LEERO MU MAWULIRE ; At least nine Police deserters have been arrested in an operation that begun on Monday in Moroto Municipality and its suburbs in Moroto district. The operation has been conducted in Acholi Inn, Kakoliye, Katanga, Nakapelimen, Singila and Kambizzi slums among others. A source that is not authorized to speak to the press tells the Uganda Radio Network that the operation is ongoing. He says the development will roll to other districts in the areas of South Karamoja. He explains that the officers on the wanted list have deserted the police force in a period ranging from months to several years. He notes that the officers are reportedly the prime suspects in the escalating security threats in Moroto district. He adds they have also been cited in violent harassment of civilians in the night by robbing their valuables in dark spots. Irene Aceng, the Karamoja Police spokesperson, could neither confirm nor deny the developments. She says it’s true the police and the army launched an operation to arrest those in possession of government stores. He reveals that so far dozens of police, UPDF gear have been confiscated in the three-day operations. She adds that those arrested will be investigated and tried in court. Defence Minister Crispus Kiyonga has told Parliament that government is ready to hold dialogue with the Allied Defence Forces. Kiyonga says the NRM has in principle made it clear that they are ready to listen and resolve any conflict through peaceful dialogue. His comments followed Nzoghu William MP Busongora North stating that last week the ADF attacked Congo leading to the influx of refugees into Uganda. On the 16th this month Hilary Onek, Minister for Relief and Disaster Preparedness, stated on the floor of Parliament that government is ready to hold talks with the ADF yet the rebel group has not attacked Uganda. Nigeria is planning to withdraw some of its 1,200 soldiers from the UN peacekeeping force in Mali, Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has said. Mr Ouattara, head of the regional group Ecowas, said the troops were needed at home to tackle militant Islamists. Government with the assistance from the American Centre for Disease Control has embarked on construction of a modern National Health Laboratory Facility that will regulate laboratory services in the country. Officiating at the ground breaking ceremony in Butabika, the health minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda said the services at the National Health Laboratory will ensure accurate and timely management of the epidemics in the country and the region. Rugunda says the 7 million dollar laboratory will also house the National Tuberculosis Laboratory and help diagnose the outbreaks of the epidemics. The Minister says the Laboratory will improve the capacity of country’s health systems to diagnose epidemics such mar bag and other complicated fevers, among others. The Private sector moves to widen market for Small Medium Enterprises by fully engaging the international community on how Ugandan traders can meet standards for the available market in several countries. The Executive Director PSFU Gideon Badagawa says SMEs should work jointly towards networking and sharing knowledge on how to produce the required volumes , quality and timeliness for the market. To attain this, Badagawa says PSFU is linking SMEs to business delegation from over 20 countries in the upcoming International Trade Facilitation Expo to provide information to all enterprises in the country on how to capture the international market. Health Experts have noted that there is an increasing risk factor for prostate cancer among Ugandan men. Giving a keynote address at the launch of a campaign against Prostrate Cancer, Dr. Frank Asiimwe says that ten out of every 100 men that report for urology services, diagnosis with prostate cancer. Dr Asiimwe attributes the risk factors to poor diet including consumption of fatty foods, family history, and failure to do enough physical exercises. With the TB disease now growing fast among the Ugandan population and African at large and the current vaccines seeming not to be effective enough on treating the disease, a new research at Uganda virus research institute is yet to be kicked off in November this year geared at finding a new resistant vaccine that will cure TB. A senior immunologist at the research institute Stephen Cose reveals in an interview that the type of TB affecting the population in Sub Saharan Africa and other poor countries like in Asia has turned to be immune to the current vaccines which now has compelled the scientists to carry out a massive research on why and how to get a new line of vaccine that will cure the disease.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 06:23:02 +0000
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