Ugandan pop star and opposition leader Bobi Wine criticises African governments for not maintaining better health care systems for the continent's 1.3 billion people
In this photo taken Friday, March 27, 2020, Ugandan musician, lawmaker and presidential aspirant Bobi Wine, whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, speaks to The Associated Press in Kampala, Uganda.
"For a long time we have been calling out the government of Uganda, like many governments on the African continent that have neglected the health care systems," said Wine. As the coronavirus spreads across Africa, he said, "this is the time for them to remember that a functional health care system is not only a benefit for the poor but also the rich, because right now, as we stand, they cannot travel abroad for medical care.
Authorities accuse him of trying to lure young people into rioting and have charged him with multiple criminal offences, including treason, which he denies. The World Health Organization also has urged African Union members to fulfill a 2001 pledge to allocate at least 15 percent of their annual budgets toward the health sector. The UN agency reported in 2011 that nearly all African countries failed to meet that target.
Uganda has reported 30 cases of COVID-19, mostly people who recently travelled through the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai.
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