The directive follows a meeting that happened on Tuesday this week between president Museveni, ministries of education and of health and the Covid-19 national task force on the safe reopening of schools.
Mariam Nalugaajju, the Project Administrator, says that at least more than 100 girls and 50 women in Kalisizo Town Council, Kalisizo Rural, Lwankoni sub-county and Kyotera Town Council have undergone training to produce the pads.
The x-ray machine plays a key role in detecting the TB disease from the lung of a patient through filming once samples from the urine, saliva and mucus tests by the gene experts and microscope machines fail.
"It's unfortunate that some of our development partners who could be helping us to sensitise the masses against COVID-19 are the ones contravening the guidelines," the RDC said.
Alice Tuhiriirwe, a VHT from Kicwamba village in Katerera, says that they were promised Shillings 150,000 but they sent them Shillings 50,000 without any explanation.
The chairperson of Namalu village Mark Icumar said many houses have been damaged while others have become weaker and that they are at the verge of collapsing.
At least 127 out of the 1000 girls under the Kyaggwe county (Ssaza) bursary scheme have conceived in the lockdown. Some of the children have given birth to healthy babies while others had stillbirths.
Nusurah Nalwoga, a resident of Kigombe village in Luwero sub-county, says that six of her grandchildren contracted malaria disease and those of them are still on malaria treatment.
Rashid Eton, the UNBS Northern Region Administrative Officer, says that the operation was prompted by reports on the alleged sale of substandard, fake and uncertified products obtained by their surveillance team and complaints from consumers.
