Red Cross volunteer rescues an infant from teargas in Kasangati, Uganda, yesterday, 18 April, 2011. PHOTO BY PHILIPPA CROOME. UGANDA
Police in Uganda said yesterday, they have arrested 104 people, 50 of whom were charged with holding illegal assembly and inciting violence. Dr Besigye of the Forum for Democratic Change and Mr Olara Otunnu of the Uganda Peoples Congress, were among opposition leaders charged with inciting violence and rioting after proclamation among other crimes. They were later freed on bail.
Uganda Red Cross last evening confirmed the death and other cases of people hit by bullets. At least four people in Kireka, including two pregnant women, were taken to hospital. In other pockets of different towns, children were left shocked, stranded and unattended during the upheaval.
Many aid workers are sexually abusing children they have been sent to help in war/disaster zones, a leading charity, Save the Children, claims today. Photo credit of Care2
Many aid workers are sexually abusing children they have been sent to help in war/disaster zones, a leading charity, Save the Children, claims today. Photo credit of Care2
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Parents pick their children from Ntare School after it was closed following a strike. Photo BY ALFRED TUMUSHABE
Private schools in Uganda, have advertised massively and attracted students from neighbouring Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Sudan, Burundi and the DRC. This new phenomena is due to the apparently good education we provide, cheaper than their home countries but again very hard for the school managers to trace the students’ background. This severely puts the managers of the schools at risk of managing the general discipline.
Also some private schools have been licensed without meeting the minimum requirements and they have consistently lacked supervision. The education “investor” sometimes are out to maximize profits at the expense of the students and parents/guardians.
It is indeed unfortunate that it is usually the innocent people that gets caught in between, as the key ring leaders achieve cheap popularity. Pictures of some of them such as Mao and Olara Otunu showed as if they were enjoying themselves - laughing about all the way. People should be careful and avoid being used by selfseekers. But presence of security forces on road does not prevent one from dying of a natural cause!
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