It is good news for Ugandans abroad. Cabinet has resolved to schedule flights for all Ugandans registered with embassies abroad that would want to come back home following the global health pandemic that hit the world.

“About 2,400 Ugandans will have their flights scheduled with Ethiopian Airlines but these will meet their air ticket costs and quarantine fees. The government shall bring the 2,400 in phases,” Dr Jane Ruth Acheng, the minister of health told journalists yesterday May, 26 while speaking at the NRM manifesto week.

The minister also revealed that those who can foot their own bills can make arrangements and fly back on their own.

Across the continent, various nations currently sitting behind the firewall of quarantines or sealed frontiers, are figuring out how they can once again welcome their people stranded in different countries.

Last week, the European Union unveiled an action plan to get its internal borders re-opening, safely fire up its hospitality sector and to revive rail, road, air and sea connections that have been strangled during the pandemic.

It’s a situation eagerly anticipated by millions of Ugandans stranded in foreign countries, desperate to enjoy a slice of the Ugandan sunshine and culture after weeks or months being sequestered in foreign countries under lockdown.

As the coronavirus pandemic reverberated around the world, the Ugandan government suspended all inbound international passenger flights on March 18. Three days later, domestic carriers were grounded.