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‘Sex for a fare’ motorcycle taxis threaten Uganda’s fight against Aids 04 ‘Sex for a fare’ motorcycle taxis threaten Uganda’s fight against Aids UGANDA’S motorcycle taxis riders threaten to derail the country’s fight against HIV because of risky sexual behaviours, including sex with clients in lieu of payment, according to a new study. By Samuel Okiror At least 12% of a sample of 281 commercial riders, a common informal job known as boda boda and dominated by young men, admitted to engaging in transactional sex with customers who failed to pay their fares; 65.7% reported havin...

Study shows pattern of risky sexual behaviour by young men making a living in the booming boda boda industry

Daily Monitor Wednesday May 19 2021 Summary Government plans to merge the existing seven wealth creation programmes, among them Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme and the Uganda Youth Livelihood Fund, to finance the new project that is meant to eradicate poverty. Advertisement The Chancellor of Makerere University, Prof Ezra Suruma, yesterday asked fresh graduates to embrace the new parish model project to improve agriculture production across the country. Government is set to roll out the model in the next financial year where more than 10,400 parishes will benefit from Shs200b to eradi...

The Principal Communication Officer, Rita Namisango said earlier that the University Senate in its 169 th meeting held on March 24 approved the proposal from the Ceremonies Committee to host a blended graduation ceremony. This means that only students with first class, master’s students and PHD students will attend the function physically while others will attend it virtually. According to the schedule, students from the School of Law, College of Health Sciences and College of Natural Sciences will graduate today. While the Colleges of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences as well as th...

The Academic Registrar, Alfred Masikye says the 5-day graduation ceremony kicks off on Monday 17th to Friday 21st May. The graduation will be held virtually in observance of the Covid-19 preventive Standard Operation Procedures and only students who have scored first class in various programs will attend the function physically. According to the schedule, Schools of Law, College of Health Sciences and College of Natural Sciences will graduate on Monday. Students from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and College of Education & External Studies will graduate on Tuesday, wh...