Police were forced to use teargas canisters to disperse a huge crowd that had turned up to attend the burial of Ugandan legend Jimmy Kirunda.
Kirunda, who captained Uganda in the 1978 Africa Cup of Nations final, collapsed in Kampala on Monday and was later pronounced dead.
On Wednesday, during his burial held at Nature, Bulesa in Kyadondo, police had a difficult time to control the huge crowd which had turned up to bid farewell to the 70-year-old former footballer, who led Uganda to the 1978 Afcon final in Accra.
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The surging crowd did not care about the social distancing rules, which were introduced in the country recently owing to the coronavirus pandemic, and the move forced his burial, which was earlier scheduled to take place at 10 am to be pushed to midday.