Kalangala

Simple diseases kill people in Uganda over lack of doctors

Kalangala is one of the first districts created by president Museveni’s NRM government in 1990w but it has the same woes like new districts. It is shocking that simple diseases kill people in Kalangala because the district has only two doctors serving a population of over two million people. According to the officer in-charge of […]

Kalangala based CBS journalist receives death threats

Central Broadcasting Service (CBS fm) Kalangala district correspondent Ronald Ssembuusi is reported to have received death threats from former Kalangala boss Daniel Kikola over a news story. The problem stemmed from a news story aired on the radio on 17th/November/2011 which alleged that the former district boss in being investigated for his involvement in the […]

HIV/AIDS brings tears to Kalangala as ARVs run out due to donor aid cuts

The health situation of people living with HIV/AIDS in Kalangala district is alarming as 8 people in one Sub County of Bujumba have died in the past three weeks due to inaccessibility of anti-retroviral drugs in the district. The Chairman LC5 Daniel Kikola says that the situation has gone out of hand when the NGO […]