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MPs debate racial segregation against Ugandans at Luzira prison
Sunday May 09 2021
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Tooro representative in Legco said for persons of European origin or descent, there was Scale A. They had their food three times a day. At 6:30am, they had wheat made into porridge; they had sugar, salt and milk. At noon and 6:15pm, they had fresh meat free of bone, potatoes, vegetable, bread, butter and salt.
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This was not the first time that Parliament was discussing food and health conditions of prisoners.
It should be noted that in the 1950s, some prisoners at the Luzira Remand and Murchison Bay Prison, Luzira, had better meals than many free Ugandans.
British celebrities including rockstar Elton John, actress Elizabeth Hurley, and comedians Lenny Henry and David Walliams have joined forces with the nation's health service to try and encourage people to get COVID-19 vaccinations.
Fed s Powell says economic recovery clouded by racial, education gaps
Reuters | May 03, 2021 04:19 PM EDT
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. (Photo : Susan Walsh/Pool via REUTERS)
The U.S. economy is doing better but is not out of the woods yet, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Monday in remarks that flagged an upcoming central bank study documenting the disproportionate blow suffered by the less educated and working parents during the coronavirus downturn.
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Like Us on Facebook The economy is reopening, bringing stronger economic activity and job creation, Powell said in remarks prepared for delivery at a conference of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. That is the high-level perspective - let s call it the 30,000-foot view - and from that vantage point, we see improvement. But we should also take a look at what is happening at street level.