Parliament of Uganda, has this afternoon passed a motion to pay tribute to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni “for his continuing exemplary and insightful leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic.”
The Speaker Rt. Hon Rebecca Kadage, twitted this afternoon that the motion had been supported by both ruling and opposition MPs.
“Several MPs, across the political divide, have supported a motion to applaud President Yoweri Museveni for his statesmanship, courageous and visionary stance during the fight against Covid-19 and other epidemics. His approach has been applauded overseas,” twitted Kadaga.
According to Parliament’s official Twitter account, the motion was moved by Hon Gilbert Olanya and Hon. Bonny Okello. Hon. Kassiano Wadri however first objected to the motion saying that it was premature since the Covid-19 fight was still on, but the Speaker overruled him, saying that the motion is appropriate.
To date Uganda has not registered any Covid related death and 122 cases have been confirmed out of whom 55 have recovered and 28 are admitted. Thirty (30) patients from Kenya and Tanzania have self-exited the country to seek treatment at home, while 1 patient was repatriated. Uganda has been able to cumulatively test up to 61,460 people.
80% of Ugandans confident about gov’t efforts to stop Covid-19 spread
Irene Mwoyogwona: Beyond the Numbers – How Pride Bank's Award-Winning CFO Combines Profitability and Social ImpactThis is not the first time President Museveni and his government are receiving a mark of endorsement from Ugandans.
An April 2020 survey conducted by global polling giants, Geopoll, showed that 80% of Ugandans were satisfied with the Government of Uganda’s response to Covid-19. The survey, titled: Coronavirus in Sub-Saharan Africa; how Africans in 12 nations are responding to the Covid-19 outbreak, was done between 2nd – April 9th, 2020, in 12 countries, including Uganda. Others are Benin, Côte D’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia.
The study was done amongst people of 16 years and above, out of whom 46 per cent were female and 56 per cent male. According to the study, in Uganda, respondents scored Uganda’s government’s efforts to stop the spread of the disease at 4.0 out of a maximum score of 5.0- the second-highest score in the twelve countries. The majority of Uganda interviewed said they agree or strongly agreed with the stamen: “My government has done enough to stop the spread of coronavirus.”
The highest score (4.5) was in Rwanda, while the lowest was Kenya at 2.9 followed by Nigeria and Zambia at 3.0.
