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  • Uganda-India Movie Showing Soon

    {{River Nile Motion Pictures, a feature film Production Company focusing on local content for the Indian and Ugandan media market, recently wrapped up a 120 minutes film shot entirely in Uganda.}}

    The crime thriller titled Escape from Uganda is said to have cost well over a million dollars.

    This film is about a middle class Indian family living in Kampala who is thrown into mayhem when the housewife finds herself involved in a murder plot. Shika Samuel (played by Indian National Award winner Rima Kallingal) follows her dream of making dresses and opens a boutique at Garden City.

    Little did she know that she would be faced with a conspiracy and later charged with the murder of her close friend and the Mayor’s daughter, Audrey. Husband, Jay Krishnan (played by Vijaay Babu) attempts to secure her release from Luzira Maximum Security Prison and her subsequent escape orchestrated by “well-wisher” (Award Winning Tamil star Partiban) from the Indian community.

    Founded by Girisch Nair, Rajesh Nair and Gautam Nair, River Nile Motion Picture did not hesitate to involve re-known Ugandan actors like Michael Wawuyo, Wilberforce Mutete, Sam Bagenda, Anita Kyarimpa (Miss Uganda first runner-up) and Brenda Nanyonjo (the lady behind Miss Uganda today)

    Slated for an October release in India and thereafter a Ugandan premiere in the same month, this film has been filmed in 7 languages including English, Swahili, Luganda and Malayalam. And as such, it will be distributed in over 2,300 movie theatres in India and across Africa with the Swahili and English versions aggressively distributed across Sub Sahara Africa.

    NV

  • How Do I Get Capital to Start My Own Business?

    {{More often than not, many young people ask me this question and I am left wondering how I will help each and every one of them. It is not easy to get capital especially if you have just cleared your education and the banks do not make it any easier due to lack of collateral.}}

    However, I advise my friends to try and borrow from their family and friends or even look for a temporary job, so that they can save some money to start their business.

    Starting out is not easy but you must have the willingness to endure the process. As I try to talk to my friends in the bank to come up with a venture fund for young entrepreneurs, what are you doing to try and gather that capital?

    You need to create a culture of saving right from the time you begin University or even before, if at all you can. It will teach you to be responsible and independent and those are qualities of good businessmen and women.

    You see my friends, when investors like me see that you have made the effort to save a good amount of money and have established your business, then we will definitely consider giving you a helping hand. But we cannot help the person that has refused to try or go the extra mile to help themselves.

    Angel investors are there and are willing to invest in something worth their time and money.

    So if that is what you are looking for, then you better work on your business idea/proposal and play your part as well. No one wants to invest in a business which you yourself have not invested in.

    Take your time and look for an avenue that will suit your needs and help your business grow.

    Click to Watch Advice on Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF9BPMA4Wtk

    {CapitalFM}

  • 20 Kenyans On Interpol’s Most-Wanted List

    {{The International Criminal Police Organisation, or Interpol, has posted information on 20 Kenyans wanted for crimes committed locally and in foreign countries.}}

    Businessman Yagnesh Devani who is currently in hiding is being sought by Kenyan authorities over corruption-related offences associated with the Triton oil scandal.

    His photograph and that of other Kenyans have been published on the Interpol website, and the public are urged to notify police if those wanted spotted anywhere in the world.

    The list includes 10 Kenyans being sought by the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) over fraud, sexual crimes and murder allegations.

    US authorities are trying to apprehend Jim Roberts Agengo, 66, from Kisumu. “Mr Agengo is wanted by the judicial authorities of United States to serve a sentence for two counts of aggravated indecent assault, two counts of institutional sexual assault, two counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault,” Interpol said.

    Another Kenyan, Benjamin Kaviti, is also listed on the Interpol wanted list for rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent and sexual assault.
    The US government is also hunting for Joseph Karanja, 39, who is accused of committing bank fraud and identity theft.

    Charges of tax evasion and wire fraud have also put Ernest Kangara, Ervin Somba, Edwine Sila and Kenneth Njagi on the list of the world’s most-wanted suspects.

    Thirty-seven year old Njagi is from Nyeri, while the actual homes of Mr Somba and Mr Kangara, suspected of having close links with Zambia’s Bernard Nyemba who is facing similar charges, have not been indicated.

    Christopher Olalo, Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan and Fahid Mohammed Ally are also wanted by the US authorities.

    Mr Olalo 64, is facing prosecution over allegations that he committed homicide while it is unclear why Mr Swedan and Mr Ally are on the list.

    Mr Swedan, 44, and Mr Ally, 37, both from Mombasa, are classified as Kenyans of Somali origin who committed unspecified offences in the US.

    The Interpol website said: “Msalam Fahid Mohammed Ally is wanted by the judicial authorities of United States for prosecution /to serve a sentence”. His colleague Mr Swedan is also facing similar charges.

    {{Kenyans In US Illegally}}

    The number of wanted Kenyans living in the US has been released even as it emerged that close to 200,000 Kenyans are living illegally in America and could be charged for flouting immigration laws if caught.

    But a claim by a former Kenyan ambassador to the US, Mr Elkanah Odembo, has been criticised and dismissed as far-fetched and questionable by Kenyans in the diaspora.

    Authorities in Rwanda are looking for Nathan Lyod Ndungu 43, classified as a resident of Mombasa, to face unspecified fraud related charges.

    And John Mochama, 31, from Nairobi, is wanted by Ugandan authorities for prosecution over charges of forgery and creating a false document while Peter Gachago is facing defilement charges in Botswana.

    The South African government is after Herman Muita Gichure, 33, for causing death by dangerous driving and Stephen Musundi from Bungoma for charges related motor vehicle theft.

    An Indian residing in Kenya, Harbans Singh Gakhal, 59, is wanted by the Indian authorities to serve a jail term for human trafficking, forged documents and cheating.

    Indian authorities believe Mr Gakhal from Jalandar, Punjab in India, is hiding in Kenya.

    Kenya has also listed Ms Miriam Achieng Kadongo, 34 from Nakuru who is suspected of hiding in Finland as wanted for prosecution for obtaining credit by false pretences, uttering a false document and issuing bad cheques.

    {A screen grab of the Interpol website}

    Nation

  • Zimbabwe’s MDC-T Abandons Petitions

    {{Thirty-nine out of 95 losing MDC-T National Assembly candidates paid the required US$10 000 security for costs for each of their election petitions after the deadline lapsed yesterday evening.}}

    Although there is room for other candidates who could have paid at the bank, but were yet to furnish the Electoral Court registry with confirmation of payment, 54 petitions appeared abandoned.

    Legal experts said failure by petitioners to pay the required sum within the seven-day period which expired yesterday would result in the automatic lapse of the contestations.

    “In the event of people failing to pay the required US$10 000 within the permissible period, the petition automatically lapses. It falls away and ceases to be a matter before the Electoral Court,” said an expert.

    However, MDC-T spokesperson Mr Douglas Mwonzora said the party was pursuing all petitions, adding that they would engage the court for negotiations.

    “It is not an offence to fail to pay the fees before the deadline. We will still engage the court for some negotiations because the figure that it requires for a single petition is too high. It is ridiculous and prohibitive.”

    Petitions were filed on the eve of the expiry of the 14-day period in which challenges should be filed at the Electoral Court and the 39 payments were made yesterday, which was the last day.

    In Harare, 89 petitions were filed last Friday, while six were filed in Bulawayo, leaving the total number of petitions at 95.
    Section 168 of the Electoral Act makes it mandatory for petitioners to tender security of costs as stipulated by the Electoral Court.

    “Not later than seven days after the presentation of the election petition, security of an amount fixed by the registrar of the Electoral Court, being not less than the amount prescribed by the Commission after consultation with the Chief Justice, for the payment of all costs, charges and expenses that may become payable by the petitioner — (a) to pay any person summoned as a witness on his behalf or her behalf and (b) to the respondent shall be given by or on behalf of the petitioner,” reads the Act.

    On Wednesday, Mr Mwonzora said MDC-T was considering withdrawing the 95 petitions filed by its losing candidates at the Electoral Court because the party and the candidates were failing to raise the US$10 000 security of cost fees required for each petition.

    MDC-T spokesperson Mr Douglas Mwonzora said they considered the money exorbitant and were considering abandoning the cases.

    He said the situation was worsened by the recent Constitutional Court ruling that declared the contested election as free, fair, credible and expressing the will of Zimbabweans.

    {Herald}

  • Sierra Leone Man Arrested ‘With Uranium’

    {{A man from Sierra Leone has been arrested at New York’s John F Kennedy airport with uranium samples allegedly concealed in his shoes.}}

    Patrick Campbell was charged with attempting to broker a sale of 1,000 tonnes of yellowcake uranium to Iran.

    He allegedly made the offer to US undercover agents, thinking they were representing the Iranians.

    Samples of raw uranium ore were found beneath the inner soles of his shoes, an agent said in a US court complaint.

    When enriched, yellowcake can be used in the manufacture of nuclear fuel and weapons.

    Iran is suspected by the US and others of secretly seeking to acquire nuclear weapons despite protestations that its programme is for civilian energy use only.

    Mr Campbell is accused of seeking to arrange the export of the yellowcake from Sierra Leone to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, packed in drums and disguised as the mineral chromite.

    He presented himself as someone affiliated with a company engaged in mining and selling uranium in Sierra Leone, according to the US complaint.

    He had allegedly responded to an advert in May of last year on the website Alibaba.com seeking to purchase uranium that was placed by an undercover US agent posing as an American broker representing persons in Iran.

    When confronted, he admitted to having brought a sample of the raw uranium ore with him, the complaint says.

    It adds: “Campbell assisted the agents in removing the uranium from beneath the inside soles of his shoes and plastic bags containing uranium were recovered from two of Campbell’s shoes.”

    If convicted, Mr Campbell faces up to 20 years in prison and a $1m (£642,000) fine.

    The complaint against him was filed in Florida, his ultimate destination at the time of his arrest.

    {BBC}

  • DRC General Arrested in France over Disappearance of 350 Refugees

    {{A general from the Republic of Congo has been arrested in France in connection with 350 refugees who went missing in the central African nation in 1999.}}

    A group representing the families of the refugees praised the arrest on Thursday of General Nobert Dabira, calling it “good news”.

    Marcel Touanga, the head of the group, said the arrest showed the tragedy had not been forgotten.

    “We are fighting for the truth in the face of strong forces because there are links between the organisers of these massacres and some French personalities,” said Touanga, whose 28-year-old son was among the missing.

    Dabira, 64, was accused of torture and kidnapping on a massive scale by examining magistrates after being arrested in the town of Torcy near Paris.

    Dabira, who owns a home in France, was released pending trial after he was charged, newa agencies reported.

    The refugees went missing when they returned to the port city of Brazzaville after fleeing from their country’s civil war to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

    Rights groups and relatives say they were tortured and executed upon their return, though Congolese authorities have always denied any massacre.

    Dabira is the former inspector-general of the Congolese army, and since October 2012 has been a high commissioner for the re-integration of former soldiers.

    When contacted, Dabira said he was “totally innocent” and would not leave France during the investigation.

    In 2005, Dabira was one of 15 accused – many of them senior army and police officials – acquitted in the case by a criminal court in Brazzaville.

    France opened its own inquiry into the alleged massacres in 2002.

    Source: AFP

  • Tunisia opposition in rally against Ennahda-led government

    {{Thousands of Tunisians have rallied in front of the National Assembly in the capital Tunis calling for the Islamist-led government to resign.}}

    The opposition National Salvation Front has called for a week of protests over what it says is the government’s inability to guarantee security.

    The protests come a month after the assassination of a prominent opposition politician.

    It was the second such politically-motivated killing this year.

    The governing Ennahda party has offered to support an all-party government but has ruled out calls to dissolve the constituent assembly or remove Prime Minister Ali Laaraiedh.

    “The people want the fall of the regime,” chanted the crowds, repeating the slogan used when Tunisians ousted President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. His downfall triggered revolts across the Arab world.

    Correspondents say Tunisian opposition parties have recently been emboldened by the Egyptian army’s ousting of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.

    Witnesses said police monitored Saturday’s protests but there were no reports of violence.

    BBC

  • Several killed in eastern DRC fighting

    {{At least four people have been killed in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), raising the death toll to seven since clashes between M23 rebels and government forces backed by UN troops started several days ago, witnesses say.}}

    Local Journalists on ground saw four bodies – a woman and three children – and a resident of Ndosho named Charles Paluku told media that a shell had landed in the area.

    The victims of Saturday’s fighting were killed by shells fired by M23 rebels.
    Three UN peacekeepers were wounded by shells that landed near their positions, the UN said, charging that its troops had been targeted by the rebels.

    Much of the fighting has concentrated in and around Goma, a key city in North Kivu province.

    Mary Robinson, the UN envoy to the African Great Lakes region, condemned the violence, saying in a statement: “The attacks on the town of Goma as well as on MONUSCO forces, and their tragic consequences on the civilian population already traumatised by two decades of conflict, are unacceptable.”

    “We must do everything to avoid an escalation of tension in the region,” she said.

    {aljazeera}

  • North Korea Angry at Swiss Ban on Ski Lift Sale

    {{North Korea has reacted angrily to a decision by Switzerland to block a deal to sell ski lifts to the secretive communist country.}}

    The equipment – which included chair lifts and cable cars – was for the Masik ski resort project which is currently under construction.

    But the Swiss government said last week the equipment constituted luxury goods and so was subject to UN sanctions.

    North Korea’s Skiers’ Association said such equipment should not be banned.

    The resort, it said in a statement, was aimed at giving North Koreans “highly civilised and happy living conditions and make them enjoy all blessings.

    “Cableway equipment for the ski resort do not produce any rocket or nuclear weapon,” it added.

    {{‘Prestigious propaganda project’}}

    The Masik ski resort site was believed to be a pet project of leader Kim Jong-un, who reportedly skied when he attended secondary school in Bern under an assumed name.

    It is also being viewed as a response to South Korea hosting the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

    Work on the site had been delayed by heavy rains and landslides, but Kim Jong-un wanted the resort to be finished by the end of the year.

    The North Korean leader has repeatedly visited the site and promoted it as an attempt to enhance the lifestyle of the nation’s citizens.

    But Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) labelled the resort a “prestigious propaganda project for the regime”.

    “It is inconceivable that this resort will be used by the general public,” Seco spokeswoman Marie Avet said.

    The ski lift deal with Swiss company Bartholet Maschinenbau, valued at more than $7m (£4.46m; 5.2m euros), is reportedly the third to fall through due to sanctions.

    Austrian and French manufacturers also turned down deals, citing political reasons.

    Source: BBC

  • IMF’s Lagarde Cautions Major Central Banks

    {{The head of the International Monetary Fund cautioned the world’s major central banks Friday not to withdraw their unconventional support for weak economies too soon.}}

    IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said stimulative policies are still needed in key regions, especially Europe and Japan, which have struggled with prolonged weakness.

    She spoke at an annual economics conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, sponsored by the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank.

    Lagarde said central banks must carefully develop strategies for scaling back their efforts to keep borrowing rates low. Any pullback should be determined by the strength of individual economies, she said.

    Her comments come as the Fed is signaling that it could slow its bond purchases later this year if the U.S. economy continues to improve. The Fed’s bond buying has helped keep U.S. interest rates near record lows.

    “Unconventional monetary policy is still needed in all places it is being used, albeit longer for some than for others,” Lagarde said in her speech to the conference.

    The anticipation of a slowdown in Fed bond buying has unsettled U.S. stock and bond markets and sent interest rates up. Rising U.S. rates have, in turn, triggered turmoil in some emerging economies, such as Turkey, India and Indonesia.

    Officials in those countries have tried to halt declines in the value of their currencies as investors have shifted money into higher-yielding investments elsewhere.

    Lagarde noted the market declines that have followed Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke’s signal in June that the Fed could begin slowing its bond purchases later this year if the U.S. economy strengthens further.

    She said finance officials should prepare contingency plans in case market turbulence worsens.

    Some investors think the Fed could announce at its next meeting in September that it’s reducing its bond purchases. But comments from Fed officials at Jackson Hole suggested some disagreement within the central bank over the proper timing for a slowdown to begin.

    Dennis Lockhart, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, suggested in an interview with CNBC that he might be ready to endorse a bond-buying slowdown in September.

    But James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Fed, said he thought the economy remains too uncertain for a pullback next month.

    “I don’t think we have to be in any hurry,” Bullard said in a separate interview with CNBC. “I think we want to take our time and assess what is going on.”

    In a separate interview, Bullard said the decision on whether to start tapering could well come into focus just a few days before the Sept. 17-18 meeting if Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke decides at that time to provide the other policymakers with a recommendation.

    “That’s probably the kind of thing that it would come down to just a few days before the meeting, he’d kind of lay out some options,” Bullard said in an interview with Fox Business News.

    Bullard is a voting member of the Fed’s interest rate panel this year. Lockhart takes part in discussions but doesn’t have a vote this year. Their remarks mirrored the divided opinion that was evident in the minutes of the Fed’s July meeting released this week.

    In her speech, Lagarde said the support being provided by major central banks is buying time for nations to implement key economic reforms.

    “Push ahead with deeper reforms to lay the foundation for durable and lasting growth,” Lagarde said. “Do not waste the space provided by unconventional monetary policies.”

    For example, she said troubled nations in Europe must repair their financial systems before credit can start flowing normally again.

    Lagarde said some emerging market countries have taken steps to prepare for the shocks that could occur as the United States and other major economies withdraw their extraordinary support and borrowing rates rise to historically normal levels. But she said more work would be needed.

    She said the IMF will provide support where possible, including emergency loans to countries that need them.

    After her speech, Lagarde said she hoped leaders of the Group of 20 major economies will seek to complete financial reforms that have been drafted to try to avoid another crisis like the one that erupted in 2008. The G-20 leaders will meet next month in St. Petersburg, Russia.

    “As the level of the crisis has abated, the level of urgency has waned a bit,” Lagarde said in response to a question.

    AP