August 4, 2021 MPs at Namatala health centre in Sironko
Swayed by a notable public outcry over government s wobbly handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, the 11th parliament took an outsize interest in the country’s preparedness to contain the spread of infections in the second and anticipated third wave.
After weeks of on-the-ground visits to health facilities in the central, east, north and western Uganda, MPs have found a much unprepared, underfunded and frail healthcare system almost two years after the pandemic broke out.
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Anita Annet Among named about 40 MPs on a fact-finding mission to establish the readiness and capability of government to contain the raging second wave and anticipated third wave of Covid-19. The MPs monitored vaccination, case management and surveillance in facilities that get government funding.
Buikwe
Uganda
United-states
United-kingdom
Kyotera
Trakai
Kakuuto
Mutukula
Entebbe
Wakiso
Kayunga
Sironko