Friday, October 26, 2007

News from Uganda Oct. 26

Police are investigating in an all girls’ school, where 10 girls between the ages of 12-14 were reported to be pregnant. The girls were all from the same class. The response from the administration is that parents should step-up and be teaching their children morals.

  • I may be editorializing a little bit but that’s not far from the truth. (I was going to put a direct link for the story here, but I find the Monitor's website impossible to figure out - see for yourself at The Daily Monitory Online)

One of Kony’s top officials from the Lord’s Resistance Army gave himself up in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The DRC is handing him over to the UN peacekeeping mission in the Congo to prepare him for his return to Uganda.

The refugee crisis in western Uganda is getting worse as nearly 800 Conglese enter Uganda daily. Kisoro is the town where the refugees are headed. UNHCR, MSF France, and UNICEF have set up latrines, and a system for garbage collection to avoid outbreaks of disease.

As Uganda prepares for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) there have been rumours that police are randomly arresting more people in an effort to decrease the number of citizens in Kampala. I have been told that people are afraid to walk outside at night, even with ID, as the officers have been known to rip up the ID and arrest people anyway.

Also, apparently Ugandans are to vote off a particular person in Big Brother Africa. That show is huge here – and there is no creative editing…. Everything is shown.

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