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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Former presidential candidate Joseph Kabuleta has warned employers against subjecting their staff to forced Covid-19 jabs, saying it is illegal and they risk being sued.<\/p>\n

Addressing a press conference in Kampala yesterday, Mr Kabuleta said he had assembled a team of human rights lawyers led by Mr Daniel Walyemera to institute legal proceedings against anyone doing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has come to our knowledge that several people are coerced or forced to take the Covid-19 vaccination against their will because it has been attached to their employment or wages or normal day to day existence,\u201d Mr Kabuleta said.<\/p>\n

Mr Kabuleta, flanked by Mr Walyemera and Dr Moses Byamugisha, journalist-turned politician, said any forced vaccinations of any person is illegal and is a violation of the right to human dignity, privacy and the right to health.<\/p>\n

He urged any employees being discriminated against for having not received a Covid-19 jab to contact him and his legal team so that they commence legal proceedings against such employers. Mr Walyemera said forcing someone to take a Covid-19 jab is also criminal.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you force that injection on someone, you are committing an assault on their body. Everybody has a right to human dignity. If you are going to be injected, given tablets, or operated on, first, you must be educated about the effects of the same,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Kabuleta also cautioned government against imposing a second lockdown.<\/p>\n

The former presidential candidate said research has shown that the first lockdown world-wide did not help in curbing on the infections but instead, made many expectant mothers suffer and many people lost jobs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to tell those Covid-19 lockdown profiteers that we don\u2019t want to hear of that word lockdown again. That thing was a mistake, there have been studies, and scientific ones which found out that lockdowns world over did not help in curbing the spread of Covid-19,\u201d Mr Kabuleta said.<\/p>\n

Addressing the nation at the weekend, President Museveni warned that the country is headed for a dangerous phase of infections, and called for vigilance.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter our Wednesday meeting (tomorrow), we shall give detailed guidelines,\u201d he said.Last week, Dr Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary at the Health ministry, warned of a second lockdown if the trend of the new infections continues unchecked.More than 595,924 people have been vaccinated.<\/p>\n

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