President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has declared Saturday August 29th a Public Holiday,, The Tower Post reports.

The President made the declaration on Thursday evening in a post made on his social media platforms

“A certain Ugandan came to me and told me that God had told him in a vision that I should organize National Prayers, scientifically organized, for God to deliver us from COVID 19,” he posed on Twitter.

“Therefore, by the powers given to the President of Uganda by Section 2(2) of the Public Holidays Act, I declare the 29th of August 2020, a day of National Prayers and a Public Holiday. Stay in your houses or Compounds and pray.”