Daily Monitor
Wednesday February 10 2021
A boy at a garbage heap near Mbale Central Market last year. Garbage management has become a perennial challenge for Mbale City. PHOTO/YAHUDU KITUNZI.
Summary
They say they are tired of operating in a filthy environment, which turns away their customers.
Daily Monitor also learnt that markets face other challenges such as shortage of water and power blackouts, which affect the vendors’ operations.
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Traders and vendors operating in different markets in Mbale City have threatened to abandon the facilities if the authorities do not speed up the process of collecting garbage.
Some of the vendors interviewed in Kikindu, Bugwere, Nakaloke and Mbale Central markets on Monday said they are tired of operating in a filthy environment yet they pay dues to the council, including for garbage collection, on a daily basis.