Security operatives on Monday intensified several operations in Kabale town along various roads like the Kabale –Katuna Highway and Kabale –Kisoro Road by giving no room to motorists and travelers who have failed to adhere to Presidential new directives of the second lockdown.
Traffic Police officers were seen checking several vehicles and the motorists who had no travel documents were ordered to park aside and all the pedestrian that were found not having masks were ordered to go back home .
But some businesses operators in Kabale Town have defied Presidential directives in regard to adherence to standard operating procedures SOPs.
Some businesses in town had completely failed to embrace the SOPs like hand washing facilities, social distancing and others. The famous Kabale Central Market known to attract hundreds of people on a daily basis, has no officials to enforce any of the directives, a very big threat to the people and the country at large.
However, some of the streets in Kabale town had been deserted after the enforcement of the new directives. For instance Kigongi Street and Mwanjari have been deserted, as people are believed to have travelled to their respective villages as the new lockdown seems to bite.
Enid Tumuhimbise, a businesswoman in Kabale central Market speaking to our reporter said her customers have drastically reduced and she predicts that the situation may worsen in the coming weeks.
Darius Nandinda, the Kabale Resident District Commissioner commenting on the matter threatened to close super markets and other businesses that were ignoring implementing SOPs.
“We shall not hesitate to close businesses that don’t have temperature guns and all those not respecting SOPs,” Nandinda said.
Stephen Magyembe, a boda boda rider in Kabale town told our reporter that he has spent three days without finding any luggage to carry on his motorcycle. He revealed that he would also desert town for his village for survival.
“I have a family of three, and also rent in town. It has become terrible to manage, as a result of lockdown. I would earn at least Shs 30,000 a day but since lockdown I haven’t saved a penny. This lockdown is very painful and I am planning to relocate my family to the village. I’m imagining how I will spend 42 days without earning, ” Magyembe said.
On Friday, President Yoweri Museveni instituted another lockdown due to surging cases of the second wave of Covid-19.
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