The call comes at a time when the ministry’s statistics indicate that 16 women are still losing their lives on a daily basis while giving birth.

The primary health coordinator at the ministry Albert Kasozi says maternal mortality can be reduced once all pregnant mothers follow what medical workers recommend.

Kasozi adds that antenatal clinics help health experts identify complications in pregnant women and progress of the fetus.

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Outgoing president general of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Col. Kiiza Besigye has called upon opposition politicians to fundraise for ms Brenda Nalwendo, the pregnant woman whom Uganda police shot last year while she was on her way to attend antenatal services.

 “We should fundraise for Ms Brenda Nalwendo, who was hit by Uganda police bullets,” Besigye says. The police shot Ms Nalwendo in Kajansi on Kampala-Entebbe road.

 Dr. col. Besigye says that due to unfulfilled promises by president Museveni’s government, Uganda government and Uganda police to treat Ms Nalwendo after she gave birth, he (Besigye) was approached by Ms Nalwendo for help to meet her expenses for a necessary trip to India where surgery is expected to be performed on her.

It was also unveiled that the people who want to send assistance to this lady may do so using bank Account Nos 5800547399 (Barclays Bank) and 1003100424644 Equity Bank.

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Trust our informers, they can dig up information. Our informers have been told that Daily Monitor’s news sub editor, Ceasar Abangira is moving with shoulders high after learning that his girl friend is two months pregnant.

His fellow workmates at the Daily Monitor inform us that every time Ceasar chats with them he doesn’t forget to talk about how soon he is becoming a dad.

Every time he discusses how the baby might be a boy and that if he happens to be a boy he will name the baby Ceasar Abangira junior.

Caesar however doesn’t tell pals the name he will give the baby in case it is a gal. With such a man happy about his achievements, we shall soon hear more and tell you in which hospital Ceasar’s gal friend is receiving antenatal services.

By Doreen Nyanzi

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