Eighteen months of SoE: Necessary or erroneous advice? :: Mmegi Online

The advent of COVID-19 at the start of the year 2020 gave rise to the President declaring a State of Emergency (SOE) to take the necessary measures to address the risks posed by COVID-19.

This was on account of a presentation that the COVID-19 Task Force had made to Parliament. It was their strongest opinion and recommendation that a State of Emergency was necessary to fight the invisible and rising tide of COVID-19.

According to the government, the Public Health Act was inadequate to fully equip the government to fight the pandemic. The Presidential Task Force was mandated to be the tip of the spear in the fight against COVID-19, effectively abdicating that responsibility from the Ministry of Health and Wellness, who by popular opinion should have been leading the fight but due to political interference were denied of their aim.

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