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Let s meaningfully engage communities in Covid-19 fight

The spread of the pandemic varied in communities but one thing was without doubt held in common; measures undertaken to curb the spread affected the economic and social welfare of all. For example, access to health services was hindered because the government had suspended public and private means of transportation, save for a select few offering essential services. With a weak or non-functional ambulance service system in most communities, the fate of many Ugandans seeking healthcare was to walk long distances to health facilities. It didn’t help the situation that for a patient to access means of transport, one had to seek the written permission of the area’s Resident District Commissioner (RDC) who was rather hard to come by.

We must protect wildlife at all costs

We must protect wildlife at all costs Sunday April 04 2021 Last month, six lions were atrociously killed at the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kanungu District, southwestern Uganda. After a Shs10 million bounty was put out by Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) for anybody with the information leading to the arrest, four suspects were arrested. The people behind the act were arrested during a joint operation mounted by UWA, UPDF, and Police in Kihihi Sub County, Kanungu District.    According to a story in the Daily Monitor of March 24 titled, ‘Killers of lions wanted body parts for sale – officials’, Mr Gad Rugaaju Ahimbisibwe, the Kanungu deputy Resident District Commissioner said the lions were targeted for their parts which would later be sold.

180 P7 pupils in Kamuli get pregnant in lockdown – RDC

Daily Monitor Tuesday March 16 2021 Between the months of August 2020 and January 2021, at least 3,126 teenage pregnancies were registered in the district Summary Dr Micah Lopita, a consultant gynaecologist, said these teenage pregnancies, early marriages and defilements expose the young girls to gynaecological complications which put the lives of the girls at greater health risks. Advertisement Mr Robert Mutemo  made the revelation while speaking to Daily Monitor at the weekend. He said he made the discovery during a random inspection of Primary Seven classes in the district.  “Others have been married off or decided to drop out of school during the lockdown,” he said.

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