Sections of women in Kampala are too afraid and ashamed to show their faces or have their real names used while trading their bodies for money. Many women in Uganda’s capital city Kampala have been driven to sell their bodies to put food on the table for their children, parents … for as little as $1 a day.

“People should not talk hell about us,” says Faridah Nantumbwe, the chairperson of harlots operating on Luwum Street in Kampala. In Islamic teachings, women have to wear scarves but Faridah even if she is a Muslim; was dressed in a skimpy mini skirt and short blouse that was revealing part of her belly.

The political leaders all say that Ugandan women, especially those in cities and towns have lost their way, but they never ask why women do prostitution.

Many mothers, old women, and younger girls, in Kampala and its suburbs look at prostitution as a booming and lucrative business.

“I don’t have money to educate my children, to take them to hospitals when they fall sick, and pay rent. I have to do anything that I can to preserve my children, because I am a single mother,” says Nantumbwe, while explaining why she does prostitution.

“No matter how off the normal path I may be, I remain a Ugandan,” she adds as anger and frustration rise in her voice as she speaks.

Nantumbwe says that her neighbours and parents think that she has a night job when she goes away. She says at first she was vending food on Luwum Street but she wasn’t making much money. Other women claim that they do prostitution because their husbands died. Another harlot, who only identified herself as Ann told our scribe Walakira Nyanzi in Kampala this week that most women have clients that call them for commercial sex a couple of times a week. Some women resort to trips to find potential clients or they flag down vehicles.

Ann says at first she rejected it but later realised she had to do it to earn a living. It seems prostitution is now a choice for most women in Kampala and most parts of Uganda because the National Resistance Movement Government (NRM) has not created enough jobs for its citizens. “The vice is increasing,” says Ann.

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English: The Red ribbon is a symbol for solidarity with HIV-positive people and those living with AIDS. Français : Le Ruban rouge, symbole de la solidarité avec les personnes séro-positives. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Executive Director of the National Community for women  living with HIV/AIDS, Florence Buluba says failure by government to implement good policies  will remain a challenge to the anti – HIV activists.

The government has over the years failed to increase the health budget to 15% contrary to the 2003 Maputo Declaration in which all African Union member countries agreed to commit at least 15% of their annual national budgets to the health sector.

The health sector remains one of the least funded with a paltry budgetary allocation of 9%.

Buluba cites the failure to increase the health budget saying this has denied thousands of HIV positive people access to Anti-Retroviral Treatment.

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The women living in Nakawa Naguru chose to carry their children and utensils including saucepans in protest  against poor living conditions.

Kampala metropolitan police commander Andrew Felix Kaweesi however addressed the women promising to improve their living conditions.

Garbage trucks have already been brought in to clear the garbage and clean the toilets.

Kaweesi also apologized to the women promising that such a scenario will not happen again.

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Children of parents living with HIV/AIDS in Kampalawill be studying in separate classrooms. A group of community volunteers in Kampalaconstructed a three classroom block in Bwaise for pupils whose parents can’t pay school fees plus those living with HIV/AIDS.

The school is managed by Action for Fundamental Change and Development- a non-governmental organisation operating in Kawempe division, Kampala Capital City Authority.

The volunteers from AK FoundationUganda told our snoops that they are happy because they have constructed the school for children whose parents are living with HIV.

The three classroom block cost volunteers 15 million shillings. Some of the volunteers are university students from Canada and Swaziland.

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Undergraduate Scholarships for Kenyan Students: Each year, St Lawrence awards Scholarships to Kenyan students. St Lawrence Scholarship is a full scholarship and pays for tuition, fees, room and board, insurance, books, and miscellaneous expenses.

The Scholarship is typically awarded in “package” form, which includes some combination of grants, merit scholarships, and campus employment.

Students applying for the Kenya Scholarship must complete a copy of the International Student Financial Aid Application (ISFAA).

The ISFAA should be submitted at the same time as your complete application for admission.

Kenyan applicants living in Kenya who are completing the paper version of the application should submit their application and all supporting documentation to the St Lawrence University Kenya Semester Program Office.

Kenyan applicants living in Kenya who are completing the on line version of the application should submit their supporting documentation to the St Lawrence University Kenya Semester Program Office.

Kenyan citizens living outside Kenya should submit their application and supporting documentation to the St Lawrence University Admissions Office in Canton, NY.

Address: St. Lawrence University Kenya Semester Programme, PO Box 1128, #91 Miotoni Road, 00502 – Karen, Nairobi. Telephone: 254-20-88-27-94. Email: sluadmin[at]africaonline.co.ke

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Guaranteed Scholarships in Finance: Students studying full-time toward a PhD in Finance at the University of Melbourne, Australia are guaranteed a minimum living stipend of A$18,660 per year.

For international students, the Department of Finance also guarantees the payment of their University of Melbourne PhD tuition fees.

The guarantee is for the normal three year period of the PhD degree but may be extended for an additional year.

Terms and conditions apply: The guarantee means that, if accepted as PhD student, your finances are secure.

Admission and Scholarship Deadlines: The PhD program in Finance begins in March. International applicants deadlines: October.

For more information and application, see: Guaranteed Scholarships in Finance – Melbourne

Apply for PHD Scholarships in Finance and Australian Universities

Guaranteed Scholarships in Finance: Students studying full-time toward a PhD in Finance at the University of Melbourne, Australia are guaranteed a minimum living stipend of A$18,660 per year.

For international students, the Department of Finance also guarantees the payment of their University of Melbourne PhD tuition fees.

The guarantee is for the normal three year period of the PhD degree but may be extended for an additional year.

Terms and conditions apply: The guarantee means that, if accepted as PhD student, your finances are secure.

Admission and Scholarship Deadlines: The PhD program in Finance begins in March. International applicants deadlines: October.

For more information and application, see: Guaranteed Scholarships in Finance – Melbourne

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Today we have decided to tell you how HIV/AIDS is spread in Uganda. The medical doctors at Mulago Hospital and at the Ministry of Health-Uganda say that HIV/AIDS spread is on increase in the country due to lack of openness by people living with HIV/Aids to those free of the virus.

Uganda’s HIV country director, Reverend Moses Luswata says that the people living with HIV/AIDS have done little to minimise its spread.

The coordinator of He Intends Victory (HIV Uganda), Solomon Kitaka says that HIV spread is high in Uganda because many HIV-positive people hide their status for fear of victimised in the public. Solomon says that many people in Uganda are still ashamed about other people knowing their HIV status. He says some Ugandans still fail to take their drugs. Solomon and Luswata were speaking at a tea party organised by HIV Uganda on Entebbe road.

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The Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme and the University of Edinburgh supports 4 students through the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme.

The awards are open to students from developing Commonwealth countries who would not otherwise be able to study in the United Kingdom.

Applicants should not be currently living or studying in a developed country and should be willing to return to their home country as soon as they have completed their period of study.

They should hold, or expect to attain, a UK first degree (Bachelor’s degree) with at least upper second-class Honours (or the overseas equivalent).

Applications from students over 35 years old are not normally considered.

The scholarships cover tuition fees, living costs (including accommodation) and return airfares.

At the University of Edinburgh applications from students studying a one-year taught Master’s degree African Studies are considered.

Further details are available from:

The Centre for African Studies, Tel: + 44 131 650 3878, Email: african.studies [at] ed.ac.uk

Website: African Studies Commonwealth Scholarships, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Also see: Scholarships and Grants » Africa Scholarships » Africa Women Scholarships »

 African Studies Commonwealth Scholarships, in UK.

The Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme and the University of Edinburgh supports 4 students through the Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme.

The awards are open to students from developing Commonwealth countries who would not otherwise be able to study in the United Kingdom.

Applicants should not be currently living or studying in a developed country and should be willing to return to their home country as soon as they have completed their period of study.

They should hold, or expect to attain, a UK first degree (Bachelor’s degree) with at least upper second-class Honours (or the overseas equivalent).

Applications from students over 35 years old are not normally considered.

The scholarships cover tuition fees, living costs (including accommodation) and return airfares.

At the University of Edinburgh applications from students studying a one-year taught Master’s degree African Studies are considered.

Further details are available from:

The Centre for African Studies, Tel: + 44 131 650 3878, Email: african.studies [at] ed.ac.uk

Website: African Studies Commonwealth Scholarships, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Also see: Scholarships and Grants » Africa Scholarships » Africa Women Scholarships »

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African Commonwealth Scholarships: African Commonwealth Scholarships are available from the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission for study at London South Bank University in UK.

The number of scholarships vary from year to year.

Currently, scholarships are being offered for:

• MSc Development Studies;
• MSc Civil Engineering & Structural Design;
• MSc Health Services & Hospital Management;
• LLM Law programmes;
• MSc Planning Buildings for Health;
• MSc Sustainable Energy Systems.

Each scholarship provides amongst others:

• Student concessionary or other approved airfare to the UnitedKingdom and return on expiry of the scholarship (the cost of journeys made before final award confirmation will not normally be reimbursed, nor can fares be paid for a scholar’s dependants)
• Approved tuition and examination fees
• A personal maintenance allowance at the rate of £703 per month (£872 per month for those studying at institutions in the London Metropolitan area)

Applicants must not be currently living or studying in a developed country. For more information and application, see: African Commonwealth Scholarships

More: Postgraduate Scholarships » University Scholarships » African Scholarships

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African Human Rights Fellowships: The Commonwealth Commission/Chevening Scholarship is currently calling for applications for 5 scholarships from African Human Rights Advocates to study at the University of Oxford.

The course of study is taught over 22 months and consists of two residential sessions in Oxford and two periods of distance learning.

The scholarships are funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission and the Foreign Office’s Chevening Scholarship Fund and are intended for human rights advocates from African Commonwealth countries who would be unable, without assistance, to take up their place on this course.

Subject to satisfactory progress, the scholarships lead to the award of a Master of Studies (MSt) in International Human Rights Law.

Each scholarship provides course and college fees at the University of Oxford over two years, a stipend to cover living costs and return air travel from the scholar’s home country for each residential session.

Fellowship Eligibility

Applicants must:

• Display intellectual ability and leadership potential;
• Have an adequate standard of English, as defined and required by the University for studies at which the awards are given;
• Be citizens of a developing African Commonwealth country and resident/working in a developing African Commonwealth country when the award is taken up and for its duration (this does not have to be the applicant’s home country).

And will normally:

• Already hold a law degree to a high standard. The degree must be at a level at least equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree in Law awarded in the UK. Applications from those with extensive human-rights related experience, but without a law degree, will also be considered.
• Have work experience in a related field/s;
• Not already have received or be currently receiving financial benefit from a previous British Government funded scholarship or a previous Commonwealth Commission funded scholarship.

A preference will be given to applicants who have not previously studied outside of their home country.

Please note: Applications from candidates living and working in Zimbabwe cannot be accepted although Zimbabwean citizens who are living/working in another Commonwealth Southern African country and who have refugee status may apply.

Before making an application, please check that you meet both the eligibility requirements for the scholarship

Deadline for applications: March 30.

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