Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Local Government Minister Raphael Magyezi has instituted a committee to investigate the mess around the allocation of space to vendors in the newly built Kabale Central market. The ministry has pitched camp in Kabale municipality to investigate complaints by some vendors against the municipal …
Read More »Leadership desputes delay relocation of vendors into new Masaka Central Market
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The lack of harmonized leadership is delaying the process for the relocation of vendors to the newly built Masaka City Central Market. The 18.05 billion shillings modern market had been under construction since 2018 until it was handed over for use to Masaka City council …
Read More »Mbarara city authorities lower market rent fees following vendors’ outcry
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara city authorities have reduced the rental fees in Mbarara Central Market following several petitions from vendors. During the relocation of vendors to the Shillings 21 billion central market last year, the authorities directed vendors to pay between 30,000 and 300,000 in rent fees depending …
Read More »Contractor hands over UGX 18Bn Masaka central market to gov’t
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The companies that were contracted to upgrade the Masaka Central Market have finally handed over the project for use by the vendors. The 18.05 billion Shillings modern market was constructed under the second phase of the Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Program-MATIP II, which was …
Read More »Mbarara Central market vendors protest new space demarcations
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara Central Market vendors are protesting new space demarcations by the City Council, a move undertaken to create more spaces. Mbarara city authorities started demarcating the market on Monday and directed vendors to remove their displays from the demarcated areas which will now be allocated …
Read More »Arua main market vendors refuse to pay dues
Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Traders in Arua central Market in Arua city have declined to pay market dues for the past five months until the authorities evict roadside vendors and those operating in undesignated markets. According to the agreement with the city authorities, the vendors in the central market …
Read More »Masaka vendors protest use of raffle to allocate space in new market
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Several vendors are protesting the use of raffles in the allocation of space and stalls in the newly built Masaka City Central Market. The Local Government Ministry and Masaka City Council are in the final stages of handing over the market to the vendors four years after …
Read More »Gulu city, division leaders bicker over allocation of space to evicted vendors
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu City and Bardege-Layibi Division authorities are embroiled in a row over plans to allocate market space for vendors dealing in second-hand clothes and shoes. The rift comes a week after the City authorities accompanied by security personnel stopped leaders in Bardege Division from allocating space …
Read More »Vendors abandon Kitooro market over high dues
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors are vacating Kitooro market over the high market rates. The market has 1,075 spaces for stalls and lock-up shops but there are less than 330 vendors occupying the space, despite the council projecting to collect over one billion shillings from rent by end of …
Read More »Taxi operators, vendors fight over Usafi market space
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A disagreement has erupted between taxi operators and vendors in Usafi over the land hosting the market. Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA opened Usafi market in 2013 to host street vendors and hawkers on one side and a taxi park with taxis plying mainly the Entebbe route …
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