Streets in Kampala city center remain largely empty but with a handful of Ugandans still walking to unknown destinations if not some to going to work.

Roads are isolated with a limited number of vehicles crossing, motorcycles mainly carrying cargo and bicycles which have now turned into a big deal.

Roadblocks have been placed at most roads with vigilant traffic officers mainly targeting private vehicles to check for the numbers seating in each.

This follows an announcement by President Museveni on Monday evening on a 14-day ban on all movements in the country including for private cars, passenger motorcycles his latest measures to combat the spread of coronavirus.

The president said that initial measures to limit the ban to public transport had fallen on deaf ears with a number of private vehicle owners who abused the option and continued transporting people across the country.

At some of the roadblocks in Kampala that our reporter interfaced with which include Nsambya, Kansanga, and Kabalagala, Wandegeya kibuuye , traffic officers are prohibiting more than one person in a car, some people failing to comply with the presidential directive are being forced out of cars and drivers left to proceed.

However, the streets are still progressively getting busier as the day grows.

In Kampala, in a number of areas much as it is not business as usual, groups of people are still finding their way to the city center, others to places of work, those visiting the banks to withdraw the last of their pennies while some are busy stocking up for tough times ahead.

Established food markets in Kampala and other towns will continue operating provided they observe a distance of 4 meters from each individual. Museveni says, But, he added, market vendors must arrange to stay near the markets and avoid returning to their homes for 14 days.

A section of the public has expressed mixed reactions following the directive to lock down the country for 14 days.

Our reporter interacted with a number of people on the road this morning and most of them claim to understand and agree with the president’s drastic order although they fear that starvation could have the best of them and still insist on means of survival.

While directing a lockdown on Monday evening, the president said Museveni said that the government was already in the process of after properly identifying those business operators that have been affected by the ban to distribute food to them in the form of maize flour, beans, powder milk, sugar, and salt.

The president also warned politicians and individuals giving out foodstuffs and other relief items to people that they end up attracting large groups of people which fosters the spread of COVID-19.

He warned that it is cheap popularity and once caught they will be charged with attempted murder.
President Yoweri Museveni said that effective March 31, 2020, the country will be under curfew to 7 p.m. every day, for the next 14 days.
Under this curfew, no person or vehicle will be allowed to be seen outside beyond 7 pm every day for 14 day