Relief Food Delivered To Locked Down Mubende And Kasanda By The OPM

Relief Food Delivered To Locked Down Mubende And Kasanda By OPM

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in Uganda news October 29, 2022

The Prime Minister’s office has successfully delivered emergency food relief to the disadvantaged in Mubende and Kasanda districts.

This followed an outbreak of the Ebola virus that prompted a 21-day lockdown in the two districts.

President Museveni declared a 21-day lockdown and curfew in the two areas in order to limit the current Ebola outbreak.

The directive from the president affected a number of people including market vendors, boda-boda cyclists, taxi drivers and conductors among others. These could no longer carry out their daily money generating activities which left them vulnerable.

The government acknowledged in a statement the concerns brought about by the Ebola control measures. It, therefore, revealed that it will act upon the concerns voiced by political leaders from the affected districts.

The office of the prime minister recently delivered 1000 tonnes of maize flour and 500 tonnes of beans to the vulnerable in the affected districts. This is according to a delivery note signed by the Prime Minister herself.

“The Chief Administrative Officers are directed to use the budget provided by the Ministry of Health in effecting this exercise” the note reads in parts.

Rosemary Byabashaija the President’s Representative in Mubende received the food donation at the district headquarters.

She applauded the office of the Prime Minister for thinking about the suffering Ugandans and promised to ensure sanity and distribution.

The report also shows that the Ministry is currently monitoring 1,844 contacts and a follow-up rate of 99%.

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