Katumba Badru

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Nationality: Uganda

Biography: My name is Katumba Badru Sultan. I am a multi award winning freelance photojournalist and a highly creative and detail-driven documentary photographer, with key experience shooting in changing environments and sensitive situations but a lover of... MORE

A Photo essay showing traders sleeping next to their items to be sold at the Busega market, Nakasero and Nakawa markets in Kampala, following a directive from Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, that all vendors should sleep in the markets to avoid contact with their families to curb the COVID-19 coronavirus from spreading.

A trader sleeps next to items t...t the spread of the coronavirus

A trader sleeps 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 Busega market in Kampala, Uganda, on April 03, 2020. - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday ordered an immediate 14-day nationwide lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus

Traders sleeping at a market fo... the spread of the coronavirus.

Traders sleeping 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 the 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.

Charles Bugembe, the chairperso...mpaa, 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 Kampaa, 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...er while sleeping at the market

A vendor eats a pineapple to coverup for supper while sleeping at the market

A vendor at Nakawa market deep in sleep

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...lt the spread of the COVID-19 .

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. - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown on April 14, in a bid to halt the spread of the COVID-19 .

A trader recites Quran next to ... the spread of the coronavirus.

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.

An old vendor sleeps next to her commodities at Nakasero market

Conversation amongst vendors at...alt the spread of the COVID-19.

Conversation amongst vendors 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. - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown on April 14, in a bid to halt the spread of the COVID-19.

A security guard watches over a...cted 52 people in the country..

A security guard watches over at the entrance of a market as traders sleep onside 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..

A man sleeping on his boda boda...alt 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 immediate 14 days nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus .

A man walking through a social ...alt the spread of coronavirus .

A man walking through a social distanced Nakasero market in Kampala on April 07, 2020. Ugandan President on Monday, March 30, 2020, ordered immediate 14 days nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus .

A man taking orders from a book...halt the spread of coronavirus.

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, ordered immediate 14 days nationwide lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus.

A police officer beating vendor...us 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.

Mr. Gonzaga Yiga, 49, the chair...hat 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.

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Updated Feb 2022

Showing traders sleeping next to their items to be sold at the Busega market, Nakasero and Nakawa markets in Kampala, following a directive from Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, that all vendors should sleep in the markets to avoid contact with their families to curb the COVID-19 coronavirus from spreading.