In Brief
Oct 06, 2007
Milton Obote’s service due <br>Kampala<br>The Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) will hold a memorial service and commemorate the second anniversary of the death of Apolo Milton Obote. Speaking at the party’s weekly press conference, party officials, Joseph Ochieno and Dr. Kyeyune Ssebulime said th
Milton Obote’s service due
Kampala
The Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) will hold a memorial service and commemorate the second anniversary of the death of Apolo Milton Obote. Speaking at the party’s weekly press conference, party officials, Joseph Ochieno and Dr. Kyeyune Ssebulime said the service would be held at St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Mbale on October 13. There will also be a public rally at the Mbale Cricket Ground after the prayers. Two days to the event, the party president, Miria Kalule Obote, will tour and pay homage to party members in Sironko, Bududa, and Manafwa districts. Obote, who was born on December 28, 1924 in Akoroko village, Apac died on October 10, 2005, in a South African hospital. He was the President of Uganda twice between 1966–71 and 1980–85.
M7 bails out ex-Kalungu MP
Kampala
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday saved the former Kalungu East MP, James Mukiibi Sserunjogi, from imprisonment at Luzira Civil Prison, when he paid sh31m for his legal fees. Sserunjogi, who stood on an independent card, won the area elections for the eighth Parliament defeating Lule Mawiya, but the latter challenged his academic qualifications in court prompting the Supreme Court to nullify Sserunjogi’s election. Mawiya (NRM) won the by-elections. Sserunjogi had failed to pay his lawyer’s fees and was on Tuesday committed to the civil prison for six months. He would have been declared bankrupt if he failed to clear the debt in six months. When the President toured Kalungu recently, the locals appealed to him to clear Sserunjogi’s debt.
Kampala
The Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) will hold a memorial service and commemorate the second anniversary of the death of Apolo Milton Obote. Speaking at the party’s weekly press conference, party officials, Joseph Ochieno and Dr. Kyeyune Ssebulime said the service would be held at St. Andrew’s Cathedral in Mbale on October 13. There will also be a public rally at the Mbale Cricket Ground after the prayers. Two days to the event, the party president, Miria Kalule Obote, will tour and pay homage to party members in Sironko, Bududa, and Manafwa districts. Obote, who was born on December 28, 1924 in Akoroko village, Apac died on October 10, 2005, in a South African hospital. He was the President of Uganda twice between 1966–71 and 1980–85.
M7 bails out ex-Kalungu MP
Kampala
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday saved the former Kalungu East MP, James Mukiibi Sserunjogi, from imprisonment at Luzira Civil Prison, when he paid sh31m for his legal fees. Sserunjogi, who stood on an independent card, won the area elections for the eighth Parliament defeating Lule Mawiya, but the latter challenged his academic qualifications in court prompting the Supreme Court to nullify Sserunjogi’s election. Mawiya (NRM) won the by-elections. Sserunjogi had failed to pay his lawyer’s fees and was on Tuesday committed to the civil prison for six months. He would have been declared bankrupt if he failed to clear the debt in six months. When the President toured Kalungu recently, the locals appealed to him to clear Sserunjogi’s debt.