Therefore, the question is: What will stimulate demand and eventually boost peoples' decreasing incomes?

On the demand side, consumers and firms are holding onto whatever cash they have, spending it only when they must since they are uncertain about how long this Covid-19 crisis will last.

The low activity in the industry and services sector has also seen more Ugandans watch their modest incomes evaporate due to job cuts, pushing more people into the poverty bracket.

The nationwide curfew in addition to other measures intended to limit the spread of coronavirus have definitely put several people out of business for the unforeseeable future.

Considering that 75 per cent of economic activity in this country is driven by consumption, once supply is constrained, what will be consumed?