{UAH} What went wrong at Entebbe?

What went wrong at Entebbe?

We arrived at Entebbe at 5pm., via Ethiopian Airlines, disembarking via the plane's steps. Inside, a lady separated my wife and I, due to 'strict social distancing instructions' despite the obvious; we are married.

But she will not have any of this. They took our fingerprints, and passports too, 'to be received from the ministry of Internal Affairs after 14 days of self-quarantine.'

But in the baggage claim area, it was as though the government had not prepared for us. We arrived almost at the same time as Qatar Airways and Air Dubai, about 500 people in total, in that small area. The inside had no air conditioning. But most sadly, it has no social distancing.

The place was worse than downtown Kampala's Kikuubo. I asked one of the ladies who works there how we can keep the 'strict social distancing instructions.' She, smilingly, said to me: 'this is your airport, you know it.'

Meanwhile, they had sprayed all our bags (and the belt) with a 'disinfectant.' Getting your bags was itself a nightmare, combined with the disinfectant in a small room without air conditioning. We had a baby too. At the same time, of all those people arriving at the same time, there was only one scanning place. One! Which means that getting out of the baggage area was at snail-speed, while those permitted inside came crashing from the immigration desks.

Our 16-month-old baby was not amused at the very least. How long could one stand in a zig-zag line where everyone wants out, and no officer offers organization? It got me thinking: who runs this place? Why is it such a mess? 

As to quarantine testing, someone said to me that the ministry does not often do so before the end of their mandatory 14 days. They take their samples as time ends so that people's stay at the hotels is more extended than required. They have your passports; what will you do?

In the meantime, someone in the government is making huge money out of this. Their arrangements with a tour and travel company enriches someone.

Their intentional extension of quarantine at these hotels makes someone wealthy. Someone's bank account is growing fat out of many people's misery. All this leaves you thinking: who runs this place? Why doesn't this country love its citizens back as much as citizens love it?

Joseph Byamukama,
Kampala

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"When a man is stung by a bee, he doesn't set off to destroy all beehives"

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