An official from KCCA who spoke to URN on condition of anonymity says they have opted to remain silent on the fire because Nakivubo Park Yard Market is not one of the gazetted city markets.
According to the Auditor General’s report, Makerere University has assets and cash equivalents of 13.7 billion while receivables are 3.7 billion shillings. Kwizera wondered if these were the actual disclosure of the monies, but Karamagi had no documents to show proof.
Vendors in Park Yard have started demarcating space to reconstruct their market, a day after it was destroyed by fire. The early Wednesday morning fire left the over 30,000 vendors counting losses after all their merchandise was reduced to ashes, the third time in four years that the market has been destroyed.
Nakivuubo Park Yard Market fire in photos. We bring you efforts by police and the public to bring the fire that started at 4:30am on Wednesday under control.
Payments across borders in East Africa have been made easier with the launch of The East African Cross Border Payment System (EAPS), which makes it seamless to transfer funds in the region.
