Bilharzia Cases Worry Kayunga Officials

A person infected with Bilharzia develops swelling stomach, cough, headache, fever, vomits blood at advanced stages and if not timely treated, it results into death. It can affect body parts like nervous system, lungs and the brain.

Oyo said the changes are meant to bring about efficiency and also get rid of dormant ministers who haven’t been working as expected. He asked the new ministers to work hard for the betterment of the kingdom.

The certification by the World Health Organisation is granted when a country proves beyond a reasonable doubt, that it has interrupted the chain of indigenous transmission of the disease for at least 3 consecutive years. Records indicate that Algeria last reported its last case of indigenous malaria in 2013.

The 2018 report by World Vision Office in Rakai district about girl-child rights indicate that a total of 403 children were reported to have been defiled in Rakai district and majority had entered into marriage and got pregnant when they were still below age. According to the report, the school dropout rate in the area stands at 47 percent and the trend is even worse with the number of girls completing secondary school levels.

Describing Odongo Okune as his son and Odur as his uncle, President Museveni said he will soon summon the two leaders to have the dispute resolved.

The fifteen-page book titled; “Olukooki Niye Ngamba Yange” loosely translated as ‘Lukooki is My Language, is a compilation of nouns, metaphors, verbs and proverbs, names of animals, numbers and a brief history about Kooki, one of the 18 counties make up Buganda Kingdom.

Mutuuzo says that the government is aware of the fast rate at which the family institution is disintegrating, and as such, has established a number of institutions to mitigate the breakdown. Such institutions include Family Courts, the Family Protection Unit at police level and Family Affairs Department in the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development.