Editorial
Excitement and jubilation filled Kololo Independence Grounds on Tuesday, as President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni extended a cash capital boost worth Shs 300 million to street hawkers operating across Kampala City.
Each vendor received Shs 100,000, in addition to buying their merchandise they brought to the function.
The President on Tuesday also extended a similar package to 605 vendors in Koranorya Market, Mbarara City, under State House’s Roadside Market Vendor Project.
The President sent the support of UGX 100,000 per vendor—through State House officials led by the Senior Presidential Advisor-Elderly, Princess Pauline Nassolo and Special Presidential Assistant on Women Affairs, Ms. Flora Kabibi.
The initiative, which has been running for over three years, was designed to support informal traders who have long felt excluded from key government empowerment designed to lift Ugandans out of poverty.
According to the State House Comptroller, Ms. Jane Barekye, this was part of an ongoing presidential initiative to uplift informal traders and integrate them into the formal money economy.
