Browsing by Author "Bita, George"

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    Abandoned blind Jinja twins start school.
    (New Vision, 2017-08-07) Bita, George
    The four-year-old duo busily piece up learning toys set on the table before them at Buckley High School in Iganga district. Except for the clattering noise made by their study tools and the click is no other sound in the classroom. Ever since Bright Tenywa and Herman Waiswa joined the school of Blind and Deaf early this year, they were started on nursery lessons.
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    Abim tops Karamoja in latrine coverage
    (New Vision, 2017-09-26) Bita, George
    Abim district has the highest number of latrines in the entire Karamoja sub-region with a coverage of over 60%. Jimmy Ochero, the LC5 chairperson, said 3,412 newly constructed latrines under the Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) project pushed up the coverage.
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    Armyworm back
    (New Vision, 2017-08-17) Kwesiga, Pascal; Nandudu, Prossy; Bahikaho, Caleb; Okethwengu, Benedict; Bita, George; Nyamahunge, Priscillar; Buregyeya, Dismus; Mafaranga, Hope; Oplo, Emmanuel; Naulele, Simon; Watala, Paul; Ariaka, Robert
    The deadly fail armyworms that razed maize fields in 75 districts in the last season have resurfaced and are now ravaging the crop in the second season in various parts of the country. The agriculture ministry yesterday said the toxic pests have been detected in several parts of the country,
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    Armyworm destroys Busoga maize gardens.
    (New Vision, 2018-05-22) Bita, George
    People are abandoning maize and opting for fish farming and poultry. Maize gardens in Busoga sub-region have again been raided by the fall armyworm, despite many attempts by farmers to fight off the destructive pests.
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    Busoga hospitals lack TB isolation wards
    (New Vision, 2018-05-17) Bita, George
    " Tuberculosis (TB) can be cured. Get free treatment here," read the signpost at the gate to Iganga Hospital. The same message welcomes patients to compounds of all health centres throughout the Busoga region. Unfortunately, patients mingle freely with other sick persons. Dr Waako Stephen, the medical superintendent of Iganga Hospital, said the number of TB patients in the hospital had risen.
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    Busoga leaders want less class hours for children
    (New Vision, 2017-08-01) Bita, George
    The leaders say the emphasis on academics over co-curricular activities is due to competition among schools and poor monitoring.
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    Butaleja gets health, water boost
    (New Vision, 2017-09-01) Bita, George
    According to Paul Ayesiga, the World Vision regional engineer, eight local health centres have been revamped with the addition of a maternity ward, staff houses plus pit latrines and washrooms.
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    Farmers burn Iganga wetlands
    (New Vision, 2018-02-20) Bita, George
    Several acres of swamp land in Iganga district have been burnt in preparation for the forthcoming planting season. In Walugogo wetland, adjacent to Iganga municipality, rice farmers are already digging up the burnt remains of marshland despite the dry spell to prepare rice paddies
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    Five schools closed over condmned structures.
    (New Vision, 2018-01-01) Bita, George
    Over five schools in Namutumba district will not reopen when the school term starts in February unless their dilapidated buildings are replaced. According to Saleh Kumbuga, the district chairperson, the decision, which was prompted by health inspectors' report during a recent council sitting.
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    Floods irk gold miners.
    (New Vision, 2017-08-11) Bita, George
    The current heavy rains have led to flooding of the goldmines dotting Namayingo district's countryside. According to Robert Otabon, a miner, the floods have made further excavation difficult. "Most times, what miners do is to abandon such places and start digging elsewhere.
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    Floods ravage eastern Uganda
    (New Vision, 2018-05-22) Odeke, Faustine; Watala, Paul; Bita, George
    Floods have ravaged five sub-counties in Bulambuli district, leaving 680 households and pit latrine under water. Most Families have vacated their homes and taken shelter in the nearby schools, churches and trading centres.
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    Four die of Hepatitis B.
    (New Vision, 2018-03-23) Bita, George
    Four people lost their lives to Hepatitis B in Kaliro last year. The district health officer Dr. Sarah Kasewa has disclosed.
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    Government paying for air in new districts
    (New vision, 2017-12-25) Bita, George
    One of the district officials in Butaleja often leaves his jacket on his office seat to dupe visitors that he is in the Vicinity.
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    How sunflower has lifted Musoke out of misery.
    (New Vision, 2017-11-14) Bita, George
    He marches majestically through his sprawling sunflower garden in Bulwama village, Bulange sub-county in Namutumba district. The 60-year-old Gastafus Musoke cannot hold back a smile as he inspects his crop. Once in a while, he stops to inspect at a particular flower keenly before moving forward.
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    Iganga gets sh400m for health centre.
    (New Vision, 2018-03-20) Bita, George
    Iganga municipal council has secured a sh400m grant to expand the urban health centre III facility.
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    Iganga hospital gets sh12b facelift
    (New Vision, 2017-11-21) Bita, George
    Five years ago, Iganga hospital was sick. The hospital is over forty years old. Some wards were leaking and the lavatories almost dysfunctional. The mosquito-guard nets in ward windows had long been destroyed.
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    Iganga medical waste plant a health hazard : a waste disposal plant should be ste over five kilometres from the nearest residential area.
    (New Vision, 2017-11-28) Bita, George
    According to Dr David Muwanguzi, the Iganga district health officer, with one general hospital and 17 health centres, the local Government generates a large quantity of waste every month. This poses a health risk to the population, as most of the medical waste is hazardous.
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    Iganga residents choke as rubbish takes over town.
    (New Vision, 2017-11-09) Bita, George
    The huge amount of uncollected rubbish dumped by Iganga urban residents has blocked some streets in the municipality. A number of roads are blocked by trash.
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    Immunisation cards compulsory for school admission.
    (Saturday Vision, 2017-08-12) Wandawa, Vicky; Bita, George; Ssengendo, Abdulkarim
    The immunisation card is now mandatory for admission to day care centres, Pre-primary or primary schools. According to the Immunisation Act, 2017, which has now come into force, a school shall not admit a child unless an immunisation card certifying that the required immunisations were given to the child is produced.
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    Improved Butaleja roads causing more accidents
    (New vision, 2017-12-06) Bita, George
    It is a case of solving one problem yet creating another. Butaleja district chairperson Richard Waya has decried the increased number of bodaboda accidents resulting from the recently opened roads.