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In Kampala–

Six people have been confirmed dead and several others seriously injured following a nasty accident on Kampala-Masaka highway.

The today afternoon accident involving a taxi registration number UAF 233N, Fuso truck registration number UBA 299T and a boda boda registration number UDI 191 happened just before London College in Wakiso District.

Police attributed the cause of the accident to reckless driving.
Mr Phillip Mukasa, the Police PRO in Katonga region said the taxi was travelling from Mpigi District while the Fuso truck was heading to Masaka from Kampala.
So far, only the taxi driver has been identified as Meddie Kajubi
“We are still trying to identify the other victims as most of them did not have identity cards,” Mr Mukasa said.

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By Wilber Muhwezi-Kasibante

In Bushenyi—

The former minister of general duties in prime minister’s office; Prof.Tarsis Kabwegyere has come out again to assert that presidential age limit should be removed because for him, he even rejected the proposal in the constituent assembly 1994 together with leaders like Col.Dr. Kiiza Besigye.

In exclusive interview with www.mknewslink.com managing Editor at his Kanyamabona Fish Farm in Ishaka town Bushenyi district, today July 31, 2017,  Prof.Kabwegyere who is also the former MP for Igara west said 75 years of age is not gold age because a person remains energetic even beyond 75 years of age.

The former senior citizen and minister revealed that during the 1994 Constituent Assembly with Prof.Apollo Nsibambi and Col.Dr.Kizza Besigye, he tried to reject age limit but they lost the game to majority delegates.

He says at 75 years of age doesn’t mean that a person becomes imbecile. “At 75 years of age a person does not become an Imbecile”. Am now 76 years of age but look at me, am still strong” Prof. Kabwegyere argued.

The NRM cadres have at several intervals supported the amendment of 102(b) in the 1995 constitution of Uganda with an intention of making Museveni a life president.

On the issue of bribing MPs to accomplish a deal of age limit removal, he noted that the Ugandan society morals are rotten. “When you visit a constituency, people are demanding money as well as churches among others. Our society’s behaviors are just rotten” Kabwegyere observed.

On whether there will be anarchy during the attempt to remove the age limit, Kabwegyere said that it is expected but it can be the same when president Museveni fails to have the age limit removal achieved. The supporters of Museveni can equally riot.

He also told this editor that Museveni is not Uganda and therefore Ugandans should not think that if age limit is removed from the constitution then the main purpose is to benefit him[museveni] “Uganda is bigger than Museveni and all other Ugandans” Kabwegyere said.

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In Kisoro–

Over 60 people have today morning narrowly survived being burnt to ashes after a Kisoro-bound bus from Kampala caught fire and burned completely.

The Jaguar bus registration number UAT 710C caught fire near Kisoro Airstrip in Nyakabande, a few kilometers from Kisoro town.

Patrick Charles Okoto, the Kisoro District Police Commander says the fire started at around 7.10am.

Okoto revealed that there were no injuries reported as all the passengers were evacuated fast.

Police with the help of the fire brigade from the Nyakabande airfield came in a little too late to put out the fire.

The police mouthpiece says investigations have commenced into what caused the flames. Some passenger accounts indicated that there was a tyre burst before the bus caught fire.

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Al Shabaab militants in Somalia yesterday killed 12 UPDF soldiers in an ambush on African Union troops in the country’s south.

The insurgents claimed having killed 39 African Union troops in an ambush in the country’s south.

In today statement by Brig Richard Karemire , the UPDF spokesman confirmed that a  joint SNA/AMISOM UPDF patrol under 7th Battalion of Battle group twenty two was ambushed by Alshabaab terrorists.

“From the battlefield, it is now confirmed that UPDF lost 12 gallant soldiers with 07 sustaining injuries. The dead and those injured have been evacuated to Mogadishu Level II Hospital for further management and treatment,” Brig Richard Karemire said in the statement.

He adds: “The UPDF office of Chief of Personnel and Administration is contacting the next of kin of the deceased and injured to inform them of the developments while arrangements are being made to transport deceased comrades to their homes of origin for descent burial.”

Brig Karemire says a board of inquiry is being constituted to establish circumstances leading to this fateful incident. The same board of inquiry will help in expediting the compensation process by the African Union in respect of the deceased who gave their lives in defense of mother Africa.

The attack took place at Gorowen between Bulumaler and Beladamini in Lower Shabelle region about 140Kms South West of Mogadishu.

Somalian security personnel help to carry a injured man towards an ambulance in Mogadishu on Sunday, after a car bomb explosion in the Somalian capital. AFP photo

An earlier statement indicated that the troops equivalent of a company minus were conducting a regular patrol to secure the Mogadishu Barawe Main Supply Route (MSR) which still harbours pockets of Alshabaab insurgents.

“A lot of damage was inflicted on the enemy while our troops took fatalities whose number is yet to be ascertained and will be made known as the situation evolves,” Brig . Karemire’s said in the statement.  “ We salute the gallant officers and men who have made sacrifices to ensure that peace is restored in Somalia. Such incidents that require at times our soldiers to pay the ultimate price will not deter our resolve to accomplish the mission.”

The African Union has a 22,000 strong force in the country dedicated to fighting A Shabaab and backing up the internationally backed government in the capital Mogadishu.

Residents said the AU troops were ambushed in the village of Golweyn some 120 kilometres (74 miles) as they escorted supplies along the road that connects Mogadishu to Lower Shebelle.

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