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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Former presidential contender, Dr Kizza Besigye, has opposed the government directive of cutting short the third term academic year from December 9 to November 25, advising that the spread of the Ebola disease can be prevented through sensitisation and other methods.<\/p>\n

Addressing journalists in Kampala yesterday, Dr Besigye said it would be easy to control and monitor the spread of Ebola in a controlled environment like schools than letting the learners return to their homes where their movements are not well controlled.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is ridiculous to say that Ebola is spreading in schools and you only choose to close them on November 25 without any measures to prevent the spread of the disease between now and the date of closure,\u201d Dr Besigye said.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cControl of Ebola is much easier in a regulated environment like that of schools, but at home, the learners will spend all the time playing and making contacts among themselves, increasing chances of spreading the virus in such an unregulated environment,\u201d Dr Besigye said.<\/p>\n

He said the unidentified positive cases in schools will now carry the virus to their home areas, accusing the State of reckless expenditure that has impacted negatively on the country\u2019s education system.<\/p>\n

Dr Besigye rallied parents to fight for the future of their children.<\/p>\n

He called on the government to have in place a clear disaster management plan with a special budget to manage disaster and other related emergencies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard the Minister of Health saying the government has not remitted the Shs80b for Ebola response. This is a result of the government\u2019s failure to have a national budget to respond to such calamities. There is a mandatory need to review the national budget in accordance with the current crisis,\u201d Dr Besigye remarked.<\/p>\n

He called on the government to prioritise the fight against corruption so that the government money is put to proper use.<\/p>\n

Dr Besigye further noted that Ugandans are paying more attention to the skyrocketing inflation without taking into consideration the health and safety measures.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, we have a two-digit inflation (11 percent) and all Ugandans are looking for survival without considering the health precautionary measures. All prices hiked but people\u2019s salaries remained the same. The cost of living has made people forget about guidelines from the Ministry of Health,\u201d Dr Besigye said.<\/p>\n

Attacks on police<\/b><\/p>\n

In another development, Dr Kizza Besigye, linked the recent attacks on police posts to torture victims, who he said could be trying to revenge due to state atrocities committed against them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe grabbing of guns is not an ordinary crime but a political response to the current economic crisis, and it is done either by the victims of the crisis like the survivors of the drone incidents or it could be done by the state itself as a clandestine measure to pounce and declare a state of emergency to suppress the population,\u201d Dr Besigye said<\/p>\n

He also called upon Members of Parliament to come up with an official communication on the state of affairs between Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo in response to remarks made by the senior presidential advisor-in-charge of special operations and first son, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba that it was very dangerous for anybody to fight the M23 rebels who have launched war against the DR Congo government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government is spending a lot of money on the deployment in DR Congo but it is like Uganda has taken sides in the conflict. The UPDF forces that were deployed in DR Congo are meant to fight the M23 rebels but at the same time the then commander of the land forces who ordered their deployment says it is very wrong to fight his brothers (M23 rebels), why is government still in DR Congo?\u201d Dr Besigye remarked.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. Former presidential contender, Dr Kizza Besigye, has opposed the government directive of cutting short the third term academic year from December 9 to November 25, advising that the spread of the Ebola disease can be prevented through sensitisation and other methods. 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