CORONAVIRUS AWARENESS. President Museveni Has Ordered 32 Days Suspension of Schools, Discos, Churches, Cinemas, Mosques And Other Public Gatherings, As He Spares Suspension of Burials / Funerals and Abroad Flights.

It wise that we close the schools (Pre-primary, Primary, Secondary, University, and Tertiary) starting Friday at midday. The closure is only temporary and will take one month. We should do this to deny the coronavirus a chance.

I have observed the situation in other countries and we have seen the stampede in areas like transport. You saw how many people were clogged at airports in the USA The crowding alone is the perfect ground for more infection because as people run, they infect each other,  let us move early.

The prayers will continue but in homes, God is in all places. Yes, we have been praying together and it has its advantages, but we can not insist on it in the face of danger. Religious leaders can use radio stations and TVs to continue preaching.  Pope Francis has abandoned his customary preaching at St peters Square and took on to preach through the television. He has set a very good precedent.

Ugandans coming back from abroad will not be stopped, but they will be placed under quarantine at their own cost. Foreigners going out cannot be stopped from doing so either provided they are not coming back within 32 days.

Uganda style weddings that bring together a pentagon of groups, these tend to be big gatherings of people coming from six points of the campus. 

This multidirectional source of the embaga/ mikolo attendants can be a source of great danger.  

The weddings of this type should be postponed for 32 days from today. If the couples are in a hurry, they should go for a purely scientific wedding involving only stakeholders; bridegroom, matron, bride, best man, and the priest as long as the number is less than 10 people.

We cannot ban or postpone burials for 32 days, it will not be good. We, therefore, recommend that burials should be done by relatives nearby,  the rituals and mourning could be done at a later stage. It is only safe.

If the deceased is suspected to have died of coronavirus, the state will bury the person on behalf of the family.

The next frontline of fighting the virus is to stop the merry-making, the discos, the dances, bars, sports, music shows, cinemas, and concerts.  These are very dangerous gathering points with the virus around. Drunkards sit close to one another.  They speak with saliva coming out of their mouth. They are a danger to themselves.  All these are suspended for a month.

The countries of the World, by their selfish actions, are, again, waking up Africa that it is ─ suicidal to depend on others.  I have warned our people to stop talking like the selfish foreigners by trying to stop the little we have, being exported to other African countries.  We can keep a bit for ourselves but we shall share with the others whatever we have.  The blocking of imports should, therefore, get the long-sleeping Ugandans to wake up and use the huge amount of money they long earned by turning our market into a dumping point for foreign goods to build our own manufacturing capacity.

Uganda has been spared from this virus so far by the mercies of God despite the false alarms. 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. 

I thank you. For God and My Country.