Deadline for Katimba traders quit notice ends today
Dec 30, 2002
TODAY is the deadline for all traders operating in Katimba Market, along Allen Road in Kampala, to quit the area.
By Catherine Ntabadde
TODAY is the deadline for all traders operating in Katimba Market, along Allen Road in Kampala, to quit the area.
Officials of UBOA Investments Uganda Limited, the company that is going to re-develop the Bus Park, have said they plan to start the project tomorrow.
“The deadline is on. We have been issuing several notices to remind the vendors of the deadline. Our equipment will be on the ground by then. Traders who fail to comply, will lose their merchandise because they are aware,†UBOA’s vice chairman Hajji Asuman Jjunju said on Saturday.
UBOA intends to construct a new bus terminal comprising of a hotel, petrol station and a modern market among other things.
Kampala City Council (KCC) awarded UBOA the $10m tender.
Jjunju told The New Vision that buses are to be re-allocated the space that Katimba market presently occupies, so that work at the bus park can begin.
“When the project starts, the buses will continue working. That is why we want the vendors to leave. The market area will be turned into a temporary bus park,†he said.
Some of the traders The New Vision interviewed on Sunday, said they were willing to move, but still lacked alternative sites to do business.
“These people have been reminding us. We shall leave but the problem is that we have not got any- where to go. The time has been long enough, but it is not easy to get a place,†one Sserunjogi said.
Katimba market is one of the oldest trading centres in central Kampala. It caters both for perishable and non-perishable goods. It accommodates over 600 traders on a daily basis.
TODAY is the deadline for all traders operating in Katimba Market, along Allen Road in Kampala, to quit the area.
Officials of UBOA Investments Uganda Limited, the company that is going to re-develop the Bus Park, have said they plan to start the project tomorrow.
“The deadline is on. We have been issuing several notices to remind the vendors of the deadline. Our equipment will be on the ground by then. Traders who fail to comply, will lose their merchandise because they are aware,†UBOA’s vice chairman Hajji Asuman Jjunju said on Saturday.
UBOA intends to construct a new bus terminal comprising of a hotel, petrol station and a modern market among other things.
Kampala City Council (KCC) awarded UBOA the $10m tender.
Jjunju told The New Vision that buses are to be re-allocated the space that Katimba market presently occupies, so that work at the bus park can begin.
“When the project starts, the buses will continue working. That is why we want the vendors to leave. The market area will be turned into a temporary bus park,†he said.
Some of the traders The New Vision interviewed on Sunday, said they were willing to move, but still lacked alternative sites to do business.
“These people have been reminding us. We shall leave but the problem is that we have not got any- where to go. The time has been long enough, but it is not easy to get a place,†one Sserunjogi said.
Katimba market is one of the oldest trading centres in central Kampala. It caters both for perishable and non-perishable goods. It accommodates over 600 traders on a daily basis.