State Minister for Housing, Dr. Chris Baryomunsi and a Member of Parliament representing Kinkizi County East who also on#Covid-19 taskforce has said, private teachers should be considered for food relief.
Baryomunsi said that most of the private schools may not pay their employees.
The minister said unlike other private companies who might be paying their employees regardless of the fact that they are not working, teachers from some of private schools were among the first people to sit home when president closed schools for 32 days.
He says they are not gathered in one place but they should link with the task-force, or else they can visit their chairpersons LC1 to capture their details so that they can become eligible.
Private universities have already informed their staffs that they will not pay them in this lock down because they always get money from students and now that students did not pay, there is no way they can get money to pay their employees. These include; Ndejje and Nkumba universities haved said so among others
Uganda on Saturday April 4, 2020 launched and started relief food distribution to about 1.5 million urban poor who are affected by the lockdown as a measure to contain the #COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
Prime minister said that security would stay at the distribution point from the beginning up to the end of the exercise.
On March 18, 2020, President Museveni ordered for the closure of schools and suspended religious gatherings across the country in attempt to prevent the spread of corona virus.
President Museveni said all primary and secondary schools, university and other institutions of learning would be closed starting Friday, March 20, 2020 for 32 days.
