President Museveni says that the third channel for the potential entry of the virus are the porous borders, which see people come into Uganda walking on foot from neighbouring countries.
Good enough, “that is managed by our RDC system. If they are encouraged and the RDCs keep in touch with them, they can block that third route of the enemy”.
Museveni says that the medium-term solution is to shift most the cargo to the railway, but that for now, Uganda cannot stop cargo.
“We have lost $1.6b from tourism. We may lose $1.3b from remittances from Ugandans living abroad. We canot lose forex from our coffee, tea, milk products, etc in addition to failing to bringing in raw materials, etc.
“That is simply a wrong debate. The debate should not be whether to allow the drivers or not. The debate should be on how these drivers should be handled.
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