Ugandans, whose Ministry of Health preaches the idea of “fighting the virus not the people”, have been told that they could be thrown into prison if they break lockdown rules by operating banned businesses or even by not wearing a face mask when outside. BBC News has the story.
According to new rules released by the Health Ministry in a statutory document, those found operating banned businesses such as bars, nightclubs, cinemas and shops selling non-food items face time in prison.
Current lockdown measures also restrict cultural ceremonies like weddings to only 20 people, and anyone found hosting a larger number might be jailed.
Heads of households or owners of premises or property who fail to report people infected with Covid to health officials may be imprisoned as well.
Not wearing a mask outside of one’s residence or assisting someone to escape from quarantine, could land one in jail.
Since the country first went into lockdown in March 2020, security forces have in some cases meted out violence on the public while enforcing control measures and several people have been killed.
Officials warn that Uganda is currently going through a second wave of Covid infections which should have peaked by early August.
Lockdown rule-breaking – which also includes praying in open places – could land Ugandans in prison for two months, according to Voice of America. State Minister for Health Anifa Kawooya says the new measures are necessary. “These penalties are not punishments. In one way, it is to instil attitude change… That the moment that you know that if I don’t observe these [standard operating procedures], this will happen.”
The BBC News report is worth reading in full.
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What do Tesco & Sainsbury’s say? Bravo Asda and Morrisons – reading the runes correctly… Sstarmer is f#£@king toast.
I bloody well hope Kneel is toast.
And Waitrose who can be oh so holier than thou a lot of the time.
Crafty Asda and Morrisons seeking to defuse potential distribution centre-blockades.
A few muckspreaders down Whitehall would up the ante.
They need to send them to the BBC!
The problem with this policy, nominally being pushed by Kneel and Thieves is that he has promised all the farm land to the likes of Billy and Larry so he’s not in a position to back down.
Zelensky promised much of Ukraine to that motley crue.
I wonder how much ASDA paid farmers for all that veg they were selling at 8p pre-Xmas?
ASDA were selling veg at 8p (per what?): perhaps it was a loss-leader.
Or perhaps there was an oversupply so prices – that important market mechanism associated with supply and demand which is a complete mystery to most of the population – reflected this, and farmers got what the market dictated – and half a sixpence is better than no sixpence.
I know this will come as a real shock to many, but it is consumers who determine selling prices, and consumers also determine which products/businesses are successful, and consumers determine how many are employed and what is sold in an economy. (This assumes Government hasn’t got its beak and sticky fingers in the market.)
I hope it was a loss leader, but farmer-supermarket relations in this country have a very mixed history, to say the least. While it may be welcome that big supermarkets come out against this tax measure, perhaps the supermarkets have decided this is a ‘popular’ stance they can take at no cost to themselves.
Although I welcome any support for the farmers, I was thinking exactly the same thing. And more difficult for supermarkets to negotiate low prices with super farms than small farms? Too cynical? Overthinking maybe?