Many countries around the world faced unprecedented challenges due to COVID-19 pandemic in late December 2019. The study evaluates the covid-19 predicaments on rural livelihood of Kashere inhabitants. It assessed the way covid-19 negatively affected the livelihood condition of Kashere community and also assessed the works engaged as a source of income during Covid-19 lockdown by the respondents in the study area as well as possible suggestions to improve rural livelihoods during Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. The data collected were basically from the primary and secondary sources. The primary data was the use of questionnaire survey where all household heads in all the quarters were served with a structured questionnair specifically targeting at their sources of food during Copid-19 and whether their source of livelihoods were hampered. While the secondary data used in this study were from internet, journals and other published and unpublished materials that are relevant to study. A total of 200 structured questionnaires were administered and distributed to the household head in Kashere village. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select Kashere as a study area. The data collected were analyzed in Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) presented in tabular form using frequencies and percentages. The results of this finding revealed that the majority of the respondents were males, old age, married, and farmers. The result on works engaged by the respondents stated that, farming took 20%, trading 9%, building 1%, foodstuff sellers 5.5%, fishing 2%, others 14.5% and none work took the remaining 48%. Result on those affected by covid-19 showed that those affected 93.5%, followed by not-affected with 6.5% in the study area. Finding on ways in which Covid-19 lockdown negatively affected respondent’s sources of income that banning of transportation took 18%, school closure 32.5%, followed by market closure took the highest percentage of 44.5%, and others took 5%. The study recommends that government should intensified effort in provision of palliatives, opening rural markets, opening transportation ways, provision of grants and loans as well as making covid-19 vaccine compulsory to the locked people.