This afternoon, the police arrested 24 Ugandans and 23 nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who were travelling in a Horizon Bus registration number UAM 895-H heading to Kisoro from Kampala. They were intercepted in Kabale.
Up to 47 passengers have been arrested for defying President Yoweri Museveni’s ban on public transport. The ban was announced last evening as one of the measures to control the spread of COVID -19, a pandemic that has killed more than 20,000 people across the world in recent weeks. Uganda has so far recorded 14 cases of people battling the disease.
This afternoon, the police arrested 24 Ugandans and 23 nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who were travelling in a Horizon Bus registration number UAM 895-H heading to Kisoro from Kampala. They were intercepted in Kabale.
Kigezi Region Police Spokesperson Elly Maate, says that the bus is suspected to have left Kampala last night at around 10 p.m., hours after the ban was announced. All individuals in the bus were subjected to a temperature checkup and later taken to Kabale Central Police Station.
He adds that security and health authorities are still consulting on whether the suspects should be quarantined since some of them were planning to cross to DRC in disregard of yet another presidential directive closing all borders. He calls upon members of the public to abide by the president’s directive on public transport because it is a preventive measure against Covid-19.
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Passengers who include; Christopher Habararema, Godfrey Twishime, Vicent Kasajja and Santrina Owomugisha say that they left Kampala at with hopes of reaching Kisoro in the morning before the presidential directive is effected but were frustrated by the bus which got a mechanical problem on Thursday morning at around 6 a.m.
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By the time of filling the story both passengers and the bus were still at Kabale police station.
Story by Samuel Amanya
