{"id":37694,"date":"2022-09-27T16:59:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T16:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dont-militarise-ebola-fight-fdc-tells-govt"},"modified":"2022-09-27T17:11:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T17:11:34","slug":"dont-militarise-ebola-fight-fdc-tells-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dont-militarise-ebola-fight-fdc-tells-govt","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t militarise Ebola fight, FDC tells govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has asked the government not to militarise the Ebola response by treating suspected patients, like it was witnessed in the first days of Covid-19 outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists yesterday at their offices in Najjanankumbi, Kampala, yesterday, the party spokesperson, Mr Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, said the population and the government should desist from victimising suspected cases and their families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have already seen the Minister of Health herself in Mubende addressing meetings together with the military. We ask the government not to militarise Ebola because it can be very frightening,\u201d Mr Ssemujju said.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, many people during the Covid-19 outbreak used to hide patients in their homes for fear of being man-handled by police and the military.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us report suspected Ebola patients, but also treat them humanely. Remember when we had Covid-19 here, to be reported to have Covid was like a crime. I remember the first case in my constituency, in Kasokoso, when they called the police, military; the victims, who needed help, saw the armed men storming their houses,\u201d Mr Ssemujju said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is okay for the military and police to trace these Ebola victims and contacts, but they should not go carrying guns as if they are going to hunt down criminals as it happened during Covid-19. People will start hiding in their ceilings,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The party also called for free treatment for Ebola patients admitted to both private and government hospitals, saying this will motivate people to report for treatment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has asked the government not to militarise the Ebola response by treating suspected patients, like it was witnessed in the first days of Covid-19 outbreak. Addressing journalists yesterday at their offices in Najjanankumbi, Kampala, yesterday, the party spokesperson, Mr Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, said the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":37693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,10],"tags":[233,240,934,234],"class_list":["post-37694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-forum-for-democratic-change","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Don\u2019t militarise Ebola fight, FDC tells govt - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has asked the government not to militarise the Ebola response by ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dont-militarise-ebola-fight-fdc-tells-govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Don\u2019t militarise Ebola fight, FDC tells govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has asked the government not to militarise the Ebola response by ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dont-militarise-ebola-fight-fdc-tells-govt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-27T16:59:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-27T17:11:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-63332e8c0e690.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"639\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dont-militarise-ebola-fight-fdc-tells-govt#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dont-militarise-ebola-fight-fdc-tells-govt\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Don\u2019t militarise Ebola fight, FDC tells govt\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-27T16:59:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-27T17:11:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dont-militarise-ebola-fight-fdc-tells-govt\"},\"wordCount\":274,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dont-militarise-ebola-fight-fdc-tells-govt#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2022\/09\/postQueueImg_1-63332e8c0e690.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"Forum for Democratic Change\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dont-militarise-ebola-fight-fdc-tells-govt#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dont-militarise-ebola-fight-fdc-tells-govt\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/dont-militarise-ebola-fight-fdc-tells-govt\",\"name\":\"Don\u2019t militarise Ebola fight, FDC tells govt - 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