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Confidential: UYD activists hold two hour meeting with Raila Odinga

Gerald Businge — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:56:49 +0000

A delegation of UYD activists arrived in Kenyan capital Nairobi on Tuesday evening and later held a two hour closed door meeting with Kenyan premier, Raila Odinga.

The delegation of Uganda ’s young politicians held their meeting at Raila’s apartment in Nairobi , according to sources in Kenya .

It should be remembered that when Odinga was contesting for president not so long ago, the UYD activists led by the organisation’s secretary General Sam Muyizzi went and campaigned for him.

Indeed a source in UYD has told this writer that Raila and UYD are friends. A source said that the UYD activists went to Odinga to request him to sponsor their forthcoming delegates’ conference.

Odinga whose presidential election victory is believed to have been robbed or his office has not yet issued press statement explaining what the meeting was all about.

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Conjoined twins successfully operated on in Egypt

Gerald Businge — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:54:33 +0000

Mulago hospital personnel have revealed that the conjoined twins that were successfully separated on Saturday in Cairo are making remarkable progress.

Timothy and Trevor born in the Western district of Kabale five months ago underwent an 8 hour operation carried out by a team of doctors in the Egyptian capital Cairo.

The deputy director Mulago hospital Dr. Doreen Birabwa says the twins are still in the intensive care Unit and are recovering steadily.

Dr. Birabwa adds that the twins who are in hospital are safe from the ongoing violent protests.

She says they have started feeding and trying to live independently.

She has also lauded the Egyptian government and Mulago hospital management for all the support accorded to the team of doctors that is handling the twins.

The parents and the twins were flown out to Cairo last weekend together with Dr John Sekabira of Mulago hospital.

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Kampala calm after protests over electricity shortage

Gerald Businge — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:13:18 +0000

The Kampala central business district is calm, hours after traders staged demonstrations in different parts.

The protests were brought about following several days without power.

Several traders accused power distributor, UMEME of switching off power for days without any explanation on the matter.

The traders began their strike at Nasser Road; thereafter it spread to busy streets of Kikuubo, Luwum and William streets, among others.

Anti riot police was heavily deployed in the areas where the demonstrations were held, as traders held placards, protesting over the 24 hour load shedding schedule.

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