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Nov 20, 2009
<b>40% of children not immunised</b><br>IGANGA - Many children under five years of age have not been immunised. On Tuesday, the district health officer, Dr. David Muwanguzi, said recent research showed almost 40% of children missed the routine immunisati
40% of children not immunised
IGANGA - Many children under five years of age have not been immunised. On Tuesday, the district health officer, Dr. David Muwanguzi, said recent research showed almost 40% of children missed the routine immunisation against the six killer diseases. They are measles, whooping cough, tetanus, polio and tuberculosis. He attributed the laxity to unfounded beliefs that associate immunisation with some illnesses in children. Muwanguzi reassured parents that the drugs are safe and urged parents to take their children to the nearest health centres for immunisation.
Acholi leaders raps politicians
AMURU - The paramount chief of the Acholi, Rwot David Acana II, has criticised politicians over interfering with the affairs of the chiefdom. The Rwot said this while addressing his people at Anaka sub-county headquarters was on Wednesday. He also advised his subjects not to vote for leaders, who are calling the Government bad, during the 2011 elections. “We need leaders who can bring change, not those who engage in empty talks yet they do not deliver,’’ he said.
German school gives computers
MASAKA - A German school has donated 11 computers worth sh14m to St Jude Tadeo Primary School in Bukomansimbi. The school, through its Germany sister school in Heibron, has so far received close to sh40m for the improvement of its infrastructure. The German school has also offered to provide lunch for at least 200 needy pupils. Commissioning the computer lab last Saturday, the Masaka Diocese Vicar General, Msgr Joseph Kato, commended the Germans for the support and challenged the school administration to improve the academic performance.
Mityana Diocese marks 28 years
MITYANA - Tomorrow, Catholics will congregate at Kiyinda-Mityana Cathedral to mark 28 years of the diocese. The cerebrations will kick off with a mass led by diocesan Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa. The Diocese was started in 1981. Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala was the diocese’s first bishop, followed by the late Bishop Joseph Mukwaya. The incumbent Bishop Zziwa, is the third bishop of the diocese.
IGANGA - Many children under five years of age have not been immunised. On Tuesday, the district health officer, Dr. David Muwanguzi, said recent research showed almost 40% of children missed the routine immunisation against the six killer diseases. They are measles, whooping cough, tetanus, polio and tuberculosis. He attributed the laxity to unfounded beliefs that associate immunisation with some illnesses in children. Muwanguzi reassured parents that the drugs are safe and urged parents to take their children to the nearest health centres for immunisation.
Acholi leaders raps politicians
AMURU - The paramount chief of the Acholi, Rwot David Acana II, has criticised politicians over interfering with the affairs of the chiefdom. The Rwot said this while addressing his people at Anaka sub-county headquarters was on Wednesday. He also advised his subjects not to vote for leaders, who are calling the Government bad, during the 2011 elections. “We need leaders who can bring change, not those who engage in empty talks yet they do not deliver,’’ he said.
German school gives computers
MASAKA - A German school has donated 11 computers worth sh14m to St Jude Tadeo Primary School in Bukomansimbi. The school, through its Germany sister school in Heibron, has so far received close to sh40m for the improvement of its infrastructure. The German school has also offered to provide lunch for at least 200 needy pupils. Commissioning the computer lab last Saturday, the Masaka Diocese Vicar General, Msgr Joseph Kato, commended the Germans for the support and challenged the school administration to improve the academic performance.
Mityana Diocese marks 28 years
MITYANA - Tomorrow, Catholics will congregate at Kiyinda-Mityana Cathedral to mark 28 years of the diocese. The cerebrations will kick off with a mass led by diocesan Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa. The Diocese was started in 1981. Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala was the diocese’s first bishop, followed by the late Bishop Joseph Mukwaya. The incumbent Bishop Zziwa, is the third bishop of the diocese.