Bazzeketta's body was discovered on Saturday morning in one of the rooms at Maria Flo Hotel after his staff got concerned that he was not getting out of the room and not picking phone calls.
Dorecka Masika, a resident of Kilembe says the return of the health facility in the area has not yet addressed their plight of inadequate health services since 2020.
Now according to a notice dated 20th/May/2022 issued by the Manafwa District Chief Administrative Officer Peter Henry Wotunya, there is a temporal quarantine imposed on the district following a resolution from the stake holders meeting from the three districts of Namisindwa, Manafwa and Bududa which border each other.
The Bududa District Agriculture Officer Dr. Felix Odongo says that tests carried out by the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) on Thursday confirmed the disease.
Dr. Richard Mugahi, the Assistant Commissioner in charge of Maternal and Child Health at the Ministry of Health says they have noticed an increase in the number of women who develop the condition after delivery.
A wave of strikes by health workers started last November when the medical interns complained of meagre earnings and working under harsh conditions characterized by perennial shortages of hospital consumables.