Stories :: Category: Lifestyle :: Accepted date: June 2022

Updated: 28 Jun, 06:4906:49

• Bagisu Circumcision Ceremonies to Proceed Without Cultural Leader

  25 Jun 2022, 12:20 Comments 214 Views Mbale, Eastern Region, Uganda Lifestyle Updates

  Earlier, each faction had indicated to the Minister through writing that it would take charge of the ceremonies. But Gender Minister Betty Amongi said that the correspondences called for government intervention to harmonize the matter until the courts pronounce themselves on the issues that were taken before them about the same issues.

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• Amid Uncertainty, Global Situation on Monkeypox ‘Cannot Be Ignored’ -WHO

  24 Jun 2022, 07:48 Comments 210 Views Kampala, Uganda Health Lifestyle Updates

  According to Dr Tedros, the outbreak in newly affected countries continues to be primarily among men who have sex with men, and who have reported recent sex with new or multiple partners, yet in Nigeria, the proportion of women affected is much higher than elsewhere. He added that it is critical to better understand how the disease is spreading there.

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• West Buganda Diocese To Enforce Mandatory Coffee Farming in All Parishes

  23 Jun 2022, 10:39 Comments 232 Views Masaka, Uganda Religion Business and finance Lifestyle Interview

  Molly Tandeka, the representative of Sembabule Archdeaconry to the synod demanded that the diocese adopts coffee farming as its niche through, which it can foster improved livelihoods of its priests and lay-readers, wherever they are deployed on their clerical duties.

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• Commonwealth Members Asked To Take Action To End Cervical Cancer

  22 Jun 2022, 23:44 Comments 579 Views Rwanda Health Politics Lifestyle Breaking news

  Dr. Princess Nono Simelela, the Assistant Director-General for Family, Women, Children and Adolescents at the World Health Organization (WHO), said there is need for collective action to achieve the Commonwealth’s elimination targets by 2030 and achieve vaccine inequity in countries where the cancer burden is the highest.

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• Twaweza Report Warns of Sharp Rise in Cost of Living Top story

  21 Jun 2022, 19:59 Comments 677 Views Politics Business and finance Lifestyle Updates

  According to the latest survey by Twaweza’s Sauti Za Wanainchi, market prices for staple foods have risen sharply approaching levels of 2017 when the East Africa region experienced food insecurity due to drought.

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• Ugandan Schools Eye First Ever ‘Njogera Française’ Awards

  20 Jun 2022, 08:27 Comments 237 Views Lifestyle Education East Africa Interview

  Magaly Losange, a Course Coordinator of the Alliance, says that the event with backing from the French Embassy will involve concerts, public debate, cinema, sports challenge, dictation, singing contest, and other educational activities.

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• Lack of Food Fueling Malnutrition Among Children in Bukhonzo

  20 Jun 2022, 08:20 Comments 353 Views Kasese, Uganda Health Lifestyle Updates

  Jetress Ithungu, the Kasese District LC V Vice chairperson, says that more than 50% of the children in the district are stunted either physically or intellectually due to food insecurity and poor feeding behaviors. She argued that many parents are selling off their food to meet the rising cost of living.

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• BoU Cautions Aganist Cyber Fraud As NSSF Launches Smart Card

  16 Jun 2022, 19:07 Comments 962 Views Business and finance Lifestyle Breaking news

  Using the card, the fund’s qualified members will be able to directly withdraw their NSSF savings, deposit and withdraw money from their bank accounts, pay bills and make transactions online and at ATM points.

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• 4-Year Project to Develop a Safe and Inclusive Lira City Launched

  15 Jun 2022, 14:36 Comments 285 Views Lira City Council, Obote Avenue, Lira, Uganda Business and finance Lifestyle Northern Updates

  According to Kansime, the project will work with the youths between 18 to 30 years from the most vulnerable groups such as drug and sex addicts and street children among others.

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• Gulu University Guild Sacks Top Officials Over Corruption

  14 Jun 2022, 17:26 Comments 204 Views Gulu, Uganda Education Lifestyle Northern Report

  According to Lapyem, he found the trio guilty of corruption, insubordination, impersonation, misrepresentation of the guild, and failure to serve the students’ community among other things he will disclose before the Guild Representative Council –GRC.

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• 152,653 Receive Bilharzia and Intestinal Worms Treatment in Kagadi

  14 Jun 2022, 12:53 Comments 188 Views Lifestyle Health Western Updates

  Dr. Chris Twebaze, the Kagadi District Vector Control Officer, says that the treatment campaign targeted children between 5-14 years, with adults in high burdened sub-counties encouraged to take part.

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• Tribute to Omugave Ndugwa; The Father of Ugandan Theatre

  14 Jun 2022, 11:49 Comments 318 Views Kampala, Uganda Lifestyle Updates

  "He was a superb playwright who authored many dramas, poetry, and songs that enlightened, educated, and amused theatregoers. He also mentored almost all the Actors who have dominated Uganda's Arts industry," veteran artiste Aloysius Matovu Joy said in tribute to Ndugwa, whom he defines as the greatest in the trade at the time.

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• Elgon Festival Organizers Under Fire For Parading Naked Girls Top story

  14 Jun 2022, 11:26 Comments 693 Views Lifestyle Updates

  Ahamada Washaki, the Mbale City Resident Commissioner says that while security okayed the festival after the organizers indicated that they were showcasing the culture of the Bamasaaba, they were not aware that the festival would turn into a nude show.

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• National Action Plan for Persons with Albinism Launched

  14 Jun 2022, 09:31 Comments 353 Views Lira, Uganda Human rights Health Lifestyle Updates

  Robert Kotchani, the UN Human Rights Country representative, says that PWA have suffered for a long time and therefore, the launch of NAP is a step towards protecting them.

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• Construction of UGX1.8 Bn Punuoluru HCIII Kicks Off

  13 Jun 2022, 07:29 Comments 320 Views Health Business and finance Lifestyle Updates

  Lira City Council resolved to construct the facility last year following the government’s pronouncement to phase out HCIIs and construct HCIIIs in every sub-county.

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• Starving Karimojong Abandon Saving Groups

  12 Jun 2022, 18:19 Comments 317 Views Lifestyle Business and finance Agriculture Updates

  Gideon Lokure, chairman Alakara saving group in Sidok sub county in Kaabong district said the culture of savings that the Karimojong families had learnt was dying out due to the current hunger situation.

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• All Kombucha is Alcoholic - UNBS

  10 Jun 2022, 18:25 Comments 825 Views Business and finance Lifestyle Science and technology Breaking news

  Uganda has one of the highest per capita alcohol consumption rates in sub-Saharan Africa. Records from UAIA show that 65% of the alcohol consumed in Uganda is from informal sources, and has led to a lot of Alcohol Use Diseases.

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• Mukono GBV Victims Don't Want to Report -LASPNET Committee

  10 Jun 2022, 13:41 Comments 430 Views Mukono, Uganda Human rights Crime Lifestyle Editorial

  Rebecca Kisakye, a LASPNET watch committee member in Kiwanga-Kasokoso says that on several occasions she has been approached by some victims of GBV however, they decline to go to the police to file a complaint.

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• Smart City Campaign Erases Kinamwandu Street Food Corridor

  9 Jun 2022, 14:25 Comments 633 Views Business and finance Health Lifestyle Breaking news

  Faizal Luyinda, the LC 1 chairperson of Salompas B village and grandson to Mariam Nambooze, says Kinamwandu had changed and become very untidy and unbefitting for a smart city. In addition to being untidy, the area had also become a hideout for criminals and drug pushers.

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• COVID-19 Vaccination: PWDs Demand Special Inoculation Centers

  9 Jun 2022, 11:03 Comments 327 Views Mukono, Uganda Health Lifestyle Local government Editorial

  Ramadhan Lubowa, the PWDs leader in Mukono Municipality, says that the majority of his colleagues managed to get the first dose at the village level but currently vaccination is only at major health facilities. According to Lubowa, Mukono Municipality alone has over 2, 500 PWDs and about 300 managed to receive the second dose.

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