In today's New Vision: Uganda at odds with UN, AU

Eight people have been killed in a shootout in Makindye military barracks. We bring you what happened, who started the shooting, who was killed and what the army says caused the mayhem. 

The UN and the African Union have been left puzzled as the UPDF prepares to leave the war-torn Central African Republic in the heat of fresh LRA attacks. The rebels have so far abducted 250 children this year. So what will happen when Uganda pulls out next month? New Vision brings you the complicated situation. 

The Leader of Opposition has been getting over sh2b to run the office every year, but opposition MPs say this is too little. They have demanded more funds from the Government. Find Wafula Oguttu's explanation why they need more money and how much more, he thinks, will be adequate. 

Five West Nile MPs survived a nasty accident on their way back from State House in Entebbe. 

The First Lady, Janet Museveni, has spoken out on the challenges she expects to tackle in the Ministry of Education and how she will go about it. We have two pages of the interview with the New Vision.

Parliament has rejected more Museveni ministers. We bring you the reasons and what the chances are that these nominees will ever be approved. 

Meanwhile, the NRM electoral commission chairman, Tanga Odoi, has denied clearing the academic papers of the ministerial nominees rejected by Parliament. But the rejected nominees have been using his name to defend themselves, saying the NRM boss cleared their papers. Get Odoi's spirited defence inside. 

 

In other news 

Scientists have improved herbal medicine for malaria. These herbs could be in your compound. You could benefit from the new knowledge to fight malaria and save or earn some money too. The scientists explain what they have done. Do not miss it. 

The Government has got over sh36b for eco-friendly jobs. But what are eco-friendly jobs and how will this money be used to create such jobs? Read the New Vision to know more. 

KCCA has secured land titles for 16 schools. Get the list of schools whose land is now safe from land grabbers, and those which are still at risk.  

Kampala, Mbarara, Jinja top car thefts and robberies. Get the statistics, why crime is going up, the people involved and what the Police is doing about it.  

Another witness has pinned former minister Abraham Byandala on the Katosi Road scam. He told court a lot of things and how the minister forced them to sign the contract. Do not miss this great revelation in the New Vision.

Prof. Mahmood Mamdani is battling two other professors for the head the Makerere institute of social research centre. We have details about the two professors and their chances of unseating the man who has just gone through a nudity scandal with Dr. Stella Nyanzi. 

 

Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has picked DP's Sarah Kanyike as his Deputy. Do not miss her profile in the New Vision. 

In Bullisa and Nebbi

Find out why ferry services from Wasenko in Buliisa to Panyamuru landing site in Nebbi district have been suspended. New Vision advises you about the alternative routes and how much more it will cost or take you to travel between the two places. 

In Alur Kingdom

If you are an adult Alur, be prepared to pay sh1,000 to help raise funds to develop your kingdom. If you hold a sensitive position in the Kingdom, you will contribute sh100,000 per month. New Vision tells you how the kingdom plans to collect this money from about six million of its subjects and how it will use it. 

 

In Iganga

A Congolese bomb killed one person and injured four others yesterday at a steel factory. But how did a bomb from Congo find its way to Iganga? The Tembo Steel Works managers explain what happened. 

In Tooro

King Oyo Nyimba has enrolled at the UPDF Special Forces Command School in Kasenyi for training. But Oyo is the only civilian training alongside military officers. Does he intend to join the army? Why is he doing this and what qualifications will he get at the end of the course? 

In Mbale

A Kenyan pastor has been arrested in Mbale town, five years after fleeing Kenya where he had been accused of killing a schoolgirl.  The pastor had even set up a new church in Mbale town. The shocking details are in the New Vision. 

 

In Bunyoro

A group of Banyoro are suing the Government to recover sh3.2 trillion they claim Britain sent to the kingdom as compensation for the atrocities committed there during the colonial era. But the government has denied ever getting this money, so what is this group basing on to believe that the government "ate" their money. The full story is inside.