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Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, State Health Minister in charge of general duties

Tobacco farmers misled

Reporter | June 11, 2014

Legislators behind the Tobacco Control bill 2014 have down played a petition by tobacco farmers from across the country. This follows a group of the farmers under their umbrella body the Uganda tobacco growers association petitioning the speaker of parliament over the proposed tobacco control bill. In the petition handed […]

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MPs walk out of a meeting with minister

Reporter | June 11, 2014

Members of Parliament on the education committee have stormed out of workshop organized to discuss the plight of children. This is after the State Minister for Primary Education Kamanda Bataringaya refused to listen to their plea to have him around as they discuss the issues at hand. After opening the […]

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Katikiro calls for independence of the media

Reporter | June 10, 2014

The Katikiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga is calling for independence of the media in Uganda while disseminating information. Mayiga says the independence of the media is the basis of the truthfulness of the stories given to the audience. He says it is only a vibrant media that can promote […]

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Street children must be helped, Kadaga

Reporter | June 10, 2014

The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked the world vision in partnership with the Greater North parliamentary Forum to find ways of handling the challenge of street children from Karamoja. While signing a Memorandum of Understanding between the forum and the NGO at parliament, Kadaga said this has remained […]

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Half a million Ugandan children deprived

Reporter | June 10, 2014

A new report by UNICEF shows that over half a million children in the country are deprived. The report released this morning attributes this situation to seven critical issues which include nutrition, health, water, education, shelter, sanitation information and child protection. While releasing the report UNICEF country representative Aida Grima […]