That the first fingers were pointed to DR Congo was no big surprise. Many Ugandans won't expect anything good but doom from our military adventures in DR Congo. They linked the Gulu Ebola strain to Sudan. Some chaps in government saw this spin as a gold mine to deliver a political statement. They were more than eager to conclude that it's the LRA who brought Ebola from Sudan.
Problem is that when politics enters health issues, it tends to confuse the situation even further.
Meanwhile in Khartoum, newspapers reported that WHO and the Sudan government were working tirelessly to ensure that the Ebola in northern Uganda does not spread to Sudan. At this rate, it might just help the situation if the politicians left health people do their work. Besides, the poor Ugandan threatened by Ebola has little say in matters relating to those fighting forces. Actually the plight of the poor Ugandan in face of Ebola reminds one of Afrigo's song Olumbe Lwobwavu by Moses Matovu. The day he or she puts his or her coffee out to dry is when it rains.