Reports available at kamuli general hospital indicate that the teenage pregnancy has moved from 24% to 25% among the adolescent girls in this district.

The Project officer of the Forum for African Women Educationalists – Uganda Chapter in kamuli district,  Ms. Jackline Nafuna Wodenga, while speaking at a national level reflection meeting with MPS and civil servants on woman related laws organized by plan international and Uganda women parliamentarian Association held at Eureka hotel in Ntinda,kampala.

Ms.Nafuna said that about 7026 girls between 10-19 years in kamuli district since 2016 have attended antenatal clinic in kamuli hospital and 45 of them tested Hiv positive.

She also reported that domestic violence is increasing in this district yet it’s the leading cause of teenage pregnancy.

A girl child who is a member of  Kamuli Girls’ Rights Club Suzan Bwana  asked members of  parliament to find better solution to increasing defilement cases against girls.

Amoding

The chairperson of the Uganda women parliamentarian Association who is also the woman mp for kumi district Monica Amoding called upon women movement in the country to probe the factors that have led to increase in defilement cases in the communities despite the efforts the civil society organizations and government have intensified against this practice which is affecting girls.

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MP for Fort portal Municipality, Alex Ruhunda

A section  of district leaders  of the sugar growing districts want some of the clauses in the proposed sugar bill dropped because they are anti-business especially to the farmers.

Clause 22 of the sugar bill proposes that the zoning of sugar growing in a radius of 25 kilometers which they describe as detrimental and restrictive to the farmers as it encourages monopoly to the millers.

Districts leaders from Masindi, Hoima, Kamuli, Mayuge, and Buikwe urged parliament’s committee on Trade to strike out the clause and give the farmers an opportunity work with a miller of their choice.

Meanwhile the Committee Chairperson Alex Ruhunda indicated that the problems affecting the farmers and district leaders were more prominent in Masindi and Hoima and needed to be addressed holistically.

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