Covid-19; Kikuubo vendors evicted from corridor stalls

By Olivia Nabaggala

15^th June 2021

More than 100 vendors in Kikuubo business center in Kampala central business district have been left stranded after Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA officials evicted them from their stalls to reduce crowding.

KCCA has evicted all metallic and wooden stalls that had been erected on the verandas of shops in Kikuubo leaving vendors wondering how to survive.

Traders say that KCCA law enforcement teams stormed the area without warning and asked them to remove their merchandise immediately or risk losing it. Many fumbled to take away their merchandise as the enforcement team brought down stalls and loaded the material on their trucks.

Some said they had just cleared rent amounting to Shillings 500,000 per stall when they were asked to remove their merchandise and the stall taken away.

Last week, Kampala Resident City Commissioner, Hudu Hussein held a meeting with the leadership of Kampala City Traders Association KACITA when they launched a sensitization campaign against COVID-19 among traders and he warned trades of the crowds in Kikuubo, saying the center would be closed if they failed to control themselves.

KACITA held sensitization campaigns using sound systems and asked business people in Kikuubo to be vigilant and observe standard operating procedures set by government to control the spread of COVID-19.