UGANDA: Mukula: I paid Gavi
money to Janet team
Former
State minister for Health Mike Mukula yesterday told the Anti-Corruption Court
that First Lady Janet Kataha Museveni asked for and her office was given Shs54
million of the funds meant for the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation
(Gavi) programme in Uganda.
He said: “First, I deny. I did not steal Shs210
million from the Gavi account. My clear recollection is that on 14th January
2005, at Imperial Resort Hotel in Entebbe, in a meeting with the First Lady of
the Republic of Uganda, Mama Janet Museveni, a verbal request was made to me in
person to help her source funding for her activities in mobilisation in the
country for the good health of children, mothers and others.”
UGANDA: Police declare war on cattle rustlers
Police on Wednesday declared war on cattle rustlers
following the weekend killings of security personnel in Baragoi, Samburu
County.
Deputy Police Spokesman Charles Owino told reporters
in Nairobi that security officers would not spare bandits raiding communities.
“I am sending a very strong warning to the rustlers.
It is not going to be business as usual and must be prepared to die because we
are not going to allow any police officer to die,” he said.
RWANDA: HIV Infection At 51 Percent Among Sex Workers
At least 51
percent of sex workers in Rwanda are infected with HIV, according to the latest
report by the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC).
The research was carried out in all provinces
of the country at the different sex workers' hot spots, according to Dr Sabin
Nsanzimana, the coordinator of HIV and STIs Care and Treatment department.
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