Young girls will be equipped with skills in making sanitary pads which they can use.

Health plus Development communication, a young people centered organization partnered with Busoga kingdom to skilling the young people in the sub region to be nurtured and supported to became responsible adults.

The partnership was geared towards improving the health of the young people and driving them out of poverty through skilling.

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Announcing the partnership in a meeting with the speaker of parliament Rebeca Kadaga at parliament, the chief Executive officer   Health plus Development communication Sylvia Namabidde Sinabulya said that the intervention will inform the young people about the behavior change in their bodies so as they do not confuse their life to lead them to school dropout and early marriages.

She said that they are focusing on Busoga to sensitize the community not to marry off their girls into marriage before they reach the marriage age.

The beneficiary of the holiday camps provided by the Health plus Development communication, Catharine Nakawunde said that the knowledge she got from school was not easy to be applied in the local community until she participated in the holiday camps for the youth.

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The deputy minister for gender in Busoga government Joyce Abaliwano revealed Busoga had organized Ekigango to help young people in this sub region to get skills which include; girls making sanitary pads which they can use since the pads are expensive even to the working women.

Abaliwano admitted that young people in Busoga need help since the sub region is living in alarming poverty levels.

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The findings are contained in a 2015/16 report that was handed over to Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga at the Parliamentary building by the Chairperson Equal Opportunities Commission, Sylivia Muwebwa Ntambi on Wednesday.

Hon. Rebecca Kadaga the Speaker of Parliament.

Kadaga later lamented that the report was a total embarrassment to the eastern region where she also hails from.

“This is the reason I have started giving text books to schools in Busoga to narrow the gap. We need to bring on board all stakeholders so that we reverse this trend. Children need to get quality education throughout Uganda and we need to see good results,”Kadaga said.

According to the report, the worst performing sub region primary education include Busoga, Teso and Bukedi and these are followed by West Nile, Lango and Acholi. The report mentions the best performing regions in Primary Education as those in Buganda, Ankole, Kigezi, Toro and Bunyoro.
The report further shows that the Eastern region contributes 73% of the poor performing districts of which six are in Busoga  and these include kaliro,Iganga,,Luuka ,Bugiri ,mayuge and Buyende.

It indicates that schools in municipalities perform better than those in main district local governments with performance disparity of 21% for male against 22% of female students.

The findings also reveal that districts within the northern, eastern and West Nile regions are trailing in terms of primary education performance as the chairperson Equal opportunities explains

Ntambi attributed the performance disparities in schools to  poor school inspections by districts education officials, lack of head teacher commitment ,high pupil text book ratio ,poor relationship between the school and the community and refusal of parents and the community to execute their roles in the process of educating a child.

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Kadaga said that there are big deployments of candidates and soldiers against some politicians and these are heavily funded.

The Speaker was recently accused of promoting tribal incitement when she attacked politicians from western Uganda and Rwanda, who were fighting to oust her from the Kamuli Woman MP seat which she has occupied since the constituency Assembly.

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The professionals together with academics and religious leaders have jointly submitted their views to the committee that is reviewing the Busoga constitution.

Led by Professor Andrew Bakibinga of Makerere University, the group argues that a such will enable the king to fully analyze issues with an independent mind as opposed to being directed.

He adds that this will also help the king to be firm and uphold the dignity of Busoga.

The professionals also proposed that the kings be elected for a 10 year renewal term for one who is below 65yrs  of age.

The constitutional review exercise ends in June and a draft paper will presented to stakeholders for final scrutiny before using it for fresh Kyabazinga polls according to the committee chairperson Shaban Muziransa.

Busoga constitutional review stemmed out of a disagreement over the Kyabazinga throne with a number of elections being contested in court over alleged failure to follow the kingdom constitution.

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The Jinja East Member of Parliament Paul Mwiru says the commission is on course with its report expected by January .

Mwiru say it’s unfortunate that fresh tension has emerged in the kingdom.

Since last week the Busoga kingdom headquarters have been tightly guarded by police after threats of attacks from both the Gabula Nadiope and Wambuzi’s supporters.

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The call was made by bunya east mp waira Kyewalabye Majegere while expressing concern over the increase of the scourge of jiggers among the population in the areas of Busoga.

Majegere says that it not necessarily needs someone to be rich in order to be clean but the attitude of an individual.

He says that people should try to use traditional means of controlling dust in their houses and schools like the use of cow dung which is cheap rather than waiting for cement which cannot be managed by a poor person.

He says that families and schools should make it a routine and smear their houses once in a week as a way of creating a clean environment in their homes.

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Our reporters visited Busoga Region/Busoga kingdom today and found out that the hospitals in Bugiri and Iganga districts were in a very miserable state. Our reporter Maureen Nakyanzi reports that for example in Bugiri a patient finds the hospital in a more ill state than the sick people who go to it to get health care services.

She says that they discovered that the mothers in Busoga are on a time bomb of contracting diseases as most of their hospitals were dirty and many toilet facilities were blocked.

For example in Iganga district, the labour theatre leaks and many times the medical personnel report late at work. The major diseases that kill the children of the people of Busoga are mainly measles and malaria.

Also according to the people we interviewed in Busoga, many families don’t have mosquito nets meaning that after being treated of measles they indeed get to be admitted for malaria so the cycle run on and on.

Also at Iganga hospital, we discovered that much of the hospital land had been grabbed by some people claiming to have big government connections.

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Besigye says he recently interacted with an old man on Entebbe road and the man told him that for every government in Uganda to come to an end, many unusual things have to happen first. Besigye says that the unusual things the old man talked about are already happening.

He gave an example of butterflies which recently hit and destroyed plantations in Namakweke Village in Mbale District.

The origins of the butterflies (or ebiwojjolo in Luganda) is not known but they hit Mbale District in the last two or more weeks. Besigye cited many other unusual things that have taken Ugandans by surprise. They include jiggers in Busoga, floods, accidents, and mysterious death.

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Gabula on several times requested to meet with the Queen and failed. The Queen we are told would ask who is Gabula or Kyabazinga. The Queen we are informed that she told her officials that in Uganda she knows only two kingdoms: Bunyoro and Buganda. Why? Bunyoro resisted colonialism for over nine years and Buganda collaborated with the colonialists to extend colonial rule across the current day Uganda.

On realizing that there was no possibility for him to meet the Queen, Gabula decided to return back to Uganda. He returned to Uganda last Friday and he was received by Bugabula North MP Andrew Allen.

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The police under the command of Jinja police commander, Ben Mubangizi have deployed heavily around the Busoga palace in Bugembe town, Jinja district following threats of attacking it by the Anti-King Wambuzi’s group.

The throne of Busoga Kingdom is facing controversy about who is the right successor of late Wako Muloki.

Fredrick Kakaire went to court in 2008 disregarding the installation of Edward Columbus Wambuzi but last week the High Court in Jinja dismissed the case declaring Wambuzi the rightful successor.

The Busoga Kingdom Prime Minister Wilson Muwereza who seems to be moving with the court ruling however says that Wambuzi has to go through other processes to be fully installed as the King (Kyabazinga).

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