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Mr. Gonzaga Yiga, 49, the chair...that everyone gets the reminder

Mr. Gonzaga Yiga, 49, the chairperson of Kansanga Kiwafu Zone B in Kampala walks within his village and markets sensitizing people about COVID-19 every morning and evening reminding people to wash their hands, social distance and staying at home to prevent COVID- 19. Gonzaga started this after the government announced the outbreak of COVID-19 in Uganda on Saturday, March 21, 2020. He goes door to door and ends up on the tallest building in the area where he communicates with his speaker to make sure that everyone gets the reminder

A police officer beating vendor... Coronavirus on March 26, 2020.

A police officer beating vendors found working on the streets of Kampala defying the presidential directive which asked people to stay home for 32 days and all vendors to work in markets in order to prevent the spread of Coronavirus on March 26, 2020.

A man sleeping on his food stal...ies in order to curb COVID 19.

A man sleeping on his food stall at Busega market in Kampala, Uganda on April 03, 2020 following a directive from president Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets to avoid contact with their families in order to curb COVID 19.

Traders sleeping at Nakasero ma... the spread of the coronavirus.

Traders sleeping at Nakasero market following a directive from President Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets for to avoid contact with their families to curb the COVID-19 coronavirus in Uganda, on April 07, 2020. - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday, March 30, 2020, ordered an immediate nationwide lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus.

Charles Bugembe, the chairperso...pala, Uganda, on April 03, 2020

Charles Bugembe, the chairperson of a Busega market in Kampala, poses with a cane to enforce a directive from President Museveni mandating all vendors should sleep in markets for 14 days to avoid contact with their families to curb the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kampala, Uganda, on April 03, 2020

Gertrude,44, also known as mama... to curb the spread of COVID 19

Gertrude,44, also known as mama Obama, a vendor working in the Nakawa market, reading newspapers in her makeshift tarpaulin structure at night. This followed a directive by President Yoweri Museveni that all vendors should sleep in the market in order to curb the spread of COVID 19

A Man sleeping among items to b...halt the spread of coronavirus.

A Man sleeping among items to be sold at the Nakasero market in Kampala following a directive from President Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets for 14days to avoid contact with their families to curb COVID19 coronavirus on April 07, 2020. Ugandan President on Monday, March 30, 2020, ordered immediate 14 days nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus.

Mary Nandawula, a vendor at Nak...coronavirus in Kampala, Uganda.

Mary Nandawula, a vendor at Nakawa market washes her clothes as she prepares food in the market following a directive from the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, that all vendors should sleep in markets to avoid contact with their families to curb the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kampala, Uganda.

A vendor eats a pineapple to co...res to sleep at Nakasero market

A vendor eats a pineapple to coverup for supper as he prepares to sleep at Nakasero market

A vendor at Nakawa market deep in sleep under a mosquito net.

Women and Men sleeping among it...dent on Monday, March 30, 2020.

Women and Men sleeping among items to be sold at the Nakasero market in Kampala following a directive from President Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets for 14days to avoid contact with their families to curb COVID19 coronavirus on April 07, 2020. Ugandan President on Monday, March 30, 2020.

A vendor at Nakawa market deep in sleep

wheelbarrow pushers and cargo m...ing an order from the president

wheelbarrow pushers and cargo men at Nakaero market deep in sleep following an order from the president

A vendor cleans onions at night...mpala, Uganda, on May 05, 2020.

A vendor cleans onions at night at a market following a directive from Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets for 21 days to curb the spreading of the COVID-19 coronavirus at Nakasero market in Kampala, Uganda, on May 05, 2020.

A trader recites Quran next to ...Photo by Badru KATUMBA / AFP)Â

A trader recites Quran next to items to be sold at a market following a directive from President Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets for 14 days to avoid contact with their families to curb the COVID-19 coronavirus at Nakasero market in Kampala, Uganda, on April 07, 2020. - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday, March 30, 2020, ordered an immediate 14-day nationwide lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus which has so far infected 52 people in the country. (Photo by Badru KATUMBA / AFP)Â

An old vendor sleeps next to her commodities at Nakasero market

Vendors gather in a conversatio...rus in Uganda, on May 05, 2020.

Vendors gather in a conversation at at Nakasero market following a directive from Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets for 21 days to curb the spreading of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Uganda, on May 05, 2020.

A security guard watches over a...ala, Uganda, on April 07, 2020.

A security guard watches over at the entrance of Nakasero market as traders sleep inside following a directive from President Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets to avoid contact with their families to curb the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kampala, Uganda, on April 07, 2020.

A man sleeping on his Boda Boda...halt the spread of coronavirus.

A man sleeping on his Boda Boda waiting to deliver groceries from the Nakasero market in Kampala following a directive from President Museveni that all vendors should sleep in markets for 14days to avoid contact with their families to curb COVID19 coronavirus on April 07, 2020. Ugandan President on Monday, March 30, 2020, ordered an immediate nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus.

A man walking through a sociall...ident on Monday, March 30, 2020

A man walking through a socially distanced Nakasero market in Kampala on April 07, 2020. Ugandan President on Monday, March 30, 2020

A man taking orders from a book...ident on Monday, March 30, 2020

A man taking orders from a book to vendors at a social distance within the Nakasero market in Kampala waiting on April 07, 2020. Ugandan President on Monday, March 30, 2020

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Sleeping at the Market

Updated Oct 2020

Following a presidential directive that market vendors should sleep within the marketplaces themselves to reduce travel and thus transmission of COVID-19, traders at Busega, Nakawa and Nakasero markets were pictured as they began to move into their stalls and find ways to make themselves comfortable.

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