Museveni's COVID-19 quotes
May 02, 2020
"The lockdown is not a matter of convenience, we are talking about life and death."
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President Yoweri Museveni has addressed the nation quite a number of times since the outbreak of COVID-19. Today, we bring you some of the quotes from his speeches.
President Yoweri Museveni has addressed the nation quite a number of times since the outbreak of COVID-19. Today, we bring you some of the quotes from his speeches.
"Uganda is prepared. We have isolation centres. Prevention is better than cure."
"Anybody with a cough or cold and anyone sneezing in and sneezing out (okweskyamura) should not go into public space."
"Mama Janet and I did the scientific wedding back in 1973 and we have never regretted."
"When it comes to health, it is better to be a coward and be on the side of caution."
"Logically, the faster we run the better."
"The virus enters the body through the soft parts of the body -the nose, eyes, and mouth."
"There is time for everything. There is time for survival and this is time for survival. This is not the usual way of life."
"People should stop talking a language of normalcy in a period of abnormalcy."
"Handle issues firmly but legally, if you beat people, you give our security a bad image. You are now weakening us not strengthening us."
"Those who are playing with this fire should stop. They should stop talking nonsense."
"The lockdown is not a matter of convenience, we are talking about life and death."
"If I hear that there is not enough maize or beans because people are hoarding from the market, then I will import and forget about you, because you are crocks."
"The economy should move, but move without the disease spreading."
"We have defeated the locusts, we shall defeat coronavirus."
"In 1893, there was an outbreak of smallpox. Our ancestors quickly learnt that technique of "Don't concentrate and it worked for them."