Uganda: Covid Funds - MPs Protest Decision to Exclude Rural Dwellers

Legislators representing rural constituencies are up in arms over government's decision to exclude their constituents from the Covid-19 relief fund support.

Last week, President Museveni announced a second 42-day lockdown as one of the measures to check the surging numbers of Covid-19 cases recorded in the second wave.

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