President Yoweri Museveni in a televised address on Sunday ordered schools and institutions of high learning to close after the country started recording a high number of COVID-19 cases.
The President used the occasion to also suspend in-person Church services for 42 days, urging Church leaders to embrace digital platforms.
Responding to the development on Friday, Dr. John W. Mulinde, the founder and global overseer of World Trumpet Mission, urged that the partial Lockdown should not push many of us into a self-focussed survival mode, but be used as an opportunity to help children returning from school and young adults connect to God through Scriptures.
In the brief update, Dr. John W. Mulinde was also quick to highlight the importance of the family altar at such a time.
“Uganda is in a partial lock down, and I would love to encourage all of us to take precautions, and for those of us who are home, let us use this time to ignite the fire on our altars,” he said.
He told parents: “It’s time to also teach our children the Bible truth, therefore on the altar, don’t leave them in bed, or on tv, please bring them to the altar too because the Lord is going to use them too.”
The influential Bible teacher said he believes “God is doing a new thing in our families, nation and the world at large,” during this season, hence the need for Christians to “prepare.”
When the COVID-19 pandemic was first announced in Uganda in March 2020, a stiff directive on Sunday schools was instituted, barring all children from worship places. The directive has never changed since then.
Covid-19 cases in Uganda were up 137% this week, according to media sources, the second straight week of a triple-digit spike in infections.
Radio lessons to resume
According to a local news daily, radio lessons for middle grades of primary schools in the country will resume on June 14. A statement issued by the ministry of education and sports said the lessons will be aired for P4 and P5 classes through 15 radio stations.
