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May 04, 2010
<b>‘Uganda needs more health funds’</b><br>KAMPALA - Uganda will have to triple its funding to the health sector to meet the required standard care for the population.
‘Uganda needs more health funds’
KAMPALA - Uganda will have to triple its funding to the health sector to meet the required standard care for the population. Speaking at the opening of the East African Medical Expo at Kampala Serena Hotel recently, medical practitioners said inadequate funding was responsible for Uganda’s poor health system. The Government allocated $372.9m to the sector this year, which is about 7% of Uganda’s GDP, but this is far below the 15% required by the Abuja Declaration.
Investor sues land commission
KAMPALA - A company with land in Bugolobi wetlands has dragged the Uganda Land Commission (ULC) and the Attorney General to Court. The private investor, Nyumba Ya Chuma Ltd (NYCL), claims the commission illegally took its land, which they earlier acquired from the Kampala District Land Board. In a petition filed at the Constitutional Court on April 26, NYCL asked court to nullify the freehold land title, which the land commission allocated and grant itself.
Ministry told to get $30m loan
KAMPALA - Parliament has directed the health minister, James Kakooza, to seek a $30m loan to address maternal health. Debating the state of the newborn, maternal and child mortality yesterday, the MPs said the ministry had not given maternal health priority. However, Kakooza dismissed the allegations, saying Cabinet is processing a $130m loan from the World Bank, of which $30m will go to maternal healthcare.
American to preach to MPs
KAMPALA - An American-based evangelist and author, Dr. Tom Anderson, is in Uganda for a one-week crusade at the Mandela National Stadium, Namboole. Pastor Clement Walujo, the organising committee chairman, said Anderson will also preach to MPs today and members of the business community on Saturday at the Imperial Royale Hotel. During a press conference held at the hotel yesterday, Anderson said there is need to change the mindset that prosperity was wrong.
Rotarian to fight poverty
ADDIS - The newly-appointed Rotary District Governor 9200 has pledged to fight poverty in five regional African countries. Steven Mwanje was on Saturday appointed in Addis-Ababa in Ethiopia. Mwanje, who heads the Mukono Rotary Club, replaces an Ethiopian, Tedesse Alemu. Briefing journalists, he said he will work with microfinance Institutions in the region.
KAMPALA - Uganda will have to triple its funding to the health sector to meet the required standard care for the population. Speaking at the opening of the East African Medical Expo at Kampala Serena Hotel recently, medical practitioners said inadequate funding was responsible for Uganda’s poor health system. The Government allocated $372.9m to the sector this year, which is about 7% of Uganda’s GDP, but this is far below the 15% required by the Abuja Declaration.
Investor sues land commission
KAMPALA - A company with land in Bugolobi wetlands has dragged the Uganda Land Commission (ULC) and the Attorney General to Court. The private investor, Nyumba Ya Chuma Ltd (NYCL), claims the commission illegally took its land, which they earlier acquired from the Kampala District Land Board. In a petition filed at the Constitutional Court on April 26, NYCL asked court to nullify the freehold land title, which the land commission allocated and grant itself.
Ministry told to get $30m loan
KAMPALA - Parliament has directed the health minister, James Kakooza, to seek a $30m loan to address maternal health. Debating the state of the newborn, maternal and child mortality yesterday, the MPs said the ministry had not given maternal health priority. However, Kakooza dismissed the allegations, saying Cabinet is processing a $130m loan from the World Bank, of which $30m will go to maternal healthcare.
American to preach to MPs
KAMPALA - An American-based evangelist and author, Dr. Tom Anderson, is in Uganda for a one-week crusade at the Mandela National Stadium, Namboole. Pastor Clement Walujo, the organising committee chairman, said Anderson will also preach to MPs today and members of the business community on Saturday at the Imperial Royale Hotel. During a press conference held at the hotel yesterday, Anderson said there is need to change the mindset that prosperity was wrong.
Rotarian to fight poverty
ADDIS - The newly-appointed Rotary District Governor 9200 has pledged to fight poverty in five regional African countries. Steven Mwanje was on Saturday appointed in Addis-Ababa in Ethiopia. Mwanje, who heads the Mukono Rotary Club, replaces an Ethiopian, Tedesse Alemu. Briefing journalists, he said he will work with microfinance Institutions in the region.