President Yoweri Museveni has ordered for an immediate closure of Kikuubo and other business centres as one of the ways of controlling the rampant spread of Covid-19 in Uganda.
Addressing the nation regarding the current situation of the pandemic on Friday, Museveni said the business centres should be closed as the country finds ways of dealing with second wave of virus that is spreading like wildfire.
“Kikuubo and other Business Centres should be closed, and the situation reverts to the Presidential Directive of March 2020. Those kikuubo are very dangerous,” the President said.
He also noted that food market vendors should continue operating as long as they revert to the Presidential Directive of March 2020 to stay in their places of work.
” Food market vendors should camp at their places of work. The ministry of health can give them free bed nets so that they are not bitten by mosquitoes. We (guerrilla fighters ) used to sleep in the bush.”
He also permitted all retail shops across the country to continue operating.
” For our lives to continue, the following sectors should remain fully open; agriculture, industry, especially manufacturing and tourism; cargo transport , utilities, security, retail shops, health & medical services.”
On the other hand, Museveni directed Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) , Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) , and Local Government authorities to close and seal off all the bars that have made it a tendency to operate while their ban still stands
” Police should accordingly arrest and charge with hefty fines imposed
for reopening. It serves no purpose in arresting the revelers while allowing the owners to reopen the following morning.”
Museveni has also revised curfew time from 9pm- 6pm to 7pm to 5.30am.
“It is observed that some sections of the public are not adhering to the curfew hours.As such, curfew throughout the country is pulled back to 7pm to 5.30am, Boda-Bodas will only be allowed to move only up to 5pm.”
Currently, Uganda has 68,779 cumulative cases with 584 confirmed cases.
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