Traders want to close shops over rent arrears
By Correspondent
Traders under their umbrella, Kampala City Traders Association (Kacita), have threatened to close their shops in protest over rental arrears, which they accumulated during lockdown.
In a press statement released at the weekend, traders accuse government of ignoring their plight yet landlords continue to harass them.
“Kacita wishes to inform all traders and the general public that we shall have a peaceful demonstration starting from September 1 due to government failure to assist traders regardless of their outcry for the increasing taxes even during the pandemic and the rental charges during the time of the lockdown despite several petitions and engagements that we have held with them,” the statement reads.
It adds, “Banks are taking people’s property, landlords are evicting us, our goods are expiring and taxes are abnormal. This is so unfair.”
President Museveni on June 18 locked down the country for 42 days as a measure to contain the spread of the second wave of Covid-19 before lifting the restrictions on July 30.