Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors in Tororo municipality have started occupying the Tororo central market, five months after it was commissioned by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Tororo central market is one of the 12 markets that have been constructed under the Markets and Agricultural Trade Improvement Programme (MATIP-2), at a …
Read More »Wandegeya market moves to register vendors, reallocate dormant lockups
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The interim leadership of Wandegeya Market in Kampala has embarked on the registration of all vendors in a bid to reorganize the market. This is also expected to streamline the allocation of working space to the vendors. The new leaders were elected earlier this year …
Read More »UGX 13 billion Nyendo market still vacant four years after commissioning
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nyendo Township Market in Masaka city, is struggling to attract vendors four years after it was commissioned. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, in April 2017 commissioned the market which was constructed at 13 billion Shillings obtained from the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA). The …
Read More »Kitooro market vendors reject proposed rates
Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors in the newly built Kitooro Market have rejected the proposed rates by Entebbe municipal authorities. The new market was built under the Markets and Agriculture Trade Improvement Projects (MATIP-2 Program), which seeks to develop and enhance the capacity of market infrastructure, to induce production …
Read More »Contractor given two more months to complete Masaka main market
Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has given Multiplex and Alshamas joint venture contractors two more extra months to complete the construction of Masaka main market. Multiplex and Alshamas joint venture contractors started the market works in February 2018, and were expected to handover the market in February 2020. The …
Read More »600 market vendors in Gulu city face eviction
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 600 vendors in Cereleno market in Bardege-Layibi division in Gulu city are on the verge of eviction. Last month, the authorities of Layibi division through Vincent Opio, the division’s senior assistant town clerk wrote a letter notifying the market leaders that the market …
Read More »Kasese central market vendors to get two month’s tax holiday
Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors are to get a two month’s tax holiday in the newly built Kasese central market when it finally becomes operational. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni commissioned the Shillings 16 billion market during his campaign trail in December last year. Despite this, the market is yet …
Read More »Mbarara vendors abandon temporary market
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vendors in Mbarara city have abandoned the temporary market at Independence Park. In 2018, the government contracted Roko Construction Company Limited to construct a 21 billion shillings market in Mbarara. The Construction that started in February 2018 was expected to be completed in two years …
Read More »Construction delays Mbarara city council UGX 600m market
Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara city council Authority has lost 600 million shillings for the financial year 2020/21 due to the delay to finalize the construction Central Market. The 21 billion Shilling construction of the Mbarara central Market started in February 2018 and was expected to be completed in …
Read More »Vendors task city authorities on completion of Mbarara central market
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mbarara central market vendors have tasked city authorities to explain the delays in the construction of the market. Construction of the 21 Billion Shillings market started in 2018 and was supposed to have been completed last year in January. However, completion was again extended to …
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