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Urinary tract infection is widespread among pregnant women and is accompanying adversematernal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes. Even so, no data exist regarding this problem inBushenyi, the catchment area for KIUTH to guide specific management and thus to avert theadverse consequences. The aims is to assess the urinary tract infection among pregnant womenattending ANC in KIUTH first trimester and its associated risk factors and to investigate the mostcommon antibacterial agent used by infected pregnant women, in a total of about 350 pregnantwomen who attend the obstetrics and gynecology clinic with the inclusion criteria are to beincluded. The clinical symptoms such as frequency of micturition, dysuria, lower abdominal pain,urine color change, painful burning sensation, incomplete bladder evacuation will be utilizedamong the infected women. Since the symptoms are a good predictor for urinary tract infectionduring pregnancy, so early screening for pathogens and proper treatment for infected casesshould be instituted.