By Samuel Wamuttu on July 12, 2017
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As Uganda joined the rest of the World yesterday Monday June, 11, 2017 to commemorate the World Population Day, authorities have come out to admit that early pregnancies is still one of the most crucial challenges that hinders sustainable development. Early pregnancy is said to be at 25% and this has stagnated for the last […]
By Isaac Senabulya on July 10, 2017
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Government has urged Parliament to come up with strategies on ending teenage pregnancies which it says is still high among the girl child in Uganda. The Minister of State for Planning, David Bahati, while presenting a statement during the World Population Day in Kampala said Parliamentarians can play a crucial role in ending the vice […]
By Isaac Senabulya on July 10, 2015
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Members of Parliament under the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Food Security, Population and Development have called for restructuring of the education system to enable youth have enterprising skills. Speaking to journalists ahead of the world population day slated for 11th July the MPs said that the current system has gaps and these gaps should be dealt with […]
By Gerald Businge on July 11, 2011
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Uganda has today joinmed the rest of the World to mark the World’s population in an event that is to he held in Kayunga district. The secretary General for Uganda Parliamentary Forum for Population and Food Security Mathias Kasamba says that at the end of the year 2012, Uganda’s population will have increased by 3.2%, […]
By Gerald Businge on July 8, 2011
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Worldwatch’s Nourishing the Planet team highlights sustainable ways to feed a growing population while also providing economic opportunities and enhancing the environment.
By Gerald Businge on July 10, 2010
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The Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Population and Food security has called upon the government of Uganda to adequately plan for its fast growing population if it is to benefit from the population growth. The Woman Member of Parliament for Gulu Betty Aol also a member of the forum has told journalists that now the […]