Uganda’s night life roars back after nearly two years of COVID restrictions
By Reuters
02 February 2022 |
12:50 pm
Throngs of revellers filled The Levels bar in Uganda's capital Kampala, dancing to live music and ordering bottle service to their tables. It was a Monday night. Bars and night clubs have reopened nearly two years after the government shut them and banned other of forms of entertainment, part of strict measures to contain COVID-19.
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