Nasser Road Traders Arrested For Defying President’s Directives

Police has arrested six Nasser road businessmen for defying the president’s directives. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police mouthpiece , Patrick Onayngo, the six were arrested at Nasser road in Kampala where they were operating businesses despite a directive to close all shops selling non- food items for two weeks.

“Their action was defying the president’s directives banning non-food business operations for 14 days. We learnt that the six were transported in lorry box body up to Nasser Road alongside others who took off when they saw security officers,”Onyango said.

He named the suspects as Achileo Yisufu, Pascal Kizito, William Byamusha , Alex Matovu , William Engemu and Meddie Kagoro whom he said have been charged under section 117 of the Penal Code Act.

While addressing the nation early this week, the president ordered that all non-food selling shops should be closed for a period of 14 days as one of the ways to avoid crowds that would have led to the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Shopping malls, arcades, hardware shops, salons, garages and all any other non-food shops were suspended by the president in a bid to contain the spread of the Covid-19 disease.

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