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🇺🇬 Deputy Speaker lobbies communities to join Malaria fight
📌The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has called upon communities to join the fight against Malaria. He made the call as he  joined other Members of Parliament and citizens in a walk intended to raise awareness on the fight against the disease.
“We must mobilise our communities to join the war against Malaria,” he said.
According to Tayebwa, Uganda loses over shillings 2.4 trillion every year to Malaria and kills about 52 Ugandans daily.

🇺🇬  Ugandan  Engineers fly to USA to represent Uganda at World Robotics Championships
📌A team of talented teenagers from Young Engineers Uganda have jetted off to the United States of America on Sunday, April 23, 2023, to represent Uganda at the prestigious Vex World Robotics Championships (VWRC) in Dallas, Texas. The team consists of four girls and three boys, with three instructors. They secured Uganda’s fourth position during the Pan African Robotics competition 2022 in Dakar, Senegal last year, earning them an invitation to participate in the World Robotic Championship in the United States. over 50 countries and 2,200 teams from all over the world are participating.

🇺🇬 EAC recommends fishing holiday on Lake Victoria to boost stocks
📌The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industries and Fisheries (MAAIF) has approved recommendations by representatives of the East African Community geared towards protecting Lake Victoria. Among the resolutions is a commitment to the implementation of previous council directives such as creating a fishing holiday on the shared lake to allow breeding for increased fish stocks. In the same meeting, the Minister of Agriculture Frank Tumwebaze received instruments of power from his Tanzanian counterpart as the new chairperson of the sectoral council of Ministers of Lake Victoria Fisheries Organisation.

🇺🇬 KANUNGU: Residents discover male decomposing body
📌Residents of Ruyayo cell, Kihihi town in Kanungu district have discovered a decomposing body whose neck was cut and dumped in a bush. The Kigezi Police region spokesperson, Elly Maate has appealed to residents with  information that can help to identify the dead to share it with the Police so that it can be handed over to relatives for a decent burial.

🇺🇬 FORT PORTAL: Mob lynches 47 year old after killing brother over land
📌Fort Portal City residents allegedly lynched one Baguma Julius Achali, 47, a resident of Mukumbwe village in North Division of Fort Portal city, after he killed Kamihanda Wilson Baala, 53, his brother by hitting him with a hoe on the head over land argument. A neighbour who talked under anonymity explained that the two have been in disagreements over the terrace that separates their land. The two bodies have been taken by police for postmortem.

🇺🇬 LIRA: Teaching Hospital receives medical equipment worth 200M
📌Lira University Teaching Hospital has received a consignment of medical equipment worth Shs 200 million from the Development Initiative for Northern Uganda (DINU) Programme. The medical equipment includes a CBC machine, ultrasound scanners, digital blood pressure machines, echocardiography machines, ECG machines, digital weighing machines, grinders and distilled water systems. DINU coordinator Dr. Bernard Omech said the equipment is expected to boost and strengthen the screening and management of malnutrition-related diseases at the teaching hospital.

🇺🇬 AMUDAT: 200 girls trained to make reusable sanitary pads
📌More than 200 girls at Looro primary school in Amudat district have been trained to make reusable sanitary pads. The project has attracted many girls who make the pads from locally available materials such as fleece fabrics and towels which are very absorbent and comfortable. During an interview on Saturday, Tepe Ruth, one of the girls said that since she learned how to make reusable sanitary pads, her life has changed for the better.

🇺🇬  PAKWACH: Government to redesign Albert Nile bridge to address flooding
📌The Government will construct a new bridge on Albert Nile in Pakwach district to tackle persistent floods that often cut off traffic along the Olwiyo-Pakwach road. According to Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, the Minister of Works and Transport, the proposed new bridge will replace the current Pakwach bridge which was built in the 1960s to connect the railway to the West Nile region.

🇺🇬 MBARARA: NDA donates equipment to Bwizibwera Health Center IV
📌The National Drug Authority has donated equipment worth five million shillings to Bwizibwera health centre IV. Dr Richard Atuhaire, the in charge of Bwizibwera Health centre IV received the equipment on behalf of the facility. They included eight blood pressure machines, four weighing scales, and four pulse machines.

🇺🇬 MASAKA: EACOP opens liaison office to address PAPs concerns
📌The East African Crude Oil Pipeline [EACOP] has opened a Liaison office in Masaka City to address the emerging concerns of people who are affected by the oil pipeline within the districts of the greater Masaka region. The pipeline will be constructed from Hoima to Tanga in Tanzania cutting through the greater Masaka districts of Lwengo, Gomba, Sembabule, Rakai, and Kyotera.

🇺🇬 KABALE: Cleric advises Muslims to take care of their families
📌The leader of Esso Mosque in Kabale Town, Sheikh Rashid Shabohurira, has asked the Muslims in the country to prioritise the education of their children to safeguard Islam in the country. Sheikh Shabohurira was preaching during Eid prayers held at Kirigime Headquarters Mosque in Kabale Town. He reminded Muslims to fend  for their families by availing them of the necessary daily requirements that include shelter, food, clothing, medical care, and education of the children, among others.

🇺🇬 MUKONO: 9 months old baby dies in house fire
📌Fire has gutted a home in Kikooza village in Mukono Municipality, killing a nine months old baby, Nansubuga Aiserah. Margaret Nnalongo, the mother, allegedly left three children in the house; a three year old, Ariah Nabulome and a seven year old brother. Preliminary findings indicate that the fire from a candle caught  a mosquito net before it spread further.

🇺🇬 MITYANA: Police arrests woman over torture of her own daughter
📌Police at Kito village in Mityana district has arrested a woman who has been torturing her biological daughter. Residents say the woman has been beating the child several times as well as locking her in the house. The victim was found with torture marks and fresh wounds allover the body. The suspect is detained at Mityana police as investigations continue.

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🌍 BURUNDI: ‘Missing’ former prime minister arrested
📌The National Independent Human Rights Commission has confirmed that Burundi’s former Prime Minister Alain Guillaume Bunyoni has been detained days after the Government announced he had gone missing. Sixte Vigny Nimuraba, the commission’s chairperson said Bunyoni’s ‘family has been informed about the arrest and the matter is taking normal legal process.’

🌍 SUDAN: US evacuates embassy staff 
📌President Joe Biden said on Saturday that the US military has evacuated American Government personnel from Khartoum, adding that Washington is suspending operations at its embassy in Khartoum as fighting in Sudan continues. Other foreign nationals like Saudi Arabia began evacuation from the Red Sea port in Sudan on Saturday.

🌍 Pope Francis urges dialogue for Sudan warring parties
📌Pope Francis on Sunday called for dialogue between warring military factions in Sudan as a bloody outbreak of fighting entered a second week.
“Unfortunately the situation remains grave in Sudan, that is why I am renewing my call for the violence to stop as quickly as possible and for dialogue to resume,” he said during traditional Sunday prayers at Saint Peter’s Square.

🌍  Kenya to send police officers to fight gangs in Haiti
📌Alfred Mutua, Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs said Kenya has offered to send a contingent of police officers to Haiti to assist the country in combating a reign of terror waged on civilians by marauding gangs.
“We reviewed Haiti’s situation where gangs have made towns & peoples’ lives unbearable. In this regard, Kenya has offered to send police officers to assist in stabilising the country.” CS Mutua said.

🌍 MALI: Blasts kill and injure dozens as 88 terrorists are put out of action
📌Ten civilians and three soldiers were killed in a number of incidents across Mali on Saturday. The attacks began with car bombs near Sevare airport which killed 10 people and injured 61 others. They also destroyed some houses in the airport’s surrounding area, which is home to a Malian military camp. The government says 88 jihadists were put out of action in what they are describing as a resurgence of terrorist incidents.