Museveni: I ask each one of you to pray in your homes, and God will hear us.

After the outbreak of the COVID19 also known as the Corona Virus a directive from the Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was made stopping all religious gatherings from happening among other activities for 32 days. In his speech he thanked God who has  spared Uganda  and attributed protection as a divine  mercy of God despite the false alarms that had been circulating. “So, as God-fearing people, we need to pray for the whole country. I ask each one of you to pray in your homes, and God will hear us.” He said

Then the next category of mass meetings are the political or cultural ─ Public rallies, conferences, elections, etc.  All these are hereby forbidden for 32 days with immediate effect.

 Up to today, the 18^th of March, 2020, Uganda, by the mercy of God, has been spared by not having even one case confirmed of the corona-virus. There has been many false alarms that our laboratories have proved false. However, there are countries in the world that have had many cases. We describe these countries as category one countries in terms of the epidemic.  These countries are: Italy, France, South Korea, China, USA, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Norway Austria, Malaysia, Pakistan and San Marino. We, with immediate effect, ban all out-bound movement by Ugandans to or through these countries, again, for 32 days.  Foreigners going to those countries are free to do so provided they do not intend to come back within the prohibited time.  We extend our sympathies to those countries and commend them for fighting on the behalf of the human race.

 We cannot stop Ugandans coming back from abroad, even from the category one countries that I read above.  However, such Ugandans will be put in a mandatory quarantine in a designated place but they will pay the cost for their institutional quarantine ─ food, etc.  If they want to avoid that inconvenience or cost, they can sit out the storm in the country of their temporary abode.

Read the full speech here http://bit.ly/3a4mRTO