“I heard that also there was some games of some suppliers trying to hoard so that the price goes up. I don’t like selfish people, if I hear there is no enough maize and beans in the market, then I will import. Too bad for you because you are crooks, you want to take advantage of the people. Sorry we are going to import and those things of yours will rot in your stores,” Museveni said.
President Yoweri Museveni has threatened to
import food from Mexico, if traders try to hoard it in order to
increase in prices.
Speaking on Sunday at State House Nakasero, Museveni
said, he will never allow a group of suppliers to take advantage of Ugandans in
distress.
“I heard that also there was some games of some
suppliers trying to hoard so that the price goes up. I don’t like selfish
people, if I hear there is no enough maize and beans in the market, then I will
import. Too bad for you because you are crooks, you want to take advantage of
the people. Sorry we are going to import and those things of yours will rot in
your stores,” Museveni said.
He added that he’s aware of the games that they are
playing and he will beat them to it.
“Any whisper that the food is not enough, I will
import. I will give it to foreigners because you want to kill your brothers.
You sell us bad food, we go for you if its bad food eat it. Why do you want to
sell it to us,” Museveni said.
The president also used the address to lift the ban
he had imposed on boda bodas to stop moving at 2pm. He said they were concerned by boda bodas moving at
night because they would be used to commit crime.
The president also said that they are studying the idea of
having one person moving in the trucks.
“We had said that the lorry should have
three people but some people are saying that three people are not necessary and
actually are a danger they even cause accidents. I call upon the taskforce to
study this and advise me,” Museveni said.
The president also issued another order stopping
all people who have died of coronavirus elsewhere to be returned to Uganda.
“When somebody dies of Covid don’t try to bring the
body back; let it be buried where somebody has died. I think if somebody was to
die here, it will be the health workers to bury him not the relatives,”
Museveni said.
He also warned drivers
who don’t have stickers and are not essential people from driving on
roads. He said those who will be caught,
their cars will be confiscated.
“There are
still some crooks in society who don’t want to cooperate…we have said don’t
move around if you’re not essential, those vehicles will be confiscated and legally
we shall see what to do about them because you are trying to kill Ugandans by
not cooperating,” Museveni said.
Museveni also warned people from cultivating on
river and lake banks saying, his government was going to move strongly against
all those caught.
