KCCA to relocate lunatic people
Aug 15, 2011
KAMPALA Capital City Authority (KCCA) enforcement officers have started arresting lunatic people in all the city urban divisions.
By Brian Mayanja
KAMPALA Capital City Authority (KCCA) enforcement officers have started arresting lunatic people in all the city urban divisions.
The move aims at cleaning up the city and rehabilitating them, according to Dr. Living stone Makaanga, KCCA director of medical services.
He said last week over 60 lunatic people were rounded up on the streets of Kampala, taken to Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital and Kabiligiisa Rehabilitation centre for Psychiatric aid.
“We started on Wednesday and doctors from Butabika Hospital screened those who needed medical attention. It is going to be a two-month programme focusing on creating hygienic environment in the city,†he added.
He also explained that KCCA received complaints from hotel owners and shop operators that they scare away their customers. He added that some of the lunatic men rape women at night.
“Some urinate and defecate near their premises. For example those who normally stage near Sheraton Hotel, rob pedestrians who are using that route,†he said.
He said majority had run away from Butabika Hospital, where they were on medication.
Butabika Hospital treats over 5000 mental health patients annually. In Uganda there is a close association between mental illness and chronic poverty.
A survey conducted by a team of British and Ugandan psychiatrists in 2008 established that northern Uganda has one of the world’s highest rates of a mental illness. It indicates that the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in northern Uganda is higher than that ever recorded anywhere in the world.
Meanwhile KCCA has vowed to reallocate the street children from Karamoja sub region, back to their families.
The Government and development partners also agreed to work together to find a lasting solution for street children from Karamoja sub-region.
The permanent secretary to the Prime Minister’s office, Pius Bigirimana, recently proposed that a vocational training be established at Koblin Youth Centre in Lorenge chora sub-county, Napak district to enable youth gain skills and later employment.
KAMPALA Capital City Authority (KCCA) enforcement officers have started arresting lunatic people in all the city urban divisions.
The move aims at cleaning up the city and rehabilitating them, according to Dr. Living stone Makaanga, KCCA director of medical services.
He said last week over 60 lunatic people were rounded up on the streets of Kampala, taken to Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital and Kabiligiisa Rehabilitation centre for Psychiatric aid.
“We started on Wednesday and doctors from Butabika Hospital screened those who needed medical attention. It is going to be a two-month programme focusing on creating hygienic environment in the city,†he added.
He also explained that KCCA received complaints from hotel owners and shop operators that they scare away their customers. He added that some of the lunatic men rape women at night.
“Some urinate and defecate near their premises. For example those who normally stage near Sheraton Hotel, rob pedestrians who are using that route,†he said.
He said majority had run away from Butabika Hospital, where they were on medication.
Butabika Hospital treats over 5000 mental health patients annually. In Uganda there is a close association between mental illness and chronic poverty.
A survey conducted by a team of British and Ugandan psychiatrists in 2008 established that northern Uganda has one of the world’s highest rates of a mental illness. It indicates that the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder in northern Uganda is higher than that ever recorded anywhere in the world.
Meanwhile KCCA has vowed to reallocate the street children from Karamoja sub region, back to their families.
The Government and development partners also agreed to work together to find a lasting solution for street children from Karamoja sub-region.
The permanent secretary to the Prime Minister’s office, Pius Bigirimana, recently proposed that a vocational training be established at Koblin Youth Centre in Lorenge chora sub-county, Napak district to enable youth gain skills and later employment.