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Amos Tayebwa
Mbarara
The Presidential Decree and the Markets Law of 2023 provide that all public market chairmen shall resign and hand over all powers to the market administrator/market director appointed by the executive authority to be responsible for all duties and operations conducted in the market.
Based on this, Nbarara Assistant Resident Municipal Commissioner Polly Cartwyer has directed the Nbarara Municipal Council (the administrative body of Nbarara Central Market) to immediately implement the Market Law to prevent Emmanuel Muhumuza from still illegally serving as the market chairman.
During a recent meeting held at the Central Market, ARCC Katwire, in a meeting with market vendors, disclosed that the Nbarara City Council had delayed the implementation of His Excellency the President’s directives and the Markets Act 2023 and now the market still has a Chairman who was elected by the people but he is holding office illegally.
Katwiire also disclosed that the inclusion of Muhumuza in the chairman’s position was the cause of confusion and conflict in the market.
“I found that there was too much chaos and conflict inside the Central Market because there were two camps fighting inside the market: one camp supporting the former chairman, Nyombi Muhammad, and the other camp supporting Muhumuza who is still the chairman.
“I think when the Nbarara City Council implements the Market Bill and removes Chairman Muhumuza from his position, there will be harmony, reconciliation and unity in the market.
“Because now the chairman himself has to reconcile with the other faction of Nyombi, but the other old leadership is also hostile, so there is chaos in the market. I also found out that the market chairman has more power than the market director.
“I therefore advise the Nbarara Municipal Assembly to implement the presidential directive and the Markets Act so that the market supervisors can carry out their duties within their jurisdiction. We want the Municipal Clerk to immediately intervene and if they fail, as the office of the President’s representative, we will put his directive into action and implementation,” said Cartwell.
The Markets Act, signed by the President, directs the executive branch to appoint a market administrator for a public market or a market administrator for a private market, who will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the private market, liaising with the executive branch on market matters, and ensuring that general order in the market is maintained.
The Markets Act also provides guidance on the designation of market sectors, stipulating that each market should be spatially divided and organized into sectors based on the goods sold and services provided in the market.
(1) Paragraph 1 provides that vendors in each designated section shall elect from among their own number a section head and a deputy head, one of whom shall be a woman.
Department Heads shall be responsible for ensuring proper organization, hygiene and orderliness of the workspace, shop, venue or stall under their respective department; they will be responsible for vetting new suppliers entering the department and handling disputes within the department.
However, at Nbarara Central Market, the market law has not been properly followed and implemented and the recently elected market chairman remains in power.
The market supervisor/market manager is appointed by the municipal council but her powers are taken away by the elected market chairman, by whom she is allegedly overshadowed.
The vendors have filed a complaint against the Market Act, seeking to ensure that the district chief steps down and hands over power to the market administrator, but there has been no response from the authorities.
An all-out conflict has broken out between vendors at Nbarara Central Market and the market leadership over chaos within the market’s SACCO, which suffered losses from the President’s donation.
President Museveni donated about Sh62 million to Mbarara Central Market. It is said that the SACCO made some profit from the SACCO but according to the external audit report, about Sh91 million has been defaulted through loans.
Mbarara ARCC and Katwire also directed the SACCO leadership to coordinate with defaulters within two weeks to ensure repayment.
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