Kasese Residents Abandon Hand Washing As Ebola Mass Messages Phase Out

Nelson Baluku, a Boda boda rider along Alexander Street of Kasese municipality, says whereas he knows the importance of hand washing, he is often very busy and unable to wash his hands often. In Kasese District, surveys by the URN reporter indicate that a great number of people have now abandoned healthy practices such as routine hand washing.

As early as 8:00 am thousands of subjects had lined up along the Kasese-Fort Portal high way to welcome Ithungu. A number of young people could not hide their joy as they danced all through the afternoon waiting for Ithungu

Sowed, Kitanywa, the Kasese District Senior Probation and Social Welfare Officer, says the district is grappling with high school dropout rates. He says most girls are persuaded to drop out of school by men into marriage.

In 2010 OBR supported by Government through the Ministry of Gender, the Uganda AIDS Commission and AIDS Information Centre with support from UNFPA embarked on measures to address negative cultural customs. These included promotion of maternal health, prevent gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS, elimination of teenage pregnancies and advocate for family planning practices. .

The RDC is accused of sabotaging the council resolutions and overstepping her mandate.

Mugume says that the construction of the factory has increased the price of Pineapples from 1,000 shillings to between 1,500 and 2,000 shillings. He also says that the number of Pineapple farmers has increased from 156 to 32,202 farmers.

Asumani Muhangi, the Chairperson Youth Coordinators FREE and RICH Uganda, says that the organisation received Shillings 350 Million, which they have not benefited from.