In Brief
Dec 23, 2009
Hundreds have mourned the fallen former minister, Agard Didi Cyril, who was buried at his ancestral home in Pameri parish in Metu sub-county on Monday.
Hundreds mourn Didi
Moyo
Hundreds have mourned the fallen former minister, Agard Didi Cyril, who was buried at his ancestral home in Pameri parish in Metu sub-county on Monday. The Third Deputy Prime Minister, Kirunda Kivejinja, represented President Yoweri Museveni as the chief mourner. He described Didi as honest, persistent and a jolly man who looked young because he was cheerful. Mouners described Didi as a generous man who provided scholarships for six pupils in each village in West Moyo constituency and paid sh50,000 for those in secondary schools while he was the area MP. Museveni said Didi joined the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in1986. “Other people did not know us because we fought with the Amanya Musega’s mainly in the south but the likes of Didi cleared the perception that the NRM was not only a southern Uganda affair,†Museveni said.
Vaccination of cattle halted
amuru
Veterinary staff have suspended the vaccination of 4,000 cattle in Purongp, Alero, Anaka and Amuru sub-counties that have been attacked by contagious bovine pleuropneumonia disease due to lack of logistical support. The district veterinary officer, Dr. James Okwir, said more than 100 cattle have died of the disease. He said he had requested sh3m from the district to facilitate the team that was to vaccinate the animals but only sh1m had been approved. Okwir added that he collected 4,000 dozes of vaccines from Entebbe last week and vaccinated 600 cattle at Purongo sub-county, but suspended the exercise due to the shortage of funds.
10 youth remanded
Kitgum
A group of 10 youth charged with possessing and consuming marijuana were remanded after they failed to produce witnesses. The district chief magistrate, Amos Kwizira, remanded nine of the suspects to Kitgum Prisons until January 8, 2010 when their case would come up for mention. He, however, gave a sh100,000 cash bail to Ronald Omony, a resident of Langa-Langa village, after his brother stood surety for him. His brother also paid a sh300,000 bond.
Moyo
Hundreds have mourned the fallen former minister, Agard Didi Cyril, who was buried at his ancestral home in Pameri parish in Metu sub-county on Monday. The Third Deputy Prime Minister, Kirunda Kivejinja, represented President Yoweri Museveni as the chief mourner. He described Didi as honest, persistent and a jolly man who looked young because he was cheerful. Mouners described Didi as a generous man who provided scholarships for six pupils in each village in West Moyo constituency and paid sh50,000 for those in secondary schools while he was the area MP. Museveni said Didi joined the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in1986. “Other people did not know us because we fought with the Amanya Musega’s mainly in the south but the likes of Didi cleared the perception that the NRM was not only a southern Uganda affair,†Museveni said.
Vaccination of cattle halted
amuru
Veterinary staff have suspended the vaccination of 4,000 cattle in Purongp, Alero, Anaka and Amuru sub-counties that have been attacked by contagious bovine pleuropneumonia disease due to lack of logistical support. The district veterinary officer, Dr. James Okwir, said more than 100 cattle have died of the disease. He said he had requested sh3m from the district to facilitate the team that was to vaccinate the animals but only sh1m had been approved. Okwir added that he collected 4,000 dozes of vaccines from Entebbe last week and vaccinated 600 cattle at Purongo sub-county, but suspended the exercise due to the shortage of funds.
10 youth remanded
Kitgum
A group of 10 youth charged with possessing and consuming marijuana were remanded after they failed to produce witnesses. The district chief magistrate, Amos Kwizira, remanded nine of the suspects to Kitgum Prisons until January 8, 2010 when their case would come up for mention. He, however, gave a sh100,000 cash bail to Ronald Omony, a resident of Langa-Langa village, after his brother stood surety for him. His brother also paid a sh300,000 bond.