By Samuel Wamuttu on September 30, 2016
000 coming from the countries such as Burundi, 000 refugees for six months with safe water, 000 US dollars to support the Uganda Red Cross Society’s efforts to assist 40, According to reports, and health care, and in need of shelter. With more families arriving daily, Andreas Sandin, as well as curb outbreaks of diarrhoeal diseases., Bidi- bidi reception Centre in Yumbe district, deployed the first Red Cross unmanned aerial vehicle – a drone – in Africa to monitor the situation at a vast refugee camp on the border with South Sudan, DR Congo, drone footage from northern Uganda revealed that a swathe of countryside is becoming home for the hundreds of people crossing the border each day, emergency shelter, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gracious Kyagaba, hungry, hygiene promotion, IFRC operations coordinator for East Africa. “Having travelled more than 400 kilometres from Juba, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) launched an emergency appeal for 700, Kenya and Rwanda among others, President Museveni called on world leaders to respect the rights of refugees in their countries, Regional leaders in the Greater Horn of Africa has also raised concern over unending wars that often leads to emergency situations that majorly affects women and children, said: “The appeal launched by the IFRC will support us to address issues related to inadequate supply of water and limited access to health facilities, sanitation, Somalia, South Sudan, they arrive exhausted, Uganda currently has a refugee population of 690, Uganda Red Cross Society, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Water and Sanitation Coordinator at the Uganda Red Cross Society, we need to ramp up our activities quickly, While addressing leaders at a recent world leaders' summit on Refugees in New York during the ongoing United Nations General Assembly
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Uganda Red Cross Society recently deployed the first Red Cross unmanned aerial vehicle – a drone – in Africa to monitor the situation at a vast refugee camp on the border with South Sudan. The drone footage from northern Uganda revealed that a swathe of countryside is becoming home for the hundreds of people crossing […]
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Three people have died in a fresh Cholera outbreak in Arua district. 27people have been already been admitted in the different health facilities . According to the assistant director disaster management at the Uganda Red Cross society, Kevin Nabuduwa, the district health officers and Red Cross are doing all it takes to contain te disease She attributes […]
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Leaders from Bugiri district have started a campaign on personal hygiene in the fight against jiggers. This follows the media reports that put jiggers in the district on the rise in the families more especially among the youth. Bukhooli central Member of Parliament who is also the shadow minister for works Wafula Ogutu says that […]
By Walakira on August 9, 2012
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Former His worship the mayor of Kampala, John Sebaana Kizito was born on 12th September 1934, in Mpande village, Luweero district. He is a Muganda and attended Ndejje SS, Kibuli SS and King’s Colleague Budo for secondary education (1945-55), Makerere University for a B.A Economics (1956-60) and the University of Oregon, USA for an […]
By Gerald Businge on May 23, 2012
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There were tears and shock on Wednesday when the operatives of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) closed Mukwano Soap factory for allegedly failing to comply with laws governing environment. The KCCA officials told us that Mukwano soap factory had failed to stop the emission of smoke, and sewage into Nakivubo Channel. And that Mukwano […]
By Gerald Businge on March 21, 2012
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The government of Uganda, represented by the office of the prime minister has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the second Northern Uganda Social Action (NUSAF2) project. The permanent secretary of the prime minister’s office Pius Birigimana says that the government intends to apply part of the proceeds for the […]
By Gerald Businge on March 20, 2012
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A combination of anti riot police and regular police has shot bullets and tear gas into the groups of government aided students at Kyambogo and Nkumba University. The students of Nkumba and Kyambogo universities staged strikes on Tuesday morning over allowances and poor sanitation. In the process the police bullets injured over five students […]
By Gerald Businge on March 15, 2012
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The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has disconnected Kyambogo University leaving the toilets there to stink. The students and some of the administrators of Kyambogo University allege that NWSC disconnected the institution of learning over non payment. Now over 20,000 people the university houses are fetching water from nearby wells and dirty water […]
By Gerald Businge on March 8, 2012
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Makerere University Acting vice Chancellor Prof. Venansious Baryamureba escaped being thrown in a trench by angry university students from Nsibirwa hall of residence. The students were demonstrating over poor sanitation in their toilets and internship money. When they went to demand for an explanation why the toilets could not be fixed and why they could […]
By Gerald Businge on January 11, 2012
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The National Resistance Movement (NRM) government has called for a retreat in order to solve the internal wrangles, and save the government cadres currently facing corruption charges. The acting chief whip of NRM, David Bahati says that the one-week retreat is scheduled to start on Thursday January 12th at the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi. […]
