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We sure have a long way to go...mama mia!!! In the part of Zaire where we lived immediately following the 1979 war, One could not fail to remark that every homstead was clean, had pit latrine, a kitchen, and an outside rack (kitandala) for drying dishes, pots and pans. The houses - even though were grass thatched -- were often very large, meticuluos and well taken care of. We were made to know that iff a homestead was found dirty and/or lacking the three things: kicthen, toilet and the rack upon confirmation by the health inspectors, the fines would range from chikens to goats etc. The system emplyed to ensure hygiene amongst teh local population was effective. Given that Ugandan soldiers are idle now or instead of deploying them to other people"s wars, it may just be about time to unleash them to go to each and every village and ensure every homestead has the three basic things. We can alter people's behaviours when they know it is very costly to them if they do not implement basic commonsense programmes. Those who don;t comform should be assessed higher taxes every year. Soldiers should be used to construct latrines etc and home owners be charged for them... That is a far better use of the idle soldiers than sending them to far awy places... Just a thought.... Charles _____________ Nebbi residents cane (BEAT) health workers during sensitisation campaign The MONITOR By PATRICK OKABA SUMMARY: The locals, accused of lacking pit-latrines and easing themselves in the bush, assaulted the VHTs for pointing out their faults. _____________ Four Nebbi residents have been detained for allegedly caning Village Health Teams who were on a sensitisation exercise in Jupumbanya Village. The suspects, who are accused of lacking pit-latrines, assaulted three VHTs. VHTs are recruited by the government through the Ministry of Health to carry out civic education about sanitation and to distribute malaria drugs. They, however, face resistance from communities who lack pit-latrines, garbage pits and other sanitation facilities. The OC station, Mr Jimton Aguta, said the suspects’ files were forwarded to the Resident State Attorney with preferred charges of obstruction of government programme and assaulting government officials who were on duty. “Anybody who assaults government officials on duty is liable for seven years imprisonment because he or she is a saboteur of _______________________________________________ WestNileNet mailing list [email protected] http://orion.kym.net/mailman/listinfo/westnilenet WestNileNet is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. _______________________________________________
