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Over 300 girls in Busoga equipped with menstrual hygiene skills and tools
Reach A Hand Uganda (RAHU), in collaboration with partners, celebrated World Menstrual Hygiene Day with a special outreach event on 28th May, 2024 at Budondo Playground in Jinja. The event aimed to address menstrual health challenges and empower young girls with the knowledge and tools to manage their menstruation with dignity. The event saw participation […]
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@kfm Wed, 29 May 2024 14:34:00
Naguru hospital operating without CT scan
Members of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have today learnt with shock that that Naguru China Friendship hospital has operated for three years without a CT scan. The Executive Director of Naguru Hospital, Dr. Emmanuel Tugaineyo, has told the MPs that they have been turning away patients seeking such services. He attributed this situation to the absence of a legal instrument defining the hospital’s status, which has left administrators grappling with meager funds, staff shortages, and inadequate equipment. “When we went to the Ministry of Public Service, they said they needed that instrument that elevated the facility to a national referral hospital, before getting a new structure for staff and other essential equipment”, he told MPs during an interface. Gorretti […]
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@kfm Wed, 29 May 2024 14:16:36
Baryomunsi speaks out on censure motion
The minister of information and national guidance Dr. Chris Baryomunsi has welcomed the censure motion against Parliament Commissioners. He has described the move by a section of MPs collecting signatures to censure four commissioners for alleged abuse office as a healthy process since parliament needs to be accountable to the public. His statement comes after his colleague in cabinet, Persis Namuganza asked Ugandans to vote against any minister or Member of Parliament who refuses to sign the censure motion. Baryomunsi has told journalists this morning that since MPs represent the masses in the house, it is good to have checks and balances within parliament. “so if there is section of MPs who are not satisfied with the way the parliamentary […]
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@kfm Wed, 29 May 2024 13:52:31
Born again leaders seek president Museveni intervention over policy on regulating their activities.
More voices are rising against the proposed government policy on regulating and streamlining operations of faith- based organisations. The latest is from the International Centre for Religious Advocacy and Development, re-echoing the sentiments that the policy is being brought in a bad faith and should be stopped. The Ministry of Ethics and Integrity is currently collecting views from communities across the country and religious leaders before the policy is implemented. However, Wisdom Peter, the Director International Centre for Religious Advocacy and Development, the policy targets to gag the mushrooming born again churches, a claim the government has often downplayed. He thus asks the president to intervene and stop implementation of this policy and instead advise that the existing laws are used […]
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@kfm Wed, 29 May 2024 13:44:35
FDC Chief Whip signs censure motion
The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Party Whip, Yusuf Nsibambi has led his colleagues in appending signatures to the petition for a censure motion intended to recall the four Commissioners of Parliament from office for allocating themselves Shs1.7Bn in Service Awards. Nsibambi who doubles as the Mawokota South MP told journalists after signing the motion that their move is intended to give the accused colleagues an opportunity to account to Ugandans on how they have been conducting business in Parliament. “Ugandans deserve to know exactly what happened and the basis of these awards”, he said. Agnes Taaka, Bugiri Woman representative who also appended her signature to the petition says it is intended to hold the embattled Commissioners accountable and have […]
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@kfm Wed, 29 May 2024 13:35:14
Father arrested for burning daughter over school fees demands
A father in Namayingo District has been arrested for allegedly burning his 12-year old daughter’s hands for asking him to pay her school fees. The suspect, a resident of Dokwe village in Buhemba sub-county was arrested on the orders of Namayingo Deputy Resident District Commissioner Solomon Baleke. Baleke says the suspect was reported by the area Local Council 1 Chairman Charles Lokwe who identifies him as Henry Sijja. The injured girl who is a Primary Four Pupil is currently receiving treatment at Buyinja Health Centre IV, while the suspected has been charged with attempted murder.
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@kfm Wed, 29 May 2024 13:29:55
Embattled Busoga NUP coordinator forms pressure group.
Embattled National Unity Platform (NUP) coordinator for Busoga region Moses Bigirwa has launched a pressure group. Speaking during the launch of the Eastern Revolutionary Platform Political Pressure Group in Jinja earlier today, Bigirwa said he was tired of being mistreated by leaders in the opposition political parties. Bigirwa said he would ensure total independence from the other parties as he pushes for a new government. The group has chosen white and black as their official colors with a slogan “East First’. Moses Bigirwa, was in December last year, relieved of his duties as NUP deputy secretary for mobilisation in the Eastern region by the party leader Robert Kyagulanyi. He was replaced by Andrew Kiiza, after close to 12 months of investigating complaints […]
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