Kayemba, who is vying for the Kigulu South Parliamentary seat as an independent is in self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19 on October 30th, a day to the much anticipated presidential visit to Iganga to commission road construction projects.
Patrick Kayemba, courtesy photo
Iganga LC 5
Chairperson, Patrick Kayemba is accusing some members of the COVID-19 Taskforce
of manipulating his COVID-19 test results to stop him from accessing the President during his visit to the district on Saturday last week.
Kayemba, who
is vying for the Kigulu South Parliamentary seat as an independent is in self-isolation
after testing positive for COVID-19 on October 30th, a day to the
much anticipated presidential visit to Iganga to commission road construction
projects.
He told
journalists on Tuesday morning that some of his colleagues concocted the
COVID-19 positive results because they didn’t want him to present Iganga's
challenges to the president.
“After
knowing that I had objected to their resolution of only showering praises to
the president, the task force members connived with health workers to declare me
COVID-19 positive," he says.
Adding that,
“I am abiding with the COVID-19 control guidelines as i wait for test results from
an independent laboratory.” However, Iganga Resident District Commissioner, Eva
Kwesiga, says Kayemba’s COVID-19 test was handled by qualified health workers
who cannot be compromised.
Kayemba is
running from the Kigulu south parliamentary seat against Milton Muwuma who
trounced him in the National Resistance Movement-NRM party primaries.