Skip to main content
The Ministers addressing the media

1000 Prison Officers Deployed to Distribute Food to Vulnerable People

by KP
posted onApril 19, 2020
nocomment

Uganda Prisons Service has deployed 1000 prison officers to assist in the distribution of relief items to the vulnerable people affectedbby COVID-19 in Kampala and Wakiso districts.

State Minister for Disaster Preparedness Musa Ecweru said that the food distribution exercise has been faced with challenges of manpower, with Local Defence Unit (LDU) officers being overwhelmed.

"This challenge of manpower has been sorted because Uganda Prisons has offered us 1000 personnel who will help the LDUs in distributing food," Ecweru said.

Ecweru and other Ministers who are coordinating food distribution in Kampala were addressing the media at the food store in Nakawa on Sunday. The Ministers present were; Peter Ogwang in charge of Makindye Division, Chris Baryomunsi (Nakawa), Jack Kafuuzi (Kawempe), Raphael Magyezi (Kampala Central) and Benny Namugwanya (Rubaga).

Ecweru said that the previous challenges that had hampered the food distribution exercise have been addressed such as the change of leadership at OPM, quality food supplies etc.

"I would like to assure you that there is now enough food to meet the first phase of our intervention that is 2m people. But I urge people to stop selling this food," he said.

Ecweru added that all medical facilities in Kampala and other places have received food including over 100 orphanages in Kampala.

Apparently, food has already been disbursed for distribution to the victims of nodding disease in Northern Uganda.

State Minister for ICT Peter Ogwang who is also in charge of Makindye Division food distribution Taskforce said that they are working with all the local leaders to ensure that food reaches the vulnerable people and urged people to desist from politicizing the matter.

About Author

Kp Reporter - Chief editor

Join the conversation

Restricted HTML

  • Allowed HTML tags: <a href hreflang> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote cite> <code> <ul type> <ol start type> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <h2 id> <h3 id> <h4 id> <h5 id> <h6 id>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically.