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Sep 26, 2011
<b>Police hold man over govt drugs</b> <br>The Police in Bugiri district are holding a 44-year-old man for allegedly selling government drugs. Stephen Kasadha, a resident of Nakibembe village in Ibulanku sub-county, Iganga district, was arrested on Thursday after allegedly being got selling drugs to a proprietor of a drug shop in Muwayo trading centre in Nakibembe.
Police hold man over govt drugs
The Police in Bugiri district are holding a 44-year-old man for allegedly selling government drugs. Stephen Kasadha, a resident of Nakibembe village in Ibulanku sub-county, Iganga district, was arrested on Thursday after allegedly being got selling drugs to a proprietor of a drug shop in Muwayo trading centre in Nakibembe. Kasadha attempted to flee but was arrested by residents who threatened to lynch him. A consignment of painkillers and deworming drugs worth sh2.8m was found in his bag.
UNRA gives Jinja sh236m for land
Jinja municipal council has received sh236m from Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) as compensation for a piece of land that will be affected by the construction of a new bridge over River Nile. The town clerk, Francis Barabanawe, announced during a council meeting on Thursday that the money was already on the municipal council account. Barabanawe, however, requested councillors to authorise him to use part of the money, which he said was not part of their budget this financial year, to clear a debt of sh134m the council owes the Uganda Revenue Authority.
The Police in Bugiri district are holding a 44-year-old man for allegedly selling government drugs. Stephen Kasadha, a resident of Nakibembe village in Ibulanku sub-county, Iganga district, was arrested on Thursday after allegedly being got selling drugs to a proprietor of a drug shop in Muwayo trading centre in Nakibembe. Kasadha attempted to flee but was arrested by residents who threatened to lynch him. A consignment of painkillers and deworming drugs worth sh2.8m was found in his bag.
UNRA gives Jinja sh236m for land
Jinja municipal council has received sh236m from Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) as compensation for a piece of land that will be affected by the construction of a new bridge over River Nile. The town clerk, Francis Barabanawe, announced during a council meeting on Thursday that the money was already on the municipal council account. Barabanawe, however, requested councillors to authorise him to use part of the money, which he said was not part of their budget this financial year, to clear a debt of sh134m the council owes the Uganda Revenue Authority.