Four hotels are being investigated for violating the Covid-19 control measures.

Four hotels in Kabale’s neighborhood have been chastised for allegedly breaking COVID-19 controls. Little Liz Hotel and Restaurant, Monalisa Lounge, Bunyonyi Safaris, and White Horse Inn are among the hotels.

According to security and health experts, the hotels operate normally during the day by selling food and soft drinks, but transform into dancing clubs after dark. Despite the continuing shutdown of pubs, Monalisa Lounge and Little Liz Hotel are said to play loud music at night and operate bars.

Every weekend, the White Horse Inn and Bunyonyi Safaris Hotel are said to host silent discos, pool parties, and live bands. The hotels even distribute flyers advertising night dancing events and live bands in violation of the guidelines, according to security officials. They believe this is one of the causes contributing to the high rate of COVID-19 in Kabale’s communities.

According to Muhammad Byansi, the officer-in-charge of Kabale Central Police Station, intelligence officers have investigated and confirmed that the four hotels secretly transform into dancing zones at night. Byansi claims that he has called several bar managers to explain why they are disobeying presidential COVID-19 prevention guidelines.

The COVID-19 task force has already tasked police to intervene and deal with hotel owners who have continued to defy the measures put in place to keep COVID-19 at bay, according to Kabale District Health Officer Alfred Besigensi.

The accused hotels must follow the presidential guidelines, according to Godfrey Nyakahuma, Kabale Resident District Commissioner, or else the law will take its course. The accusations were dismissed as false by Doreen Mulenga, the manager of Little Liz Hotel and Restaurant, and Kenneth Kasozi, the manager of Bunyonyi Safaris Hotel.

There are currently 129 active COVID-19 cases in Kabale district. 87 of them are receiving home care, while the rest are being treated at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 108 persons in Kabale since the disease was declared in Uganda.