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Rotten fruits, empty stalls: Kibuku’s Shs600m market turns white elephant

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Uganda Monitor
Published on 2026-09-01 07:35:00

A Shs600 million investment intended to transform fruit trade in eastern district of Kibuku has remained largely idle, raising questions about what went wrong with the much-anticipated Sala fruit market along the Mbale-Tirinyi highway.

The modern market was expected to provide a better trading environment for farmers and fruit dealers, reduce congestion in informal trading spaces and create new opportunities for local businesses.

Government through the Ministry of Local Government under the Local Economic Growth (LEG) programme undertook construction of the fruit market for…

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