Proposed Law On Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination Violates Individual Rights – Activists

Posted by: Suubi Anne in Uganda news February 17, 2022

Activists have said the proposed law on mandatory Covid-19 vaccination violates individual rights. Speaking at the 11th virtual Town Hall meeting under the theme, “Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccination: The Place of Public Health and Consent,” Winnie Kiiza, former leader of opposition, expressed concern about the manner in which the government has sidelined Ugandans in regard to the Public Health Amendment Bill, 2021.

“This law is not being talked about even in the public domain. So we would encourage the committee to actively engage citizens otherwise they are violating principles of informed consent. We wouldn’t want our bodies to be testing kits. We wouldn’t also want our bodies used for trials. And we would want to own our bodies. We want to know what is happening around us. What is put into our bodies because the consequences of anything that might go wrong will be entirely on us,” Kiiza said.

According to Dr. Eva Mugisa, a Pharmacist, the withdrawal of the consent forms from the onset of the Covid-19 vaccination process in Uganda also brought challenges.

“They withdrew the consent forms. People started to go for vaccinations without appending their signatures on consent forms. Even at that time as medical workers, we were concerned because now we had a huge problem. People do not know what they are getting. The consent form is supposed to come with the indications for the vaccine. And in simplified language for the layman to understand, what is in the vaccine.”

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