Reflecting on the 1976 incident, President Museveni noted that although the hijacking was a tragic event, the rescue operation became a turning point in weakening the grip of former dictator Idi Amin, whose prestige and fear among the population were significantly shaken by the events that followed.
Michael Phillip Lulume Bayigga, the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) party Deputy President for Buganda region revealed that the declaration of Karua as Persona Non Grata doesn’t represent Uganda as a leading actor in the East African Community, which guarantees the East Africans the freedom of movement.
During the event, the Parliamentary Malaria Walk was officially activated, turning the football pitch into a platform for awareness. The message was simple and direct: malaria is preventable, and it can be beaten.
The government of Uganda is well conversant that coffee is a critical part of the economy, and its importance is growing with over 1.8 million households growing coffee, which contributes nearly a third of the country's export earnings, paying for critical infrastructure like roads, hospitals, and schools.
Reports by the World Health Organization reveal that every year, breast cancer kills more than 500,000 women around the world. Treatment is based on the person, the type of cancer, and its spread, and it combines surgery, radiation therapy, and medications.
In developed countries such as Germany, when traffic comes to a stop, cars must move to one lane to create a lane for emergency vehicles like ambulances to get to hospitals faster. If implemented, this will be a good move that will help to save a number of lives.
The business community came out to complain of the loss of their goods in the process of crossing the bridge, yet it is the only convenient road that connects them to and from the business centers where they move to search for the market for their products to earn a living.
The data capture exercise is not only to fulfill the sixth PDM pillar and the parish-based management information system, but it is also feeding into other pillars like social services.