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SOME KARAMOJA POLITICIANS ALLEGEDLY FRUSTRATE EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES, ONLY PS DR DIANA ATWINE CAN STOP THIS

Hon Lokwang denies accusations SOME KARAMOJA POLITICIANS ALLEGEDLY FRUSTRATE EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES, ONLY PS DR DIANA ATWINE CAN STOP THIS By Our Reporters As the Christmas festival season approaches, several parts of the country are busy in preparation to celebrate but it comes with many challenges of emergency nature that …

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Information gap, alcoholism, staffing levels key to low family planning intake in Karamoja, Health workers.

BY EDWARD AKAKI, TIMOTHY EODU- MOROTO A 2021 survey by National Population Council shows that Karamoja has the highest fertility rates in Uganda standing at Total Fertility Rate (TFR) of 7.9 compared to the country’s average of 5.2.Also, 46% of pregnancies in Uganda are unintended with the mean desired total …

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Mglsd, WFP carry out verification of the elderly to benefit from SAGE in Karamoja.

Friday 17 March, 2023 By Timothy Eodu-Karamoja The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development-Mglsd with support from the World Food Program embarked on a three day exercise to verify details of the elderly person’s in Karamoja that could have been incorrectly taken by National Identification Registration Authority-NIRA during the …

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6 Turkana suspects handed diplomatic pardon

By Edward Akaki – Moroto The 3rd infantry division of Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces(UPDF) has today 6th/March/2023 released 6 Turkana suspects that were arrested together with 8 native Matheniko in a cordon and search operations in different areas of Karamoja.Brigadier General Felix Busizoori Nim, the Deputy 3rd division commander said …

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