Construction of the 21 Billion Shillings market started in 2018 and was supposed to have been completed last year in January. However, completion was again extended to February 2020 and further until the end of last month.
Mbarara Central Market vendors have tasked city authorities to
explain the delays in the construction of the market.
Construction of the 21 Billion Shillings market started in 2018 and
was supposed to have been completed last year in January. However, completion was
again extended to February 2020 and further until the end of last month.
The about 1,000 Vendors that used to operate from the central Market
located along Buremba Road temporarily shifted to Independence Park along the
Kabale Road on 1st July 2017 to pave way for constructions.
The traders are now demanding an explanation from the authorities
why the market has not been completed.
Nyombi Muhammad, the Chairperson of Mbarara Central Market Vendors
Association accuses the city authorities of keeping them in the dark about the
progress of the market.
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Donozio Kibanda, the publicity Mbarara central Market Traders
Association, says that they are tired of operating in the open and far from the
town.
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Edwin Amupaire says the conditions at the temporal market are appalling.
He says that the tarpaulins are old and leak whenever it rains.
Robert Mugabe Kakyebezi Mbarara City Mayor, says that has tasked
the Ministry of Local Government to rein on the contractor, Roko Construction Company.
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Raphael Magyezi, Minister Local Government, acknowledges the delay
in completion of the market noting that they are aware of the financial
challenges facing the contractor.
