National planning Authority has taken the blame of failure to provide the satisfactory planning for to the country on COVID19 pandemic.
In his address to the media during the launch of the NPA scientific modal that will be used to update the Nation about the cases of COVID19 National Planning Authority Executive Director Dr .Joseph Muvawala said in the first wave of COVID19 their things that Government never prioritized like investing heavily in Health including purchases of Hospital Beds, oxygen in ICU which is currently one of the challenge the country is facing amidst the fight against the 2nd wave of COVID19..
Despite Admitting their mistakes, Muvawala has blamed the Government for undermining the role of Planning officials by not including them any where on the National COVID19 Task Forces some thing he said is unrealistic as he questioned the role of Resident District Commissioners on the National COVID19 Task Forces.
Muvawala has further revealed the importance of the introduction of the scientific modal that it will be used to give the general public a projection picture on the COVID19 statistics casas every two weeks ahead as he indicated the COVID19 cases has drastically reduced in the last two weeks since the 2nd Locked was announced.
He has equally called upon the population to consider the Lockdown as the best remedy of Addressing The pandemic than looking at it as punishment from president Museveni who in the same way urged people to adhere to guidelines that are in place.