as polling day for lower local council elections.

A meeting organised by Youth Minster Ronald Kibuule to unite the factions in the Youth Venture Capital Fund ended in a stalemate after banks refused to give in to political pressure to review the conditions for accessing the money.

They have refused to pay the local service tax and trading license fees accusing that municipality of overcharging them.

The Director of Public Prosecutions Richard Buteera has appealed against the recent acquittal of the last bunch of 11 Buganda riot suspects saying he is dissatisfied with it. On May 15, High Court Judge Ralph Ochan freed the last group of 11 suspects who had initially been part of the 25 suspects on grounds that they did not have a case to answer.

They argue that despite the endless support to the ruling government, it lacks a public university and its road infrastructure is the worst.

The disputed land is located at Dele trading Centre in Aboke Sub County in Kole district.

Typical stars will be locking horns in the sand to level the silverware count as the third club event in the season rages on.

Sembabule district education sectoral committee has unearthed 450 ghost teachers on the payroll.

Recently, long distance truck drivers threatened to stop using Malaba International bridge for fear of submerging it.

The proposal is aimed at standardizing the quality of education offered by all universities in the country.

Most of the suspects were found operating in supermarkets, electronic shops and oil factories without any valid traveling documents and work permits.

Last week, about 20 Civil Society Organizations announced plans to hold a public discussion about presidential term limits at Uganda Technical College in Lira on May 26th.