Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gideon Omony, a veteran radio presenter in Lira is in urgent need of sh120 million for a kidney transplant. In December last year, Omony, the Deputy Head Teacher at Fatima Aloi Comprehensive Secondary School and a presenter at Radio Wa 89.9fm in Lira City …
Read More »Museveni contributes UGX 100M towards treatment of ailing councilor
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has contributed Shillings 102 million towards the treatment of a councilor who is battling kidney complications. The beneficiary is Keneth Mugabe, the Kagote Ward councilor in Fort Portal City Central Division. Mugabe needed Shillings 200 Million for a kidney transplant in …
Read More »Kabanda gave informed consent to graft surgery: Medical Council
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Medical and Dental Practitioners Council has said that Muhammed Kabanda, 25, who was born with one kidney, offered his informed consent to undergo an operation on his head, which was finalized by cutting some tissue off his belly and grafting it on the head. …
Read More »CT scan reveals Kabanda was born with one kidney: Police
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A scan recommended by the Uganda Police has revealed that 25-year-old Muhammad Kabanda, who accused Old Kampala Hospital of harvesting his kidney was born without the second kidney. According to an abdominal scan conducted by Associate Professor Kiguli Malwadde, a specialist radiologist at Kampala Imaging …
Read More »Mubende hospital cleared of kidney theft allegations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State House Health Monitoring Unit-SHMU has cleared Mubende Regional Referral Hospital of allegations of kidney theft. This follows investigations into allegations that the hospital had illegally removed a kidney from Peragiya Muragijemana, 20, a resident of Lwemiggo village in Mubende district who had gone …
Read More »Uganda’s top surgeons dismiss organ harvesting claims
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With the increasing reports of bodies with missing organs, surgeons under their umbrella Association of Surgeons of Uganda (ASOU) have spoken out, saying these could be victims of ritual practices. Speaking to Uganda Radio Network in an interview, Frank Asiimwe, the ASOU president explained …
Read More »Nile Treasure Gate staff remanded over kidney harvesting
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court has remanded five staff of Nile Treasure Gate Limited on charges of aggravated trafficking in persons. The five who have been charged alongside the company include its directors Abubaker Sulaiman Kato and Muhammad Mariam, an agent Ali Hassan, the supervisor …
Read More »Trafficking: DPP seeks Attorney General’s guidance over worker’s missing kidney
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) has written to the Attorney General seeking guidance on how to proceed with the case of Judith Nakintu, whose right kidney was removed while working as a domestic worker in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Agnes Igoye, the deputy coordinator of …
Read More »Trafficking: Nile Treasure Gate denies conspiracy over worker’s missing kidney
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nile Treasure Gate Company Limited, a labour export recruitment firm has refuted allegations of conspiring to traffic Judith Nakintu, 38, to Saudi Arabia where she purportedly lost her kidney. This follows the arrest of two directors of the company on Thursday when they appeared at …
Read More »Uganda Kidney Foundation in sh568m plan for treatment centres
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Kidney Foundation is seeking an allocation of sh568 million to run a Kidney Centre in every Regional Referral Hospital across the country. Dr Joseph Gyagenda, the Chairperson of the Foundation says that kidney diseases remain silently ignored by the government with …
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