MUSEVENI: Use your own car, boda or bicycle
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has advised the public to minimize the use of public transport to curb the spread of COVID 19. On Saturday, the Ministry of Health confirmed the first case of COVID 19. The confirmed case is that of a 36-year-old Ugandan who travelled to Dubai on March 17, 2020, for business and returned yesterday, March 21, 2020. While addressing the nation on Sunday, President Museveni urged people who do not own vehicles or motorcycles to desist from travelling. "If you do not have your car, stay at home because the remaining danger now is public transport. This is where you get people sitting together," Museveni said. He intimated that despite other tough measures that he has already ordered like the banning of all flights into the country and closing all the country's borders, the ban of public transport is proving to be hard. President Museveni says that while he is still trying to find a way to address the risk t...