KCC gives vendors Kisekka Market
Apr 15, 2009
KAMPALA City Council (KCC) has agreed to lease Kisekka Market to the vendors. Kampala mayor Nasser Sebaggala said the local government minister and the city council executive agreed to let the vendors under the Kisekka Market Association (KMA) to redevel
By Juliet Waiswa
KAMPALA City Council (KCC) has agreed to lease Kisekka Market to the vendors. Kampala mayor Nasser Sebaggala said the local government minister and the city council executive agreed to let the vendors under the Kisekka Market Association (KMA) to redevelop the market.
“I have instructed the town clerk to put in place the necessary legal procedures to enable the vendors to take over the market,†Sebaggala said during a press briefing at the City Hall on Tuesday.
Local government minister Adolf Mwesigye said the Government would compensate Rhino Investments, which was earlier given the lease to redevelop the market.
“The Government expects the vendors to redevelop the market since they assured us that they had the money to do it,†he said.
KMA chairman Robert Kisembo said the market had 10,000 traders and 530 lockup shops. He said the traders had the capacity to redevelop and manage the market.
Sebaggala warned the vendors that redeveloping the market was a large undertaking.
He said he would meet their representatives to discuss how the project should be under taken.
Last year, the traders petitioned President Yoweri Museveni, asking to redevelop the market.
The petition followed a dispute between the traders and Rhino Investments. The Government was backing a business deal which would expel many of the traders out of the market.
The traders repeatedly protested over attempts to redevelop the market and transfer it to Rhino Investments, a private company owned by retired Col. John Mugyenyi.
KAMPALA City Council (KCC) has agreed to lease Kisekka Market to the vendors. Kampala mayor Nasser Sebaggala said the local government minister and the city council executive agreed to let the vendors under the Kisekka Market Association (KMA) to redevelop the market.
“I have instructed the town clerk to put in place the necessary legal procedures to enable the vendors to take over the market,†Sebaggala said during a press briefing at the City Hall on Tuesday.
Local government minister Adolf Mwesigye said the Government would compensate Rhino Investments, which was earlier given the lease to redevelop the market.
“The Government expects the vendors to redevelop the market since they assured us that they had the money to do it,†he said.
KMA chairman Robert Kisembo said the market had 10,000 traders and 530 lockup shops. He said the traders had the capacity to redevelop and manage the market.
Sebaggala warned the vendors that redeveloping the market was a large undertaking.
He said he would meet their representatives to discuss how the project should be under taken.
Last year, the traders petitioned President Yoweri Museveni, asking to redevelop the market.
The petition followed a dispute between the traders and Rhino Investments. The Government was backing a business deal which would expel many of the traders out of the market.
The traders repeatedly protested over attempts to redevelop the market and transfer it to Rhino Investments, a private company owned by retired Col. John Mugyenyi.