Museveni 'wins war' against Covid-19

By Peter Ochieng

Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is finally free from Covid-19.

The 78-year-old Head of State on Sunday announced that he had tested negative, after a two-week battle with the virus.

In a statement, he said he is free to abandon self isolation.

"On the war with corona, it is now confirmed that I am a veteran graduate of the war with that enemy," he said.

"The samples showed that I had turned negative vis a vis corona. Even the samples of last Wednesday had showed reduced presence of the virus parts. The Glory goes to God."

He said during his time in isolation, he stopped using masks because they were giving him an allergy of eyes and throat.

He moved to the second line of defense, which entailed "immunization, nutrition and the therapeutics where necessary."

Last week, Museveni castigated people he said were Kenyans for claiming that he was admitted in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), due to the virus.

"I also noticed some few individuals from, I think, Kenya, saying that I was in ICU etc. If I was in ICU, the government would inform the country. What is there to hide?"

The president also condemned a terrorist attack in Western Uganda on Friday night, where over 35 people were killed.

The attack has been linked to ADF militants.