Quotes
“It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.†Confucius
“When the women come to health facilities, they do not want to undress yet the screening is aimed at saving their lives,†Dr Priscilla Busingye, an obstetrician and gynecologist speaking about the pap smear, a cervical cancer testing procedure which involves a speculum being inserted into the vagina to examine cells from a woman’s cervix. Â
“I left my country and came here because of an earthquake and here, the same thing!†Seraphin Philomene, a 21-year-old Haitian student who left the home country two weeks after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake, and joined a cousin in Chile only to survive another devastating earthquake.
“I left my entire family of four children and a wife and all these have been buried by the mudslides. I wish I had remained to die with my children, how do I begin a new life?†George Bukoma, a landslide survivor speaking from Bududa Hospital.Â
Numbers
22,000,000,000
The amount of shillings spent on street lights in Kampala for the 2007 Commonwealth summit by Ministry of Works. However the roads plunged into darkness shortly afterwards as the lights barely worked for a month.
412,000,000
The amount of shillings contributed by Tullow Uganda, China National Offshore Oil Corporation and MTN Uganda as response to government’s appeal for aid to the people affected by the deadly mudslides in Bududa, Mbale in eastern Uganda.
200,000,000
The amount of money the Government of Uganda gave for relief to Bududa mudslide victims. Most luxury Toyota Land cruisers that cabinet ministers like John Nasasira drive cost about the same amount- Shs200m.
291
The number of billboards that publicity firm Saatchi and Saatchi and Terp Consult were meant to put up to publicize Chogm but never did. The two firms were paid Shs 2.4 billion to run a six months Chogm publicity campaign.
3
The number of villages buried by a landslide on the slopes of Mount Elgon. Nameitsi, Kubehwo and Namakansa in Bukalasi Sub-Country in Bududa District were buried when enormous muddy soils and huge stones tumbled downhill, trapping and killing hundreds of people.
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