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Female school-going youth reject pledge by President to provide free sanitary towels

Gerald Businge — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 07:58:09 +0000

Reusable sanitary pads provided by AFRIpads in their Menstrual Kits

The female youth who are also school going students have rejected the pledge by president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to provide free sanitary towels to girls in universal education schools. This as the president in his campaigns for 2016 pledges promised to provide sanitary pads to girls in universal education schools monthly.

The female youth questioned why the president is providing the pads now yet the problem has been around for decades. The youth say that instead of sanitary pads for girls, the president should make interventions and have a factory making pads so as are accessed by girls at cheap price instead of the current price of 3500 shillings per packet. They say that if the president’s government provides more jobs to the youth and Ugandans they will have money to buy the pads themselves.

Some of the female youth supported the president on sanitary pads and say this is a long overdue .

Reports in Uganda indicate that lack of sanitary pads among girls in schools highly contribute to school dropouts.

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Museveni to focus on industrialization if re-elected President of Uganda

Gerald Businge — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:56:46 +0000

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag bearer President Museveni has promised to focus on industrialization in the next term of office if re-elected a president in the 18^th February elections.

NRM leader, Yoweri Museveni Kaguta

On his campaign rallies in western Uganda Museveni says that land has become scarce for agriculture therefore it is high time Uganda became industrialized. He gave an example when Kasese town had a population of 19,000 in 1979 compared to the current 700,000 people.

Museveni, a President of Uganda since 1986 says that since it is not possible to stop people from producing more children, industrialization is the way to go to reduce pressure on the scarce and inelastic land and create jobs for the increasing population in the industry sector.

Museveni says that Hima Cement Factory is located on about 20 acres of land but has an annual turnover of about 150 million US dollars and employs many workers unlike 20 acres of land utilized by any other person on usual agriculture.

By Issa Baluku, Ultimate Media

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Bugiri landing sites to receive a ferry, Museveni promises

Gerald Businge — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:54:34 +0000

The residents of Bugiri district were all smiles when the National Resistance Movement flag bearer for the 2011 elections President Museveni promised them a ferry before January next month.

President Yoweri Museveni

While addressing a rally in Bugiri today, Museveni said that other presidential candidates have no potential to lead this country and their promises are not reliable.

Museveni who has been the president of Uganda for 26 years has said that he will not wait for elections to end for him to provide a ferry like other candidates have promised.

Last month, while on his presidential campaigns in Bugiri district, the Inter-Party Cooperation/ Forum for Democratic Change flag bearer Rt. Col. Dr. Kiiza Besigye promised ferries on Lake Victoria when he gets into power next year.

Museveni is currently campaigning in Busoga region as he seeks to be re-elected from Uganda’s top position.

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