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Our CHOGM trip took us to the western part of te country called Kasese with the Duke of edinburgh The duke launched a telecommunications centre at the site constructed in partnership with the British High Commission.


The Duke of Edinburgh met up with four staff members from a Christian charity that transforms lives through the provision of microfinance services during his recent visit to Uganda. He was in the country for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting with the Queen and 52 heads of Government.



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Our chogm visit took us to the western Part of the country called Kasese





The Duke of Edinburgh launched the Conservation Through Public Health Telecentre in Queen Elizabeth National Park at Kikorongo in Kasese District WESTERN uGANDA.

According to the head of the centre, Dr. Gladys Kalema Zikusoka, Founder and CEO, Conservation Through Public Health, the centre will offer ICT facilities, raise revenue from its coffee and crafts shops. He said the money will be used by the centre to promote public health and veterinary activities among the communities around the park.
After the launch, the Duke was driven to Mweya Safari. He was impressed by the work done at the refurbished centre which has been mainly funded by the British High Commission.







Illegal immigrants held in "pens"
By
Daniel Knowles

Illegal immigrants "dehumanised" at Heathrow
Illegal immigrants are being kept in inadequate holding rooms at Heathrow and subjected to "dehumanising" treatment, the prisons watchdog says.
Prisons chief inspector Anne Owners said her teams had watched as a detainee was told he did not need lost shoes in the hot country he was being sent to, while another suffered an offensive confrontation with staff.
Inspectors toured the holding rooms on an spot check in October after finding shortcomings during their last visit two years earlier.
Heathrow's four terminals have rooms to temporarily hold suspected illegal immigrants spotted entering the country.
Another set of rooms is used for people put on flights out of Britain.
Of the hundreds of people passing through the units each month with most held for a few hours. Some detainees have been held for more than 24 hours.
Ms Owers said there had been some "limited improvements" since the last visit.
She said inspectors had seen staff using "dehumanising" language, including calling detainees "bodies" in "pens", while children and women were being held in the same rooms as men they did not know.
Border and Immigration Agency chief executive Lin Homer said the facilities had been improved since the inspection and further staff training introduced
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