The government has said unlike in the past, this year’s Independence Day celebrations in Uganda will be held in a scientific manner in what is now termed as the new normal.
The Minister for Presidency, Esther Mbayo, said that there will be no traditional programmes and fanfare like it has been during the past celebrations as Uganda is still observing the Ministry of Health guidelines of the Standard Operating Procedures as the government manages the Covid-19 pandemic.
This year’s ceremony under the theme; “Celebrating Uganda’s steady progress towards economic take off and self-sustaining economic growth” will be presided over by President Museveni who has been in power since 1986.
Mbayo attributed the achievements Uganda has registered since Independence partly to the ruling NRM government which has been in power for over 30 years.
The Ministry of Health today said they had recorded one more virus death from Jinja district as fatalities rose to 85 and further 178 new infections have been recorded, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 9,260 with 5,588 recoveries.
