KAMPALA—Uganda plans to impose fines on people who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who fail to pay could be sent to prison under a new public health law which lawmakers are scrutinising, parliament said on Tuesday. Although the East African country started administering COVID-19 jabs nearly a year ago, only about 16 million jabs have been administered in a population of 45 million. Parliament’s house health committee has begun scrutinizing Public Health (Amendment) Bill 2021 which seeks to make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory. The new law proposes a fine of 4 million Ugandan shillings ($1,139) for those who fail to get vaccinated. “According to the proposal, those who do not get vaccinated against COVID-19 will be fined 4 million shillings or (receive) a jail term of six months,” parliament said in a statement on its website. The parliament statement quoted health minister Jane Ruth Aceng as telling lawmakers …