The Presidential Address on COVID-19 has been postponed to Sunday, September 20, 8pm according to Senior Presidential Press Secretary, Don Wanyama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wanyama through his Twitter said: \u201cGood people, the Presidential Address on COVID-19 has been rescheduled to Sunday, September 20th, at 8pm. It will be live on TVs and radios. Asante,\u201d Mr. Wanyama tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This week, the President summoned a special cabinet meeting to determine the future of learners and other sectors such as bars, sports and music events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last week, there were reports that schools, especially candidate classes are set to reopen for the second term that will end in mid-December, and that third term was to begin in January or February, whereas UNEB exams are to be written in March or April 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Minister for Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and National Guidance, Judith Nabakooba urged the public to ignore these kinds of reports that are speculating about the reopening of academic institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nabakooba said that only President Yoweri Museveni has the mandate to reopen schools and all other institutions that were closed as a measure to combat the spread of the Coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe mandate to guide the nation on the reopening of schools and other institutions is with His Excellency the President of Uganda,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen it comes to the national COVID-19 response, I want to call upon Ugandans to be calm and ignore some of the speculative messages regarding the reopening of public institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministry of Education was the first to dismiss the reports as being untrue and asked parents to disregard the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In total, Uganda\u2019s health ministry has to-date declared 5,594 Coronavirus cases, of whom over 61 have died and 2,544 have recovered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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