Arua City authorities begin evicting street vendors and demolishing stalls

According to the Daily Monitor, authorities in Arua City began an operation on 23 March to clear street vendors, demolishing stalls on several streets and leaving hundreds of vendors without places to trade. Ayivu and Arua Central division authorities had earlier given traders two weeks' notice to relocate to gazetted markets or rented premises. Some vendors said they had lost their livelihoods, while other residents welcomed the decongestion of streets.