A group of Ugandan doctors have taken a knee before President Yoweri Museveni asking him to run for a seventh term. The doctors representing the Uganda Medical Association (UMA) had attended a patriotism symposium in the capital, Kampala, when they were led by their leader to kneel before the president. …
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The Ugandan government is proposing a law that makes it criminal for individuals found spitting in public, a habit that is deemed to be dangerous to public health. The proposed Public Health (Amendment) Bill, if passed by Parliament, would impose a 12-month jail term or 150 currency points (Shs3m) penalty …
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