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Topic: Mpigi


In the News (Sun 20 Dec 09)

  
  Mpigi Project
The Mpigi Project is a large healthcare programme based in the Mpigi District in Uganda.
Mpigi sub-county is an area of with a population of, located kilometres South-West of Kampala, the capital of Uganda.
It is estimated that at lease 10% of te inhabitants of Mpigi are HIV positive and the vast majority of these have no access to life-saving treatments.
www.realtafoundation.ie /mpigiproject.html   (269 words)

  
 Concern's HIV&AIDS work in Mpigi District in Uganda - Concern Worldwide
Mpigi District is located West of the capital city Kampala.
Gender inequity, human and legal rights, lack of access to drugs and education are among the problems that are a challenge to most communities.
Concern is working here to reduce the socio-economic effects of HIVandAIDS on the poorest community members in Mpigi District, by strengthening the capacity of Civil Society Organisations to address the needs of the poorest people infected and affected by HIVandAIDS.
www.concern.net /news-and-features/world-news/a674/Concern-s-HIV-AIDS-work-in-Mpigi-District-in-Uganda.html   (449 words)

  
  New Vision Online : Mpigi to return Mengo land
Mpigi district will return the land in Mpigi counties to Buganda kingdom, the chairman has vowed.
Mpigi area MP Geraldine Namirembe Bitamazire (left) urged leaders to unite and enhance development.
He said poverty, mortality rates, malaria, poor sanitation and hygiene were still rampant in Mpigi district and solutions had to be put in place.
www.newvision.co.ug /D/8/19/499354   (267 words)

  
 National Resistance Movement Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Chairman has called on voters in Mpigi district not to gamble with the future of Uganda but to vote NRM back into power to enable the peace and development in the country to flourish.
Chairman was speaking yesterday at a rally that was held at Mpigi Police grounds in Mpigi town.
Chairman also reported that in Mpigi district access to safe water has increased from 16% to 50% but efforts are being made to increase it to 80%.
www.nrm.ug /n69.php   (579 words)

  
 Mpigi District Information: Location, Population, Economic Activities, Education Services, Health Services, Tourist ...
In 2000, Busiro and Kyadondo counties and Entebbe Municipality were separated from it to create Wakiso District.
Mpigi boarders the districts of Mubende in the North, Wakiso in the East, Kalangala and Masaka in the South and Sembabule in the West.
The major economic activity in Mpigi district is Agriculture with food crops like Sweet potatoes, Beans, Cassava, Maize, Bananas, ground nuts etc. Cash crops include coffee and cotton.
www.ugandatravelguide.com /mpigi-district.html   (390 words)

  
 Kamusi: mpigi
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mpigi, pl wapigi { English: one who produces something, pl producers } [derived: piga]
research.yale.edu /cgi-bin/swahili/lookup.cgi?Word=mpigi&EngP=0   (238 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: Uganda: Mpigi District Broke, Fails to Pay Pensioners (Page 1 of 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
MPIGI District has failed to pay over 200 pensioners.
The Chief Administrative Officer, Henry Makumbi said the district had failed to cater for the pensioners due to limited locally generated revenue.
Since the abolition of graduated tax, which was a major source of local revenue for local governments, districts have been struggling to carry out some of the activities.
allafrica.com /stories/200705040708.html   (390 words)

  
 ABOUT FRIENDS OF MPIGI FORESTS CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
FOMAF was born in 2001 by women and youth resident in Mpigi District, Uganda after a series of consultative meetings funded by the Forest Department- Uganda and Voluntary Services Overseas- Uganda Programme Office.
Biological resources in Mpigi District constitute a massive capital asset that can sustainably be utilized to yield maximum benefits over a long period of time.
Urgent and decisive action is needed to conserve and maintain genes, species and ecosystems with a view to the sustainable management and use of natural resources.
www.mpigiforests.8m.net /about.html   (599 words)

  
 Face-off between political gladiators in Tai...Police charge Mpigi's agents on falsehood - OnlineNigeria.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
This is because, as was rightly predicted by this newspaper in one of its articles in last Monday's edition, one of the parties has taken a step further on the matter by opting for judicial adjudication.
The embattled incumbent chairman of Tai, Dr. Jacobson Nbina was Chief Mpigi's second-in-command during the later's tenure between May 1999-2003.
Samuel Nsorne (43), identified as a former councilor during Mpigi's tenure, and Mr.
nm.onlinenigeria.com /templates/?a=4822&z=12   (536 words)

  
 Ekika kye Ndiga
Mpigi used to be just a subsection of Mbaale, way back in history before the coming of the colonial administration which reversed its status.
These are: Lwasi and Kitavujja one longest range, Kulumba rising out of the slow landing terrain, Maziba touches the fringes of Sseenene, Nakabiso and Mpanga across Kkoba and Katonga forests, all together form the natural geography and pride of the region, clan members normally call those hills their ancestral hills (ensozi zab'endiga).
South of the region, the area is flanked by the hill ranges of Mayembe ga Mbogo on which sits the present district administration of Mpigi, and the giant Ssaabwe an ancestral hill of the Ffumbe (Civet cat) clan.
www.buganda.com /ndiga.htm   (2312 words)

  
 Food Security in Mpigi Epicenter – A Breakthrough
In late 2002, a group of elders and landlords from Senge, a village near the Mpigi Epicenter in Uganda, agreed to donate 33 acres of land to the Mpigi Epicenter for a community garden.
Each sub-county was directed to budget funds for years 2003/2004 for this program, utilizing funds from the national government’s "Plan for Modernisation of Agriculture" budget.
The celebration at the Mpigi Epicenter was televised nationally in Uganda and was also reported in the newspaper.
www.thp.org /uganda/2003/update0203/index.htm   (651 words)

  
 The Digital Library of the Commons
We then describe the forest estate in Mpigi district, one of the pilot districts where the decentralization policy was first implemented.
We then report on sharing of roles and responsibilities between local governments and the central government and the subsequent decline in monitoring and rule enforcement due to limited financial and human capital by the local governments.
Copyrights on documents in the DLC are held by the author(s).
dlc.dlib.indiana.edu /archive/00001552   (340 words)

  
 AKIIKA EMBUGA Women's Self-Help Association, Mpigi Uganda ..::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Akiika Embuga was founded in March 1989, by the rural poor women of Kibibi sub-county in Mpigi district.
The formation of this women's group was prompted by the desire of women in the project area to address the problems of under-development and root causes of poverty; which is the trend of life in the rural areas.
It was registered to operate in the then bigger Mpigi District, presently divided into two districts, Mpigi and Wakiso.
www.akiikaembuga.org /index.htm   (226 words)

  
 Buganda's Indigenous Religion
His legend tells that he was a general of such great prowess that it was said of him that he could fly like a bird over the battlefield.
Killed in action in the time of Kabaka Nakibinge, his remains were enshrined at Mbaale (now known as Mpigi) and he became the Guardian of War.
The Primary School at Mpigi is named Kibuuka Memorial in his honor, and was built at the site of his shrine.
www.buganda.com /eddiini.htm   (1181 words)

  
 Mpigi
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 Uganda: Mpigi District Passes Shs18 Billion Budget (AllAfrica.com) by Financial investment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
MPIGI district council plans to spend Shs18.9 billion in the financial year 2006/07.
While presenting the budget at the district headquarters on Tuesday, the Secretary for Finance, Planning, Administration and Investment, Mr Frank Kawooya, said 56.7 per cent of the budget would finance the wages including salary of local government staff.
Uganda: Mpigi District Passes Shs18 Billion Budget (AllAfrica.com) by Financial investment (financial-investment) @ Sat, 17 Jun 2006 01:30:02 -0500
financial-investment.topmoneyandcash.com /35   (129 words)

  
 Concern Worldwide US calls for increased action to confront the AIDS pandemic worldwide - Concern USA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ms Ssemukasa is Program Manager of the unique Mpigi Home Care Program, which started in 1993 and trains local volunteers to provide home care to people suffering from HIV/AIDS.
At a national level, Uganda is the only country in sub-Saharan Africa to have seen rates of infection fall: from 14 %, to 8 %, over recent years.
The Mpigi program provides care and prevention information on HIV/AIDS to those socially and economically affected by HIV/AIDS by strengthening the capacity and knowledge of local voluntary groups.
www.concernusa.org /news/item.asp?nid=18   (488 words)

  
 Mpigi District   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Since the introduction of Universal Primary Education (UPE), enrolment in primary schools has enormously increased.
Mpigi is home to some of the famous schools such as St Balikudembe, Gombe Secondary School and Kibibi Secondary School.
These have added more education muscle to Mpigi district.
www.mpigi.go.ug /education.php   (166 words)

  
 Satelitní mapa oblasti Mpigi: Busiro — Mawokota | Uganda
Satelitní mapa oblasti Mpigi: Busiro — Mawokota
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www.maplandia.cz /uganda/mpigi   (480 words)

  
 Mpanga Forest Reserve, Uganda
By public transport from Kampala, take a taxi from the new taxi park to Mpigi and catch a Boda Boda to Mpanga (approximately Ushs1000-) or alternately, take a taxi from the new park to Masaka and ask to be set down at Mpanga forest entrance sign.
Water and firewood can be organised at the forest station but visitors must be self sufficient and bring their own tent and food.
Mpigi town just 5 kilometers from the site can provide all basic provisions for campers that includes a range of fruits, vegetables and dry goods as well as petrol, kerosene and methylated spirits.
traveluganda.co.ug /mpanga.asp   (941 words)

  
 Child charity work, fundraising & volunteering UK with Save the Children   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The purpose of the programme is to develop methods of measuring and analysing poverty and assessing the impact of policies and programmes at household level, in ways that are practical and useful for decision makers involved in poverty and food security.
The work was carried out in two districts: Mpigi, 40 km south west of Kampala, where standard, low altitude robusta coffee is grown, and Mbale, 190 km east of Kampala, where higher altitudes allow the production of arabica coffee.
In both Mpigi and Mbale district, household economy based methods were used to analyse the impact of the international price collapse on poor households and to define a standard of living threshold.
www.savethechildren.org.uk /scuk/jsp/resources/details.jsp?id=2192&group=resources§ion=policy&subsection=details&pagelang=en&expandgrp=aboutus   (358 words)

  
 New Vision Online : Mpigi farmers grow new pepper variety
HORTICULTURAL farmers under the Mpigi District Farmers Association have embraced a new pepper variety, pepperoni piquante, that was introduced by a South African Company called Pepperoni Pickles (PTY) Ltd.
The crop that was first cultivated in the first season of 2006 is being promoted by the Agribusiness Development Component under the Agricultural Sector Programme Support (ASPS) II of DANIDA.
He said ABDC provided support to Mpigi Farmers Association for training farmers in better farming methods and record keeping.
www.newvision.co.ug /D/9/37/534826   (549 words)

  
 The Human Rights Reporter 1999
In Kitalya Prison Farm, Mpigi District, the katikkiros would use coffee sticks to beat the prisoners.
James guessed that he was arrested because he was alleged to be selling stolen wheat which had been in a transporter bound for Kampala from Kenya.
A., 18, from Mmembe village, Mawokota County in Mpigi District, was arrested on 26 February 1999 by CID officer Mr.
www.ned.org /grantees/fhri/99annual/ch3.html   (3510 words)

  
 Mpanga Forest Reserve, Uganda
By public transport from Kampala, take a taxi from the new taxi park to Mpigi and catch a Boda Boda to Mpanga (approximately Ushs1000-) or alternately, take a taxi from the new park to Masaka and ask to be set down at Mpanga forest entrance sign.
Water and firewood can be organised at the forest station but visitors must be self sufficient and bring their own tent and food.
Mpigi town just 5 kilometers from the site can provide all basic provisions for campers that includes a range of fruits, vegetables and dry goods as well as petrol, kerosene and methylated spirits.
www.traveluganda.co.ug /mpanga.asp   (960 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: Uganda: Mpigi Needs 200 Teachers (Page 1 of 1)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
THE education sector in Mpigi District is in a crisis because of increasing student enrolment yet teachers are deserting the profession in droves, a district official has revealed.
District Education Officer Daniel Nkaada told journalists last week that the district had found it difficult to retain teachers especially in hard-to- reach areas like Gomba due to poor infrastructure.
He said there are presently over 200 vacant primary teachers' positions in Mpigi.
allafrica.com /stories/200705080961.html   (362 words)

  
 AEGiS-NV: 'Employ HIV Positive People'
MPIGI district chairman Badru Kabega has warned employers against sacking employees living with HIV/AIDS.
Kabega said the infected had an important role to play towards the development of the country.
He was recently addressing residents of Gomba county at Kinoni in Mpigi.
www.aegis.com /news/nv/2003/NV031113.html   (289 words)

  
 Six Month Report; 1996 July to December
The former DPC of Mpigi, Tabisa Mawano, was replaced by the DCDO of Mpigi, Anthony Mwanje, and the former DPC of Kampala, James Luyima, was replaced by Ruth Muguta, the CDO for Kampala.
As a result of the redesignation of DPCs in Mpigi and Kampala, fresh training had to be conducted and this slowed down the pace of the implementation.
Tabisa Mawano, DPC Mpigi, and James Luyima, DPC Kampala, left CMP in October; and were replaced by Anthony Mwanje (Mpigi) and Ruth Muguta (Kampala).
www.scn.org /cds/cmp/uganda/hlfrep96.htm   (5951 words)

  
 ALFA REHABILITATION AND EMPOWERMENT CENTRE  An opportunity for adolescent girls
The trafficking of the rural adolescent girls/young women of Mpigi district to the City and towns has become a mortal danger because of the high incidence of HIV-AIDS infection among those who find their ways back to their home villages.
A growing number of rural women's groups in Mpigi district argue that the risk to society from trafficking is so great that the personal wishes of their adolescent girls/young women must take second place behind the over-riding need to stamp the trade.
To recruit adolescent girls/young women (especially school drop-outs who have been victims of trafficking) in Mpigi District to be trained and attain strengthened vocational skills – especially in tailoring.
hem.passagen.se /alfaministries/alfaproyec/alfarehabilitation.htm   (511 words)

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