President Yoweri Museveni has sent condolences to former Kenya President Emilio Mwai Kibaki, following the death of his wife Lucy Kibaki, describing the late former First Lady as a strong woman who greatly contributed to the development of her country.

“I hope that her legacy as a relentless campaigner for women’s rights, the disadvantaged and disabled persons, girl child education and the fight against HIV/AIDS will not only live on, but provide a solid example for younger generations to emulate,” the President said in a condolence message to Mr Kibaki.

President Museveni said it was with a deep sense of loss and sorrow that he learnt of the death of Mama Kibaki.

“Please accept deepest condolences and heartfelt sympathy from myself, my wife Janet, my family, the government and the people of Uganda upon this loss. While I cannot fathom the pain and anguish you and your family is going through, I know that the Almighty God provides solace to all aching hearts. I, therefore pray that he will strengthen, comfort and guide you during this difficult time. May you draw further comfort from the memories of the wonderful times you shared with her. May the Almighty God grant Mama Lucy eternal rest,” Mr Museveni wrote.

Meanwhile, the body of the former First Lady, who died in a London hospital on Tuesday, arrives home on Sunday and arrangements are underway for her burial.

Born in 1940, Mrs Kibaki is survived by her husband Emilio Mwai Kibaki and four children.

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Kyambogo government list out.

The government has released a 400 students list of Kyambogo University for students set to benefit from state sponsorship.

Government sponsors 2,500 students in the five public universities of Makerere,Kyambogo, Mbarara, Gulu and Busitema, with Makerere University taking the lion’s share of 2,000 students while 500 students are shared amongst the four other public universities.

Government has two programmes where it sponsors bright but needy students and these are; the quota system that targets students that are bright but can’t afford university tuition.

The second is a loan system, where government avails loans to bright students that qualify for entry into university but are unable to pay tuition.

Those enrolled under the loan scheme are supposed to repay the tuition fees, two years after leaving University.

Download the list here KYU National Merrit Government Admission List 2016_2017

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A petition not to gazette Lwemiyaga County MP-elect Theodore Ssekikubo has been dismissed.

The Constitutional Court sitting in Kampala ruled that Ssekikubo’s petition challenging the decision of Masaka Chief Magistrate Samuel Munobe over his election case against rival Mr Patrick Nkalubo, be referred back to the lower court.

Last month Mr Nkalubo won a petition in the Masaka court seeking a vote recount of the parliamentary elections, prompting Ssekikubo to apply to the same court for permission to appeal the order in the higher court. However, instead of granting the ‘former rebel MP’ permission to appeal, the magistrate referred the matter to the Constitutional Court for interpretation.

And today Judge Richard Butera, on behalf of the panel of five judges,  ruled in favour of Ssekikubo, arguing that the court’s mandate to interprete the matter in four days had elapsed.

During the parliamentary elections in February, Mr Ssekikubo, the NRM flag bearer, beat his long-time rival Nkalubo with a difference of 1,198 votes. And while declaring the results on February 19, Mr Latif Ngonzi, the district returning officer, indicated that Mr Ssekikubo attained his victory with 9,272 votes (52.77 per cent) against Independent candidate Patrick Nkalubo’s 8,074 votes (45.95 percent).

Other candidates were FDC’s Wilber Nahweera ,who scored 157 (0.29 percent) and Andrew Nankunda (Ind.) with 68 votes.

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