“Homosexuality is evil, abnormal and unnatural as per the bible. It is a culturally unacceptable. Although there is a lot pressure, we can turn our hands to support it.†– Church of Uganda Archbishop Luke Orombi during the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa conference last week.
“I cannot continue with joint campaigns because they are fraught with irregularities of bribery which is contrary to the NRM election guidelines.â€- Baguma Isoke, the NRM parliamentary aspirant for Buyanja County.Â
“First of all there is no need on the part of any candidate to waste time on whether people should elect President Museveni. I think that is critically up to the electorate. He has been leading our country for a quarter of a century, the levels of poverty in the country, the level of corruption. In fact President Museveni can be summed up as a president for poverty and corruption.â€Â FDC president Kizza Besigye
“Child kidnap and terrorism are enjoined because terrorists get their money through ransom and then fund their terror attacks. So whoever engages in kidnap must be treated as a terrorist.†The Inspector General Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura.
“The main causes of the estimated five million deaths of children under the age of five are malnutrition, diarrhea, respiratory infections and malaria.â€- Public Health Alliance, a health advocacy group
“The paradox is that we discuss until sunset and we go to the in the evening and continue to talk about corruption but nothing happens. In Uganda the people don’t own the budget, the president.†– Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda Jeroen Verheul
“The hypocrisy with which the UPDF approach the issue of senseless civilian deaths in their military escapades is tasteless, sadistic and dangerous. Why would the UPDF be in exchanges of fire in which children die? “ – Lokeri P’Loreng from Karamoja
Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved. Niccolo Machiavelli
The desire for freedom resides in every human heart. And that desire cannot be contained forever by prison walls, or martial laws, or secret police. Over time, and across the Earth, freedom will find a way. George W. Bush, addressing the UN General Assembly on September 21, 2004
In my country we go to prison first and then become President. It always seems impossible until its done. Nelson Mandela upon becoming South Africa’s first Black president after 27 years in prison on orders of the apartheid government.
Numbers
569,000,000,000
The amount of shillings Uganda loses to corruption annually
186,000,000,000
The amount of money in shillings that shareholders of East African Breweries Limited will receive in annual dividends
6,200,000,000
The amount of shillings for construction of a new cancer ward at Mulago Hospital
600,000,000
Estimated worth of Tiger Woods’ fortune in dollars.
300,000,000
The amount in dollars the divorce settlement that Tiger Woods’ divorced wife Elin Nordegren is entitled to get according to a prenuptial agreement.
40,000,000
The worth of items in shillings that schools hit by floods will get in scholastic materials and temporary classroom shelters and sanitary towels.
283,000,000
The amount of money Uganda Revenue Authority lost in a fraudulent transaction to two of its former employees.
350,000
The number of O-Level candidates expected to sit exams this year
170,000
The number of children who died last year because their mothers fed poorly during pregnancy
117,294
The number of treated mosquito nets that were distributed to households in Mbarara district
9000
The number of people displaced by floods in Ethiopia
8,500
The number of survivors of the Bududa landslide who will be resettled in parts of Nshaara Ranch in the western district of Kiruhura
973
Students who graduated with diplomas and certificates from Mulago Paramedical School
900
The number of cases the Dutch clergy faces over sexual abuse
600
The number of cattle the UPDF recovered from Karimojong warriors
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