Daily Monitor
Friday February 05 2021
President Museveni holds a shield and a spear given to him as a sign of power during presidential campaigns in Luweero District recently. PHOTO/ FILE
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When given names of these polling stations, Ms Phibby Otaala, the NRM Tororo vice chairperson said: “I think that is total madness. How do you expect him (Museveni) not to get anything at St. Kizito when that is his stronghold? That one cannot be true. Those are fabrications.”
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The Electoral Commission results from the Presidential Election held on January 14, show that President Yoweri Museveni scored zero at two polling stations in Tororo District.
Sr. Caroline Ngatia of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sisters of Eldoret shares breakfast with the street families in Nairobi, Kenya. Her center, Kwetu Home of Peace, accommodates homeless boys ages 8 to 14 who are rescued from the streets and slums in Nairobi and inducted into a process of reintegration. (Doreen Ajiambo)
The goal is as simple as it is complicated to achieve: Shift the care of children from institutions like orphanages to a family or family-like environment.
Catholic sisters in three African nations Uganda, Zambia and Kenya are leading the way in creating new models for caring for children. Their efforts are the core of the recent launch of Catholic Care for Children International (CCCI) under the auspices of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) one of many faith groups leading policy reform and family-based alternatives to institutional care.
Daily Monitor
Thursday January 07 2021
Protesters barricade a road in Kampala during riots that erupted on November 18. About 54 people were killed in the riots. PHOTO | STEPHEN OTAGE
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Grieving families and friends share the triumphs, travails and final moments of relatives in a way that offers insights into the lives of victims hitherto treated as statistics.
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In the new series, we chronicle how bullets prematurely shattered the blooming dreams of dozens during two days of madness last November. In interviews with our reporter,
Gillian Nantume, grieving families and friends share the triumphs, travails and final moments of relatives in a way that offers insights into the lives of victims hitherto treated as statistics.
Douala, Cameroon, Jan 24, 2018 / 04:28 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A Cameroonian cardinal has spoken out against the recent use of military violence in the country’s Southwest Region against Anglophone separatists, saying local forces need to respect human life.
“You don’t bring peace by violence and violence begets violence,” said Cardinal Christian Tumi, Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, in a recent video, according to Journal du Cameroun.
“I have heard about those destructions and killings…and I think that has to be condemned. So my opinion is simple, we as Cameroonians should respect lives and the life of everybody,” he continued.
Mbale Baby’s home struggles to cope as Covid-19 effects bite
Wednesday December 30 2020
St Kizito Baby’s Home receives donations from Kyagalanyi coffee Limited at their home in Gangama, Northern City Division in Mbale on Thursday. PHOTO/MICHEAL WONIALA
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Administrators of St Kizito Baby’s Home in Mbale City have said they are struggling to cope after donors cut off funding due to the outbreak of coronavirus.
Started in 1963 by the Mill Hill Missionaries of the Catholic Diocese of Tororo, St Kizito Baby’s Home takes care of abandoned babies and children whose parents are severely handicapped physically and it also supports the education of some children.