The occurrence of COVID-19 pandemic has had an unparalleled worldwide effect, with almost no country left untouched. With the first case reported in Uganda on the 21st of March, 2020, the impact of this pandemic is not limited to the health population alone but on the economy and socio-well-being of the majority populace.The Government of Uganda anticipated efforts to limit and contained the spread of the covid-19 pandemic slowing down the economic, socio-activities, and educational program of the country while the ability of the people to meet their daily income were all affected negatively. As many Ugandans dwelling in the low-income area of Bwaise slums of Kawempe area of Kampala were unable to go out for their daily wages, businesses activities were paralyzed, supply chains were disrupted and salaries becomes unavailable while family sustenance cut-off due to restrictions of movement and night curfews as means of curbing the spread of the global pandemic which informed the lockdown period. This article adopted an exploratory study of the impact and effects of the lockdown due to covid-19 pandemicon the inhabitant of the Bwaise slums and the consequences on their socioeconomic life activities. It concluded with measures taken to containing the outbreak and the significant consequences on the welfare, the economy of the poorest and most vulnerable and the wellbeing of the people of the slums in Uganda.

Uganda slum, Covid-19 pandemic, socioeconomic, Covid impact, Ugandan lockdown