{"id":15024,"date":"2020-04-29T14:50:59","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=15024"},"modified":"2020-04-29T14:51:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:51:03","slug":"president-museveni-donates-1-4-million-to-fight-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/29\/president-museveni-donates-1-4-million-to-fight-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"President Museveni Donates 1.4 Million To Fight COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While speaking to the nation in a televised address on Tuesday evening, President Museveni said that he would contribute Shs.1.4 million of his monthly salary to the fight against the spread of Coronavirus in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President made it clear that he would accept a pay cut, and donate half of his salary to the National COVID-19 Response Fund led by Minister in Charge of General Duties, Mary Karooro Okurut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You remember your people normally pay me some little money. 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