Museveni gives Nakasero to vendors
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has given clearance to the vendors of Nakasero Market to redevelop it into a modern shopping complex, overturning an earlier decision by KCC to lease the market to businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba.
By Cyprian Musoke
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has given clearance to the vendors of Nakasero Market to redevelop it into a modern shopping complex, overturning an earlier decision by KCC to lease the market to businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba.
The President made the announcement at State House yesterday during a meeting with a delegation of traders and officials of the Uganda National Chamber of Commerce.
“Museveni told the vendors to go ahead with their plan of constructing a modern structure of their market,†read a statement by State House, issued shortly after the meeting.
“He stressed that, as efforts to modernise the market progress, priority must be given to the sitting tenants, who, in this case, are the members of Nakasero Market Sitting Vendors and Traders Limited.â€
He also clarified that they were free to identify a partner with whom to carry out the project as a joint venture.
The fundamental point to be agreed upon, he told the delegation, was that Nakasero Market, situated in the heart of the city, be developed to modern standards.
He instructed the Kampala Resident District Commissioner, Stanley Kinyatta, to compile a list of all the traders and vendors in the city markets to guard against impostors.
The vendors’ chairman, Godfrey Kakooza, thanked the President and the Kampala district authorities for the amicable way in which the issue of Nakasero Market had been resolved.
The chamber of commerce, too, expressed satisfaction with the outcome. Spokesman Muhammad Matovu said by intervening in the Nakasero Market saga, the President had saved them from losing their source of livelihood.
The meeting was attended by the State Minister for Economic Monitoring, Kagimu Kiwanuka, Kinyatta and the chairperson of the Uganda Chamber of Commerce, Oliver Kigongo.
The Kampala City Council recently decided to lease the market to city businessman Basajjabalaba. The council’s decision, which was supported by local government minister Major General Kahinda Otafiire, sparked off protests from the vendors who feared they would be evicted.
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has given clearance to the vendors of Nakasero Market to redevelop it into a modern shopping complex, overturning an earlier decision by KCC to lease the market to businessman Hassan Basajjabalaba.
The President made the announcement at State House yesterday during a meeting with a delegation of traders and officials of the Uganda National Chamber of Commerce.
“Museveni told the vendors to go ahead with their plan of constructing a modern structure of their market,†read a statement by State House, issued shortly after the meeting.
“He stressed that, as efforts to modernise the market progress, priority must be given to the sitting tenants, who, in this case, are the members of Nakasero Market Sitting Vendors and Traders Limited.â€
He also clarified that they were free to identify a partner with whom to carry out the project as a joint venture.
The fundamental point to be agreed upon, he told the delegation, was that Nakasero Market, situated in the heart of the city, be developed to modern standards.
He instructed the Kampala Resident District Commissioner, Stanley Kinyatta, to compile a list of all the traders and vendors in the city markets to guard against impostors.
The vendors’ chairman, Godfrey Kakooza, thanked the President and the Kampala district authorities for the amicable way in which the issue of Nakasero Market had been resolved.
The chamber of commerce, too, expressed satisfaction with the outcome. Spokesman Muhammad Matovu said by intervening in the Nakasero Market saga, the President had saved them from losing their source of livelihood.
The meeting was attended by the State Minister for Economic Monitoring, Kagimu Kiwanuka, Kinyatta and the chairperson of the Uganda Chamber of Commerce, Oliver Kigongo.
The Kampala City Council recently decided to lease the market to city businessman Basajjabalaba. The council’s decision, which was supported by local government minister Major General Kahinda Otafiire, sparked off protests from the vendors who feared they would be evicted.