Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Tororo district are holding 25 vendors who were arrested for allegedly staging illegal demonstrations in Tororo town. The vendors closed their lock ups in demands for the proper management of the park including payment of utilities, among others. The 25 vendors were arrested …
Read More »KCCA to start construction of second entry into Kasubi market
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA has finalized the process of acquiring land to construct another access road to the newly built Kasubi market. KCCA hasn’t operationalized the market since its completion in May 2020 on grounds that relocating vendors would attract crowds amidst the Covid-19 …
Read More »Vendors in Kitgum evicted from market for not voting chairperson’s preferred candidate
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two market vendors in Kitgum Municipality have been evicted from their stalls after they allegedly voted for a candidate the market chairperson and vendors opposed. Alice Lacwec and Kevin Alimocan all vendors at Tuma Atoo market in Central Division were reportedly shown the exits after …
Read More »KCCA finalizing process to operationalize Kasubi market
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA is finalizing plans to relocate vendors to the newly built Kasubi market. Dr. Esau Galukande, the Deputy Director of Gender, Community Services and Production at KCCA says they are working on a second access to the market which is expected …
Read More »Market vendors cold as COVID-19 research lists them most-at-risk populations
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT With her one-year-old baby stuck on the breast, Ritah Nakamya rises from a wooden stool behind her tomatoes, carrots and onions stall, to attend to me. Nakamya is one of the vendors in Kalerwe, an often crowded fresh foods market in Kampala. She only returned to …
Read More »Market vendors in Gulu, LOP defy Covid-19 guidelines
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of Olailong market vendors in Layibi-Bardege Division in Gulu City on Friday defied the Ministry of Health`s guidelines on Covid-19 following a visit by Betty Aol Ocan, the Leader of Opposition in Parliament. Aol who is also the Gulu district Woman Member of Parliament …
Read More »More than 1,000 vendors vacate Cerelendo market in Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 1,000 vendors have vacated Cerelendo Market in Gulu East Division. The market which was started in 1997, is the second biggest in the city after Gulu Main Market. Their departure follows a notice served to them at the beginning of July by the …
Read More »Najjembe market vendors ordered to self isolate
Buikwe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | About 500 vendors from Najjembe market in Buikwe district are worried about losing their produce after being forced into the mandatory 14 day’s self isolation in their homes. The market was closed for disinfection on Thursday this week and all vendors ordered to self-isolate …
Read More »Police disperses vendors in Jinja for flouting Covid-19 guidelines
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police and UPDF soldiers on Monday engaged in running battles with vendors from Napier market who were selling second-hand clothes contrary to presidential COVID-19 directives. They did not have face masks and were not maintaining physical distancing. The vendors had displayed their merchandise …
Read More »Medics caution mothers against spending nights in markets with children
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Maureen Kirabo is one of five mother’s who sleeps in Nakawa market with her child. The mother of a four months old baby girl says she had no option but to brave the cold with her child as the government announced lockdowns and banned public …
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