Human Rights Commission joins national Covid task force
As indicated by Acha, UHRC's affirmation will help the Covid team apply a basic liberties based methodology in satisfaction of its tasks.
“We wish to report that the Uganda Human Rights Commission has been co-picked as a part on the Covid public team. This is a significant choice that will guarantee that the recognition of basic liberties is coordinated in dynamic, strategies and activities of the team,” said Dr.Patricia Acha Okiria, one of the officials for UHRC.
The Uganda Human Rights Commission is an administration body ordered with to observing and propelling basic liberties in the country.
As indicated by Acha, UHRC’s affirmation will help the Covid team apply a basic liberties based methodology in satisfaction of its tasks.
“Our established obligation is to guarantee that administration can ensure that all arrangements, choices and activities carried out in the conditions of the Covid pandemic will be for the acknowledgment of the multitude of common liberties and won’t rather abuse them in the carrying out measure.”
The Uganda Human Rights Commission as of late shot government for over the Covid help cash dissemination that they said was unfair.
The commission is additionally worried about the technique for payment of the help reserves. Some weak people who don’t claim a cell phone or don’t have a National Identification Number(NIN) may pass up a major opportunity,” UHRC said as of late.
“Concerns have additionally been raised about recipients whose NINs don’t relate with their versatile cash account subtleties and who should get to the assets through Post Bank portable vans. Moreover, a portion of the weak people dont have the specialized capacity to utilize electronic contraptions and might be powerless to fraudsters when they look for help on getting to their assets.”
As per the commission, with their admission to the public Coronavirus team, government will stay away from such situations like it occurred during the circulation of help cash.
“The battle against the Covid pandemic is a deliberate exertion by evreryone in Uganda and the world on the loose. By stringently holding fast to the SOPs, the residents won’t just secure themselves yet in addition everyone around them,” said UHRC’s Dr.Patricia Acha Okiria on Monday.
