Indeed procurement of 10 Intensive Care Beds and 10 Ventilators per Regional Refferral Hospitals is underway. 55 new ambulances also to be supplied in June this year
While on the floor of Parliament of Uganda this afternoon, Hon. Kyagulanyi Robert aka Bobi Wine has challenged the proposal by Government to Limit the production of face masks to only #Nytil .
He says that there are many other Ugandans in the informal sector who are working extremely hard to produce face masks to earn a living but more importantly to contribute in the fight against.
Members of Parliament from the Rwenzori sub-region are disturbed by government’s delay in responding to the floods and mudslides that hit Kasese district a fortnight ago, displacing many and claiming lives.
At the beginning of May, three rivers in Kasese district burst their banks leading to the floods that have devastated residents.
Legislators during the Thursday, 21 May 2020 plenary sitting expressed anguish when the Prime Minister, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, announced that government had not yet drawn a comprehensive plan to rescue victims of the floods.
“It cannot be business as usual, in Bukonjo West, five people were covered by floods, 14 people were swept away and we do not know what the weather has again for our people. We want a comprehensive action plan from the government,” said Atkins Katusabe (FDC, Bukonjo County West).
Hon. William Nzoghu (FDC, Busongora County North) told Parliament, chaired by Speaker Rebecca Kadaga that the situation is in his constituency was “bothersome” as many people have not only been displaced from their homes but are unable to access basic services.
“There are more than 10 camps hosting displaced people, several areas have been cut off and they cannot access a health facility and even food. So, why is this situation being treated as a normal occurrence?” Nzoghu asked.
Parliament also learnt that 50 households living on the border with DR Congo are at loggerheads with their Congolese neighbours when River Lamya changed its course, leaving them on the side of DR Congo.
“The Congolese believe that the river is the boundary separating them from Uganda but the river changed it course. Now they cannot allow Ugandan citizens to access their gardens and so they are all staying in a primary school,” said the Bwamba County MP, Hon. Richard Gafabusa.
Dr Rugunda assured MPs that despite the absence of a statement on the response plan, government was on course and abreast with happenings in Kasese and Bundibugo districts.
“Yesterday, the President and some ministers visited Kasese and they know what is happening. In the immediate, relief in terms of food was made available,” said Rugunda before committing to make a comprehensive statement to the House on the situation in Kasese when it next resumes on Tuesday, 26 May 2020.
