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City Centre Complex on Luwum street, popularly known as ‘Bassajjabalaba’ building, has a range of shops stocked with various items.

By Angela Nsimbi

City Centre Complex on Luwum street, popularly known as ‘Bassajjabalaba’ building, has a range of shops stocked with various items.

What is unique?
The complex has shops offering various services,
There is a pharmacy marked shop21.
There is a shop offering car sale services, on the second floor
Also on the complex are three salons.
There are shops with clothes.If you want to buy a gift for a friend who has had a baby or expectant mother who needs to shop, there is a shop offering baby stuff. Shop B 17 on first floor has a wide range of items like sleep suits going for sh18,000 to sh20,000 and baby basins which rangefrom sh25,000.

Services salons offer
Rosette salon focuses on plaiting hair.
In addition to hairdressing, Lola’s salon, marked shop C13 offers facial treatments.
Lola and Angel beauty salon also offer bridal services.

Where to have your
outfit tailored

‘M’ Adelaide Couture on the second floor, shop C30, offers tailoring services especially bridal, evening and party wear. The charges for making an outfit vary depending on the detail a customer wants on an outfit. Charges start from sh35,000.
Adella Muganga employs a high degree of creativity whenever she sets to work on an outfit.
Josephine Exclusive, opposite Lola’s salon also offers tailoring services. You could have an outfit made for the office.

Where to get fancy jewellery and accessories
Pretty Woman on the first floor is the place to go.
Evening bags, occasional shoes and hair accessories are also available. Exquisite hair accessories cost sh10,000. Elyon Fashions, shop C12, has handbags appropriate for the workplace. There are colourful bracelets from sh15,00.

Factfile
Parking is not adequate since this is a busy spot within the city centre. Park on Kampala road and walk down to the shopping arcade.

Toilet facilities are available for sh100.

Shops not to miss; ‘M’ Adelaide Couture, shop C30, is the place if you want party wear tailored to your specifications. The good news for the bride is that you can have your gown made too.

Shop C3, Lola’s salon styles hair creatively.

Shop B17 offers mothers a variety of baby clothes.