Daily Monitor
Tuesday December 22 2020
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Cases. Statistics from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) office show that the bulk of criminal cases (about 70 per cent) are sexual in nature. Many Ugandan cultures perceive sex to be too private to be mentioned or discussed openly. Due to such strong cultural restrictions, some witnesses find it difficult to openly talk about sexual acts during the hearing of rape and defilement cases in court. Individuals, families and communities all use different terms to refer to the sexual organs. The DPP is now confident that the anatomic dolls will improve access to justice for children and vulnerable victims of sexual crimes.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday December 22 2020
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Makerere University has designed and developed a 3D printed face shield for frontline health workers involved in the fight against Covid-19.
The innovation by the College of Biosciences was a response to the government call for innovations on preventive measures against Covid-19 to complement the existing ones such as facemasks available on market.
A mask or face shield costs between Shs1,000 and Shs5,000 on open market depending on where one buys it from.
The 3D printed masks, developed by Makerere University, will cost Shs5,000 when they are rolled out on the market.
The developers say their work was in response to the discomfort that makes people wear the masks below their chins which exposes them more to the virus.
Daily Monitor
Tuesday December 22 2020
Containers of crude oil at the test drilling site of CNOOC in Bunyoro Sub-region on January 24.The new extractives sector has caused both unfounded and real worries on how employment and business opportunities for Ugandans and Ugandan enterprises will thrive when the first oil drops. PHOTO /FILE
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Presidential candidates have an uphill task to address the land and natural resources question in Uganda. The 11 candidates have less than a month to deliver their manifestos to potential voters ahead of the January 14 election.
Key among the contentions in land matters is the ability of Ugandans to own and freely access land as stipulated in the 1995 Constitution. This is proving to be a big challenge for the current regime in a country with varying land tenures from customary, to leasehold, freehold and mailo.
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Daily Monitor
Thursday December 17 2020
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The Health ministry Permanent Secretary (PS), Dr Diana Atwine, in a 16 December letter to the Finance Permanent Secretary Keith Muhakanizi, a copy of which Daily Monitor, has seen noted that the budget accountability and monitoring report “is laced with inaccuracies” which are being propagated near and far
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The Ministry of Health yesterday tasked the Ministry of Finance to clarify or withdraw its budget accountability and monitoring report detailing the government’s Covid-19 multi-sectoral response expenditures issued last month.
The Health ministry Permanent Secretary (PS), Dr Diana Atwine, in a 16 December letter to the Finance Permanent Secretary Keith Muhakanizi, a copy of which Daily Monitor, has seen noted that the budget accountability and monitoring report “is laced with inaccuracies” which are being propagated near and far.