Aboneka Writes

A few weeks ago, the public was shocked with news that over 1000 couples' marriages were null and void as the place of worship that purportedly celebrated the marriage was not licensed and gazetted to do the same. There has been a lot of storm on this matter and notwithstanding this, the Church has not made any comment as to the future of the affected Couples. I have received numerous calls and messages concerning this issue and I think it is unfortunate that the Church, which is supposed to exemplify truth and honesty chose to wed couples well knowing that they had not been licensed and gazetted at the time they conducted the marriages. It will be justifiable for all the couples to sue the Church for damages and other reliefs. In another turn of the events, it has been reported that the MPs raised this issue on the floor of Parliament and the Government's response was that the position of the law takes precedence and therefore all the couples must re-do their vows before a ...

The heath services sector is a unique sector whose top-notch mission is to ensure a healthy world by saving all lives when they can. However, I have witnessed several incidents where hospitals demand a down payment of the full amounts before a patient can be attended to and some ask for 90% deposit. This is done regardless of the condition of the patient. I witnessed an incident at one of the so called major hospitals in Kampala where one had to undergo surgery resulting from the damage occasioned by the boda-boda hit men. The Hospital demanded that the Four Million Shillings be paid before the patient can be operated and without it, they will leave him to die. Even when the relatives beseeched the hospital management to have their son operated and they have the money paid before he is discharged; all this fell on deaf ears of the Hospital management. The family had to struggle and raised Four Million in about three days yet their son was wailing in pain and at the point of death. Th...