How Ugandans exposed themselves to terrorists as police dropped their guard
Ugandan police officers at the scene where a bus was reported to have been attacked with explosives in Lungala on October 25, 2021. One person was reported dead and several were wounded. PHOTO | AFP
On October 20, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the end of curfew in the country, ending the nationwide limitation on movement at night, instituted in March 2020 at the onset of coronavirus pandemic. "It is now time to shift our focus from survival to co-existing with the disease," he said in a televised address to mark a Mashujaa Day.
In neighbouring Uganda, this was received with excitement and the video of Kenyatta’s speech was circulated widely on social media, even as Uganda maintained a 7pm to 5am curfew. Perhaps in anticipation of a similar “gift” from President Yoweri Museveni in a week’s time, Ugandans took to bars with reckless abandon. Three days later, a bomb exploded in a Kampala suburb, Kawempe, killing a 20-year-old waitress and injuring other people.
