Tanga Odoi, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party’s Electoral Commission boss has decreed that all aspirants under have to take a Covid-19 test and present a negative certificate before they can get nominated, .
Speaking to reporters at the NRM Electoral Commission headquarters at Plot 13 Kyadondo Road, Dr Tanga Odoi, its chairman said they are going to ensure that the Presidential directive is enforced.
Last week the President said all political aspirants must first test for the virus before they go to the population to canvass for votes.
“If you want to clean yourself, come with a COVID-19 certificate that you are clean. We can’t endorse you yet you are not going to be in parliament. These things are real; COVID is real, we must thank the government for caring for us. If the President said people should test what’s wrong with testing? For me every after three days I go and test because I don’t know who is sick,” said Dr Odoi.
This development comes at a time when Uganda has confirmed its fourth COVID-19 death in less than two weeks. It also comes at a time when two senior employees at the NRM secretariat tested positive of the highly contagious virus.
