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In just 10 days, Kyotera’s Rose Nantongo buried her mother, father and aunt April 7, 2021 Rose Nantongo. Courtesy photo On January 14, 2021, Fortunate Rose Nantongo, a 25-year-old lawyer, was elected as the new woman MP for Kyotera district. Ordinarily, this would be a normal story for the simple fact that the 11th Parliament will be one of the youngest in the history of Uganda. In fact, at 25 years, Nantongo is not the youngest. There are others like 23-year-old Frank Kabuye of Kassanda South, a university student who beat Simeo Nsubuga, a former police spokesman. But Nantongo is one of that rare group of politicians that get catapulted to the national scene by tragedy. In the 11th Parliament, there will be two of them. The other is Kayanga Baroda, who replaced her mother Hajati Rehema Watongola who died in the middle of a campaign due to Covid-19. ....
Sr. Caroline Ngatia of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sisters of Eldoret shares breakfast with the street families in Nairobi, Kenya. Her center, Kwetu Home of Peace, accommodates homeless boys ages 8 to 14 who are rescued from the streets and slums in Nairobi and inducted into a process of reintegration. (Doreen Ajiambo) The goal is as simple as it is complicated to achieve: Shift the care of children from institutions like orphanages to a family or family-like environment. Catholic sisters in three African nations Uganda, Zambia and Kenya are leading the way in creating new models for caring for children. Their efforts are the core of the recent launch of Catholic Care for Children International (CCCI) under the auspices of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG) one of many faith groups leading policy reform and family-based alternatives to institutional care. ....
Husband, sister of deceased Kyotera Woman MP also succumb to COVID December 31, 2020 GONE: Joseph Ssentongo and wife Robina Nakasirye Joseph Ssentongo, the husband of the late Kyotera Woman MP Robina Nakasirye and her younger sister Dorothy Mukasa have too succumbed to Covid-19 disease. The two died on Tuesday, a week after the burial of Nakasirye who also succumbed to the virus. Tom Darlington Balojja, a friend to the deceased’s family confirms that the duo also fell sick shortly after the death of Nakasirye, and their conditions continued deteriorating until Tuesday. According to Balojja, the victims were identified as primary contacts of Nakasirye. He adds that the close family relatives have now been advised to seek medical testing for the virus to prevent more incidents. ....