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New Vision (Kampala) - October 21, 2003
Geresom Musamali
President Yoweri Museveni recently told the youths from eastern Uganda gathered in Mbale that the Bamasaba ought to modernise the way they handle circumcision to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Museveni said the use of unsterilised knives on two or more boys would spread the pandemic among Bamasaba.
Bubulo East MP George William Wopuwa, however, said in a statement on Saturday that UNICEF had since 1995 developed a programme to help overcome the problem.
Wopuwa, the former Mbale chief administrative officer, said parents and LCs had under the UNICEF programme been sensitised on the dangers of sharing circumcision knives.
He said traditional surgeons had been trained and certified before being allowed to practice, and that uncircumcised medical doctors had been discouraged from handling the ritual.
Wopuwa said when Museveni came to address the youths, local leaders including himself and the Eastern youth MP, Wilfred Kajeke, were not invited.
He said if their presence after entry been recognised, they would have answered Museveni.
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