No cross-border movements allowed between Jinja and Njeru - Government

Njeru residents in Buyikwe District who had petitioned President Museveni to declare the area as part of Jinja for purposes of easy movements to and from work have been asked to continue observing the directive on inter- district movements awaiting a response from the president in subsequent dresses, says Deputy Presidential Press Secretary Kirunda Faruk.

As a result of the presidential directive to ban all inter-district travels which came into effect on Friday, the people of Njeru, majority of whom work in Jinja are stuck after security bared them access to cross the Nile bridge to their workplaces across.

They had thus sought for the President's intervention to grant them unconditional inter district travel rights between Jinja and Buikwe. This, the residents argued would allow them access food and other amenities for themselves and families.

In response however, Kirunda said the presidential directive has to be observed by all without any exceptions until when he comes out to pronounce otherwise.

For now, the residents have been asked to follow the directive strictly just like the rest of the country. 

However admitted that the changes will adversely impacted people's livelihoods but added that it's a worthy sacrifice in light of the surge in virus infections.

In a separate interview, Kirunda rallied the public against seeking unnecessary travel permissions to Kampala Metropolitan areas on the pretext of searching for expert medical treatment.

He says the public should make use of both government and private medical facilities in their respective districts to avoid accessing the highly voronavirus- infested  city area.