Roads in Africa are the riskiest places to be on in the continent, but you are less likely to be killed in a car accident in Uganda than anywhere else in East Africa, according to a WHO report. Car shell after a recent road tragedy in Uganda. PHOTO VIA PATRICK …
Read More »Too many deaths in childbirth
By Agencies Bribes, poorly trained medical staff and the lack of medical care for pregnant HIV-positive mothers are among the reasons for high rates of infant and maternal mortality in Uganda. NGOs want to see more government action. According to the latest official figures from a 2006 health survey, 16 …
Read More »Mysterious deaths and government panic
By Denis Musinguzi Nebanda’s death saga underlines need for fundamental government reforms The government’s incoherent and fairly uncouth reaction about the sudden and mysterious death of the Butaleja’s youthful and government-critical Woman Member of Parliament, Cerinah Arioru Nebanda, has exposed the worryingly deepening internal weaknesses within the ruling NRM government. …
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