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Museveni declares Saturday a public holiday, “It will be a National Prayers Day to seek God to deliver us from COVID-19”

William Kasoba by William Kasoba
August 27, 2020
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President Yoweri Museveni has declared this coming Saturday August 29 a day of National Prayers and a public holiday. According to Museveni, he was approached by a concerned Uganda who pleaded that he should organize a scientific National Prayer so that the nation can seek God to deliver us from COVID-19.

“Therefore, by the powers given to the President of Uganda by Section 2(2) of the Public Holidays Act, I declare the 29th of August 2020, a day of National Prayers and a Public Holiday. Stay in your houses or Compounds and pray,” Museveni says.

He adds, “I have invited a few religious leaders to come to Entebbe State House and pray together with Janet and myself when you are all watching on TV or listening on Radios.”

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He went ahead to quote a versus in the bible from the Book of Matthew chapter 7 verse 7 which says: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”

Uganda has today recorded its second highest number of new COVID-19 cases in a single a day as the ministry of health has confirmed 155 new cases. A week ago, Uganda recorded its highest single day infections and they were 318 cases.

Currently Uganda has 2,679 total cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19.  The ministry also reported two (2) new COVID deaths taking the total COVID-19 deaths to 28. The total recoveries stand at 1268.

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