Uganda, with ‘no money’ for COVID-19 vaccine, buys Cars for 529 lawmakers

The government has so far failed to purchase any vaccines, with officials saying the country had been priced out of the market by richer buyers   UGANDA has spent more than $30.2 million on buying new vehicles for lawmakers, a move that has been slammed by critics who depict it as profligacy in a country struggling to buy vaccines to stem a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Parliament released the money to members to buy new vehicles this week and each lawmaker was given 200 million shillings ($56,500), parliament’s…

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