Taxpayers Cough Up $75,000 For Cool and Family’s Trip to Boston for Medical Treatment
Ugandan taxpayers will pay over sh150million for Bebe Cool's trip to Boston for medical treatment next week. The artist will travel with wife Zuena Kirema and their two children.
Worried about the health of Bebe Cool, after he was shot in the legs by a police officer last January?
Don’t worry, President Museveni is too. Which is why he will use taxpayer dollars to pay for the singer’s treatment and travel in the U.S., as well as that of his wife Zuena and two kids– over $75,000, according to reporting by New Vision.
Cool spent three weeks in Nsambya Hospital after being shot, and currently has to move using a wheelchair or crutches.
Ugandans in Boston may want to wish the star good health in person– Cool will fly out their next week for medical treatment.
The State House’s decision to fund Cool and his family’s trip to the U.S. comes at a time when there have been press reports that hundreds of children have died at the Uganda Cancer Institute due to an ongoing drug shortage.
The government announced this Thursday that these were rumors, and health state minister James Kakooza said the Institute would have drugs again in two weeks, according to reporting by New Vision reporter Conan Businge. A public dose of treatment for cancer costs sh93,000, while a private dose is about sh450,000.
The artist was lucky to survive the bombings in Kampala last month, after attending the Kyadondo Rugby Club on July 11th.
According to reporting by the Daily Monitor, the impact of the blast threw Cool to the grass from his chair, where his wife and others picked him up.
In response to the bombings, Cool called off his October launch date for his latest album, saying security in Uganda would need to regroup before people could be entertained again. Ragga Dee changed the launch date of his album from July to December, and Gen. Mega Dee shifted his to September.
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