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By Damba Rogers Discrimination is one of those acts that deprive someone of their rights and now siclers in Uganda are calling upon all races of people in the country to do away with the ongoing discrimination towards them saying they are able to do all things that other people can do. Speaking to Nakitende Linda, aged 18 and a sickler reveals that they have been deliberately denied employment, education opportunities on grounds that they can not easily managed to execute the needed tasks ust like others who are fully healthy something that say has hinder their development socially and…
Govt to revise dual citizenship fees Government is considering revising fees charged on Ugandans in the Diaspora to make it easy for them to acquire dual citizenship. The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, while addressing the political forum of the Ugandan North American Association (UNAA) on Sunday, 03rd September 2017 in Miami, Florida, said that she is aware of the predicament Ugandans abroad face and has already initiated the process with the government. I am happy to note that our continuous interactions have brought this far; to see that we have national identity card and dual-citizenship registration going on at…
Uganda to get dedicated fistula hospital There are plans to set up a specialized hospital in Uganda to treat the increasing number of women who succumb to fistula. The Terrewode Hospital & Rehabilitation Center will also serve as a centre of excellence and a demonstration facility for surgical training programmes that will offer psychosocial rehabilitation for fistula survivors. While addressing Ugandans in the Diaspora who are attending the Ugandan North American Association (UNAA) Convention on Saturday, 02nd September 2017 in Miami, Florida, the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, said that working with Parliament and with support from partners, the fistula…
Lands Ministry introduces new land system for Diaspora The Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Betty Amongi has introduced a lands management system adopted by the Ministry for Ugandans living in the Diaspora. Amongi said the new system is aimed at minimizing land grabbing and any fraudulent related land dealings. The Minister was speaking at the land and housing forum at the Ugandan North American Association (UNAA) Convention on Saturday, 2nd September 2017 in Miami, Florida.
Dont tax donations from abroad Speaker The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called upon Ugandans living in the Diaspora to send more donations in form of medical and school supplies back home without any fear of them being taxed. Kadaga said that with the right procedures, arrangements can be made with the Ministry of Finance to import donations tax free from the Diaspora. The Speaker, who was addressing a Technology, Trade and Investment Forum at the Ugandan North American Association (UNAA) on Friday, 1st September, 2017 in Miami, Florida, was responding to a comment that some philanthropists in the…
Members of Parliament from Mubende District have accused the NRM led government of taking the people for granted over illegal evictions. The group of four out of the seven area MPs spearheaded by Bukuya MP Dr. Micheal Bukenya said they have mobilised 150 MPs who have signed their motion seeking to recall Parliament from Recess over the eviction of about 70,000 artisinal gold miners in Mubende recently in central Buganda. Buyukwe member of parliament Michael B u Kenya alleges that the Uganda Peoples Forces and the police force for deployed over 1,000 officers to evict artisinal miners within 2 hours…
HEALTH EXPERTS TASK GOVT ON IMPROVING HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE SECTOR Ugandan health experts are asking govt to prioritize the improvement of human resource for health workers across the country if the health sector is to serve the citizens at its best so as to improve the lives of ugandans. Speaking ahead of the upcoming global doctors conference slated for 5th to 9th September in Kampala, the president Uganda medical association, Dr.Bisso Fred and the chairman organizing committee of the conference Dr Richard Idro state that the exodus of health workers to other countries leaves a big gap here in…
EMBRASE TECHNOLOGY TO REDUCE NEO-NATAL MORTALITY By Adiga J Uganda has been urged to embrace modern technology as a new avenue for the country’s health facilities if neonatal mortality is to be reduced. According to the senior consultant pediatrician at Mengo hospital, Dr. Margaret Mpalampa, she says that the first 28 days of a new baby are very delicate and therefore call for special and modernized care from the health providers for the new life to be sustained which in most Ugandan facilities lack hence the increased neonatal mortality which reflects negatively to the country’s health indicators. Speaking at a…
89,000 PEOPLE INFECTED WITH TB SAYS REPORT Government has released the 2014-2016 Uganda National Population Based Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey showing 89,000 people get infected with TB every year. While presenting the report in Kampala, Dr Bruce Kirenga, and a TB Principal Researcher at Makerere University says the current disease burden is higher than previously with 253 per 100,000 people affected compared to 159 per 100,000 in 2015. According to the report, over 41,000 individuals from 57 districts were screened for TB using combined symptoms and chest x-ray strategy and 12.5% which 5,144 people had signs of the disease. Kirenga further…
MIXED REACTIONS AS M7 ORDERS SCRAPPING OF AGENCIES Members of parliament have expressed mixed reactions by the Order of President Meseveni to merge and scrap some of several government agencies such as Uganda revenue authority with ministry of finance to reduce on unneseray spending by the government. Members who include MP for Nakaseke south county, Paul Lutamaguzi Semakula DP claims that, the authorities were created to weaken other ministries not purposely to help Ugandans, by creating special authorities not as the president is suggesting. He said the impact of many the bodies like National agricultural advisory services Naads were never…
ELDERLY PAYMENTS CHANGING LIVES AS BENEFICIARIES CALL FOR MORE The social expansion program that sees the Elderly receive monthly payments of UGX.25,000 shillings per month has seen many lives transformed as some of the beneficiaries from Kyankwanzi district have shown, The genders ministry and the parliamentary forum on social protection are some of the tremendous developments attained following the introduction of the program. Speaking to some of the beneficiaries who had also gathered to collect their monthly payment at Butemba parish revealed that they have managed to use the money to build better and permanent houses, pay school fees, and…
GOVERNMENT AND ACHOLI CULTURAL AGREE TO GIVE INVESTOR LAND By Damba R In a meeting held yesterday between govt and Acholi cultural and political leaders at state resolved to give madhivani 10,000 hectares of land in Amuru and that there should be no turning back but the development should kick off. Addressing a news conference today in Kampala, the lands minister, Betty Amongi confirms that both parties agreed in good faith to have the land given away and surveyed for the project to kick off as soon as possible adding that next week the team of both the cultural, religious…
KASANDA NORTH MP ASKS FOR COMMISSION DEALING WITH COMPENSATION Kasanda North MP Semeo Muwanga Nsubuga wants the Government to set up a commission for fair and prompt land compensation. Nsubuga made the proposal ahead of the NRM Parliamentary caucus meeting with President Yoweri Museveni over a bill providing for compulsory land acquisition for development projects. The MPs will leave for State House at 2pm but Nsubuga says that the bill has received strong opposition on all sides including the MPs from the ruling party. The bill seeks to amend article 26 of the Uganda Constitution that provides for prior, fair…
100 ACRES SECURED FOR DEVELOPMENT SAYS CITY COUNCIL The chairman Kampala district land board Yusuf Nsibami say that they have established more than 100 acres of un developed land belonging to KCCA which can be used by Government to establish markets and work places for the youth and artisans.
PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES ORDERS 200 BILLION RELEASE FOR 200 BILLION FOR POWER LINES The parliamentary natural resources committee wants 200 billion shillings released to Uganda Electricity Transmission Company for transmission lines for hydropower projects. The committee’s chairperson Alex Byarugaba noted that the Uganda Electricity Generation Company has reported that the works at Isimba and Karuma Hydropower dam projects are at over 60% completion, little has been done for transmission lines for both projects. The minister of state for energy Simon D’Ujanga told the committee that works have resumed at both hydropower dam projects that were suspended last year…