Fred Ntulume, another vendor at Kalerwe Market, expressed frustration, stating that his entire livelihood was destroyed due to the delayed arrival of the Police Fire and Rescue Brigade. "They arrived nearly 40 minutes after the fire started, by which time everything was already razed to the ground," he lamented.
The vendors in Owino, Kalerwe and Kasubi markets say that due to the presence of uncollected garbage, they have failed to sell any food due to the smell of garbage. They add that the situation has become unbearable and customers have started shunning their businesses.
Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire has identified the deceased as George Ssejemba alias M16 who was shot today as police dispersed market night guards who were protesting delays of their salary payments by the market management.
Muhammad Kisanja, the chairman of the market tells URN that he has no control of the fees charged to use the Wash facilities as these are private facilities that are benefiting from the inability of the government to construct toilets. He says he already received complaints from vendors that prices for showering had been increased.
In his judgment delivered this afternoon, Justice Moses Kazibwe noted that although the defense lawyers tried to convince court that Bagyenda suffered a disease of mind by the time he committed the crime, both prosecution witnesses including Dr. Santos Ojara and Defense witnesses like Dr Brian Mutamba and Sister. Jane Francis Nantamu agreed that depression is not a permanent condition.