Masinde, Andrew2026-05-132026-05-132017-09-18https://bdears.busitema.ac.ug/handle/123456789/2360Newspaper articleWilliam Mulabya, the district planner for Tororo and the focal person for the birth registration, says the costs involved in getting a birth certificate demoralise people " Sh5,000 sounds little to many, but it is a lot to the poor person in the village who cannot afford a meal a day. some have to incur transport costs to their respective sub-counties to pick birth notifications, then to the district to fill the forms. from there, they have to travel to the regional offices, where they are issued birth certificates," says Mulabya. Lydia Lanyero, a resident of Nyoko village in Yumbe district, says she had the thought of registering her eight children, but failed because she could not afford to pay for the birth certificates, on top of the travel expenses involved.enArticle