COVID-19: Two MPs allowed back to Parliament after forced isolation

By Francis Otucu

Mid-March, three Members of Parliament were forced out of the House after it emerged that they had just returned from high-risk countries and therefore, could have risked the lives of all legislators, their family members and the public after they dodged mandatory quarantine upon their return from the United Arab Emirates.

At the time, it was alleged that MPs including James Kakooza, Kafeero Ssekitoleko and Anothnoy Akol while returning to the country passed through the VIP sections used their positions to avoid screening and later isolation.

However, Tuesday afternoon, Speaker of parliament, Rebecca Kadaga announced that two of the said MPs had completed mandatory self-isolation. “Hon. James Kakooza & Hon Kafeero Robert Ssekitoleko have completed quarantine and been cleared. They are free to come back and attend to the House,” she said adding, “It’s not that they had the virus but they had gone to countries where the incidence of #COVID19 was very high.”