President Museveni warns Ugandans who criticized the lockdown imposed by the Government
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has come out guns blazing while addressing the nation and slammed those Ugandans who termed the lockdown imposed by government as inconvenience.
He said that is it good to be bored at your homes than to be in the grave.
“They should stop saying nonsense; this is not about inconvenience; that you are bored; that is good, you could be in the grave where there is no boredom,” Said Museveni.
Museveni warned those Ugandans who valued schools and businesses over their health to drop that idea since the enhanced measures in place are to prevent mass death.
Some people were putting pressure that they want an exemption to organize exams online. This is not understanding situations. People should stop speaking the language of normalcy in the period of abnormalcy. There is a time for everything, this is not the time for exams. pic.twitter.com/7E2wVWfOy9
— Yoweri K Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) April 8, 2020
The President also banned all outdoor activities including exercise saying those who want to exercise should do so from their rooms or compounds.
I saw a video of so many people on the Northern bypass walking and running around that, they are exercising. This should stop. If you want to exercise, you can do that indoors. I will show you how it is done tomorrow. I will do a video for you. pic.twitter.com/eQ6NmcEpZR
— Yoweri K Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) April 8, 2020
Uganda President Museveni reiterated that following the government’s directives and necessary preventive regulations is what helped China to fight the virus and asked the Ugandans to follow suit so that they clear Coronavirus out of their country.
He said Africa is not battling the COVID-19 pandemic but rather a social discipline because the lifestyles are different.
We are not fighting against #COVID-19 here and in Africa. We are fighting primarily against the social indiscipline of our people. They do not want to follow even the simplest guidelines, for them, it must be always about convenience, but this is a matter of life and death. pic.twitter.com/8rpV74pu80
— Yoweri K Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) April 8, 2020
Museveni also asked the landlords to stop evicting tenants because of rent since the country is in crisis. He added that there is always time for everything.
To the Landlords trying to evict people because of rent, this is not allowed. We are all in a #COVID-19 crisis. The world is not ending today; you can always demand your money later when all this is over. pic.twitter.com/HtRstIOmCW
— Yoweri K Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) April 8, 2020
Museveni thanked Ugandans for adhering to the cumulative preventive guidelines, saying the low numbers of confirmed cases with no deaths were a sign of the effectiveness of the measures.
So far, Uganda registered 53 confirmed cases of Coronavirus.
