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Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors in Nyamityobora food market in Mbarara City South A division have written a letter to Mbarara city authorities seeking permission to redevelop their market. The vendors say they have saved money under Nyamityobora Market Vendors Association, which they can use to redevelop the market, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The relocation of street vendors to gazetted market places will start next week, Kabuye Ky’ofatogabye, the State Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs has said. Speaking at the celebrations to mark 20 years of Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), Kabuye said that the government …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Gulu city security committee has ordered vendors to vacate the roadside over security threats and accidents. There are hundreds of roadside vendors operating along different roads in Gulu city. They are mainly congested along the Gulu-Kampala highway, Main street, around Stanbic bank, and Andrea Olal …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors of roasted chicken in Wandegeya are living in fear of eviction. The more than 80 vendors accuse their former coordinator, Joseph Kalema of severally threatening to evict them from their stalls. Fred Mayanja, one of the vendors who has been roasting chicken in the …

Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 120 traders have petitioned the Kasese municipal council authorities through an appeals committee challenging their relocation to the new Kasese Central Market. The market is one of the several structures that were rebuilt under the Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Programme (MATIP-1) – …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors in the different markets of Kampala have decried the delayed distribution of mosquito nets. Last month, President Museveni asked vendors to sleep in the markets to reduce contact with family members as a measure to control the spread of COVID-19. Museveni then directed the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors in Mbale central market are yet to receive the mosquito nets promised by the government. Last month, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni asked market vendors to sleep in the markets to reduce contact with family members, as a measure to control the spread of COVID-19. …

Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbale central market vendors are choking on unpaid electricity and water bills. The water and electricity in the market has been on and off forcing vendors to vacate the market as early as 5:00pm because of the darkness. According to market authorities, the market owes …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of vendors in Kame valley market in Mukono district has shunned the proposal to sleep there as part of the COVID-19 containment measures, saying it is likely to accelerate family breakups. Despite repeated threats by Mukono Resident District Commissioner Fatumah Ndisaba to close …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 vendors in Kikuubo business center in Kampala central business district are stuck following the eviction of their stalls by Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA so as to reduce crowding. KCCA has evicted all metallic and wooden stalls that had been erected on the …