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Sep 05, 2011
<b>UPC wants landslide survivors paid</b><br>Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party has asked the Government to compensate survivors of the Bulambuli landslide. They said many people died due the Government’s incompetence in detecting disasters.
UPC wants landslide survivors paid
Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party has asked the Government to compensate survivors of the Bulambuli landslide. They said many people died due the Government’s incompetence in detecting disasters. Last week, landslides hit Buluyanya and Sisiyi sub-counties in Bulambuli district, killing over 30 people. Addressing journalists at the party headquarters last week, UPC youth leader Moses Nuwagaba said the disaster preparedness ministry and the National Environment Management Authority would have detected earlier and planned for the people.
Parents told to take children to school
State minister for higher education John Muyingo has asked parents to take their children to school for the third term which begins today. He assured them that teachers in both primary and secondary schools would report back to school. Speaking to New Vision yesterday, Muyingo said the Government was concerned about teachers’ demands and had committed its self to increase their salaries next financial year. In July, teachers petitioned the education ministry, demanding for salary increment and operationalisation of the collective bargain legislation.
KACITA calls off planned protest
City traders under their body, Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), have called off their planned protest. This was after the Kampala Capital City Authority promised to restore trade order in the Central Business District. Addressing journalists at the KACITA head office yesterday, Issa Ssekitto, the association spokesperson, said traders had agreed in their last meeting to sell their merchandise on the streets starting on Thursday. The traders said this would enable them compete with street vendors and hawkers.
Mothers warned on herbal baths
Mothers have been warned against long-term use of herbal baths. Dr. Jessica Nakibuuka of the Mulago Hospital paediatric ward said some herbal baths become breeding grounds for bacteria. She said the herbs pose a danger to newborn babies through the umbilical code. Nakibuuka was presenting a paper on the rate of admission of new-borns at Mulago Hospital at the 7th Uganda Pediatric Association conference at Hotel Africana, Kampala over the weekend. Herbal bath is a mixture of different herbs, which are usually recommended for both mother and baby, shortly after birth.
Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party has asked the Government to compensate survivors of the Bulambuli landslide. They said many people died due the Government’s incompetence in detecting disasters. Last week, landslides hit Buluyanya and Sisiyi sub-counties in Bulambuli district, killing over 30 people. Addressing journalists at the party headquarters last week, UPC youth leader Moses Nuwagaba said the disaster preparedness ministry and the National Environment Management Authority would have detected earlier and planned for the people.
Parents told to take children to school
State minister for higher education John Muyingo has asked parents to take their children to school for the third term which begins today. He assured them that teachers in both primary and secondary schools would report back to school. Speaking to New Vision yesterday, Muyingo said the Government was concerned about teachers’ demands and had committed its self to increase their salaries next financial year. In July, teachers petitioned the education ministry, demanding for salary increment and operationalisation of the collective bargain legislation.
KACITA calls off planned protest
City traders under their body, Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), have called off their planned protest. This was after the Kampala Capital City Authority promised to restore trade order in the Central Business District. Addressing journalists at the KACITA head office yesterday, Issa Ssekitto, the association spokesperson, said traders had agreed in their last meeting to sell their merchandise on the streets starting on Thursday. The traders said this would enable them compete with street vendors and hawkers.
Mothers warned on herbal baths
Mothers have been warned against long-term use of herbal baths. Dr. Jessica Nakibuuka of the Mulago Hospital paediatric ward said some herbal baths become breeding grounds for bacteria. She said the herbs pose a danger to newborn babies through the umbilical code. Nakibuuka was presenting a paper on the rate of admission of new-borns at Mulago Hospital at the 7th Uganda Pediatric Association conference at Hotel Africana, Kampala over the weekend. Herbal bath is a mixture of different herbs, which are usually recommended for both mother and baby, shortly after birth.