27people have been already been admitted  in the different health facilities .

According to the assistant director disaster management at the Uganda Red Cross society, Kevin Nabuduwa, the district health officers and Red Cross are doing all it takes to contain te disease

She attributes the out break out to  poor sanitation with many people lacking pit latrines

Nabuduwa however says that  they have started giving out aqua tablets for water purification.

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Dr. Ian Clarke Busulwa, the LC3 chairperson of Makindye division has quit active politics. Busulwa says he will not seek reelection as LC3 chairperson for Makindye division after his term of office in 2016. Ian Clarke has quit politics at a time when the ruling NRM party was persuading him to accept to contest on its ticket in 2016.

Dr. Ian Clarke was declared the winner of the LC3 seat in Makindye, after he received 26,000 votes in the polls in 2011 general elections. Moses Kalungi, the incumbent, got only 11,000 votes. Rashid Biruma of NRM, FDC’s Livingstone Kizito, and DP’s Deo Kijjambu also competed.

Clarke was the first European to become an LC3 local official inUganda. Dr. Clarke holds both Irish and Ugandan citizenship.

To win the polls, Clarke campaigned largely on a development agenda, focusing on health and public service issues namely water, pit latrines, and roads maintenance.

Clarke was born inNorthern Ireland’s Armagh, but he has lived inUgandafor over 20 years. He is among the founders ofKampalaInternationalHospital.

By James Okello

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 Ms Alupo says that her ministry has got reports that some schools in the country especially in rural areas and slums operate without toilets or pit latrines.

 The minister was today addressing journalists at the ministry’s board room in Kampala Capital City Authority.

 Alupo also says that the heads of schools manning UPE and USE schools should report to her office toilets and pit latrines that have filled up.

By James Okello

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