Letters

The number of people who die of blood clots is increasingly alarming but what perturbs people is why someone who exercises regularly can still die of blood clots. In a way that’s a good question. If medical experts recommend exercise as a health benefit and a preventive measure for blood clots, why would a person …

  I don’t know if the ministry of education is aware of this but the policy that was established of transferring head teachers every after 5 years is creating havoc in families. It would have been of no consequence if the transfer is to a school in a nearby district from where the head teachers …

I was watching this movie called ‘For Colored Girls’ which has the likes of Janet Jackson, Thandie Newton, Whoopy Goldberg, Kerry Washington among others last weekend when one of the girls mentioned an interesting statement. She said, “HIV/AIDS is for women who fall in love.” When I heard that statement, it took me aback. You …

Is it me or was there a killing spree that was declared that I don’t know about. If that isn’t the case then we have a great problem. I have a great fear that many of our people have been possessed by demons but they just don’t know it yet. How can someone in their …

When we say that birth control is mainly a woman’s role we are just being true. Reality has shown that most men keep themselves aloof from such responsibility. They even don’t want to be bothered. A woman is supposed to control the number of children she is supposed to have because the man is likely …

When I look at how the former Centenary Bank manager, Edgar Kule embezzled Ushs 537m, a court case that was disclosed in one of the local dailies, it’s quite evident that his being in one position for a long time is what enabled him to pull off that task. Kule worked for Centenary Bank as …

When I recently read about how the State minister for health blasted men who take male circumcision to be a lasting preventive measure, against the spread of HIV/AIDS, I kind of got confused. Isn’t it the ministry of health has been campaigning for ? If some simple minded men take this to be a greenlight …

I was recently attending a health camp sponsored by NSSF, Uganda Heart Institute  when the minister of  state for health Sarah Opendi advised the senior citizens that people above 45 years of age should take one aspirin each day. She explained that, this prevents the formation of blood clots, and given that blood clots are …

The issue of legalizing abortion is really starting to get on my nerves. This is one issue we shouldn’t waste our energy on. Yes, I know we have lost so many young women to unsafe abortions but will legalizing it solve the problem. I don’t think so. I believe legalizing it will just escalate the …

  They say a bad workman always blames his tools. I believe this is exactly what is happening at UNRA. During her submission to the commission headed by Justice Catherine Bamugemereire in a land inquiry hearing the UNRA boss went ahead to implore the court that delayed compensation should not stop UNRA’s road projects. She …