{"id":18587,"date":"2020-09-21T16:02:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T13:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=18587"},"modified":"2020-09-21T16:02:36","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T13:02:36","slug":"musevenis-voice-affected-by-mask-worn-in-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/21\/musevenis-voice-affected-by-mask-worn-in-tanzania\/","title":{"rendered":"Museveni’s voice affected by mask worn in Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni is recovering after a “strong” face mask he wore on his trip to Tanzania more than a week ago made him lose his voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Museveni said that while face masks protect people against the coronavirus, he “had to put on a very strong one” in Tanzania and “when I came back my voice was affected”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He did not elaborate, but it led to him calling off a trip to Jinja district in eastern Uganda on Saturday. He sent Vice-President Edward Ssekandi instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has played down the threat posed by the disease, and has previously said that the country is “coronavirus-free” and God has “spared” it from the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When he welcomed Mr Museveni to the country, Mr Magufuli did not wear a face covering. He had guests laughing when he quoted the Ugandan president as telling him that he would be wearing a mask and he replied that “you can even come with a blanket”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two leaders signed an agreement allowing for the construction of a 1,445 km (898 miles) crude oil pipeline.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The $3.5bn (\u00a32.7m) project will connect Uganda’s oil fields to Tanzania’s port of Tanga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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