President Yoweri Museveni has in his 7th address on the COVID-19 pandemic, assured the country that mas testing will be too expensive sine each test costs $65 (Shs245,000).
“It is very expensive but also hardly resolves anything, because you can be negative today and you test positive tomorrow,” admits President Museveni.
The president also urged Ugandans to walk to buy necessities. He said cars were banned because many had been transformed into taxis.
He said Ugandans should seek home-delivery of items, using boda bodas.
He was clarifying on lock-down measures he announced on Monday. Uganda’s total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases is 33.
On RDCs, bank and media, Museveni said the Minister for the Presidency will instruct RDCs to install dedicated people to stay on duty all the time (and man the call centres) – without them (the RDCs) having to be their physically.
He says the LC5 chairman who slapped a female RDC “should be arrested for beating a Ugandan”.
The LC5 chairman in question is James Ategeka Mugarama of Bunyangabu district, who was caught on camera smacking the district resident district commissioner, Jane Asiimwe.
Museveni says whoever commits such an act is an “idiot!”.
Anyways, so what about banks?
The people who work in banks will get stickers for their vehicles from the works and transport ministry. But he tells bank customers to either walk to the bank or to use the mobile option to transact.
And media?
“Yes, media should continue to operate. Their vehicles will also get stickers – to be handled by the works and transport ministry,” adds the President, who says the glitches encountered on the day after the announcement of the new measures emerged because “we were just starting”.
