With proposed legislation, Uganda tries to mandate vaccines

There is a proposed bill subject to change by the Ugandan authorities who are seeking to legally mandate vaccines in draft legislation aimed at boosting the East African country's drive to inoculate more people against COVID-19. The bill faces scrutiny by a parliamentary health committee and calls for a six-month jail term for failure to comply with vaccination requirements during disease outbreaks.
According to Alfred Driwale, a public official who leads Uganda’s vaccination efforts, who spoke of the proposed changes to the country's public health law.“It is the right thing to do,”
In recent months, vaccine requirement for people using public transport faced opposition from operators, and bars have returned to business after an extended lockdown without strict adherence to pandemic-era rules despite attempts by Ugandan officials to enforce limited mandates

 Fox Odoi, a pro-government legislator who chairs the parliamentary committee on human rights and who is an outspoken supporter of vaccine mandates speaks: “We survived, and almost eliminated polio, because of vaccines. I don't have polio now because of the vaccines that I took.”
There have also been reports of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards sold in downtown Kampala, Uganda's capital.
John Nkengasong, the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has also warned that African governments might have to resort to vaccine mandates if their citizens aren't eager to get increasingly available doses.
African nations such as Zimbabwe and Ghana have also announced vaccine mandates for public employees and others.