Museveni mourns Kivejinja, warns about Covid-19

President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday mourned the death of Second Deputy Prime Minister Alhaji Kirunda Kivejinja due to Covid-19 pandemic and warned the members of the public to trade carefully noting that the virus is spreading quickly within the communities.

Museveni who was addressing his campaign rally in Hoima in Bunyoro region noted that some section of the population had deliberately refused to adhere to the Ministry of Health guidelines.

"We have been telling people that this Covid-19 is a killer but people have been joking," the President told the National Resistance Movement supporters in Hoima.

He also mentioned names of some of the legislators who had passed on like Kyotera Woman Member of Parliament Robina Ssentongo who passed away on Saturday morning, Masaka District Woman Member of Parliament contestant Freda Mubanda Kasse who died on Wednesday at the age of 76 in Kenya among others.

The President noted that the country was now losing people unnecessarily and urged Ugandans to be on the lookout.

Kivejinja passed away on Saturday evening after battling the virus for over one month at the Mulago National referral hospital.