Kampala streets clear of vendors
Sep 07, 2011
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By Taddeo Bwambale, Job Bwire and Juliet Waiswa
MOST streets in Kampala are clear of vendors and hawkers who have been selling merchandise along pavements and gazetted road reserves.Along Kampala Road, Dastur Street and Jinja Road, there were no vendors, except those selling newspapers.
Several newspaper vendors have occupied the area opposite Post Office building along Jinja Road. The area was previously inhabited by traders in textbooks, novels and other scholarly textbooks sold at cheaper prices.
Street, Ben Kiwanuka Street and Shauliyako in down town Kampala which were usually crowded are clear.
Most of the streets have appeared cleaner than usual, and garbage trucks operating in the central business district kept moving about collecting rubbish.
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) law enforcement officers and policemen are on the streets to enforce a directive to vendors to vacate the streets.
KCCA on Monday morning forcefully evicted all street vendors in an operation intended to restore trade order in the city.
Several vendors who have been operating along Allen Road next to the New Taxi Park resorted to selling their merchandise on the area bordering Nakivubo Channel.
A group of youth pleaded with police officers guarding the area to allow them to sell their merchandise along the pavements for a short time.
Along Namirembe Road, a few vendors displayed their merchandise which included second-hand shoes, handbags and simpacks, but they were dispersed.
At Nakivubo Lane, KCCA law enforcement officers battled vendors selling scholarstic items outside shops bordering the busy road.
A few youth who also attempted to sell their merchandise outside the Old taxi park were chased by the police.
Meanwhile, the Kampala Executive Director, Jennifer Semakula Musisi said the Authority would reach out to owners of city buildings where vendors operated and ask them to beautify them.
“We want all owners of buildings to maintain the pavements and keep them clean,†She said.
MOST streets in Kampala are clear of vendors and hawkers who have been selling merchandise along pavements and gazetted road reserves.Along Kampala Road, Dastur Street and Jinja Road, there were no vendors, except those selling newspapers.
Several newspaper vendors have occupied the area opposite Post Office building along Jinja Road. The area was previously inhabited by traders in textbooks, novels and other scholarly textbooks sold at cheaper prices.
Street, Ben Kiwanuka Street and Shauliyako in down town Kampala which were usually crowded are clear.
Most of the streets have appeared cleaner than usual, and garbage trucks operating in the central business district kept moving about collecting rubbish.
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) law enforcement officers and policemen are on the streets to enforce a directive to vendors to vacate the streets.
KCCA on Monday morning forcefully evicted all street vendors in an operation intended to restore trade order in the city.
Several vendors who have been operating along Allen Road next to the New Taxi Park resorted to selling their merchandise on the area bordering Nakivubo Channel.
A group of youth pleaded with police officers guarding the area to allow them to sell their merchandise along the pavements for a short time.
Along Namirembe Road, a few vendors displayed their merchandise which included second-hand shoes, handbags and simpacks, but they were dispersed.
At Nakivubo Lane, KCCA law enforcement officers battled vendors selling scholarstic items outside shops bordering the busy road.
A few youth who also attempted to sell their merchandise outside the Old taxi park were chased by the police.
Meanwhile, the Kampala Executive Director, Jennifer Semakula Musisi said the Authority would reach out to owners of city buildings where vendors operated and ask them to beautify them.
“We want all owners of buildings to maintain the pavements and keep them clean,†She said.