When President Museveni suspended public and private means of transport on a he issued an exemption for vehicles of essential personnel like medical officers, the Army, the Police, ambulances, waste collection trucks, cargo trucks, those working for financial institutions, and selected government employees among others.
He further directed the Minister of Works and Transport Gen Katumba Wamala to issue stickers for these vehicles for easy identification and movement and the Minister has within the past days done so.
However, it has come to the notice of Ministry of Works that some Ugandans had started forging the stickers to facilitate their own movement, something that undermines the President’s directive and puts the country at risk of having the virus spread.
This is why the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) has developed a web portal in collaboration with National Information Technology Authority (NITA-U) to help the Ministry of Works and Transport, and Police to verify these stickers instantly.
The State Minister for ICT, Peter Ogwang has said in a tweet that if anyone is found with a fake sticker on their car, they will be charged with forgery and attempting to spread a contagious disease.
The general public is advised to abide by the directives put in place by the President and the Ministry of Health in order to defeat the coronavirus pandemic.