{"id":24691,"date":"2021-06-22T21:08:29","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T18:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=24691"},"modified":"2021-06-22T21:08:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T18:08:32","slug":"covid-19-parliament-closed-for-two-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/22\/covid-19-parliament-closed-for-two-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID 19: Parliament Closed For Two Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parliament of Uganda has is set to be closed for two weeks effective June 28, 2021, Ug Mirror reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This communication was sent out to all Members of Parliament in a letter dated June 22, 2021 and signed by Yoweri Henry Waiswa for the clerk of parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou will recall that the Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament adjourned the House sine die on Monday, 14&#8243; June, 2021,\u201d reads the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The letter further reads that; \u201cParliament of Uganda like the rest of the country has been affected by the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic with a positivity rate of 17.1%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs a mitigating measure in the prevention of the COVID-19 infection, the Administration of Parliament in consultation with the Office of the Speaker is closing Parliament to Hon. Members of Parliament for a period of two weeks in order to disinfect the Parliamentary Buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis notice will take effect from Monday, 28th June, 2021 to Sunday, 11th July,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2021. Members are advised to adhere to this instruction.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parliament of Uganda has is set to be closed for two weeks effective June 28, 2021, Ug Mirror reports. This communication was sent out to all Members of Parliament in a letter dated June 22, 2021 and signed by Yoweri Henry Waiswa for the clerk of parliament. \u201cYou will recall that the Rt. Hon. Speaker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":7637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31,190],"class_list":["post-24691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-parliament-of-uganda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27983"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24693,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24691\/revisions\/24693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}