Presidential Address on COVID-19

President's address today 25.03.2020 at 8 PM - Laying out additional measures to curb the spread of the deadly Coronavirus:

  1. Suspension of all public passenger  transport vehicles: all buses, passenger trains, PSV, Boda bodas etc.
  2. Only private vehicles carrying a maximum of 3 people are permitted to move;
  3. Lorries delivering cargo, delivery vans, pick up vehicles and other vehicles for carrying  food and other essentials permitted 
  4. Boda bodas carrying  cargo and food permitted to continue moving. Boda bodas encouraged to change their business from focusing on carrying people to delivery of foods 
  5. Ambulances, Security forces' vehicles, government vehicles doing essential work, Kasasiro vehicles permitted to continue moving ;
  6. Only markets selling food stuffs will continue operating. Trading in other non food items in markets has been suspended . But maintain  the social distance of 4 Metres 
  7. Government offices should work out only the essential staff who will remain on duty.
  8. All government vehicles at the District (except police and army vehicles) should be put at  the District Hqs under the command of the District Health Officer 
Wednesday, March 25, 2020