Uganda virtually has no national identity cards (IDs). Only 400 Ugandans out of the population of 33 million people are privileged citizens holding Uganda national IDs. The people holding national IDs are President Museveni, Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, Maj. Gen. Kahinda Otafiire, Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa, Brig. Muhoozi and Gen. Salim Saleh among others. […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) regulations and guidelines provide that no woman or foetus or baby should die or be harmed by pregnancy or birth. The WHO urges world governments to work for reduction of mortality rates to half of the 2500 levels by the year 2015. But in this article our major factor is […]
Children of parents living with HIV/AIDS in Kampalawill be studying in separate classrooms. A group of community volunteers in Kampalaconstructed a three classroom block in Bwaise for pupils whose parents can’t pay school fees plus those living with HIV/AIDS. The school is managed by Action for Fundamental Change and Development- a non-governmental organisation operating […]
HIV/AIDS women inUgandaget married to multiple partners without condoms in order to ease their libido, latest research findings reveal. Research findings indicate that over 60% of women inUgandahave multiple sex partners, and three thirds of them do not use condoms during sexual engagements. In Hoima district, about 90% of the women there have multiple […]
HIV/AIDS testing is one of the chief means of slowing new infections which have steadily increased in East Africa especially in Uganda. The cases of HIV spread in Ugandahave increased from 124,000 annually, as of 2009, to 130,000 today. The Ministry of Health IN Uganda estimates that 40 percent, or about 13,600, 000 people […]
Testing for HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases has become easier in Uganda following the invention of a machine that will be able to test people to see whether they are HIV positive in the comfort of their homes. The new home test kit (you may read machine), also codenamed OraQuick was recently invented […]
Former Olympian Julius Ochan has constructed a modern hospital inAwakeVillagein Otuke District. Ochan has constructedKristinaHealthCenterusing his personal income and donations from Indians, according to his family sources. The former Olympian has also started giving out bursaries to needy students in his home district, Otuke. IfUgandahad 1000 people likeOchan,Ugandawould be in another state of development. Bearing […]
We don’t know if all Ugandans are aware of a company called Monsanto which produces over 90% of the worlds Genetically Modified Seeds. The genetically modified seeds are sometimes called “Improved” Seeds. The improved seeds or genetically modified seeds are being heavily promoted inUgandawith the support from the Bill Gates Foundations (who are the major […]
It is not clear whether the leader of opposition in parliament Nandala Mafabi is trying to woo the Democratic Party (DP) supporters into his Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party ranks. But this Budadiri west MP in Uganda’s ninth parliament on Friday 31st August met FDC and DP supporters from Wakiso District at Wakiso FDC […]
Ugandans in the diaspora have been invited to join the demonstration against president Museveni’s sponsored UK Convention organized by NRM’s London coordinator, Willy Mutenza on the 15/09/2012 at Troxy 490 Commercial Road, London, E1 0HX from 8.30am (GMT). Key speakers in this convention will be KCCA executive director, Jennifer Musisi, Uganda’s Vice President Edward Sekandi […]