Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has on Wednesday announced the suspension of all public transport with immediate effect, for 14 days, in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus.
The president made the announcement in a live address following a cabinet meeting after new cases of coronavirus were confirmed.
“The government has decided to suspend, for 14 days, all public transport. This means that all taxis, minibuses, buses, passenger trains, all tuk tuks and all the boda bodas are suspended. This is in a bid to minimize movements,” Museveni said.
“Only private vehicles will be allowed on road but they will also be restricted to carrying three people.”
The Ugandan president also ordered that all markets trading in non-food items like electronics and clothing should be closed.
“The selling of clothes, necklaces, mobile phones, sandals, shoes, all those nonfood items…hold on, you will come back. To create space, stay at home, let only the food people stay in the market. We think this will reduce numbers and then they can be able to maintain what they call the social distance.”
Museveni also added that only essential staff in government offices should report to work in order to avoid an economic shutdown in the country.
“Each ministry should work out a plan of the essential staff that need to remain on duty. Take for example, the Revenue Authority must remain on duty because our goods are still coming from outside Uganda and coming into Uganda; someone needs to clear those goods, needs to collect those taxes so as to remain on duty.”
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