Today, I went to one of the local markets "Mukono market" which is located around my home area in Mukono district. I bought a laptop bag, a t-shirt, 2 pairs of shorts and a pair of Nike push-in sandals. I needed these items to facilitate both my tennis sport and also the easy carriage of my new laptop.

These shops/sellers are under an informal sector whereby they don’t have fixed prices for their goods. The price of their products is negotiable. I was not given any receipt for any of the items I bought. I simply bargained with the sellers and agreed on certain prices that I was willing to pay for their goods.

The costs of items bought

2 shorts – 11000ugx / $2.9 / 14steem
1 pair of push-in Nike sandals – 20,000ugx / $5 / 24steem
Laptop Bag – 40,000ugx / $10.55 / 50steem

Total = 88steem /$18.48 / 70,000ugx

As usual, I went riding on a bicycle to this market as the commonest and cheap means of transport “Boda Bodas” (motorcycles) are still prohibited from usage by the public due to the COVID-19 nation’s lock-down situation. It’s very risky to board one when traveling somewhere as you can get arrested by the police. This is why I prefer using the bicycle because it has no restrictions for now except the one for curfew which is 7 pm.

The few clothes I bought were basically second-hand clothes which I tend to use for the charity tennis training sessions that I always hold in my local area.