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BY VANANSIO KAKOGOSO
IN KABALE
The Chairperson for Kigezi-inter Religious Council Rev. Fr. Gaetano
Batanyenda has said that the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga
should go slowly on castigating the media for negative publicity.
Batanyenda’s comments follow the recent comments by Kadaga accusing
the media for of deliberately carrying inaccurate stories with the
intentions of portraying parliament negatively.
Kadaga expressed anger over recent stories in the media, which exposed
the expenditure on the legislator’s trip to the United States of
America to attend the Uganda North American Convention and the
proposed purchase of vehicles for legislators at the total of 200
million shillings each.
Kadaga also directed the Chairperson of the Rules and Privileges
Committee of parliament to look into the publications and sue the
media houses for contempt of parliament.
However, while addressing journalists this afternoon at Kick
Corruption out of Uganda Offices in Kirigime Kabale municipality, Fr.
Batanyenda says that there is no reason why Kadaga should harass
the journalists yet they are reporting facts about Parliament.
Fr. Batanyenda who is also the Kitanga catholic parish priest says
that the speaker should guide parliament in passing policies that are
pro people, media will report well.

BY FRED MWEBEMBEZI
IN FORT PORTAL—-

The deputy district education officer Kabarole Mrs. Elizabeth Kasesnene has hailed a group of researchers from Makerere University for the research done in Kabarole and Kamwenge district which will help government leaders to implement programs effectively.

Mrs. Kasenene made the remarks when she was giving closing remarks in a meeting held at kitumba council chambers main board room yesterday afternoon.

She urged VHTS and other participants to use research findings to transform their communities and Uganda as a whole for a better future.

Meanwhile, the field supervisor greater Kibiito Mr Ndahiro Pious working with Nutrition Innovation Laboratory for Africa (NILA) a program monitored by Makerere University college of Agriculture and environmental sciences sponsored by USAID found that many people had no self-confidence to create for themselves a destiny hoping all assistance from the government.

Ndahiro appealed the leaders in the sub county of kibiito and Kabarole district to mobilize the locals to help themselves. Furthermore VHT Harriet Mushabe from Kabale trading centre, kibiito Sub County has asked for assistance from political heads to help them as they extend services to the people.

The research which kicked off on November 2014 took a period of 2 years and was aimed at effectiveness of integrated Agriculture, health livelihood and nutrition intervention to improve maternal and child nutrition and health in rural Uganda, a birth cohort study.

BY VANANSIO KAKOGOSO
IN KABALE
Police in Kabale district has arrested the Kyanamira Health centre III
in charge for absconding from duty.
Justus Akankwasa was arrested yesterday morning on orders of Kabale
Resident district commissioner Darius Nandinda.
According to Nandinda the operation followed several complaints from
patients about health workers neglecting their duties to attend to
their private business.
He says that many patients including pregnant mothers and HIV/AIDS
patients who require extra care and attention make fruitless visits to
the government health center because of absence of medical workers.
Nandinda also adds that under the Hakuna Mchezo campaign, he has
visited Kyanamira health centre III over five times, but has never
found Akankwasa at work and this prompted him to call for his arrest.

The Kabale district police Commander Dickens Bindeeba confirmed the
incident. He says that his office had received similar complaints from
patients who get services from Kyanamira HCIII.
He says that police will liaise with District health officer as they
take criminal action, District health office takes disciplinary
action.