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🔴 Measures
✳ Curfew stays 7pm to 5am
✳ Schools remain closed
✳ Boda Bodas can carry 1 + cargo to 6pm
✳ Bars remain closed
✳ Salons open
✳ Restaurants to remain open
✳ Kikuubo open for wholesale, except corridors
✳ Mall open
✳ Burials not more than 20
✳ Prayers of worship stay closed for 60 more days
✳ Sports allowed, no spectators
✳ Cinemas, theatres remain closed
✳ Saunas remain closed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has eased lockdown measures, following a drop in COVID-19 admissions and infection levels across the country.
Museveni said figures from the Ministry of Health showed a consistent reduction in daily confirmed cases from the peak of 1,735 to an average of a new low of 71.
Added to this is a consistent drop in positivity rate from the highest of 22% to an average of 8% to-date and falling the daily admissions of the severe and critically ill patients from 204at the peak to less than 50 per day, to-date.
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| S/N | THE ISSUE | DIRECTIVEÂ |
| 1. | Curfew time was set at 1900Hrs to 0530 Hrs. | • Curfew time is maintained at 1900Hrs to 0530 Hrs. All persons except security personnel on duty and |
| those authorized to move should be in their homes.
• This is intended to avoid breaching of guidelines, SOPs and thuggery under the cover of darkness. |
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| 2. | Boda-Bodas movement was restricted to 1700hrs and only allowed to  carry
cargo |
•     Boda-Bodas are now allowed to move up to 1800hrs. Beyond 1800hrs, no Boda-Bodas should be on the road.
•     They are now allowed to carry one passenger at a time or cargo. •     They should strictly maintain SOPs. Wearing a mask is a MUST for both the rider and passenger. • The Boda-Boda Associations are directed to regulate themselves. •     Failure to comply, this directive will be reversed to the earlier position. |
| 3. | Kikuubo was closed | Kikuubo should open under the following conditions: |
| •     All kiosks within corridors of buildings should be removed for purposes of decongesting pathways.
•     Roadside vending within Kikuubo is banned. These will be relocated to alternative venues where vending is permitted by KCCA. •     Kikuubo should remain a wholesale trading centre. •     The Ministers for Kampala, RCC, KCCA and enforcement agencies to ensure compliance. •     Manufacturers, wholesalers and traders should open outlets in the various towns and business centres in the outskirts of the Central Business District. •     Traders should adapt to ecommerce. |
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| 4. | Malls, arcades and other business centers were closed | • These can open and must strictly follow these guidelines:
–       Compliance to all SOPs –       Presence of compliance officers is a MUST. –       Corridors and access ways have to be clear –       Adequate   lighting      and ventilation. –       Dedicated entry and exit –       Install CCTV cameras where they are absent. –       Proper hygiene and sanitation facilities. –       Registration     of  shop owners and attendants is a MUST. Only those arcades that conform to the above guidelines will be allowed to open. In addition, failure to conform to any of the above will lead to closure. |
| 5. | Burials were restricted to
a maximum of 20 people. |
• This should be maintained until the population is sufficiently vaccinated. |
| 6. | Weddings were restricted to
a maximum of 20 people. |
• This should be maintained until the population is sufficiently vaccinated. |
| 7. | Places of worship were closed. | •     This should be maintained as closed and will be reviewed after another 60 days.
•     Alternative means of worship i.e. online, radio and TVs are instead encouraged. •     A maximum of 10 leaders are allowed to lead the virtual prayers. |
| 8. | Outdoor sports events were allowed with restrictions | • The International and local accredited sports events are allowed under strict observance of SOPs (no spectators, mandatory testing of players and |
| officials within 72 hours of the event).
•     Outdoor individual sport activities are allowed under strict observance of SOPs. •     Indoor sports activities including gyms, pool tables remain closed. •     Gaming and betting remain closed •     Casinos, theaters and Cinemas including Bibanda remain closed. •     Performing artistes, concerts and comedians are advised to perform virtually. These measures shall be reviewed after 42 days. |
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| 9. | Bars were
closed
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• Bars remain closed and the enforcement agencies are directed to arrest and charge both revellers and owners who breach this directive. |
| 10. | Restaurants were allowed to operate under strict observance of SOPs | • These should remain open under strict observance of SOPs. |
| 11. | Salons were allowed to operate under strict observance of SOPs | • These should be opened under strict observance of SOPs and guidelines. |
| 12. | Saunas and Steam bath were closed | • These   should remain closed. |
| 13. | All schools were closed | •     Schools will remain closed until sufficient vaccination of the eligible population and children aged 12-18 years old has taken place
•     The Ministry of Education and Sports/ National Council for Higher Education and Ministry of Health should meet and plan for the possibility of a |
| safe reopening of medical schools.
•     Learning should continue virtually •     Ministry of Education and Sports will provide learning materials to learners |
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| 14. | Reduction to 10% of Noncore staff in Ministries,
Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and other formal sectors. i.e. lawyers, auditors etc |
•     MDAs and other formal sectors may operate at a maximum of 30% in a rotational manner.
•     MDAs and other formal sectors must have compliance officers to enforce SOPs. |
| 15. | InterDistrict travel by private vehicles was banned but registered | • Private vehicles are now allowed to move across district borders carrying a maximum of 3 persons including the driver. |
| tourists’ vehicles were allowed
to move
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•     Registered tourists’ vehicles should continue to move to their destinations and designated places.
•     Enforcement agencies and the task forces at all levels to ensure compliance. •     Ministry of Health should on a bi-weekly basis flag the high-risk districts for restrictive control actions. |
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| 16. | Movement in and out of the country through the airport was allowed.
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•     Entebbe  International
Airport will remain open. •     Ministry  of  Health, Immigration services, Port health and other Agencies of Government to ensure compliance to the existing guidelines such as testing, isolation etc. •     UPDF medical services are directed to oversee the management of COVID-19 screening processes at Entebbe International |
| Airport leading to secure entry and exit.
• Online visa management systems be maintained. |
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| 17. | Movement of cargo trucks through the land border points of entry was
allowed
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•     Cargo trucks are still allowed to move in and out of the country with a maximum of two people (driver and turn man).
•     Drivers should possess a negative COVID-19 test result and be allowed to move. |
| 18. | Public transport was banned | •     Public transport will open at strictly 50% capacity effective Monday, 2nd August 2021. This will be reviewed every after 2 weeks.
•     Taxi and bus owners’ associations must ensure adherence to this directive by their members as part of self-regulation by the appropriate associations. |
| •     There must be no air conditioning in all public transport
•     There must be strict adherence to the detailed SOPs and guidelines as laid out by Ministry of Works and Transport •     The Public Transport Associations are directed to regulate themselves. •     Failure to comply, this directive will be reversed to the earlier position. |
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| 19. | Food Markets were open | • These should remain open but maintain strict observance of SOPs. |
| 20. | Seasonal markets were closed | • These should remain closed. |
| 21. | Conferences, workshops and seminars were banned. | • These remain banned except with explicit permission from the Ministry of Health and related MDAs. |
| • Numbers will be restricted and testing will be carried out. | ||
| 22. | The Joint
Intelligence Committee (JIC), working together with the Technical Intersectoral Committee (TISC) were directed to closely monitor the compliance and enforcement of these directives. |
•     JIC and TISC are directed to continue coordinating, monitoring and enforcing compliance to these directives.
•     TISC to create regional and district operations rooms to oversee the enforcement of SOPs. |
Good message, there we can survive