It is safe to say that our lockdown lasted over two whole years.
(We are not yet sure if we shall be sent back into another lockdown)
Wait….could I be mistaking that, for the unending curfew, we lived under for all that while?
Photo credit: The Guardian
Personally, it was my first time ever being under a curfew
(Yeah….) it can be a real thing when you are a boy, a last-born at that and in a severely capitalistic patriarchal world!
Photo credit: RFI
Only difference is that this level of control over my movements was ordered from the top of the command-chain….
Hehe….may the gods you genuflect to, be in your favour if you dared to “disrespect” the orders of the “big man” in Nakasero!
Our lockdown here was quite different from what so many other people in the world had….
Our lockdown mainly stopped as many of us as possible, from crossing from one end of the country to another with the corona virus.
That did not mean that we were stopped from visiting one another in the neighbourhood!
Photo credit: LSE Blogs
We did go to the shops and markets, walked to and fro our places of work (for those who couldn’t have it any other way)
Hang out with our most little ones for all that time, lost so many of our people to the COVID, took part in the country’s general election, took off a moment to really reflect on our lives….among other things.
Many of us donned our improvised masks from then on
Photo credit: LSE Blogs
As the months went by, the authorities would ease up on what we did and us.
On a number of occasions, we even made them our close friends…even after what happened in 2020 and before and after!
Then and occasionally, the “Big Man” we talked about earlier, started switching things up….
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He would experiment with a number of things that have worked in the past, when it comes to times of viral infections like these…
Like “advocating” for temporary closing of all public meeting places, easing up on the restrictions on transport means in the country, deciding on who gets to enjoy some fresh air for the next 3 to 4 weeks among others.
Until, he felt it was a conducive time to finally set all the sheep and goats in the “cowntry” FREE!
Photo credit: Bankers Journal Uganda
I must say it feels so different
Being able to stay out past 7 in the evening and not feel scared that the popo or the military will grab you and bundle you up in our jails.
Photo credit: Anadolu Agency
To be able to reset our mental clocks to their “default Uganda settings” that do not function on the conventional 24 hours of time, per day!
Most of all, to recognize the permanent presence of COVID-19 in our lives without being so much afraid of it like we were in lockdown 1!
Photo credit: The African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes
~How was your lockdown 1? ~
It really was more of a lock down . We thank God to have pushed us this far.
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Oh, wow. It sounds like your lockdown was quite different from ours over here in the USA. Scary stuff.
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What a year we had, lockdowns are being lifted in our place too. Although we still have curfews!
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Im glad things are opening up now. I’m hoping things will get better soon! And no more lockdowns
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What you went through was much different than our experience here in the USA! Still, the lockdown was an annoyance and I am glad things are returning to normal.
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Yes, I still can’t quite believe things are becoming better now haha. But it’s important that we still wear our masks when going out, we can never be too careful 🙂
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Urgh I shudder at the word lockdown! And looks like you had quite a lockdown there. I’m glad things are getting better now.
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What an experience we had over the series of lockdowns. Thankfully, everything is slowly getting back.
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I think i have PTSD from just the word Lockdown!
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If there is another lockdown my head may explode! It was nothing short of awful!
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I truly hope that the time of all these lockdowns is over. I’m not convinced that that will be the case
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It is great to notice that we are slowing opening our doors to people. I am praying that all these thngs will be back to normal.
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We do not have lockdown in Germany at the moment but there are still so many get infected everyday. Business is open and restrictions are lifted gradually.
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Every people get the worst time in lockdown anywhere in the world. I had the worst moment in my life in Vietnam’s lockdown in last Jul – Aug too.
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Wow, that is a kind of scary lockdown. I’m glad ours wasn’t as bad.
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That is quite different than other types of quarantine. Thanks for sharing your story and this informative post.
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I don’t want to remember the 2 years.Saw people going through the worst
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