Students at Uganda College of commerce in Soroti district are in fear for their lives after chaos started in the institution based on tribal difference as a result of electing a guild president who is not an Iteso.
Students Radio Simba talked to explain that it was after the election of Oware Yoweri who is a Samye by tribe that sparked off the violence when Iteso students who were supporting Echowu Samuel an Iteso protested that they cannot be led by a person of not their tribe.
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Government intends to pay benefits to the former ex-presidents, former Prime Ministers, and former Speakers of Parliament, Deputy Speakers of Parliament and the three former members of Presidential Commission.
State Minister Public Sezi Mbaguta has been presenting a ministerial statement to Parliament on the payment of the ex-gratia to former leaders.
Mbaguta has told parliament during a plenary session chaired by the deputy speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanya that Cabinet has already agreed to it.
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Residents of Bukujju village located located in Kayunga Sub County in Kayunga district have lynched a man whom they suspected of stealing a chicken.
George William Onyango was found walking with a hen that belonged to another resident when they lynched him to death.

Having endured severe beatings, nursed life-threatening injuries, and been deprived of their right to a healthy environment while in police custody and in prison, 11 people rejoined their families after spending close to 1,000 days with the death penalty hanging over their heads.
They spent 32 months and three days in custody before High Court Judge Ralph Ochan ruled that they did not have a case to answer over terrorism in connection with the September 2009 riots that saw the torching of Nateete Police Station.
The former suspects now want justice to be done and will be pursuing the State for compensation for the very personal losses and inhumane treatment they suffered while in detention.
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Some Members of Parliament supporting the restoration of Presidential term limits have criticized government for threatening Criminal Charges against religious leaders in support of the restoration of Presidential term limits.
The Mps who include Lwemiyaga County Mp Theodore Ssekikubo, Western Youth Mp Gerald Karuhanga and Bugweri County MP Abdu Katuntu have told reporters at the Parliamentary building in Kampala that religious leaders are free like any person to guide the Nation as Gerald Karuhanga explains.
Kalungu West MP in Masaka district, Joseph Sewungu says religious leaders know what the grassroots people want and on their behalf they can raise issues for them.
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Democratic Party president Norbert Mao has hailed the UPDF for their efforts to arrest one of the top leaders of LRA Maj. Gen.Caesar Acellam saying that this shows their determination to end the LRA war.
Addressing the press in Kampala, Mao says the capture of Acellam shows that the army has moved a step ahead than before when they only showed to have captured some of Kony’s clothes and other objects that where of no use to the country.
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Police in Iganga is hunting for suspected robbers who broke into 7 shops in Iganga town and made off with almost all the merchandise valued at over 100 million shillings.
Our Iganga correspondent says among those being hunted is a night security guard deployed around the affected shops who is said to be on the run following the incident.

The 11 were part of 27 people arrested during the September 2007 Buganda riots, most of who were accused of torching Nateete police station in the wake of the riots. All 27 have now been set free.
In a case that will certainly high light the bogusness of state machinery, presiding Judge Ralph Ochan said prosecution failed to present evidence proving the allegations against the suspects. “We were disappointed with the police and prosecution. They ignored the basic requirements in investigation and also ignored fundamental human rights of the accused,” the judge said.
The hearing of the case has been continually marked by commical scenes of state witnesses proffering contradictory statements, and in more laughable situations, police officers distancing themselves from colleagues’ testimonies