Police yesterday involved in running battles with market vendors at the customs border market after they reportedly failed to adhere to the presidential directive to have markets closed over Corona virus pandemic.
While speaking to Kasese Guide Radio in an interview, the chairperson for Mpondwe Lhubiriha town council in Kasese district, Mr. Selevest Mapoze noted that even when traders have been asked to stay at home as a way to contain the spread of covid-19, some vendors defied the directive something that prompted security operatives to force them out of the market place. Mr. Mapoze 1…….
The mayor who emphasized the need to report people who return from outside countries to authority asked residents to avoid speculations saying there are only two returnees who have been taken to Bwera Hospital for examination as one was returning from Dubai and another from Nigeria. Mr. Mapoze two…………
Mayor for Kasese Municipality also added his voice to that of President Museveni warning traders who have reportedly increased prices for domestic items to stop immediately. Mr. Kabyanga 1……..
The mayor was optimistic that with the available precautionary measures, the pandemic will be contained in the following two months before he called for a need on the media to keep disinfecting their Microphones in a bid to fight the Virus.Mayor Kabyanga 2….
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