KCCA issues guidelines for city kiosks
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has issued guidelines to regulate the operation of kiosks within the city and its suburbs. News vendors, telecom products, watch repairers, stamp makers and shoe shiners will be the only ones allowed to operate kiosks in the city centre.
BY VISION REPORTERS
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has issued guidelines to regulate the operation of kiosks within the city and its suburbs. News vendors, telecom products, watch repairers, stamp makers and shoe shiners will be the only ones allowed to operate kiosks in the city centre.
The disclosure was made in a statement issued by KCCA executive director Jennifer Musisi on Thursday. Following the eviction of street vendors, newspaper bosses asked Musisi to provide their vendors space where they can operate.
The operators would, however, have to seek permission and pay fees in order to locate kiosks in areas gazetted by KCCA’s physical planning directorate.
“Permits shall be issued on temporary terms and renewal will be made annually,†Musisi stated.
KCCA will determine the suitable streets, open space and reserves on which an appropriate number of kiosks would be placed.
She said areas including Parliamentary Avenue, Apollo Kaggwa Road, Nile Avenue, Ternan Avenue and Kampala Road (Entebbe Road junction to Shell Capital) will be permanently restricted to kiosks.
The guidelines also recommend the size and material in which the kiosks would be made of. All kiosks in the central division are expected to be made out of fibre glass or quality material such as aluminum.
Those in the city suburbs may be made of fibre glass, metal or wood.
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has issued guidelines to regulate the operation of kiosks within the city and its suburbs. News vendors, telecom products, watch repairers, stamp makers and shoe shiners will be the only ones allowed to operate kiosks in the city centre.
The disclosure was made in a statement issued by KCCA executive director Jennifer Musisi on Thursday. Following the eviction of street vendors, newspaper bosses asked Musisi to provide their vendors space where they can operate.
The operators would, however, have to seek permission and pay fees in order to locate kiosks in areas gazetted by KCCA’s physical planning directorate.
“Permits shall be issued on temporary terms and renewal will be made annually,†Musisi stated.
KCCA will determine the suitable streets, open space and reserves on which an appropriate number of kiosks would be placed.
She said areas including Parliamentary Avenue, Apollo Kaggwa Road, Nile Avenue, Ternan Avenue and Kampala Road (Entebbe Road junction to Shell Capital) will be permanently restricted to kiosks.
The guidelines also recommend the size and material in which the kiosks would be made of. All kiosks in the central division are expected to be made out of fibre glass or quality material such as aluminum.
Those in the city suburbs may be made of fibre glass, metal or wood.