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New Vision (Kampala) - December 2, 2003
Ebenezer Bifubyeka
"They call it okuroza (tasting). This is a false value and it is spreading AIDS. Parents must 'immunise' their children with facts about okuroza. Girls should stop okuroza with strangers," Museveni said.
He was speaking during a talk show on Radio West in Mbarara on Saturday.
Museveni asked Dr. Kihumuro Apuuli of the AIDS commission to reveal Uganda's 2002 AIDS death rates.
Dr. Apuuli said 75,290 people had died of which 28,760 were women, and 17,000 were children.
Apuuli said Gulu district had the highest rate of HIV/AIDS infection, followed by Mbarara.
Museveni attributed the Gulu rate to the war and wondered why Mbarara had such a high rate.
He said the disease was simple to avoid because its causes were known.
He attacked AIDS mobilisers for being reluctant in sensitising the public about AIDS prevention.
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