Demolition of roadside businesses wipes out revenues, shatters dreams
The morning sun burns through the dusty roadside of Bulindo and Kitukutwe, falling on broken timber, bent iron sheets and torn tarpaulins scattered where small kiosks onc...
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Uganda Martyrs were traitors, says Mayiga
One of the key events on Uganda’s religious calendar is the Martyrs Day celebrated every June 3 to honour the lives and sacrifices of 45 men who, rather than follo...
Government, Build Us a Market Too — Kanoni Traders Cry Out Over Poor Working Conditions
Traders at Kanoni Daily Market in Gomba District have appealed to government to construct a modern market, citing congestion, poor sanitation, lack of storage facilities...
Cattle Quarantine Pushes Nyamunuka Meat Dealers Into Financial Distress
Meat traders and slaughter operators in Nyamunuka Town Council say a month-long Foot-and-Mouth Disease quarantine has crippled livelihoods, stalled business activity, and...
Kitgum Main Market Struggles to Attract Vendors Two Years After Commissioning
Kitgum Main Market is still operating below capacity, more than two years after its commissioning, raising concerns over declining local revenue collection.The 2.6 billio...
Entebbe traders decry 'selective' evictions under trade order
Traders in Entebbe Municipality say the ongoing enforcement of the Ministry of Local Government’s trade order has left them evicted without warning, relocation pla...
Trade Order Chaos: Vendors’ livelihoods hang in the balance
After months of tense evictions and confiscated merchandise, the Ministry of Local Government has promised a reset. Permanent Secretary Ben Kumumanya told traders’...
Ntungamo’s Place Names Reveal a Hidden History of War, Survival and Identity
From battlefields and famine zones to places of abundance and community, Ntungamo’s place names carry layered meanings shaped by history, language and lived experi...
Silenced markets: Street traders count losses after city evictions
dawn, the usual bustle of business across Uganda’s blossoming cities and towns is missing.Where voices once competed with the clatter of weighing scales and the ba...
Sugarcane farmers decry market crisis as factory plan stalls over license
Sugarcane farmers and leaders across Kagadi, Kibaale, and Kakumiro districts in Greater Kibaale, Bunyoro sub-region, are increasingly frustrated as continued delays in li...