Bernard Atiku

The ministry of health has been asked to start registering all traditional healers/doctors as a way of following their work to control the rates of child sacrifice in the country.

This call was made by the Ayivu county Member of Parliament, Bernad Atiku, who is fronting a private member’s bill known as the Anti-Human Sacrifice and Harmful traditional practices bill 2017. Atiku was granted leave by parliament in August this year to prepare this bill.

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Atiku noted that with the traditional healers working in an informal sector leaves many at liberty to involve in ritual murders because there no rules that govern their work.

Addressing the press at parliament as he gave update on his bill, Atiku said that its high time government comes out to register and get evidence from those who claim to be traditional doctors and inspect their medicine, certify them and be given licenses as this will limit the quack ones that take people’s lives as they hoodwink the public who go for services.

He said starting this Friday, he will start receiving public views on what they think should be done in order to streamline the traditional healing sector nothing that the districts with high cases include Mukono, Jinja, Busia, Kayunga and Buikwe among others.

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Ayivu county MP Benard Atiku

The chairperson of the parliamentary forum on children Bernard Atiku  asked the ministry of education to rise up and inspect the higher learning institutions to stop the award of fake qualifications to students.

Recently the National Council for Higher Education (NHCE) noted that it’s aware of individuals, including politicians, who have been approaching institutions of higher learning to secure diplomas and degrees to meet academic qualifications to vie for various posts without even attending classes.

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Atiku who is also MP for Ayivu county said that the ministry of education has all the required structures and resources to fight this practice but it’s not doing enough to stop this problem,

He said that some education institutions are teaching subjects and courses which were not approved by the National curriculum Development Centre and the National Council for Higher Education which deprives the future of the students and resources of their parents

Atiku added that as MPs, As parliament they will put the ministry of education on task to explain under what circumstances institutions engage in unethical behaviors which is compromising the education standards of the country

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Member of Parliament for Ayivu County, Bernard Atiku

Parliament has granted leave to the Member of Parliament for Ayivu County, Bernard Atiku, who intends to introduce a private member’s bill for an Act entitled; “The prevention and prohibition of human sacrifice and harmful practices bill 2017”.

Atiku’s  motion seeking leave was seconded by the Woman Member of Parliament for Kumi district who is also the chairperson of the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association, Monica Amoding.

Atiku told Parliament that despite the existence of international instruments, national laws and government efforts in place to protect individuals right to life and degrading acts, ritual killings and human sacrifice practices are on rise in the country and that children are increasingly becoming the most common victims.

She said that the bill seeks to fight the growing evil of human sacrifices in Uganda saying  the witch craft Act has lost relevance in today’s circumstances.

Atiku noted that since 2009 about 219 cases of ritual murders have been reported from different parts of the country.

She pointed out that child sacrifice is highly happening in central region districts which include; Mukono, Masaka, Buikwe ,Mpigi ,Wakiso ,Kampala and in Busoga sub region especially in Jinja and few cases in West Nile and Northern Uganda

The Woman MP for Kumi district, Monica Amoding, noted that there is a feeling in the public that traditional medicine which involves blood and use of human body parts is stronger when applied to fight illness which justifies increase in cases of human sacrifice.

Government Chief Whip, Ruth Nankabirwa, said that government has no objection to this bill, saying that the mover of the bill is complimenting government efforts to stop acts of child sacrifice.

Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah granted the request for leave from Parliament to Atiku to go and prepare for the presentation of the bill.

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Some MPs say that it’s necessary to have more deputy speakers although other say that having more than one deputy speaker is a waste of resources.
This comes after last week’s plenary was pushed to this week to allow the Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga and her deputy, Jacob Oulanyah to attend the Uganda North America Association (UNAA) meeting currently on-going in the United States.

Speaker Rebecca Kadaga

The member of parliament for Pallisa County, Jacob Richards Opolot says that in future parliament has to approve more deputy speakers so that parliament’s work is interrupted.

However,MPs including; Anna Maria Nakabirwa, Kyankwazi district, Peter Sematimba,Busiro South,Bernard Atiku,Yivu  and Paula Turyahikayo Rubabo, argue that although there was confusion for MPs to attend to plenary because of  both speakers being absent, it does not warrant having more deputy speakers because it would be a waste of tax payers money.

In the 9th parliament civil society and some members of parliament had wanted to move a constitutional amendment to have more than one deputy speaker envisaging a situation when both the speaker and her deputy could be unavailable for chairing parliament and that the gap can be filled by  the second deputy speaker  to chair the session.

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The forum while at Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala and in meeting organized by UNICEF resolved to engage the government concerning this matter saying these policies are needed urgently.

The Members of the forum who include the Shadow Minister for Children and Youth Bernard Atiku, Woman Member of Parliament Kyegegwa Flavia Kabahenda, Hanifa Kawooya and Latif Sebagala said the government should start budgeting for the Early Childhood Development Programme in the next financial year.

The legislators said the country needs infrastructure, child care givers, instructors and a curriculum in place as well as a robust policy to achieve the purpose of Early Childhood Development.

Kabahenda said the Office of the Prime Minister should expedite the formulation of Early childhood Development and Nutrition policy and bring it to parliament for approval.

She said that due to lack of a nutrition policy many children have become victims of Malnutrition and many have lost lives which necessitates that the government intervenes and creates guidelines for feeding the children.

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