Browsing by Author "Editorial"

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    Access to safe water is critical
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-03-23) Editorial
    Unless the population is sensitised to appreciate the benefits of protecting the environment, Uganda will continue to suffer harm associated with unsafe water.
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    Cholera outbreak: boost community health teams
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-05-07) Editorial
    It is common knowledge that poor sanitation, often worsened by flooding caused by heavy rainfall, is the leading cause of diseases such as cholera - primarily transmitted through contaminated food or water.
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    Education ministry needs to control school fees hike
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-06) Editorial
    As the school year opens, there is no good news for the parents as schools defy the authorities to hike school fees and requirements. While the ministry of Education has made its position clear by directing that schools should not increase fees or demand non cash school requirements, the schools remain adamant and parents have no choice but to comply.
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    Government must build on the heart institute's success
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-01-25) Editorial
    Government needs to rise to the challenge and build on what the institute achieved on monday by providing it with the kind of equipment that it requires to perform at the very highest of levels.
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    Government should fix our ailing health system
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-05-09) Editorial
    Midwives using torches to deliver mothers at Soroti health Centre
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    Government should protect Lubigi Wetland
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-26) Editorial
    Although the ministerial order is targeting Lubigi wetland encroachers alone for now, we think it would be wise for the ministry to issue similar orders to other encroachers.
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    Let all stakeholders work to end child marriages
    (Daily Monitor, 2018-02-09) Editorial
    Uganda ranks 17th internationally among countries that have the highest rates of child marriages, according to a report titled State of The World's Children, 2016 by United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
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    Let's borrow a leaf from kenya on sanitary pads.
    (sunday monitor, 2017-06-25) Editorial
    Kenya, like Uganda a year ago, is in the election season and is expected to go to the polls on august 8 to elect a new president. in the midst of a very busy and hectic campaign period, Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta last week signed into law amendments to the country's education at which among other things require that "free, sufficient and quality sanitary towels" must be provided to every girl registered at school, as well as providing a "safe and environmental sound mechanism for disposal.
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    Ministry should act on rising school demands.
    (daily monitor, 2018-05-25) Editorial
    By Monday may 2018, all schools will have officially opened for second 2018. taking children back to school is one of the most trying moments for parents and students.
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    Regulate school standards
    (Daily monitor, 2018-01-12) Editorial
    Students from 48 schools within Kampala will be reporting to continue with their education when the first term opens following a recommendation by Kampala Capital City Authority to have them closed. According to KCCA, these do not meet the basic requirements and minimum standards as per the specifications of the Ministry of Education and sports.
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    Take action on waste management
    (New Vision, 2018-02-05) Editorial
    Major players in the plastic manufacturing industry have called on the government to come up with, and strictly enforce, a clear policy on recycling in order to address the effect of the polythene paper bag and other plastics on the environment.
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    Who is behind Lwera's degradation?
    (The observer, 2026-02-11) Editorial
    The answer to this question, on the surface of it, is the Chinese company growing rice in the Wetland, in numerous companies illegally mining sand from the same area.