Arua Market before start of construction

Arua market vendors are stranded about the failure by government to allocate them a new relocation place as they plan to develop this market into a modern structure. The secretary general of the market authority Innocent Maneno says it is now three years but government has totally failed to allocate them a place yet construction is about to begin..

She further noted the many problems they find in the market ranging from insufficient toilets, no water, low capital, all of which gets worse when it comes to people with disabilities who cannot access toilets among other parts of convenience.

The vendors continue to castigate government for not taking full responsibility of the situation which has seen the vendors turn into refugees of labour.

Arua market is one of the markets under the MATIP programme funded by African development bank with the intension of changing the face value of all major markets in the country. Among the markets already completed under the programme include, Wandegeya, Jinja, Lira, Gulu, Mbale markets among others.