88 travellers stranded at Katuna border

Mar 23, 2020

Elly Maate, the Kigezi Regional Police spokesperson said it is hard for them to allow these travelers in the country since they need to subject them to mandatory 14 days quarantine to verify their health.

RWANDA        BORDER      COVID-19

A total of 88 travellers are stranded at Katuna border following the closure of the borders by the president in a bid to prevent Covid-19 spread.

Four of the travelers are from Kenya, 1 from Eritrea and 83 are Ugandans who have been in Rwanda.

Security officials from Uganda are met them Sunday evening to see what to exactly do since Rwanda and Uganda have both closed their borders.

 



Elly Maate, the Kigezi Regional Police spokesperson said it is hard for them to allow these travelers in the country since they need to subject them to mandatory 14 days quarantine to verify their health.

 



Darius Nandinda, the Kabale Resident District Commissioner said they will have to confine these people to study their health

Ivan Mulumba, one of the travellers said the directive to lock them up for 14 days was unfair since they did not have enough money to sustain themselves for this long.
Steven Niwagaba another traveller noted that his family will suffer since he was rushing to sort out a few issues at home.

 



By Sunday night, authorities were waiting on the Health Ministry's guidance on how to deal with these people.

 

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