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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have arrested a truck driver for flouting the Covid-19 guidelines. Hassan Lubega was arrested on Monday in Nabingo along the Kampala-Masaka highway.
Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire says that Lubega who was driving a truck registration number UBJ 803P was intercepted as he was carrying passengers to Mpigi, Masaka and Mbarara.
Last month, President Yoweri Museveni imposed 42-days of national lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19. He suspended transport between or through districts.
Owoyesigyire says that the truck was intercepted after CCTV cameras captured it dropping passengers at different points on the Kampala-Masaka highway. When police searched the truck, they found 14 people inside the vehicle.
“When we interrogated the suspects, they informed police that the Lubega was taking them to Mpigi, Masaka and Mbarara and each was being charged between 50,000-100,000 Shillings,” Owoyesigyire said.
He said the suspects are currently detained at Nsangi police station on charges of disobeying lawful orders and acting negligently in a manner likely to spread the virus.
Last month, the police arrested one of its own Christopher Okello for misuse of a police van.
Okello was captured on a video that went viral on social media, transporting passengers to Kampala, against the presidential guidelines and Ministry of Health SOPs.
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