NEWS EDITOR
PRESIDENT Museveni has left for Moroto in Karamoja for State duties.
Museveni who yesterday night addressed the Nation on fresh measures to fight Coronavirus, before leaving for Moroto advised Ugandans to behave cautiously, maintain social distance, wash hands regularly, and those sneezing and coughing keep away from the public.
OPINION
THE government has addressed us enough on the preventive measures that curb down the spread of COVID19!
Prevention is important because it forms the primary line in fighting the pandemic.However, in my thinking, if this government was people centered by now its helping hand would be felt by the citizens.
This may not necessarily mean supplying food or consumables directly to Ugandans because as you are aware the corruption rate in Uganda cannot warrant that, before you know the earmarked funds will be swindled.
Therefore, I strongly believe that exempting taxes on consumables like soap, detergents, sanitizers, etc and household food items can greatly lower the prices of commodities for our people.
Government agencies like NWSC should lower their rates.
My opinion is that, the Minister of Finance cum the President of Uganda can renegotiate the interests on loans already issued by Bank of Uganda to the money lenders.
This will subsequently reduce the interests meant to be paid by Ugandans thus mitigating the pressure on their part.
The other thing is that the government may advise all money lenders and landlords to suspend collection of money during the lock down period.
Important to note is that if government remains indifferent about the welfare of Ugandans, we are bound to register deaths arising from poverty, stress, depressions etc before they even contract COVID19.
Lastly, I wish to advise government agencies enforcing President’s directives, especially Uganda Police Force and the UPDF to stop beating Ugandans under the guise of implementing the directives.
We are Ugandans, Corona Virus found us here and we are here to stay treat us with respect.
#StaySafe, #stopCovid19 and live to see the New Uganda!
The writer Hon. Francis Butebi Zaake is the Member of Parliament for Mityana Municipality, also National Youth Cordinator People Power.
NEWS EDITOR
THE learned Justices of the Court of Appeal and Constitutional court in a 4-1 decision delivered today morning have nullified sections of the controversial Public Order Management Act (POMA) 2013 which have been causing outcry from opposition politicians.
The final declarations and orders signed by Hon. Mr. Justice Kenneth Kakuru reads:
By majority decision Kenneth Kakuru, Hon. Mr. Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire, Hon. Lady Justice Elizabeth Musoke and Hon. Mr. Justice Cheborion Barishaki, it is hereby declared and ordered as follows;
1. (i) Section 8 of the public Order Management Act is unconstitutional and is hereby declared null and void. (ii)All acts done under that law are here by declared null and void.
2. This petition having been brought in public interest, no order is made as costs.
The Human Rights Network Uganda together with the Development Network of Indigenous Voluntary Association (DENIVA), The Uganda Association of female lawyers (FIDA), Hon. Muwanga Kivumbi and Bishop Dr. Zac Niringiye went to the Constitutional court seeking for the redress of section 8 of POMA saying it is unconstitutional.
The respondent was the Attorney General.
Counsel Nicholas Opiyo has posted on social media that, “We are grateful, the Constitutional court has nullified sections of the Public Order Management Act in a 4-1 decision delivered moments ago.”
This Act was promulgated in October 02nd 2013 and many opposition politicians took it to be a ruling government weapon to block their political meetings which they say is unconstitutional.
Section 8 that has been annulled reads:
PART III – DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF POLICE, ORGANISERS AND PARTICIPANTS
Section 8. Powers of authorised officer:
(1) Subject to the directions of the Inspector General of Police, an authorised officer or any other police officer of or above the rank of inspector, may stop or prevent the holding of a public meeting where the public is held contrary to this ACT.
(2) An authorised officer may, for the purposes of subsection (1), issue orders including an order for the dispersal of the public meeting, as are reasonable in the circumstances.
(3) An authorised officer shall, in issuing an order under subsection (2), have regard to the rights and freedoms of the persons in respect of whom the order has been issued and the rights and freedoms of other persons.
(4) A person who neglects or refuses to obey an order issued under this section commits an offence of disobedience of lawful orders and liable on conviction to the penalty for that offence under section 117 of the Penal Code Act.
AT THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
The Coram had: Hon. Mr. Justice Kenneth Kakuru, Hon. Mr. Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire, Hon. Lady Justice Elizabeth Musoke, Hon. Mr. Justice Cheborion Barishaki and Hon. Mr. Justice Stephen Musota.
According to Judgement of justice Kenneth Kakuru, “I have had the benefit of reading in draft the judgement of my learned brother the Hon. Mr. Justice Cheborion Barishaki. I agree with him that, this petition raises issues for constitutional interpretation.”
“Kiryabwire and Musoke also agree that, the objective to it by the respondent on that account is misconceived and without merit and ought to be dismissed. Cheborion Barishaki has his judgement ably set out the representations, the background to this petition…” Reads Kenneth Kakuru judgement.It’s only Hon. Justice Stephen Musota who went against his colleagues.
NEWS EDITOR
PRESIDENT Museveni has forgotten to find a solution for the ecomic question in the fight against the spread of Covid-19 during his ‘State of the Nation’ address on Wednesday evening as he sent home bodabodas and taxi drivers.
Giving new directives, Museveni suspended public transport, closed part of the markets and ordered government departments to send home some of their staff. However the president has not tackled the questions of high power and water tariffs, land lords, bank loans and other would be economic solutions which are very vital if people are to stay in their homes.
On Monday, Kampala Central MP Muhammad Nsereko raised very patent economic solutions which the Head of State had to consider warning that the adverse economic effects shall lead to self defeat of the principle of minimizing social contact as the best way to contain the spread of the corona virus.
Hon Nsereko Suggested that Government should undertake these Five (5) solutions to avert yet another economic crisis and boost confidence if people are to stay at home.
Nsereko said, “First I warned that the 100 dollars for quarantine was very expensive and would expose the deep rooted corruption and lack of patriotism amongst some elements in our institutions. Secondly I insist, the economic effects shall lead to self defeat and increased spread of this Pandemic.”
Hon. Nsereko talked about suspension of payment of rent and evictions.
He said, this could be done by the President signing into law the landlord and tenant bill that parliament passed.
“This shall in effect cover both commercial and residential tenants. In return land lords can be exempt from payment of rental income tax this financial year. It will save 7 million tenants at both commercial and residential level from unnecessary disruption.” Kampala Central MP advised.
He also advised that charges for essential services like water and power be suspended for the next 120 days.
“In return the debts due to government companies be offset to the equivalent for example power UMEME. As for National water and sewerage corporation,It’s fully owned by government and should simply comply.” Nsereko said.
About loans, he asked Central bank to suspend all interests payable on all loans just like all governments internationally have started negotiating with their creditors. In effect all interest payments are frozen for 180 days.
In his wise counsel, this shall reduce pressure on landlords and business owners, small, medium and big and in return shall keep people on jobs and avert the catastrophe of unemployment. For example with closure of borders over 50,000 people shall loose jobs directly and indirectly.
“Government should consider the option of people partially accessing their NSSF savings by between 10 to 30 percent depending on their amounts available. This shall enable workers stay home with the comfort that they have an option to access their savings and feed their families.” Said Nsereko, adding, “The justification is that if NSSF could lend Bank Of Uganda 7 trillion by buying its treasury bills, why not lend or give those that save with it during such a crisis.”
He advised Government to avail rapid testing kits to make work of diagnosis easier and effective.
“Additionally also provide an extra allowance to the medical and health practitioners from ambulance drivers, Nurses, Doctors, Laboratory Assistants etc as a motivation to work harder , save lives but also know that we care that they put their lives on the line first.” Advised Nsereko, a lawyer by profession.
However, to everyone’s shock, President Museveni has suspended public transport and some business sending home those employed by these businesses without considering monthly loans they pay back with huge interests, without addressing rent question, high power and water tariffs as he had promised!
THE THREE NEW PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVES
Here is President Museveni’s Wednesday full address:
The remaining danger points are two or three;
Public Transport suspended
Danger point number one is still public transport, people moving in shared vehicles, people board one another in a minibus or a taxi or a bus even bodabodas although they carry less people but those two are close to one another.
And this enables people to move from one end of the country to another end. The person who went to Kisumu and came back to Iganga (who allegedly infected the 8 month old baby) did not walk on foot. He travelled by a fast means of transport.
Therefore, the government has decided to suspend for 14 days all public transport and this means, all taxis, coasters, minibuses, all buses, all passenger trains, all tukutukus (the tri-cycles) and all the bodabodas. All these have been suspended. Why, because we want to minimise movement.
Therefore, the only vehicles that will be moving will be private vehicles but should not carry more than three people, including the driver.
Even a private vehicle packed with family members is not allowed. That is why all those functions should be suspended. Family members going to villages for Easter, wait,wait! Let us first get out of this danger.
Other vehicles that will continue moving will be the trucks…the lorries delivering cargo like bananas, sweet potatoes etc.Don’t use lorries to transport people/passengers. The delivery vans, pickups will strictly carry food and other essential commodities.
Even bodabodas if they are carrying food, we have no problem. They can carry bunches of bananas, Tukutukus can carry cargo or bananas and we won’t have a problem. Because Coronavirus is spread by breathing, through the nose and the mouth,that is why we are targeting the human being.
Passengers will only move in private cars and they shouldn’t carry more than three people.
The other vehicles that will continue moving will be the ambulances of ministry of Health, the vehicles of security forces like those of the army and the police.
Some of the government vehicles doing essential work, vehicles for sanitary services like the ones of KCCA collecting garbage those will be allowed to do the work.
So this is the additional measure we have taken to make people postpone the unsafe journeys from one point to another point.
Once we deal with the public transport, then the other remaining big problem are the markets.
Markets
The markets bring together a lot of people. I thank everybody, I have heard that they have tried to do everything possible to improve, they have cleaned up, people are washing hands, but you remember we said, in order to avoid this problem, be four meters from one another.
Now, on markets, how do we maintain the four meters when there are so many people? That is why for now, I wouldn’t want to close the markets but to carry out some changes.
Therefore, the markets should only sell foodstuffs. Here i mean, Matooke, sweet potatoes, cassava, Rice, Beans, cowpeas, G.nuts, beef, chicken, fruits, vegetables, etc.
Trading in non food items in Ugandan markets is from now suspended. The selling of clothes, necklaces, mobile phones, sandles, shoes, etc is now hold on.
You will come back but let us create space, stay at home, let only the people who sell food stay in the markets.
We think that by removing the non food items and sellers from the markets, it will reduce the numbers.
Gov’t offices
Once we deal with public transport and deal with the markets to some extent, the other area of human concentration are the government offices.
That is why, each ministry should work out a plan of the essential staff that need to remain on duty. Take for example, the Uganda Revenue Authority. These must remain on duty.
Because our goods are still coming from outside Uganda. Some officials need to clear those goods and collect taxes. So the administration of URA must make crucial decisions and see how many people are needed to be on duty on a rotational basis.
So in government departments, you can’t say everybody go home because then, the economy will shutdown.
Each department should work out the essential staff to remain on duty.
Even in the districts, the district officials can identify bodabodas who can deliver food and other cargo to wherever it is needed.
This crisis will teach us other methods of doing business because here we are not saying that don’t do business, but do business without too much human movement and especially using shared means of transport.
However even if you have not shared means of transport, like for instance going to the supermarket, if you have your vehicle, how many people can be allowed in a supermarket at the same time?
This isn’t like other markets, this is a high class type. If there is too much overcrowding there, people entering leaving, it may become a problem.
So that is why, even for all these groups, it is better to be used by few people. The bodabodas can change. Instead of carrying people which cause risk, they can start carrying things from the supermarkets and markets to different locations. It is really orientive. The way of doing business without exposure.
In Kampala, companies will be identified and licenced to start doing the delivery business using bodabodas. But I don’t want corruption and bribery and I would like to know whether there will be any limit, because that is the main point.
So be careful in blocking some bodabodas and allowing others. Let them work provided they are not carrying people.
Park all Gov’t cars
Now finally, now that we have got cases in other parts of Uganda other than Kampala and Entebbe, we have a system of getting samples from suspected people all the way to Entebbe for testing.
There are teams even near the villages who do the monitoring. These informed trained people can be found at the hubs which normally are the Health centre IV’s. I hear there are over 100 hubs in Uganda.
Now there you have people who know how to take samples. And when samples are taken, they know how to send them to Entebbe using Posta buses. These buses should not carry people. They only carry mails and now these samples.
The teams in the country may need transport to go to the villages where they hear danger. That is why therefore, I am directing all government vehicles in the district should to be centralised except the ones of the army and police.
But vehicles for Agriculture, vehicle for social control, the vehicle for magistrates, any government vehicle should put at the district headquarters under the command of the district health officer assisted may be by a police officer or an army personnel, So that when they get information about any case, they directly go and pick the victim.
This excuse of we can’t go because we don’t have a vehicle, those vehicles will be there. We are going to struggle to make sure there is enough fuel for them.
Therefore countrymen, there is a verse in the Bible, from the Book of Isaiah 26:20 “You go in the house, lock yourself in, shut the door and wait for the anger of the Lord to pass.”
So please you people, when Isaiah was writing, it must be like 4000 years ago. So what we are dealing with are not new things, they have been there in the past and handled.
The other day I was telling you about the smallpox epidemic, which my grandparents and great grand parents were telling us about. I was lucky to find my great grandmother alive. She died in 1957.
So she was a young woman when there was that epidemic in1893. My relative Kashokora who was from Mzee Amos’ mother’s side was affected by the small pox but she survived it.
However there were others who were not affected at all although they were living in that area. Remember there was no vaccine, there was nothing else, how they survived was through avoidancestors. That is how smallpox ended. So cooperate.
The eight people who are being treated, the first ones, are doing well. Temperatures have come down. The other one, whose temperature is still up,we are still studying the situation.
Bya Musasi waffe
PULEZIDENTI Museveni olwaleero ekiro wa kwogerako eri eggwanga omulundi ogw’okutaano mu nnaku musanvu zokka ku by’ekirwadde kya Kolona zzisamawanga, wabula Hon. Hussein Kyanjo amugambye yeewale okuyingiza eby’obufuzi bya NRM mu kwogerakwe.
Haji Kyanjo okuva mu kibiina ky’ebyobufuzi ekya Justice Forum nga yaliko omubaka wa Makindye West agambye banne ku ludda oluvuganya gavumenti okuyimirira emabega wa Pulezidenti Museveni mu kutaasa eggwanga kyokka naye n’amusaba, yewale nnyo okukuutiriza NRM ye akadingidi.
Mu kiwandiiko ky’atadde ku mukutu gwa ‘Buganda Think Tank’ ng’ebula ssaawa busaawa Pulezidenti ategeeze eggwanga ebisalidwawo oukiiko lwe ne baminisita, Kyanjo agambye eggwanga lyetaaga okwogeza eddoboozi limu mu kaseera kano naye nga teririimu busosoze mu byabufuzi.
Agambye, “Nga bwemukimanyi, tuwangaalidde nnyo mu nkalu z’ebyobufuzi era si zaakuggwa nkya. Tewali kuffe amanyi ddi na ngeri ki ekirwadde kya Kolona gyekinaamalibwawo. N’olwekyo kyetaagisa okulwana n’eddoboozi limu nga n’ekkubo erisinga obulungi kwe kwesiga gavumenti naddala plezidenti Museveni.”
Agambye banne bwe bali ku ludda oluvuganya gavumenti nti bateekwa okuwuliriza n’obukkakamu amakubo g’abakugu mu by’obulamu n’ebyenfuna ko n’ebiragiro bya pulezidenti.
“Buno obudde si bwa kuteeba ggoolo za byabufuzi era nsuubira teri kibiina oba kibinja kya byabufuzi kiggya kwewana na buzira singa tunaaba ffenna tuwangudde.” Kyanjo bw’agambye.
Ategeezezza nti, “Buli omu muffe ng’alina abamuwuliriramu ka babe ba mu makaage ateekwa okubakubiriza babeere mabega wa pulezidenti Museveni. Njogera kino kubanga ndowoza nti emirundi mitono pulezidenti lw’akoze mu bwesimbu nga ku mulundi guno.”
Wabula agambye, mu ngeri endala kisoboka gavumenti ne pulezidenti okukola ensobi mu nteekaateeka z’olutalo ku kirwadde kya Kolona nga na bwekityo betaaga okuwabulwa.
Kyanjo agambye, abawabuzi bateekwa kino okukikola n’obukkakkamu wamu n’obwesiimbu.
Ku kya Pulezideti obutatabika byabufuzi bya kibiina kye ekya NRM mu lutalo eggwanga lyerulimu, Haji Kyanjo agambye, “Pulezidenti n’abakugu baffe basaana okwewala okuyisaamu eddoboozi lya NRM/NRA kuba kino kyaliggya eggwanga ku mulamwa. Kyokka n’abamu muffe twewale okufuula olutalo luno eddoboozi ly’abavuganya gavumenti.”
Ayogedde ku bikumi n’ebikumi by’abantu abafa mu mawanga okuli Italy ne Spain ky’agamba nti walibaawo ensobi ezaakolebwa mu ntandikwa naye ku sawa eno teri anenya munne kisusse okuggyako okuwabuligana.
“Pulezidenti n’abamu ku ffe ababadde bajjanjabirwa ebweru w’eggwanga tetukyasobola kugendayo. Kati no, Pulezidenti nga ye mugoba w’ekidduka kyaffe, mbasaba tetumutaataaganya kuba kiyinza okutuviirako akabenje ddekabusa.” Kyanjo amaze ebbanga nga mukosefukosefu, bw’ategeezza.
Agambye, “Nga gwe mulundi ogusoose mu byasa, Kaaba e Makka n’omuzikiti gwa Nabbi e Madiina okuba emiggale eri enkuyanja y’abantu ssaako Eklezia enkulu St. Peters nkalu n’amakanisa, na bwekityo toyinza kubuuza ate lwaki wano amasinzizo gaggalwa. Ffenna obwesige bwaffe buli eri Mukama.”
Bya Emma Mugejjera
MINISITA omubeezi ow’eby’obulamu mu Uganda Dr. Joyce Moriku Kaducu abadde yakategeeza eggwanga ng’omuwendo gw’abalina ekirwadde kya Kolona bwegulinnye okuva ku bantu 9 okutuuka ku 14 nga ku bapya kuliko ne baby ow’emyezi 8, e Bungereza nayo nevaayo amawulire ag’entiisa!
Omulangira omukulu Charles ow’empaka 71 ekirwadde kya Kolona woosomera bino nga kimaze okumuyoola era ye n’omukyala Camilla baggyiddwa awali abantu abalala ne batwalibwa a Balmoral mu Scotland si kulwa nga nabo babasiiga.
Omwogezi wo mu Lubiri agambye, “Kituufu omulangira Charles akebereddwa era ebyuuma biraga, ekirwadde kya Kolona kimuyodde. Kyokka abasawo bakola buli kisoboka okutaasa obulamu bwe ng’embeera gy’alimu teyeeraliikiriza.”
Wabula amawulire gategeezezza nti ye omukyala Camilla ebyuuma biraze nti talina kirwadde kino.
Ye omwogezi w’Olubiri lwa Nabakyala wa Bungereza oluli e Buckingham agambye, Nabakyala Elizabeth yakoma okulaba ku mutababi we nga 12/03/2020.
“Nabakyala ali mu mbeera nnungu ng’agoberera buli kyamulagiddwa abasawo ku bulamu bwe.” Omwogezi w’Olubiri bw’ategeezezza omukutu gw’amawulire ogwa BBC.
Omulangira Charles yalabiddwako ab’eddwaliro lya NHS Aberdeenshire, ng’eno gyebaakamutemedde.
“Kizibu okumanya ani yasiize Omulangira Charles ekirwadde kya Kolona okusinzira ku nsisinkano ez’enjawulo zeyabadde nazo mu wiiki eziyise. where they met the criteria required for testing.
Abakozi mu maka g’Omulangira abawerako, nabo balagiddwa obutagezaako kuva mu maka gaabwe.
Mu ggwanga lya Bungereza, abamaze okufuna ekirwadde kya Kolona bali eyo mu 8000 nga ku bano, 422 kyamaze dda okubaserengesa e Kaganga.
BY MEDDIE KITYO
PEOPLE POWER supreme leader Hon. Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine who a few months ago declared his intention to contest against president Museveni in 2021 Presidential elections has joined the ruling government to fight Covid-19 disease in the country.
In his newly composed song titled ‘Coronavirus alert’, the Ghetto gladiator has rallied Ugandans against fighting the spread of Coronavirus pandemic.
The video is already out and features artist Nubian Li.
In this 1:54 minutes song that has gone viral on social media, Kyaddondo East Member of Parliament has said, “The bad news is that everyone is a potential victim, but the good news is that everyone is a potential solution…Sensitise the masses to sanitise, keep social distance and quarantine.”
Kyagunyi’s song which is not political, is yet to be aired on tv and radio waves but it is being shared widely on social media platforms including those of NRM members like that of NRM Buganda region.
Last week, Hon. Bobi Wine visited different places donating masks and sanitizers to people alerting them of this deadly virus that has spread in different countries like wild fire.
Fellow People power leaders like Aloysius Mukasa who is the Lubaga South 2021 People Power MP candidate was in the places of Nalukolongo, Nateete, Mutundwe, Ndeeba, Busega and other places senstizing masses against Corona virus .He also gave out sanitizers and other things needed in this fight.
Mukasa who is a reknown businessman in Ndeeba and Najjanankumbi (Lubaga South) told the News Editor Online that, “Politics aside, we need to support all measures by government in fighting against Coronavirus. Team Aloysius Mukasa is already on ground to senstize our people and donate to them. We love them during the time of joy and sad situations like this one. We will fight together.”
HERE IS BOBI’S NEW SONG AGAINST CORONAVIRUS
The Song goes like this:
Bobi: The bad news is that everyone is a potential victim. But the good news is that everyone is a potential solution..Sensitise the masses to sanitise. Keep a social distance and quarantine
Nubian Li: The coronavirus is sweeping over mankind…
Bobi: Everybody must be alert…….It’s a global pandemic we can never take for granted
Bobi & Nubian Li: Buli omu yeebeereremu (Every body must take a charge)
Nubian Li: …Obulwadde bwa Corona temubuzannyisa abange.. (The coronavirus disease should not be taken lightly)
Bobi: Kira muntu (Everybody) must be alert….it’s a matter of life we can never take for granted…
Bobi & Nubian Li: Buli omu yeebeereremu (Every body must take a charge)
Bobi: Discipline and personal hygiene…And make sure you regular wash your hands…Keep a distance from everyone. Report anything like a symptom….Serious fever is a symptom …Dry cough is a symptom……Okwetyamula (Even sneezing) is a symptom…Itchy eyes…and flue is a symptom
Nubian Li: Bw’oba omulwadde (if you get sick…)….Weekuume obutabusiiga (please do not transmit the disease)…..Weggye mu batannalwala (Isolate yourself from the public)…Olage omwoyo gw’eggwanga (Be patriotic)……Labira ku Italy (See what is happening in Italy)….Abasinga bafudde (Many people have died)…Okubwewala kisingako okujjanjaba (Prevention is better that cure)… The Coronavirus is sweeping over mankind…..
Bobi: Everybody must be alert….It’s a global pandemic we can never take for granted..
Bobi & Nubian Li: Buli omu yeebeereremu (Every body must take a charge)
Nubian Li: Obulwadde bwa Corona temubuzannyisa abange (The coronavirus disease should not be taken lightly…
Bobi: Kira muntu (Everybody) must be alert….it’s a matter of life we can never take for granted…
Bobi & Nubian Li: Buli omu yeebeereremu (Every body must take a charge)
Nubian Li: The coronavirus is sweeping over mankind
Bobi: Everybody must be alert
NEWS EDITOR
FOLLOWING an appeal by Government for all leaders of different categories to come out and speak against the spread of Coronavirus pandemic, 2021 MP hopeful Micheal Muhumuza commonly known as Ssuulampya has moved in to launch door to door sensitization in Kassanda South.
Ssuulampya is eyeing this constituency where embattled Hon. Simeo Nsubuga is the incumbent.
Speaking to News Editor Online, Muhumuza Ssuulampya said Covid -19 shouldn’t cause panic among Ugandans, it can easily be defeated if precautions given by His Excellency the President and ministry of Health are religiously followed.
“The guidelines given by the Head of State Yoweri Kaguta Museveni are crystal clear. So are those by the ministry of health. As leaders, our role is to preach these guidelines to our people like we preach Holy Quran or Bible verses so that they sink into the Heads of our people. If this is done diligently, Coronavirus will be no more in Uganda.” Noted Hon. Micheal Muhumuza Ssuulampya who insiders say is too close to the First son Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
Muhumuza said, “Let us fight Coronavirus together, we are strong together, we can fight together. Let us fight this common enemy that is ravaging our communities and nations around the globe.”
“In Kassanda South, we are doing everything within the law and measures given by Mr. President to reach out to our people and educate them on how to keep themselves and their families safe so that we enjoy together the fruits of perfect representation in Parliament after we have defeated Coronavirus.” Said business mogul, Ssuulampya.
He called upon all Kassanda South people to join this fight against Coronavirus by staying in their homes, avoiding groups of people, washing their hands with soap and clean water.
NEWS EDITOR
THREE Members of Parliament who includes Makindye Ssaabagabo’s Ssempala Kigozi Ssajjalyabeene, Kafeero Ssekitoleko of Nakifuma and Cissy Namujju (Woman MP Lwengo district) have been listed among the wanted Ugandans to be taken for Coronavirus quarantine.
The three legislators are said to have jumped quarantine on their way from a Dubai trip putting in danger lives of over 450 members of Parliament.
Now the Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has directed that the three should be locked out until they have been cleared of the deadly virusThis means, they will be taken for a Fourteen days’ quarantine.
This comes at a time when the number of Covid-19 cases are growing in Uganda and the President has given new directives.
Full story to be uploaded
NEWS EDITOR
SHADOW minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development who doubles as the Nakaseke South Member of Parliament Paul Ssemakula Luttamaguzi is indeed a man of his word!
He has put into writing the pledge he made on Sunday during NBS tv political talkshow to offer his monthly salary in the fight against deadly Covid-19.
In his letter dated March 24th 2020 received by the Speaker of Parliament, Hon. Luttamaguzi has said, “This letter comes to appreciate you for your hard work geared towards Uganda’s efforts to effectively combat the Coronavirus, Covid-19 pandemic.”
“Most importantly though, I write to authorise your office (madam Speaker) to make a deduction of Two Million Uganda Shillings (2,000,000UGX) from my monthly salary to support victims of the above mentioned pandemic and to support the ministry of Health to greatly curtail the spread of this virus.” Writes MP Luttamaguzi.
The deductions, he said, should be made starting in the month of April 2020 until the deadline given by the government.
“I would also request you to make an appeal to leaders and my Hon. Colleagues to support this National cause in the same way that I have.” Writes Luttamaguzi to Parliament CEO Rt. Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga.
