Tag Archives: vendors

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Six people are in police custody for illegally occupying lockups in the newly built Kabale Central Market in Kabale municipality. The suspects are Vicent Kagorero, Robert Byansi, Dalton Naturinda, Medard Bisamunyu, John Mboniaba, and Hope Ntegyereize. They were arrested by a Select committee appointed by …

Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The delayed operationalization of the daycare center in Arua main market has irked breastfeeding mothers. The daycare center which is located on the first floor of the market has remained under lock and key since the vendors relocated to the new market in January last …

Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of municipal officials and allocation committee heads have been pinned for gross extortion resulting in the mess that marred the relocation of vendors to the new Kabale Central Market. This came out during investigations by a committee which was instituted last week by …

Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara Central Market vendors have petitioned the City Council authorities to carry out a special audit of the operations of their SACCO. They say the SACCO has remained inactive since 2014 and they have not received any audit report from the management. The SACCO that …

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors at Hoima central market in Hoima City are up in arms with the city authorities over the persistent power blackout and poor sanitation that has hampered their working conditions for long. The vendors say they have operated without power for the last three months, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …