Uganda: Jiggers Ravage Busoga Family

Henry Davuga, a resident of Buniiro-Bukose village in Nawaningi sub-county, Iganga district has feet and infected with jiggers. His whole family too is infected. He claims these jiggers have been in the family for ages, writes George Bita

Like the biblical Job who, while having his faith tested by God kept scratching away at his bleeding body sores, Henry Davuga scratches his itching feet uncontrollably.

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