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By Aggrey Twesigye

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In Kazo—

Kazo district leaders led by the district chairman Rev. Samuel Katugunda yesterday visited five households hit by the outbreak of jiggers.

The five families are in two villages of Mataaba 1 and Mataaba 2 Ngomba parish Buremba Sub County, Kazo district.

According to the district Chairman Rev. Katugunda, the leadership gave insecticides to families so that they could fumigate fleas which bring about jiggers.

The relief also included bars of soap which the leaders say will help the families to maintain cleanliness so that they can get rid of the epidemic.

 Though cases of jiggers used to be common in Busoga region, its outbreak was in Nov.2019 reported in Bushenyi district; Numba and Bumbaire parishes where some children were reportedly skipping school because of the infestation.

 Early this year, it was also reported in Kyamuhunga sub-county in Bushenyi district. Homesteads in the parishes of Swanzi, Kakoni and Kibazi were the worst hit.

Ruth Monyenye a Kenyan researcher describes jigger out break as epidemic in many tropical and sub-tropical countries, though the epidemiology of the disease is poorly understood.

Monyenye further says that in most neglected tropical countries, the children and the elderly are most likely to be affected with jiggers.

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In Masaka—

Police in Masaka district are investigating circumstances under which a 47 year old man was murdered four days to his introduction ceremony.

James Ddamulira a resident of Kitanga village, Kabonera Sub County was allegedly trailed and hacked to death by unknown assailants on Tuesday night.

It is reported that the deceased whose introduction ceremony had been scheduled on August 1, 2021 was found lying lifeless in maize plantation with new pair of shoes, shirt and trousers plus an empty bottle of beer.

Meanwhile, Joseph Kabugo from a neighboring village Kaseta was also attacked on the same night, and is nursing serious injuries at Masaka regional referral hospital.

Cases of murder are on increase in Masaka region; barely a week ago, two other people were killed in the same manner.

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By Ambrose Kweronda

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In Kabale—

The Kitanga Parish priest in the Kabale catholic Diocese who is also the Kigezi interreligious council chairperson Rev. Fr. Gaetano Batanyenda has described Uganda as a “Politically widowed and orphaned country.

His remark came after the opposition remained silent about the money released by government to buy cars for MPs.

Last week on Thursday, the government started remitting shs 200m to each of the 529 legislators and ex-officio members of the 11th parliament, to enable them buy cars.

This has sparked public outrage with many accusing governments of neglecting the fight against COVID-19 to fund parliament.

Speaking to journalists in Kabale town, Fr. Batanyenda said that he is mostly disappointed with opposition MPs who have joined their counterparts in the ruling NRM party to receive the shs 200m at the expense of the people they represent.

He stressed that the act by the Opposition MPs leaves Ugandans widowed and orphaned politically.

Fr. Gaetano said that it is time for Ugandans to recite Jesus Christ’s despair cry a few hours before his crucifixion, “Father, Father, why have you forsaken us” in expression of their frustration.

Fr. Gaetano challenged President Museveni to come out and condemn the remitting of such amount of money to MPs at a time when the government is struggling to raise money for COVID-19 vaccines, medicines and oxygen plants at COVID-19 treatment centers.

However, the Director of Communications at parliament Dr. Chris Obore defended government saying that buying cars for each MP should not shock anyone since it’s done after every five years

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