Minister of State for Veteran Affairs Maj. Bright Rwamirama has said that refugees are the ones spreading diseases that are killing Ugandans.
Rwamirama said this while paying tribute to former Ruhaama County MP late William Beijukye Zinkuratiire during a special sitting at Parliament on Monday.
Beijukye died on Friday night after battling chronic Hepatitis B virus that damaged his liver. He was flown to India four times for treatment but it was too little too late for the humble and soft-spoken legislator.
While paying tribute to the deceased, Minister Rwamirama asked government to immunize all refugees who are entering or living in Uganda against non-communicable diseases that are killing Ugandans.
“What worries me is that diseases that had been cured are coming back again to haunt us. Take for example measles, polio and now Hepatitis B. Because Uganda is very accommodative, we have allowed refugees to come here but these refugees are the ones bringing us diseases. We need to vaccinate these refugees entering and living here,” Rwamirama said.
(Kampalapost)