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12 March 2024, 11:16 am
Lack of sign language interpreters leads to violence against deaf children
By Byamukama Alozious According to Uganda Bureau of Statistics, 36% of female children 5-17 years with disabilities experienced physical or sexual violence. Focusing on children with deaf disability, we have produced a radio feature on why the lack of professional…
11 March 2024, 2:31 pm
Church of Uganda committed to end Violence Against Women
The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda The Most Rev Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu has reiterated Church of Uganda’s commitment towards ending violence against women and girls in homes, schools, workplaces, and public places. This comes as the Church…
7 March 2024, 4:27 pm
Women’s economic empowerment is key for accelerating gender equality
A press statement by the Uganda Women’s Movement ahead of International Women’s Day Accelerating Gender Equality through Women’s Economic Empowerment In commemoration of the International Women’s Day 2024, we the Women’s Movement of Uganda under the leadership of Uganda Women’s…
6 March 2024, 4:44 pm
Post Bank renews partnership with FSME to transform small businesses.
Byamukama Alozious Small business owners set to benefit from Gatako Omutindo, a program of Post Bank in Partnership Federation of small and medium sized enterprises FSME. The program which aims at financial literacy, saving culture and value addition was launched…
29 February 2024, 4:49 pm
More than 1,000 women to celebrate International women’s day with business ski…
Byamukama Alozious As Uganda prepare to join the rest of the world to celebrate international women’s day, Women who have been struggling in business will be trained on business sustainability at an event dubbed ‘The women’s day Information Highway’. Speaking…
29 February 2024, 1:58 pm
Ugandans called on to use condoms to prevent unwanted pregnancies and HIV
By Byamukama Alozious During a monthly media cafe at Kamwokya hosted by Health Journalism Network Uganda, Dr. Boniface Epoku, head of condoms program at Ministry of Health said that only 37% of women prefer using condoms and 57% of men.…
27 February 2024, 9:07 am
Ministry of Health campaigning to reduce teenage pregnancies
By Byamukama Alozious Ministry of Health plans to get specific interventions in addressing teenage pregnancies which continue increasing in the country. In 2016, during the demographic health survey, teenage pregnancy was found at 25% and after 5 years a new…
24 February 2024, 9:23 am
503 staff at Busitema University to benefit medical insurance cover from UAP old…
Byamukama Alozious Busitema University has declared that their staff are going to get medical cover insurance which is to relief the medical burdens and expenditures. While signing the contract between AUP Old Mutual Insurance Company and University at the Makarere…
16 February 2024, 1:15 pm
Radio – the most flexible medium of information
Byamukama Alozious & Catherine Apalat Radio Mama FM visited communities to gather what people say about radio. This comes as the world celebrates the World Radio Day under the theme “A century informing, entertaining and educating.”
6 February 2024, 11:03 am
Gudie Leisure farm puts focus on boosting cereal production
Byamukama Alozious In the efforts to boot cereal production of cereals, Gudie leisure farm has come up with the training strategies to guide youths on production, this comes as the production is facing a terrible backslide yet cereals like maize…